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- When Consultancies Feel the Pain of Recession
- Phil Fersht, an AMR analyst and blogger, wrote yesterday about the bad year that major outsourcing consultancy TPI is having. He went further and checked with other consultancies about how they are doing. In short, he found that some firms were doing more outsourcing consulting and some less. But, he...
- Tags: Recession, Consultancy, Phil Fersht, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Consultancy Deploys Productivity-Enhancing CRM Solution to Gain Competitive Advantage
- As an executive-search consultancy, Lure Executive Services seeks to deliver high value. Employees interview client companies to learn about their businesses and goals. They also network to identify, interview, and place quality employees. Interviewing and networking generate large amounts of data, which was stored using manually-intensive systems. After an extensive...
- Tags: Competitive Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Consultancy, Networking, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2008-04-15
- Finnish Consultancy Improves Customer Relationships With New Internal Solution
- Finpro is a management consultancy based in Finland. It employs 300 experts that specialize in delivering quality client services to help companies achieve global success. Finpro needed a customer relationship management system to improve the quality of its professional services, by providing fast and easy access to up-to-date customer information....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Consultancy, CRM, Finpro, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- Global Consultancy Turns to Top Layer Networks for Checks and Balances
- One of the largest consultancies in the world, Global Consultancy provides accounting services and consultation projects to companies of all sizes, with customers in most countries. The challenge for this consultancy was that when an intrusion or cyber threat exploded across its vast network, it was difficult to pinpoint infected...
- Tags: Network, Consultancy, Top Layer Networks, Networking, Network Security, Security
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- 10 things you should know about launching an IT consultancy
- There's no shortage of books on how to start your own business--and some of them are excellent resources. But if you're preparing to launch an IT consultancy, you need more than general business strategy. You need nitty-gritty tactical details like these. IT consultant Erik Eckel put in hundreds...
- Tags: Information Technology, Consultancy, Erik Eckel, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2006-07-28
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- Five Helpful Green Printing Tips
- Taking the Green Route to Printing EfficiencyIt is, of course, important that organisations choose the most environmentally efficient route for their commercial printing. Dependent on the size of the job, there are always occasions when it makes sense to outsource printing. If a company needs 1,000 sets of a 30-page...
- Tags: Document management, printing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- AMRandom 4.3 (Windows)
- This aims to supply an Embarcadero (formerly CodeGear/Borland) Delphi translation of Alan Miller's Random Module for FORTRAN-90. This translation has been done with Dr Miller's approval and is being made freely available to all Delphi Developers, though we do ask Alan Miller and ESB Consultancy be given due credit. Includes...
- Tags: Borland Delphi, Microsoft Windows, ESB Consultancy, Enterprise Service Bus, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- IT Services Provider Enhances IT Efficiency, Security, and Mobility With Upgrade
- IT consultancy Raiffeisen Informatik is a full-service IT services provider based in Vienna, Austria. To prepare for customers who want to upgrade to Windows 7, the company decided to upgrade to the operating system internally in a pilot deployment. As a result, Raiffeisen Informatik looks forward to streamlined deployment, enhanced...
- Tags: Security, IT Services, Mobile, Information Technology, Mobility, Microsoft Windows 7, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-11-16
- Operating System Refreshes Go 10 Times Faster With Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- As an IT services consultancy with operations in 14 countries, Sogeti is helping organizations around the globe refresh desktop operating systems to the Windows 7 operating system and refresh servers to Windows Server 2008. The company needed an enterprise-grade deployment tool to help it perform the task of wiping the...
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Sogeti, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- SharePoint Statistics: The Real Reason Behind SharePoint's Price Tag
- What would you say is the most expensive part of a SharePoint deployment? A recent study by InfoTrends, a consultancy, identified where the money is being spent on SharePoint and where it's not. The results may surprise you. So I was speaking the other day...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- SmartDEGREE From TCS to Combat Certificate Malpractices
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited's TCS SmartDEGREE, a Radio Frequency Identification RFID based solution, enables universities to curb the problem of fake degree certificates and forgery of mark sheets. Using SmartDEGREE, a university can award certificates with an embedded RFID tag that is encoded with the holder's name, date of graduation,...
- Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2009-10-01
- Consultancy Streamlines ERP Implementations, Boosts Customer Satisfaction
- Microsoft Gold Certified Partner NeoProcess supports business customers with business process optimization and implementations of Microsoft Dynamics AX. The company experienced a rapid influx of new customers and needed to streamline implementations while enabling new hires and other employees to be effective. NeoProcess discovered and adopted the Microsoft Dynamics Sure...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Implementation, ERP, Customer Satisfaction, Microsoft Corp., Operational Planning, Product Marketing, Business Operations, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle
- So Sweet.Thats all I got, that thing is frigg'in cool!I just can't see paying that much...For so little. I would honestly rather buy a mac, and that's saying a lot, as they're horribly overpriced.I travel 75% of the year, and everything that implies: planes, rental cars, subways, metro bus/rail, the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Latitude Z 16, Dell Latitude Z, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Latitude
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon
- Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...
- Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Spigit Curbs Sharepoint Waste
- How many Sharepoint sites did your company start in the past year? Now, how many are actively being used? If you're organization is like many, Sharepoint adoption isn't the same as Sharepoint usage. In a new study by Infotrends Inc. a market consultancy, researchers found that...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Spigit, SAAS Software, Spigit Software, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- ISV Reduces Sales and Deployment Cycle From Months to Five Minutes With Web-Based Service
- Octave wanted to deliver its retail accounting and sales solution as an online service. It partnered with YouSAAS - a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specialising in technical and marketing consultancy for Independent Software Vendors ISVs - to fully automate provisioning and deployment. Following the transition, the delivery cycle decreased from...
- Tags: Web, ISV, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Should you benefit from ACN’s bloodletting?
- If you like great talent, you should….. Accenture has cut loose many senior executives recently and will pare some more given last Thursday’s announcement. I know some of these folks. Specific vertical segments have been pared down to reflect new market realities. These include: automotive...
- Tags: Consultant, Benefit, Workforce Management, Professional Development, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Career, Sales, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- The Math Behind Accenture’s Restructuring
- Will more cuts come? Thursday, Accenture announced that they were going to reduce their senior executive ranks by about 7%. The company stated: Approximately $128 million of the charge is for severance and related costs of workforce actions, primarily at the senior-executive level, which...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Restructuring, Senior Executive, Executive, $119mm, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Real Estate, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Palm snags Apple veteran Zwerner to head brand design
- Apple veteran Jeff Zwerner has joined Palm as its new SVP of brand design. Zwerner's new duties include overseeing the company's web design strategies, global ad campaigns and public relations. That's a lot of message to handle, judging by the dicussion over Palm's...
- Tags: Advertisement, Brand, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Jeff Zwerner, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Consultancy Drives Project Success and Cuts Costs With Proven Methodology
- With a growing business around Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Assistus needed a way to streamline deployments and set clear expectations with customers to ensure optimal solution alignment, drive adoption, and eliminate unplanned costs. To achieve this, the company turned to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step, which provides a...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Drives Inc., Microsoft Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-07-28
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