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Insurance Site Rejuvenated on Budget and Ahead of Schedule With the .NET Framework

Answer Financial Inc. AFI is the "Powered by" engine behind hundreds of insurance Web sites. AFI was looking for the best platform upon which to build AFI's third generation Web site. The new platform had to take maintainability, flexibility, extensibility, scalability, and reliability to the next level. After considering several...

Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., Answer Financial Inc., .Net, Web Site Development, Insurance, Channel Management, Financial Planning, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

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Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

What really happened to Wikipedia

Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

iPhone users don't use device for work, study says

iPhone users don't use device for work, study saysI use my iPhone for bothThough the "preponderance" of use is personal. I guess a good follow-up question would be, for those of us tho use it primarily for "play", is "Does the iPhone meet your business use needs?" For me the...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, U.S. Marine Corps, iPhone 3, business phone, Apple iPhone, soldier

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know

So what is the cloud, exactly? Industry experts would like to know, according to a panel discussion today at Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. The panel, which consisted of six industry leaders whose respective companies are...

Tags: Service, Cloud, JA, BL, PK, KH, AA, VC, MC, Hosting Industry, Cloud Computing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Jobs' medical leave: right to privacy vs right to know

Jobs' medical leave: right to privacy vs right to knowMost sensible line yet![i]The conclusion of the the matter is, investors want to know about his health so they can sell their stock right away, if his outlook is grim.[/i]That is the most sensible thing I've heard anyone say about this...

Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Benefits, job, Yes Steve Jobs, investor, stock, Apple Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

The ERP mess we're in

Cynthia Rettig's the Trouble with Enterprise Software, published in MIT Sloan Management Review should come as no surprise to those used to commenting on ERP implementations. Ms Rettig draws a gloomy picture asserting that: Whole systems march in lock step, providing synchronized, fully coordinated supply chains, production lines and services,...

Tags: Performance, Information Technology, ERP, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-08-15

Today's Debate: Entrepreneurs a threat or boon to health care?

Today's Debate: Entrepreneurs a threat or boon to health care?JJWild Correction"They announced today they've bought JJWild of Canton, Mississippi, makers of the Meditech system used in 2,000 hospitals, according to Perot."JJWild, Inc. is not the maker of the MEDITECH system. JJWild is the preferred system integrator for the MEDITECH system,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

MONEY Magazine Financial Assistant 1.1.0024 (Mobile)

The smart new way to manage over 150 everyday financial decisions. From comparing leases to planning your retirement, your Palm Powered handheld is your on-call advisor. As fast as you can jot down the figures, your handheld performs the calculations. Whether you are calculating a Lease payment, Yield to Maturity,...

Tags: Financial, Mobile, LandWare, Financial Assistant, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2007-04-03

YouTube: Are YouTubers at risk?

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School strives to “pioneer” the development of cyberspace. The Center’s pioneering efforts include “advocacy”:We engage in targeted efforts to effect law reform where we deem such activism to be necessary, both domestically and internationally, to protect and foster openness on...

Tags: Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Media, YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2007-02-08

Why Apple's board is standing by Jobs

Why Apple's board is standing by JobsCan you say DUH?Let's see, those that made the most money are standing behind the decision. Can you say DUH???Steve Jobs '08"...and an Apple on every desk."Take heartfor amongst this world of corporate corruption, greed and unethical behavior there shines a beacon of...

Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Marketing research, job, board, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., financial, vision

Discussion threads 2007-02-01

Security gurus report on the state of cybersecurity at Demo 2006

Demo 2006: At the close of Demo, John Patrick led a discussion on the state of security with Partha Dasgupta, an associate professor at Arizona State University specializing in cryptography; Hillarie Orman, chief technology officer & VP of engineering, Shinkuro, Inc., and Charles Palmer of IBM Research.All of the...

Tags: Partha Dasgupta, security

Blog posts 2006-02-08

HP to buy Peregrine for $425 million

HP to buy Peregrine for $425 millionHP will do ANYTHINGto get back into Company "F"! Just as we were getting ready to roll out Perigrine . . .Would be interesting to see the detailsPeregrine's finances were toxic waste and covered up by successive management teams. Hope for HP's sake...

Tags: Business structures, ISS, Peregrine, Hewlett-Packard Co., Peregrine Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-09-19

Once more, DARPA calls robots to a Grand Challenge

It has been almost 18 months since the Pentagon's research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, first attracted a motley array of autonomous vehicles with a prize of $1 million for the first to complete a 142-mile desert course from Barstow, Calif., to Las...

Tags: robot

Blog posts 2005-09-14

Exposing click fraud

Exposing click fraudso whatthe spyware is giving false data - lolWaaaahhhhh!You are annoying, lower-than-life pains in the butt anyway. Please do NOT expect any sympathy from us.You can take your ads, your spyware and your Trojan/Viruses and stick them where the Sun don't shine.That felt good :)At least SOMBODY...

Tags: spyware, BizRate, click fraud, advertisement

Discussion threads 2004-07-19

Microsoft SQL Server-Based Data Mart Packs a Wallop

When World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. WWFE needed better insight into financial data stored in Solomon Software's Solomon IV financial and business management system, it turned to CEP Systems, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider MCSP Partner. Using AppsCo Software's AppsMart, CEP implemented a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0-based sales analysis...

Tags: Data Mart, Financial, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Mining, Sales Strategy, Databases, Storage, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Hardware

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