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Vendor: An organization that sells something. In this publication, vendor refers to both manufacturers and distributors as long as they sell products to the general public.; Full Vendor Definition >>

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Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer: Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer.Â From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...; Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position: Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...; Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?: Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...; Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents: It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren't taking social software seriously. They can't. Not even if they...; Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Value Chain, Vendor, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Sam, Austin Ventures, Dan, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Handheld devices sink 53.2% in Q4 2007: According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 683,004 units in Q4 2007, marking a 53.2% decrease from Q4 2006 and a 6.0% decrease from Q3 2007. For the full 2007 year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 mln units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 mln units shipped during...; Tags: Vendor, Handheld Device, Handhelds, Hardware, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-05

Compare IP PBX systems from leading vendors like Cisco, Nortel and Avaya: This Comparison Guide features the leading PBX systems from established vendors like Siemens, Cisco, Avaya and Nortel as well as cutting edge systems form new vendors like Shoretel and Fonality. The Enterprise IP PBX market is rapidly changing to keep pace with the rapid technological and business...; Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Vendor, IP, PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., Avaya Inc., VoIP-News, Telephony, VOIP, Operational Planning, Networking, Telecommunications, Business Operations; White papers 2008-02-12
Security breakdown? Nah, just marketing hype: Sean Hargrave over at the Guardian seems concerned about security research firms paying hackers for exploits before they are even reported to the responsible vendor. My reaction to this issue has been: "So what, big deal". Various vendors have made defending against so-called...; Tags: Concept, Marketing, Vendor, Exploit, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-01-17
How smart is SMART?: Most disk drives include a feature named SMART - Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology - intended to tell you if your drive is dying. Can you rely on it? Sadly, no. Here's why. What is SMART? SMART is a protocol for passing information from a disk...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Data, Vendor, Protocol, SMART, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Vendor Value: Rating the top tech companies: CIO Insight published its annual Vendor Value survey, with Red Hat coming out on top. A total of 472 respondents from companies ranging from $5 million to over $1 billion in revenues completed the survey in September 2007. More than half said they were the top IT executives at...; Tags: Vendor, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-20
ROI Lost: IBM Puts the Screws on a Loyal Customer: If you ever thought that the contents of the contract you sign with your IT vendor isn't the most important part of your technology strategy, read on. And if you ever thought that your vendor would never do anything to overtly screw you, you also need to read this blog....; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Mainframe, Vendor, Customer, ROI, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2007-11-16
Workstream prefers virtualization to multi-tenancy: Among the product announcements at last week's HR Technology conference in Chicago was a major relaunch from Nasdaq-listed SaaS vendor Workstream. The unveiling of its flagship TalentCenter 7.0 marks the company's emergence from a period of much behind-the-scenes work. "We really went invisible for the past sixteen months while we...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Virtualization, Environment, On-demand, Vendor, Human Capital Management, VMware Inc., Workstream, Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-10-19
SAP-as-a-Service: Will SMBs Bite?: ZDNet blogging colleague Phil Wainewright has welcomed SAP to the ever more boisterous SaaS party. SAP's venture into SaaS may be its boldest move since MySAP.com. But are companies ready for such heavy-duty SaaS? That's because of the launch of SAP-as-a-Service this week. There's...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Vendor, SAP AG, Small And Medium Business, SAP-as-a-Service, Dan Farber, Software As A Service (SaaS), Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-09-21
Why aren't small drives cheaper?: Smaller Is Better, So Why Isn't It Cheaper?I've been wondering when the 2.5" form factor will replace the 3.5" drive. After all, the 100,000,000x increase in areal density has seen the extinction of 24", 14", 9", 8" and 5.25" form factors. Areal density keeps increasing, so why haven't we yet...; Tags: Disk, Vendor, Form Factor, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-08-24
Contract Life-Cycle Management Attracts New Entrants: CIOs and their business partners are increasingly looking for Contract Life-cycle Management CLM solutions for all of their businesses' contracts, even if they deploy them in stages for buy-side contracts first and later for sell-side contracts. The result? A fast-growing (21% CAGR from 2003 to 2008), fragmented (with at least...; Tags: Contract Lifecycle Management, Oracle Corp., Vendor; White papers 2007-08-10
Making the Case for Oracle Database on Windows: Read this Ovum Summit paper to see why one of the best-kept secrets in the IT industry is the depth of support Oracle offers to customers deploying its databases on Microsoft Windows platforms. Despite its highly visible support of Linux, Oracle was the first of the major database vendors to...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Vendor, Oracle Database, Microsoft Windows, Smb/Sme, Operating Systems, Databases, Storage, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware; White papers 2007-07-01
The ForresterWave: Midmarket CRM Suites, Q1 2007: Forrester evaluated leading midmarket Customer Relationship Management CRM suites vendors across approximately 490 criteria and found that RightNow Technologies, Oracle, salesforce.com, and Microsoft lead the category. Vendors' offerings in this evaluation range from highly packaged solutions like Maximizer Software's Maximizer Enterprise and FrontRange Solutions' GoldMine Corporate Edition, that are suitable...; Tags: Vendor, Onyx Software, CRM, Forrester Research Inc., Sales Force Management, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software; White papers 2007-02-21
Short Clip: Why Churchill Downs fired its vendors: Jay Rollins, the vice president of information technology at Churchill Downs, explains the critical differences between vendors and partners. by ZDNet Editor; Tags: Vendor, Business Structures, Strategy, Finance, Management, ZDNet Editor; Blog posts 2007-02-20
A Demand-Driven Approach to Vendor Managed Inventory: Manufacturers, or vendors, and their customers continue to adopt Vendor Managed Inventory VMI programs to improve supply chain performance through collaboration achieved by consolidating forecasting and replenishment responsibility upstream with vendors. VMI works because vendors gain a better understanding of end-consumer demand and can fulfill this demand with a degree...; Tags: Vendor, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Retail, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-09-01
The Forrester Wave Report: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006: Excerpt from the Forrester Wave™ Report: "Cape Clear retains its leading position in Forrester's latest review of the standalone ESB market. The vendor is one of the pioneers in the enterprise service bus ESB category and continues to be among the leaders in technology innovation and strategic vision in this...; Tags: Cape Clear Software, Vendor, Forrester Research Inc., Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services; White papers 2006-06-30
Business VoIP - Myths Exposed and a Checklist for Vendors: This paper looks at how Business VoIP should be deployed, its key benefits, and the questions you should ask any vendor before signing on the dotted line to ensure that you make the best choice for your business.; Tags: Vendor, Telephony, VOIP, Benefits, Telecommunications, Networking, Human Resources; White papers 2006-05-15