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Global Intranet and Business Application Portal

The client had multiple critical business processes that were being performed using Microsoft Word and Excel Templates. All of this information was being shared and discussed using internal emails and documents were stored on the employees local machine. There was no way to track progress, completion or approval. Converge Point...

Tags: Business Application, Intranet, Converge Point, Portals, Internet

Case studies 2009-01-01

Lotus Notes to Microsoft InfoPath Forms Conversion

The Client had a large number of Lotus Notes forms created over the last decade. The forms were a critical part of their global business with workflow and approval process dependencies. These forms were primarily available only via the Lotus Notes client and was not available via the browser. This...

Tags: Microsoft InfoPath, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Converge Point, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-01-01

Additional Resources

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

The best VoIP solution is ...

What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this year

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this yearSuccess?Me thinks not according to http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=365No. Just bussiness as usualHow many standard fights Sony lost in the past?? Didn't they soon after started selling products with the winning standard??Have you ever seen a CD or a VHS movie...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Toshiba Corp., DVD

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Dell's analyst meeting: Looking for the big vision

Dell's analyst powwow on Tuesday is expected to focus heavily on storage and cost cutting, but lack any big transformation plans---although many observers are itching to hear more about the company's acquisition strategy and vision. Caris analyst Robert Cihra sums it up well. Dell has been focusing...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Vision, Cihra, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Google's Schmidt carefully scripted at newspaper powwow

Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared his love for newspapers today in front of an audience at the Newspaper Association of America's annual convention in San Diego. You know: freedom of speech, in-depth reporting, policing government and the elite and so on. For just about an hour, Schmidt...

Tags: Google Inc., Journalist, Eric Schmidt, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Netbooks become the bane of Microsoft

Netbooks become the bane of MicrosoftThe fact is not everybody needs a feature rich OSIn fact even those that need or desire one on their primary computer may not desire one on their secondary computer, which is what netbooks are. The purpose of a netbook is to get something done...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Corp., netbook

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Google cripples Google Apps Standard and pushes Premier

Google cripples Google Apps Standard and pushes PremierGuess whatThe party is over. Google like everybody else have to start making money and profit.Without profit, they will just pop like the rest of the Internet Bubble did.They are not immune.RE: Google cripples Google Apps Standard and pushes PremierWow, a cloud...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Google Apps, Google Apps Standard

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

CES 2009: Summing up Ballmer's first keynote [day 2]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just wrapped up his first CES keynote, and I left feeling...vaguely satisfied. Not excited, or bored, but mildly hopeful. Clad in a burgundy v-neck sweater, a sprightly Ballmer kicked his speech off with gusto, proclaiming, "I'm ready to go and I'm here," and...

Tags: Phone, Partnership, Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Balancing utility with responsibility on student laptops

A Slashdot contributor posted an important question on Wednesday: "What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have?" Essentially, the author wanted to know how much of the capability of laptops assigned to students in a 1:1 program should be locked down, particularly when the students are off-campus. This...

Tags: Student, Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Security, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Conferences as conversation starters

Ten years ago Comdex - the gigantic Las Vegas hi tech conference and show - was reaching its high point. In that pre broadband internet era of CD ROM's, beige boxes and Windows 95, tens of thousands would converge on Vegas, stay in massively marked up hotel rooms and walk...

Tags: Channel Management, Conference, Corporate Communications, Internet, Management, Marketing, Oliver Marks, Strategy, Web, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Movement

Blog posts 2008-06-30

The future of SaaS billing

In the past few weeks, all of a sudden, I've been approached by any number of vendors wanting to tell me about their billing, settlement and subscriber management offerings to the SaaS market. I must say, it's about time. For the past ten years, SaaS vendors have struggled to manage...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Billing, LeCayla, Vindicia, Enterprise Software Buyer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-03

Will IE 8 break the Web?

There's been one nagging question about Internet Explorer IE 8 about which I can't stop wondering: Once it finally ships, will it break the Web? It's not just because I'm an unabashed Microsoft skeptic that I am puzzling over this. It's also because right up until...

Tags: Developer, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Andrade Gutierrez Builds Converged Network on Stable Check Point Foundation

Andrade Gutierrez AG is one of Brazil's largest heavy construction firms with projects throughout Latin America and Europe. To sustain its rapid growth, AG required a more reliable, higher-performing, and easier-to-manage network. When the company redesigned its infrastructure to converge voice and data on a single network, it needed a...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Converged Network, Network, Andrade Gutierrez, Security, Networking

Case studies 2008-02-20

2008: The security wishlist

2008: The security wishlistApple could publish code audit resultsI find that the Coverity scans of open source projects give a relatively objective assessment of the quality of open source code. I find it quite impressive that KDE is having 4.5 million lines of code scanned. The number of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, monoculture, security, Apple Inc., vulnerability, diversification, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

BEA's stance on Oracle deal pummeled

The reaction to BEA's rejection of a $17 a share takeover offer from Oracle is brutal. Of course, billionaire Carl Icahn has issues. But analysts aren't too thrilled either. Either BEA knows something the rest of us don't or is delusional. A sampling of...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Project Genesis, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Operational Planning, Web Services, Strategy, Business Process Automation, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Management, It Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Moving beyond the iPod

Moving beyond the iPodtransferring files via?One thing I've had experience with is that my camera, for example, sometimes doesnt connect up to my pc via its cradle, to transfer photos into the pc.I have 2 choices: either reboot all my hardware, or, simply pull the mem stick out of the...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, DRM-Free Music, Moving Beyond, music, PC

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Ballmer speaks; Can Microsoft be everything to everyone?

Ballmer speaks; Can Microsoft be everything to everyone?Sure...M$ can be everything for the 'Mike Cox' crowd, but it is NOTHING but a crook for most of us.Clean your own room first, BallmerFirst, find a way to stop treating your customers like criminals. The more you do silly things like...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows XP, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., virus

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Singularity Summit 2007: Machines of loving grace

Futurist/historian of science Paul Saffo gave the final presentation of the day at the Singularity Summit 2007, offering his advice to the crowd of 800 attendees. "We are in a moment of handoff. It happens in all technology transitions. The inventors, scientists and innovators hand off to popular culture."...

Tags: News, Computer, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08