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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Issues: Compliance issues have always plagued financial businesses, but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) of 2002 increased the level of concern companies face concerning accounting and reporting regulations. The law, which applies to all firms that issue securities traded on US securities markets, contains several requirements for firms to comply with. It...; Tags: Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, SOA, Business Communication, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), MessageLabs Ltd., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Web Services, Middleware, Regulations, Enterprise Software, Software, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2007-10-01
Quantum Marine Uses GFI MailArchiver to Tackle Mailbox Growth and the Need to Retrieve Particular Emails1: Quantum Marine Engineering serves a global marketplace of superyacht builders and the company relies heavily on email for its business communications. In today's ever growing networked environment, the company's mobile sales force, commissioning technicians, and service and warranty representatives rely heavily on email to remain current with customers, with each...; Tags: Sales Force, GFI Software Ltd., Business Communication, Quantum Corp., Quantum Marine Engineering, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Online Communications, Sales; Case studies 2007-08-01
Functional Testing for business communication and Data Services Products: The company is a leading global provider of innovative business communications and data services. Customers use their ASP platform to conduct traditional and VoIP-based collaboration sessions and to process and deliver large quantities of individualized, business critical information. The company has an excellent development arm but wanted to have some...; Tags: Data Service, Collaboration, Business Communication, AppLabs, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-07-12
Increase your Competitive Advantage with business communication Technology: Most traditional business communications rely on telephone and paper-based processes. These resources do not readily support the level of productive interaction that growing businesses need to excel, and can be easily overwhelmed in periods of rapid growth. "Organizations are looking to increase productivity by focusing on the interactions between colleagues,...; Tags: Network, Interaction, Competitive Advantage, Business Communication, Cisco Systems Inc., Productivity; White papers 2007-04-17
The business communications Endgame: The Coming Triumph of Converged Communications as a Service (CCaaS) and What It Means: "Communications Convergence" is reinventing the business communications industry, shifting data, voice and video from being transmitted on separate networks using different technologies to being delivered simultaneously over a single, "converged" network using Internet Protocol (IP). Meanwhile, companies like Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Google are reinventing the software industry, through a...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Business Communication, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies; White papers 2007-03-22

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Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost: The final nail in the coffin of municipal Wi-Fi was hammered today as Earthlink pulled the plug on Philadelphia's wireless program, as the Wall Street Journal reports. "This was about a business model that simply didn't work," said Rolla Huff, chief executive of the Atlanta-based Internet services...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., City, Network, Municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac: According to CNet Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac at a clip three times higher than the former 2004 version. "The company wouldn't disclose sales numbers, but said the sales are the highest in the 19-year history of the unit. That continues a trend that has been...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Mac BU, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged: Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...; Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?: Are Microsoft and Google really locked into a zero-sum game, where every gain in Google's search business translates into an automatic kick-in-the-pants for Microsoft? That seems to be the premise, to a degree, of a couple of new items -- one on the Financial Times and...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Monopoly, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly: EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, City, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
That Florida beach isn't just sand, it could be a lot of crap: Now that you've read the headline, here's the brutal research result: fecal bacteria are likely lurking in that sunny beach where you've lain in the sun. Seems those micro-organisms can find the damp sand about as comfortable a medium as, say, some human's lower intestine.The research also indicates that...; Tags: Bacteria, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Why HP-EDS is a disaster in the making: As I've noted elsewhere HP's takeover of Compaq destroyed essentially all of HP's pre-takeover value and left the Compaq organization operating as HP. Now they've announced their intention of taking over EDS. On the good news side there won't be a culture clash in bringing these...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Tasty Baking CIO: Brendan O'Malley: Brendan O'Malley, CIO of Tasty Baking talks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about the IT challenges in making more than 5 million cakes, cookies and other desserts every day for fresh delivery. He also discusses streamlining the company's 90 year old business operations, developing inventory management solutions and how the...; Tags: CIO, Inventory Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Administrator; Blog posts 2008-05-13
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...; Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-13
ReactOS no threat to Windows: ReactOS is an implementation of Windows Server 2003, still in alpha stage, and very interesting. But it is no threat to Windows. None at all. Especially compared with Linux. Here's why. Sponsors. Linux has big corporate sponsors behind it, starting with...; Tags: Desktop, ReactOS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
EDS internal memo on the HP purchase: HP acquired EDS in a deal valued roughly at $12.8 billion. The move was outlined Tuesday morning amid a healthy dose of skepticism. Here's a memo from EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer, who will now report to HP CEO Mark Hurd. To the EDS Worldwide Team: Today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Branding, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?: With the completion of its deal to buy EDS for $13.9 billion, Hewlett-Packard is about to become just as key to Microsoft's fate as IBM is to the fate of open source. How will Microsoft react? While Sun, Red Hat and a host of...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition: We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...; Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Does Larry Ellison have the best SaaS strategy?: Software as a service sounds deceptively simple: Host an application, charge folks monthly and customers come running because they don't have to implement software. The reality: SaaS is rocket science and few do it truly well. This perception vs. reality SaaS gap bonked me over the head...; Tags: Strategy, Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Larry Ellison, SaaS Trajectory, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13