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How Midas Achieved Maximum Protection of it's Corporate and Retail Network

Midas Vice President of IT, Bennett Cikoch, discusses how one of the world's largest providers of automotive service uses Dell Everdream's on-demand desktop management services to achieve maximum protection of their corporate and retail franchise network along with improved service levels for their IT help desk.

Tags: Midas Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Network, Desktop Management, On-demand, Desktops, Help Desk, Cloud Computing, Hardware, It Operations

Case studies 2008-08-01

Leaderboard Golf (exe)

Straight off the tee you can tell that Leaderboard Golf makes other golf games look par. The courses are lavish and varied, the ball physics are spot on and the golfers are realistic and detailed. But theres more to Leaderboard Golf than meets the eye. Featuring an all-new swing control...

Tags: Midas Inc., Entertainment, Modems, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-07-26

WWII Battle Over the Pacific (exe)

The time: World War II, the place: the skies over the Pacific Ocean and you are the only pilot who has what it takes to stand a chance against the enemy forces. You'll need your wits about you to gun down bomber and fighter planes as well as battleships and...

Tags: Midas Inc., Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-06-21

Automotive Services Retailer Shrinks Data Center by Half, Cuts Operational Costs

Midas is one of the world's largest automotive service providers, including exhaust, brakes, steering, suspension, and maintenance services. There are more than 1,700 franchised and company-owned Midas locations in the United States and Canada. The Midas data center contained many older server computers running unsupported business software. Midas needed to...

Tags: Midas Inc., Data Center, Consulting, Data Centers, Outsourcing, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Case studies 2007-06-08

Heracles: Battle with the Gods (exe)

Join the greatest of all the Greek heroes, Heracles, on an amazing adventure to rescue his best friend Pegasus from the clutches of Poseidon the evil God of the sea. Success in this fantastical quest will earn Heracles the favour of the Gods and end his banishment from Mount Olympus....

Tags: Midas Inc., Entertainment, Heracles, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-03-22

International Cue Club (exe)

International Cue Club is a smooth combination of physics, variety, and entertainment. Learn and practice the whole range of shots in training mode, play any of over 12 pool games, and test your skills against individual pool sharks.Note:The Download Now link will download a small installer file to your desktop....

Tags: Midas Inc., Training, Entertainment, International Cue Club, Advertising & Promotion, Workforce Management, Marketing, Human Resources

Software downloads 2006-12-04

Golden Age of Racing (exe)

The mid 1960's was a time of racing legends, a time when race car drivers were the real heroes. Golden Age of Racing gives you the chance to relive the best years of Grand Prix racing. These cars are high horse-power, no down-force, rear-wheel-drive works of automotive art. Push your...

Tags: Midas Inc.

Software downloads 2006-11-29

International Super Karts (exe)

International Super Karts is the sequel to the top selling Super 1 Karting. With over 5 years experience of producing the very best racing games the development team was well placed to further improve the look and feel of the original.

Tags: Midas Inc., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-10-02

Talismania Deluxe (exe)

King Midas needs your help. Everything he touches turns to gold. Travel back in time and help Midas break his golden curse in this fun puzzler. Connect magical talismans to build up wealth and battle legendary monsters from ancient Greece. Power-ups and bonus levels give you the edge you need...

Tags: Midas Inc.

Software downloads 2006-09-15

Midas Group's IT Department Provides Gold Service Using Hornbill Supportworks

Hornbill Systems supplied its Supportworks system to the Midas Group, independent providers of construction and property related services. The Midas IT team of just seven people provides frontline, remedial and proactive support for over 420 users across eight different locations, using Hornbill's Supportworks helpdesk management system. Midas chose Hornbill's Supportworks...

Tags: Midas Inc., Supportworks, Information Technology, E-mail, Help Desk, Call Centers, Strategy, Databases, Online Communications, It Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

Hornbill Supportworks Provides the Golden Touch for Midas Group

Since its formation in 1976, the Midas Group has become one of the UK's fastest growing, independent providers of property solutions, offering a complete range of construction and property related services for every industry sector. Initially using an Access database to log and track calls, the IT team quickly found...

Tags: Midas Inc., Supportworks, Information Technology, Midas Group IT Department, Strategy, Help Desk, Management, It Operations

Case studies

Additional Resources

Security will suffer in the financial crisis

As many of you already know, the anti-Midas touch of the financial crisis is spreading to the technology sector. Sequoia Capital, one of the largest VC funds in Silicon Valley, gave a presentation that pretty much said become profitable now or pack up and go home. Security seemed...

Tags: Financial, Security, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Microsoft: The desktop PC isn't dead

Microsoft: The desktop PC isn't deadThey never were deadI'm using one right now, and everyday, I see more desktops than laptops.Tomorrow's cross-platform desktop ...... looks to me an awful lot like Opera."Our view is all surfaces will be Surfaces,"Man, this guy is bowsers! If this is the guy looking in...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, desktop, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., desktop computer, PC

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball

Gates: Curtain call for crystal ballI say, goGates, Ellison, McNealy, lightning rods of controversy and fighting whereas the industry could have been something different and mostly better, IMO, without any of them or their ways and means.Link to video doesn't appear to be workingTried it in FF and IE; neither...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), 64-bit, Strategy, Processors, Curtain, Gates IS, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Leapfrogging Dell, Everdream and salesforce.com

Fellow ZDNet blogger Josh Greenbaum is not a fan of salesforce.com. He believes the company is over-hyped, egomanical and expensive for partners. In contrast, Everdream, recently acquired by Dell, is a model SaaS company for partners, he said. In his recent blog post Josh wrote: .....I believe...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Dell Computer Corp., Partnership, Platform, Everdream Corp., Josh Greenbaum, Sales Force Management, Business Structures, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Integrating Web Portals With Semantic Web Services: A Case Study

Several integration proposals have arisen along the last years. However they have focused only in data integration, not allowing users to take advantage of services offered by Web portals. Most of mentioned proposals only provide a set of design principles to build integration systems; they lack a systematic way for...

Tags: Semantic Web, Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Internet

White papers 2007-10-15

Yes Donna, Google is overrated

Donna Bogatin is right -- Google is indeed overrated. In her Fast Company debate with Google apologist Danny Sullivan, Donna argues that the Mountain View based leviathan is not a "well-rounded" company. Donna is being excessively polite here. The truth is that Google is as "unrounded" as a Roman road....

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Cisco kids not by suing Apple over iPhone: so what do you think of this mess?

Cisco kids not by suing Apple over iPhone: so what do you think of this mess?I already commented about this on your colleagues posthttp://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4270 Jobs is an arrogant jerk like the rest of them and needs to have an example set of himself!iMOBILE, iPodMobile, iCommunicate, iTalkI say change the name....

Tags: Notebooks, job, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., XXXXX

Discussion threads 2007-01-10

Motorola Razr V3i Dolce & Gabbana (T-Mobile)

If you think the trendy Motorola Razr doesn't try hard enough to be stylish, Motorola is on a serious quest to prove you're wrong. The company that started the thin phone revolution and gave the world the first gadget in bright pink has partnered with Dolce & Gabbana to produce...

Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, Cellular phones, Razr V3i, V3i D&G, Motorola Razr, T-Mobile, Motorola Inc., telephone

Product reviews 2006-10-27

EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security features

EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security featuresAre you stupid?So the EU is "protecting" their consumers by making Vista LESS secure?Fact is the versions of Windows that the EU made MS without the meida player and other stuff put out did not sell. The regular versions sold more when EU consumers...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linus, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-09-12