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Case Study: 'Walter' Makes E-learning a Breeze: This case study describes how Canon USA worked with competing suppliers to create a user-friendly e-learning program for its sales force. Walter is a personable fellow and modest, too. Officially, Walter is a "LearningAgent," a training mascot who walks and talks users through courseware via streaming technology. The concept was...; Tags: Canon Inc., American Society For Training & Development, Walter, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
Case Study: How HP Rolled Out Its Virtual Lab for Global Customer Training: Hewlett-Packard wanted to take advantage of an opportunity to meet the growing needs of many customers for virtual technology training. It had to quickly launch a program that would build effective, remotely delivered courses with experiential learning built in while changing as little as possible in existing ILT courseware. HP...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Training, American Society For Training & Development, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Case studies
Canada'ss BC Hydro Ties Learning to Performance: Two years into the adoption of a blended learning solution to train its field personnel, Vancouver-based electric utility BC Hydro is already recognized as a best practice operation. Hearing that brings a chuckle to Olivier Schittecatte, the company's manager of training and development for field services. One reason for the...; Tags: Performance, BC Hydro, Training, American Society For Training & Development, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Case studies
Rapid E-Learning Approach Helps Malvern Instruments Reduce Time to Market From Weeks to Days: Malvern Instruments is a leading supplier of instrumentation systems that apply advanced technologies for the accurate characterization of particles and bulk material's physical properties. Recognizing the need for a simple, effective way to deliver critical product information - and free up experts and reduce costs - Malvern turned to Brainshark,...; Tags: Web-based Training, E-learning, American Society For Training & Development, Malvern Instruments, Brainshark, Computer-Based Training (CBT); Case studies

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Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?: Obviously, Microsoft has a significant interest in making sure that users of the new breed of netbooks and MIDs hitting the market don't get too comfortable using Linux. Many manufacturers have taken to installing various flavors of Linux on these devices to minimize footprint, improve performance, and reduce costs...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Corp., ULPC, Negroponte, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-11

Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May: Mozilla now expects Firefox 3 RC1 will be ready to go in late May. RC1 was originally planned to be released last month but several bugs have arisen during the final phase of development that needed to be addressed, including problems with the new Places bookmarking feature, themes UI and...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Hosted software development: an emerging market [interview and podcast]: Note: Click the player above to hear my podcast interview on hosted development with Jeffrey Walker and Jeff Leyser from Atlassian Software. Hosted software as a service (SaaS) development solutions have become an important option for mainstream programmers. These products range from straightforward offsite storage, such as...; Tags: Software, Podcast, Environment, Emerging Market, Workflow, Tool, Development Environment, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Another morning hangover for ethanolics: This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...; Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-10
A new career: isotope designer: According to a Michigan State University (MSU) news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...; Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-10
VCs put big sums into SaaS: Several SaaS vendors have announced some big funding rounds the past couple of weeks, which suggests that SaaS is still able to command strong VC support where vendors can show good traction for their offerings. The three rounds that caught my eye were: Rearden Commerce, $100 million....; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Rearden Commerce, Analytics, Sales Compensation, Intacct, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fine: Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fineExtortion?IIUC the fine is for 'abusing a monopoly position'. All MS have to do is stop the abuse. Simple. If they carry on, or they argue that the abuse is justified, then they will keep getting fined. That will hurt themselves, their customers and their...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere: Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphereLots of profit......jobs and innovation in jeopardy? Too bad we didn't jeopardize Sub-Prime lending when we had a chance. Same kind of profit potential here for the telcos IMO.Drop ComcastThere are lots of ISP's out there.AT&T Yahoo comes to mind.Could Comcast's big usership...; Tags: INTERNET, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., Comcast-charged atmosphere, Net Neutrality, net neutrality bill; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market: I have been enjoying the recent posts on the Nokia Conversations site and a couple that I found particularly interesting was the post about Nokia's changes in the USA and the interview with the N96 and N78 creators. One is directly applicable to U.S. users of Nokia products, like myself,...; Tags: U.S., Strategy, Phone, Device, Nokia Corp., N96, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Neil Young gives his name to a spider: Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University (ECU) professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...; Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-09
SaaSplaza opens European SaaS marketplace: SaaSplaza opens European SaaS marketplaceJose CarlosPhill is it saasplaza what we called ASP some years ago? For what I understand they give a platform for saas development companies host their applications in Saasplaza.Thanks you http://softwareyservicio.wordpress.comIt's a rangeSaaSplaza offers a range of hosting options, from ASP to full multitenancy, depending on...; Tags: Scripting languages, Phill, SaaSplaza, European SaaS, Microsoft ASP; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Google's open source problem is Affero: Google's open source problem is AfferoOrly?So, if I understand things correctly (from the linked article and this), Affero would require Google to release their source code updates for software that runs the [i]services[/i] they sell, not just for compiled software packages as under the current Affero?In the case of the...; Tags: Mac-user, Affero, F/OSS, open source, AGPL, Google Inc., source code; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Health care debate is a neverending story: Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics: Barack Obama is the Google of modern American politics. MyBarackObama and Google share strengths and, perhaps, weaknesses. I just described Google's problem with the ASP loophole. By supporting the loophole Google maintains its proprietary advantage but risks losing friends in the open source community....; Tags: Movement, Google Inc., Barack Obama, Stoller, Open Source, Blogging, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Gallery: Tech behind the Beijing Olympics: Technicians for this summer's 2008 Olympics from Beijing are training for their sport--IT. by Andy Smith; Tags: Olympic Games, Beijing, Workforce Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Andy Smith, Olympics, tech, infrastucture; Image galleries 2008-05-09