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Aligning IT and the Business: An In-Depth Look at Scoring, Selecting and Scheduling the Project Portfolio: Making the right investment decision is the difference between business success and failure. Senior executives must seek tools to help balance efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and growth in concert with new investments. The BEN Alignment Engine allows the enterprise, presented with a choice of portfolio items, to hold the appropriate amount...; Tags: Information Technology, Business Engine Corp., BEN Alignment Engine, Productivity, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management; White papers 2005-12-01
BEN Drives R&D Portfolio Governance at Delphi Electronics & Safety: Delphi Electronics & Safety, a subsidiary of Delphi Corporation, supplies vehicle electronics and safety products for mobile applications. The team's core business objective was to marry systems and processes so the organization could manage its business by project and product line. Given this background, the team's major challenges were to...; Tags: Team, R&D, Borland Delphi, Electronics, Business Engine Corp., Programming Languages, Development Tools, Product Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing; Case studies
Business Engine Case Study: Automotive Company: Owned by a Euro 2.0 billion (US$1.8 billion) company, based in Munich, Germany, this automotive company manufactures air brake and filtration components for heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, buses, and other commercial vehicles in North America. The recent slowdown in the heavy-duty truck market has increased pressures to cost effectively develop...; Tags: Business Engine Corp., Automotive Company, Manufacturing, Team Management, Management; Case studies
Private Banking Division Justifies Client Servicing Costs on 'Per Client P&L Basis' With BEN: While the Private Wealth Management PWM group's Profit & Loss statement has long been profitable, and client feedback showed high customer satisfaction, there was no way to track the fully loaded cost of servicing each client. As a result, the PWM was unable to accurately determine on a per client...; Tags: P&L, Client, Business Engine Corp., Banking Division, Banking, Financial Services; Case studies

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Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see: Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs to take a shot. But what struck me most about the list was how RIA-heavy it is. I as much...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, Rich Media, Site Builder, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-20

Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008: Apr-08 May-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,728 190,858 1 N/A Proflowers.com 1,301 5,453 319 200 Vonage Holdings Corp 2,202 4,832 119 227 Vlaze Media Networks, Inc. 4,021 7,162 78 153 Discovery.com Sites 8,800 15,473 76 62...; Tags: Web, InfoSpace Inc., Web Site, Internet, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Human Resources, NB; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices: This is what I imagine: some technoslaves or computer software constantly peruses YouTube looking for infringements. It finds them and the music companies send YT an almost daily list of take-down notices per the DMCA. YouTube takes down. Problem being everything gets taken down...; Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Takedown, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Bookmark this: Three Web sites to aid the green cause: "EcoSearch this" doesn't have quite the same ring as "Google this," but the non-profit is hoping to harness the power of the Google search engine to help raise money for environmental non-profits including the Sierra Club, TreePeople, RainForest Alliance, National Resource Defense Council, Heal the Bay, Healthy Child, Healthy World...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-19
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: Spam coming from free email providers increasingSpamit is a problem, when recieve spam the TO: has additional accounts on my free email. there should be a way for the free email t block those sending to the same free email. it's CRAZYFree E-mail services should be held responsible...for keeping their...; Tags: Spam, free email company, spammer, e-mail company, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18
My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier: Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...; Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...; Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018: Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....; Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-18
The green tech edition of â€˜what I did on my summer vacation': How would you like to spend your summer break doing some groundbreaking green technology research? IBM has hired a couple of hundred college students worldwide to lend their brains to projects across the company's 13 research labs, including several focused on solving problems related to making data...; Tags: Green Technology, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam: Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam: Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer to its...; Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
The potential fallout from Apple vs. Psystar: It's easy to think that when it comes to Apple vs. Psystar, that it's going to be a case of David vs. Goliath, only thing time Goliath pounds David into the ground like a nail. But this case could be a catalyst for questions being raised about Apple's own business...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Microsoft's online plan: Spend, spend, spend: Microsoft's online plan: Spend, spend, spendMS understands that the days of their two cash cows are numbered.They understand that we are moving online and the only thing they can do online right now is lose more money.So, not unexpected that they are getting more desperate and throwing more money at...; Tags: SEARCH, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Search service, Microsoft Corp., online plan; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?: iPhone 3G GPS - Is it too small in the antenna department to be any good?Is it a battery issue for the turn by turn?Some have said a a turn by turn would be a massive drain on battery performance. Could it be that Apple actually wants a 3rd party...; Tags: Engineering, iPhone 3G GPS, antenna department, GPS, IS IT, Garmin Ltd., Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, battery; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Why does open source need a villain?: Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...; Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-18