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Omni Mold Implemented Siemens PLM Software Technology to Maintain Fast Delivery of Ultra-Precision Molds During Time of Business Expansion

Omni Mold was established in the late 1980s as a niche tooling enterprise using AutoCAD, two-dimensional CAD program. After expanding operations to meet ever-increasing customer demands, Omni Mold faced the challenge of working efficiently with a lean headcount. Omni Mold is a firm believer in leveraging advanced technologies to produce...

Tags: Mold, Business Expansion, Software Technology, Siemens AG, Omni Mold, CAD, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Software, Management

Case studies 2007-09-01

A Secure Network Foundation by Hi-Link and Cisco Makes the Metric for Supporting Business Expansion

In 1963, three Czechoslovakian entrepreneurs decided to bring metric and British industrial components to U.S. industry, forming Metric & Multistandards Components Corporation MMCC. MMCC's growth and need for increased bandwidth required bringing a managed frame-relay network in-house. Cost-effective deployment was needed of new secure network infrastructure that could support multiple...

Tags: Business Expansion, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., MMCC, Networking

Case studies 2006-04-05

Cisco Secure Network Foundation: An Open-and-Shut Case for Supporting Business Expansion at Jenkins Law Firm

The Jenkins Law Firm, PLLC, is located at the center of Crawford County in the heart of northwest Arkansas. Small law firm needs a technology solution to manage communications of busy attorneys and support staff. A Cisco switched LAN backbone consisting of the following products provides the firm with access...

Tags: Business Expansion, Network, Law Firm, Cisco Systems Inc., Litigation, Business Operations

Case studies 2006-04-05

Aquanta: Driving Profitable Business Expansion With Innovation

Headquartered in Belgium, Aquanta initially provided Internet platforms for web access, web hosting, email services, Directory Name Service DNS and proxy services to telecommunications companies. In building Internet networking platforms for telecommunications companies Aquanta had to find the most reliable, highest performance, most flexible Web Switch. Alteon Web Switches from...

Tags: Innovation, Business Expansion, Nortel Networks Corp., Telecommunications Company, Alteon Networks, Internet, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Ethernet, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Networking

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Microsoft buys DATAllegro

Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little

Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Bausch & Lomb reduces IT boundaries

The commonly used phrase "lack of IT alignment" suggests communication problems arising from dysfunctional boundaries between IT and business groups inside an organization. Bausch & Lomb has shattered boundaries by merging IT and customer service under the CIO. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Customer Service, CIO, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Are solar-energy materials in short supply?

Are solar-energy materials in short supply?Need Ink ContractsImprovements in solar photovoltaic sources of materials brings to my mind the need of inks that will allow painting your own photovoltaics in colorful designs and patterns stressing advertising as much as is possible to enliven the circles of users. Inks of N-type...

Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...

Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Microsoft splits its Platforms

Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...

Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIAGreat news!Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Desktops, video game, video, game, CRM, Web browser, iTunes client, Entellium, Apple iTunes, Sun Java Studio Creator, desktop, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

How sick is Steve Jobs?

How sick is Steve Jobs?Not appropriate to ...discuss someone's health in a public blog. Privacy should remain private.how long before M$ goes belly up?with Gate$ gone, M$ is even in a worst position since he too was relying on brainless drones.RE: How sick is Steve Jobs?[i]Jobs has insisted to friends...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Steve Jobs, health care

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Bausch & Lomb puts new CIO in charge of customer service

Eye care company Bausch & Lomb has given its CIO the customer service reins. On Wednesday, the company named Alan Farnsworth, senior vice president of customer service and information technology and chief information officer. Cutting through the rather bloated title, it appears that Bausch & Lomb has...

Tags: Customer Service, CIO, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Information Technology, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Gallery: Broadband in a sewer

The coverage is good but the location stinks. A sewer built in London during the reign of Queen Victoria is now hosting a business broadband network. by Andy Smith

Tags: Sewer, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Andy Smith, broadband, wireless, network. UK

Image galleries 2008-07-23

Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of Internet

Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of InternetAs Always, Vinton Tells It Like It IsVery well thought-out answer, and absolutely on the mark...the telcos are ruining the advancement of the Internet in this country and the fact that they are systematically raping the consumer with their "Hi-speed"...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, telecommunications company, national interest, Vint Cerf, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Free the XBOX 360!!!

Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., game, console

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"

The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...

Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release

Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-23