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- Legislator wants to smudge online maps
- California legislator wants to require online maps blur soft targets, including schools. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Google Inc., Image, Twitter, Terrorist Attack, Communications Infrastructure, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Business Operations, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- ProCurve Networking Powers IP Revolution at HP Japan's Customer Response Centre
- HP enjoys a reputation as a world-class organization, not just for its wide range of advanced IT solutions, but also for the standard of its service and support. In an age where any breakdown in an information system can be critical to business performance, HP Japan has established a complete...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, IP, Communications Infrastructure, VOIP, Utility Computing, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking
- Case studies 2006-09-01
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- Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise
- Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Internet continues to lose its founding network partners
- I would like to see...I would like to see more competition on the hardware side. I completely understand that costs are a huge factor limiting competition but companies that own monopolies on the actual network infrastructure have little incentive to upgrade or enhance user experience with out major competition. Ideally...
- Tags: network, Internet, Net2, satellite, network partner, government
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Airport Operator Improves Services and Reduces Costs With Unified Communications
- LFV Group operates airports throughout Sweden. LFV has a highly distributed workforce, and e-mail is the primary source of communication for the group's 4,000 employees. In 2009, LFV began a program to upgrade its communications infrastructure, including its telephony system and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 e-mail solution. LFV wanted a...
- Tags: Unified Messaging, Microsoft Exchange Server, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Airport Operator, LFV Group, E-mail, Collaboration, VOIP, E-mail Servers, Online Communications, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Leading Integration Company Speeds to Market With Cloud-to-Cloud Interoperation
- Cast Iron Systems specializes in helping organizations connect Internet-hosted cloud applications with on-premises applications. When Microsoft announced the Windows Azure platform, Cast Iron set out to enhance its Cast Iron Integration Solution with Windows Azure platform connectivity. Using the Service Bus and Access Control Service, Cast Iron created the needed...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Internet, Security Administration, Operating Systems, Software, Security
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business
- I had the pleasure to sit down with Steve Ballmer for an interview at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this week. My research team at Forrester spends a lot of time thinking, researching, and writing about the future of information work. So getting Steve’s view on SharePoint’s decade-long...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Steve Ballmer, Forrester Research Inc., Steve, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Brown
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...
- Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Medtronic Expects to Cut Costs, Increase Availability With Unified Communications
- Medtronic, the world's largest medical device innovator, began an initiative to standardize its communications infrastructure to increase efficiency. The company was using a third-party product to provide users with a message waiting indicator for voice mail, but the product was unable to scale to meet the company's needs. Medtronic also...
- Tags: Medtronic Inc., Unified Communications, Healthcare, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
- Today, a number of companies are either consolidating their data centers or implementing new data center projects. Their decisions are often based on the appropriate "tier level" of the IT facility. The tier level is determined by an industry standard classification system for infrastructure performance. A four-tier system rates a...
- Tags: Data Center, STC Associates, Tier Level, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-10-01
- Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
- How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate
- Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Intel's Maloney: Enhanced technology can address demands of new data center
- At the afternoon keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, Executive VP Sean Maloney took some time to talk about what Intel is doing to address the needs of the enterprise and the changing data center. The reality, he said, is that the data center is undergoing a...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Corp., Slot Machine, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Secure IM Software for Private Real-Time Communications
- Bopup IM Suite is a secure real-time communication software designed to provide efficient and private Instant Messaging IM over networks of any size. This software is based on a client/server architecture that meets most of the critical business needs, such as centralized management, the Active Directory LDAP support, message and...
- Tags: IM, Messaging, B Labs, Bopup IM Suite, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-09-19
- Do you really need Office? Really? If the Feds don't, do we?
- Sounds like these users could get by just fine with Wordpad.[i]That being said, how many of your teachers are doing this sort of thing? Teachers need to create content, no doubt about it, but that content should be online, accessible, collaborative, and reusable. You don?t need Office for that.[/i]The problem,...
- Tags: Next Up, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely
- HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- IBM opens up systems framework for energy companies
- IBM has designs on utility companies and other players in the smart grid and renewable energy world that are trying to see the big picture. The company is introducing a framework called the IBM Solution Architecture for Energy and Utilities Framework SAFE, which acts as an integration...
- Tags: Utility Company, Industry, Energy Company, IBM Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Over Power Line, GIS, Strategy, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Software, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
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