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How to Boost Consumer Confidence in Your e-Commerce Web Site

Download this VeriSign Webcast in podcast format! Web-based businesses are facing a confidence crisis. Trust in site security is declining, with many consumers scaling back their online transactions or worse, opting out all together. However, recent developments in authentication technology have led to a new kind of...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Webcast, VeriSign Inc., Consumer Confidence, E-commerce Web Site, E-business, Podcasts, Phishing, Security, Internet, Spam And Phishing

Download resources 2007-09-19

Consumer distrust could lash e-commerce

Consumer distrust could lash e-commerceBuild consumer confidence by letting them speak to someoneJohn Thompson is on to something when he warns of a lack of consumer confidence when it comes to e-commerce. Part of the reason could be due to the usual customer anxiety of making complex, high value...

Tags: Web technology, E-business/E-commerce, e-business, consumer confidence, Web

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Dell has no plans to use AMD chips

Dell has no plans to use AMD chipsFineI have no plan to buy Dell computers either.Everyone has no reason to use AMD chipsAMD's chips are notorious for their instability, overheat, incompatability. I cannot find a reason for anyone to use its chips.I'm sure this has something to do with AMDObviously,...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Intel Chip, consumer confidence, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, Dell Computer Corp., AMD Chips, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-02-18

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Linux in your hand; from geeks only to consumer friendly mass market

someone has discovered americasome people knew about that years ago...Umm. Android is Java on Linux.Read the Wikipedia entry if you don't believe me.I think you'll love Android then.Buh Bye Linux.Ah, DonThe usual display of razor-sharp analysis backed by exhaustive research.It only matters if the device is runningLinux if I can...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Smart phones, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!

This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-24

AMD posts another quarterly loss

If AMD can't produce...a CPU that will compare with Intel in performance they may not be around for a lot longer. They are so completely outclassed by Intel i7 that they aren't even in the ball park. It is hard to believe they can't come up with something ant closer.I...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Social Business in Action - Establishing Excellence

Human interaction is as old as humanity, and nothing beats personal contact. We can learn more from a few seconds of personal contact and get a 'gut feel' about someone or a situation experientially in person than we can from hours of research and remote contact....

Tags: Web, Team, Information Technology, Human Interaction, Cohen, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Team Management, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-21

iPhone soars, Microsoft 'main loser'

Well......Beings I don't tie my confidence to a phone or computer I could give two sh1ts about what anyone thinks. Frankly the Samsung Omnia has been an excellent phone and I have no problem letting anyone and everyone see me use it. Plus Windows Mobile is in alot of...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Mobile applications, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Windows, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul

OK, we've established that pretty much every high-tech vendor is IN LOVE with the Smart Grid, because of the billions of potential spending associated with it. So, what does the average energy consumer think? Aka, you and me. A new survey that was conducted jointly by PR...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Survey, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-16

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Ballmer on the Microsoft-Yahoo deal: 'Nobody gets it'

Ballmer on the Microsoft-Yahoo deal: 'Nobody gets it'I was ge... liquidity means monetization, wha?I didn't really care. It's a better idea than Microsoft buying Yahoo (from Microsoft's point of view.)One day is too soon for the wisdom of the crowd to truly kick in (and I am dubious about the...

Tags: Investment, Bing, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades

Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgradesIf written to MS guidelines they should.[i]Existing applications should remain compatible for many years from their first development.[/i]The problem is too many applications didn't follow Microsofts guidelines. Perhaps Microsoft should offer a binary compatability guarantee like the one Sun offers.NightmareThat...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., XP-downgrade, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, service pack, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings

The FCC is broken, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) informed Julius Genachowski, the nominee to head the agency. Fix this agency. Or we will fix it for you. Really. I'm not sure Congress has ever fixed an executive agency. Legislative oversight just...

Tags: FCC, Agency, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Twitter Trust #Fails

There's a big difference between a 'Trust Fall' and a 'Trust #Fail' to use the increasingly tiresome valleygirl slang #word Twitter users assign to stuff that doesn't meet their high standards. A 'Trust Fall' is a trust-building exercise often conducted in turns in...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Metal Sludge, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors

Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General MotorsMaybe they will put the ice cream man in charge of Citigroup nexti knowlets put an oil guy in charge of Time Warnerwe can play all kinds of tricks BarryOh what fun!Court ReviewHmmm. You make some good points, but... GM already...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Investment, ATT/SBC, General Motors Corp., Ed Whitacre, Bad Idea Dept., ATT, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Bain survey finds tech and telecom execs are least worried

Bain & Company released its 12th Bain’s Management Tools & Trends Survey results from interviews with 1400 top executives around the world. One of the findings was that tech and telecom execs were the least concerned about long-term impact from the recession and are the most...

Tags: Bain, Recession, Telecommunications, Survey, Exec, Workforce Management, Productivity, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Poisonous Personalities at Work & Play

I picked up on this slightly superficial US 'lifestyle' post , "8 Toxic Personalities to Avoid" by Brett Blumental, on one of Yahoo!'s many consumer sub sites (Shine/Sheer Balance/Manage your Life) after seeing its popularity rising on del.icio.us. Although we like to think that the people in our lives...

Tags: Social Software, Twitter, Collaboration, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-27

The time is now for Mozy and cloud backup services

Here's my top three reasons why I'm considering a cloud offering to backup my most valuable data - my personal digital music and photo collections. The cloud won't fall off the desk and become damaged. Kids can't spill their juice on the cloud. In case...

Tags: Backup, Photograph, EMC Corp., Cloud, Mozy, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Palm's Pre launch: Assessing the risks

Palm's corporate savior---the Pre---arrives June 6 and Sprint and other retailers are expecting a hit. However, there are multiple looming questions ahead. Here are the items to watch ahead of the Pre's lift-off Techmeme.  Will shortages be a problem? Sprint has said it expects...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Sprint Communications, Palm Pre, Walkley, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Pricing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20