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Servinext Achieves Operating Excellence and Improves Competitiveness With Call Center

Servinext S.A. wanted to implement a solid, robust, scalable technological infrastructure to support the firm's growth and offer information services at competitive prices with the highest levels of efficiency, control, and affordability. The challenge was to reach high indexes of quality in client service to increase productivity and competitiveness and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Call-center, Competitiveness, Competitive Price, Information Service, Servinext, Call Centers, Remote Access, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-12-01

Educating for Global Competitiveness

One must help in creating innovative, educational institutions of the 21st century where technology infuses every part of the curriculum, where creativity and innovation are fostered in every discipline, and where students and educators are constantly striving to solve problems and think "Outside the Box." It is the creation of...

Tags: Competitiveness, SAS Institute

White papers 2006-12-01

Additional Resources

More people, more pollution, right?

Population ControlWhat is it now, the big 'O' is going to sterilize the peasants so they don't reproduce? If you want to get the low IQ, better to castrate Windows admins.NT.*yawn**yawn* - yeah, okay, heard all that before. If you want to propose a solution (other than resorting to communism...

Tags: GFC, pollution, famine

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Diabetes can be kept at bay

move your ass, lazy americanswalk, run, practice sports and you won't get diabetes.except type I that is geneticThey don't have the incentives ...when they keep getting free handouts that progressives love so much from the big fat@ss government. Free health care, free lunch, free everything and then of course they...

Tags: diabetes, Wall St., progressive, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Bigger picture, smarter decisions: Today's BI tools

With people and systems increasingly interconnected, it's hard to keep up with data. In the ForwardView article, "Bigger picture, smarter decisions: BI tools," you'll learn how Business Intelligence BI solutions provide greater visibility across the entire business to help you spot trends in real time. See how a midmarket company...

Tags: Tool, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-10-21

VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Survey says slow, kludgy business processes hamper competitiveness

Surveys.... sighI think it will be hard for any manager to say anything other than "yeah we're not there yet, we need to be more proactive etc." when asked "are you equipped to to respond to market or customer changes quickly enough to compete well in a global marketplace?"Right....

Tags: Marketing research, business process, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Survey says slow, kludgy business processes hamper competitiveness

The bottom line: An overwhelming majority of businesses still feel they have a ways to go before they are equipped to respond to market or customer changes quickly enough to compete well in a global marketplace. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Business Process, Dana Gardner, Survey, Operational Planning, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-07

CTIA: Genachowski taps wireless industry to help foster growth, innovation

As the mobile industry continues to go through its changes, the eyes are increasingly focused on Washington, specifically the Federal Communications Commission. To kick off the conference, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stepped on to the stage before the attendees of the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment conference...

Tags: Innovation, Mobile, Industry, Broadband, Spectrum, CTIA, Wireless, Mobile Data Usage, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Countdown to Google Voice on iPhone

It's going to be a while...I don't think Apple is ever going to approve Google Voice, unless pressured to. They know that when users install Google Voice, they are going to want to replace the phone icon with Google Voice. They will want to replace the Messages Icon with something...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Hana Bank Increases Profits by US$586 Million, Reduces Costs by US$56.7 Million

Founded in 1971, Hana Bank is ranked as one of the world's top 100 banks in terms of asset size. In recent years, Hana Bank has embarked on strategies to increase efficiency, improve risk management, and enhance synergies across its businesses to boost competitiveness. The company had to revamp its...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Hana Bank, Performance Management, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance

Case studies 2009-10-01

10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability in Data Centers

Once, IT was just another important business resource. Today, IT is the business for many companies. Without it, most organizations would be incapable of serving customers, collaborating with partners, developing new products or performing other basic business functions. As a result, data center...

Tags: Data Center, Eaton, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-09-28

Going beyond the hype: Identifying Enterprise 2.0 best practices

Learning from Business AdministrationGood points, Dion. The ?enterprise context? is subject in many business models. I think we can learn a lot from so called "integrated management systems" that have been developed in the last decades, e.g. "Total quality management TQM", "European Foundation for Quality Management EFQM" or the one...

Tags: Quality, Strategy, Dion, Enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Sprint extends unlimited plan to businesses; Shares jump on acquisition rumors

Sprint said today that it's rolling out new pricing plans for business customers, including the new "Any Mobile, Anytime" offering that it announced for consumers last week. Called Business Advantage, the new offerings are an extension of Sprint's aggressive campaign to lure back customers who left following...

Tags: Acquisition, Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pricing, Corporate Law, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Small signs of a health care deal forming

what deal?The New York Times is the least reliable source of information.If you want signs of a deal in the making just watch the conservatives talk shows: O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, etc as real Americans do.They would tell us if there are any talks about it. RE: Small signs of a...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Information Security and Privacy in Emerging Economies: Implications for Global Competitiveness

Commerce, collaboration and communication have, throughout time, been enabled or hampered by the environment of trust, security and privacy in which they occur. In an increasingly fluid, interconnected global community, the ways in which creates trust, ensure privacy and provide security must evolve, and must take advantage of available best...

Tags: Information Security, RSA Security Inc., Collaboration, Privacy, Security

White papers 2009-09-01

ONE Oracle News for Midsize Organizations - Issue 04

Midsize companies have their size and agility on their side. To make the most of your agility advantage against larger competitors, streamlining your processes is one of the best steps you can take. Why? Because it will help you improve flexibility, accelerate responsiveness, boost efficiencies, lower costs and, ultimately, increase...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial Services

White papers 2009-09-01

Condemning what the market does worse

Agree, but unfair comparisonI do agree with most of what you are saying, but feel compelled to take issue with the following:You said "Few deny the Obama Administration has mangled the health care debate. On my personal blog I have compared this to how the Bush Administration handled Hurricane Katrina."The...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, government, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

MSFT, YHOO, AMZN join fight against Google Books

Who are they kidding...?Why is it that projects that seem to have some benefits for people on the whole are so quickly trashed by some silly claims of competitiveness and personal privacy?Of course this is payback......by Microsoft. Let's see how Google likes dealing with stupid antitrust regs. :)The only monopoly...

Tags: E-books, Only Problem, Google Inc., e-book, Google Book, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21