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Are early adopters all suckers?

Tech companies would love us all to be early adopters. Ideally they want us whipping out out wallets or purses and flexing our credit cards as soon as there's a new OS, cellphone, graphics card, CPU, or other bit of software or hardware. But are early adopters suckers who ultimately...

Tags: Adopter, Video Cards, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Hardware, Components, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Sony admits to PSP Go early adopter premium, are you really surprised?

The PSP Go will be launching on 1 October for $249 and according to a Joystiq article posting a quote from a Sony executive Sony is associating a premium cost for new adopters. It is not a new practice to charge a premium for new products, just look at Apple's...

Tags: Sony Corp., Adopter, Sony PlayStation Portable, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!

It's a Friday again and that means time for another Friday Rant. It bothers me how there's a growing number of people who believe that early adopters of new technology products or services should not only expect problems, but should also make excuses for the product or...

Tags: Adopter, Attitude, Patch Management, Product, Patches, Network Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-16

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Poll: Where will you shop for an HDTV on Black Friday?

Missing OptionsEarly Adopter - I got it.Neo-Luddite - Vis and Vis TV: no mas.Already got a few...Might pick up a back up for the master bathroom... =D

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?

Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...

Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Wondershare QuizCreator 3.0.0.35 (Windows)

Wondershare QuizCreator is a robust quiz maker designed for corporate training and online education to create interactive Flash-based quizzes, online surveys and web assessments. This quiz maker software is one of the easiest yet most effective ways to access knowledge and get valuable opinions. Create a Flash Quiz within Minutes...

Tags: Quiz, Microsoft Windows, Wondershare Software, Wondershare QuizCreator, E-mail, Channel Management, Development Tools, Online Communications, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Li & Fung Limited to Double Users' Mailbox Size, Cut Future Storage Costs in Half

As one of the world's leading export trading companies for apparel and hard goods, Li & Fung Limited depends heavily on its messaging solution to communicate internally and with suppliers and customers. But with user mailboxes restricted to 1 gigabyte, employees had to archive messages frequently, making it difficult to...

Tags: Mailbox, Failover, Storage, Li & Fung Ltd., Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-11-01

Announcing the Backup Exec 2010 Early Adopter Program - Dedupe Everywhere!

Interested in learning more about the benefits of data deduplication? The next major release of Backup Exec coming later this year brings industry recognized deduplication technology using NetBackup PureDisk technology. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to enroll in the upcoming early adopter program and the data reduction...

Tags: Symantec Backup Exec, De-duplication

Webcasts 2009-10-27

With Apple, there's a fine line between paying a premium and being a sucker

Interesting view...I am not an Apple user, and I do think most of Apple's products are too expensive for me, but I didn't think $70 was that outlandish. Don't top end mice from Logitech or MS run around $50-100?Anyway, I guess I'd have to try it before saying it was...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

ISV Speeds Time to Market, Cuts Cost of Ownership, Expands Visibility in Market

Global 360 is a leading provider of document and process management software through its flagship Process360 software. Most Global 360 customers are planning to upgrade to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems - and want to be sure that their Process360 software will continue to run....

Tags: Global 360 Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-14

Games Maker Cuts Two Months From Operating System Development; Releases Product at Launch

Impulse users are early adopters of technology who will likely be among the first users of Windows 7 when that software becomes available. Because gamers will want Windows 7, the game publishers who participate on Impulse need Stardock to migrate to Windows 7 as quickly as possible. To accommodate both...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Case studies 2009-10-09

Can we let the Kindle/1984 thing go already?

I wanted the Red TruckBut I wanted the red truck.Oh no, that was a limited time offer, says so right here in the fine print.Even kids know its wrong to hide behind fine print...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiAvHPPc8M8$150,000 is a little excessiveBut I like to think that Mr. Orwell's spirit is smiling at the...

Tags: Litigation, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle/1984 thing, Kindle/1984

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Nielsen: Women, teens and seniors driving mobile web growth

Mobile web usage is on the rise. These days, though, it's women, teens and seniors who are driving the growth, offering signs that the technology is growing beyond the early-adopter crowd and into the mainstream. Mobile web usage was up 34 percent from July 2008 to July...

Tags: Web, Women, Mobile, Mobile Web Usage, Web Usage, Gender And Diversity, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Firm Uses New Operating System, Adds Cost-Saving Features to Managed Workplace Services

T-Systems uses the latest technologies to develop network and communications solutions for enterprise businesses and public sector institutions around the world. To remain competitive in the global marketplace, the company became an early adopter of the Windows 7 operating system. After the pilot program is complete, T-Systems expects to benefit...

Tags: Public Sector, Workplace, T-Systems, Operating System, Cost Savings, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

Medtronic Expects to Cut Costs, Increase Availability With Unified Communications

Medtronic, the world's largest medical device innovator, began an initiative to standardize its communications infrastructure to increase efficiency. The company was using a third-party product to provide users with a message waiting indicator for voice mail, but the product was unable to scale to meet the company's needs. Medtronic also...

Tags: Medtronic Inc., Unified Communications, Healthcare, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

Bank Increases E-Mail Availability, Expects to Save 60 Percent on Future Storage Costs

As one of the largest private banks in Turkey with 421 branch offices, DenizBank was finding its decentralized messaging solution difficult to manage. The bank's backup, archiving, and disaster recovery plans varied from branch to branch, making it difficult for the bank to scale its systems to accommodate projected growth....

Tags: Bank, Storage, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Financial Services, Groupware, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

Professional Services Firm Saves 44 Percent on Communications With Online Services

Two Degrees, LLC, a professional services firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington, planned to upgrade its key messaging and collaboration solutions and boost its disaster recovery and data privacy practices. Instead of paying for on-premises migrations, new hardware, and a more secure data center, Two Degrees, LLC became an early adopter...

Tags: Professional Services, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

Neuroengineering to challenge what it means to be human

sign me upI am definitely interested in any advantages I can be given through neural enhancement or cybernetics. Obviously early attempts to alter the brain will be less effective and will no doubt exhibit many flaws but even a dodgy upgrade is better than no upgrade if you are...

Tags: Semiconductors, Neuroengineering

Discussion threads 2009-09-13