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- iPhone gas application roundup
- On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- VIBlend SuperControls for Windows Forms (exe)
- VIBlend SuperControls for WinForms is a comprehensive library of User Interface controls. It's designed and fine-tuned to provide outstanding development experience and increase the ROI when building professional Windows applications using the Microsoft .NET framework. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Windows Application, VIBlend, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- SmarteScript (exe)
- Traditional Test Automation is both difficult and expensive. SmarteScript solves this problem, with an easy to use, highly efficient approach that has a return on investment far better than other tools. SmarteScript offers an easier approach to automated testing. No scripting skills are required. With SmarteScript, you 'learn' the objects...
- Tags: Skeleton, SmarteSoft, SmarteScript, AJAX, Handhelds, Productivity, Roi/Tco, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- July 10th: Just MASH Marketing: The Customer Reference Mashup
- Your business is booming. You have a long list of happy customers...but don't know if you have the most current story. Register for and attend this Serena Webinar on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT, which will feature a demo of Serena's Pre-Built...
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Marketing, Mashup, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-07-10
- Oracle / SAP increase prices
- Will you jump for joy to learn that Oracle has raised prices 15%-20% across major product lines? SAP fans shouldn't feel left out, since that company has increased support costs by 5%. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Roi/Tco, Business Services, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- AdWords Maker (exe)
- Google AdWords keywords tool. Make more money by generating more AdWord phrases. Use AdWords Maker to make hundreds of unique, relevant AdWords phrases for your AdWords campaigns. Substitute, rearrange, format for match type and filter phrases. Takes the strain out of making new phrases. To get a better ROI, you...
- Tags: Google AdWords, Robinmatch, Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Productivity, Sales Force Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-06-20
- Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?
- Verizon on Tuesday said it will roll out 50 megabits per second Mbps broadband service with upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. Needless, to say this national rollout--the 50 Mbps down 20 Mbps up (50/20) service was tested in select areas--got my attention. I'm a Verizon...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Mbps, Verizon FiOS, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Welcome Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- In the last couple of days you may have noticed a few entries from Tom Steinert-Threlkeld. He's our new addition to Between the Lines. TST has been a mentor of mine for a decade or so at Baseline, where he was Editor in Chief, ZDNet Interactive Investor...
- Tags: TST, Roi/Tco, Blogging, Cable, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Microsoft Webcast: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership by Transforming Natural and ADABAS Applications to the .NET Framework (Level 200)
- Representatives from Microsoft and BluePhoenix explain how one can reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO by modernizing the Natural and ADABAS applications through the automated BluePhoenix process. Discover how to reduce license and maintenance costs, reduce infrastructure costs, and eliminate the IT resource problem, and increase application performance and...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Webcast, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-06-03
- Webcast: Optimizing Online Customer Interactions
- There was a time when a simple check-the-box approach to online sales and service was enough to satisfy a consumer-driven Internet audience -- but those days are over. With online revenues now over $500 million per year in North America alone, companies of all sizes are increasingly turning their attention...
- Tags: Webcast, Experience, Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales
- Webcasts 2008-05-29
- ByDesign, the younger person's ERP
- Many of the small and mid-sized businesses to whom SAP would like to sell its Business ByDesign SaaS offering are family-owned, especially in sectors like manufacturing, distribution and retail. SAP seems to feel that ByDesign will appeal to the forward-looking younger generation of those families — the future heirs of...
- Tags: Peter Zencke, Product, SAP AG, ERP, WIMA, Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Outsourcing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- SAP: build to flip?
- Executives from SAP added more color on the decision to decelerate the rollout of Business ByDesign, it increasingly looks like the management is moving more firmly into sales mode with a view to enhancing profitability. Several times during the day, board members Leo Apotheker and Henning Kagermann,...
- Tags: SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Corporate Governance, Sales Force Management, Roi/Tco, Research & Development, Strategy, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- TechNet Webcast: System Center and the Datacenter (Level 300)
- Businesses are demanding more processing power to succeed in today's digital marketplace, requiring their data centers to rapidly scale and adopt innovations in virtualization, clustering, and server consolidation. In contrast to these demands, challenges of security, automation, compliancy, and green initiatives all add complexity to truly meeting the needs of...
- Tags: Data Center, Webcast, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-05-14
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- In search of Business ByDesign: The NetWeaver 7.1 connection
- SAP CEO Henning Kagermann on Monday detailed another key thread in the Business ByDesign delay: Developers need to move the software as a service application to the company's NetWeaver 7.1 platform if it is going to meet its costs targets. In an interview with the Enterprise Irregulars...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, TCO, Roi/Tco, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker says that Business ByDesign, the application giant's high-profile software as a service product, was delayed because of its total cost of ownership for the company. That's a fancy way of saying SAP hasn't figured out how to make money at its $149 per...
- Tags: SAP AG, TCO, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- The Leo Apotheker Legacy Starts Now
- The news that SAP is delaying the roll-out of Business ByDesign – and that its last quarter, while decent, failed to meet analyst estimates – is the perfect preamble to this post: With Leo Apotheker slated to assume to mantle of SAP by the end of the year, his...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, TCO, Sales, Leo Apotheker, Leo, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Controlling the Uncontrollable: Managing eDiscovery Risk at the Edge
- A large enterprise spent $12.5 million to review documents that were past their retention period during a discovery. Sound familiar? Hear from information risk technology leader NextPage during this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to learn how your enterprise can delete and preserve the information residing...
- Tags: Document, NextPage, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-04-28
- IDC Executive Brief: The Rising Concerns Over Endpoint Security
- Today's IT environment is increasingly vulnerable to threats and attacks, both from within and without. The most vulnerable node in the enterprise network is the endpoint. This IDC executive brief examines how an integrated EPS solution with multiple security layers, has been proven to deliver the highest level of protection...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Endpoint, International Data Corp., Roi/Tco, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2008-04-23
- Google's paid click growth rates: Reasons for the decline; Earnings on deck
- Google's first quarter results on Thursday will be closely watched for the impact of the search giant's anemic paid click growth rates, but Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post already has a few explanations. In a research note, Post outlined the takeaways from five search engine marketers, who...
- Tags: Google Inc., Earnings, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
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