corporate transaction

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Driscoll's Berries Picks Perfect Mobile Solution for Distribution, Account Reconciliation

Watsonville, California -based Driscoll Strawberry Associates needed to streamline its distribution operations and improve the accuracy of its account reconciliation system. Driscoll turned to Redline Solutions, a systems integrator specializing in automating data collection for agribusiness clients. Redline recommended a mobile systems solution that would be integrated into Driscoll's existing...

Tags: Mobile, Handheld, Corporate Transaction, Driscoll, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Marketing

Case studies 2008-01-01

Additional Resources

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting

Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...

Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

With AppSense, making sense of managing the virtual desktop user experience

As more enterprises turn to virtual desktop infrastructure to save money and leverage the infrastructure they already have, managing the user experience has become critical. But how do you maintain standardization across large organizations while keeping the user happy at each log on? AppSense...

Tags: AppSense, Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services bet

ASCII/xerox allianceASCII group the worlds oldest group of solution providers has teamed with xerox in print managed services in the smb spaceRE: Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services betI work for ACS. I was a bit surprised to get this news this morning.What Makes This Deal Different Larry ?...

Tags: Document management, Outsourcing, Xerox Corp., ACS, big service

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Hitachi announces 500GB 2.5" Travelstar hard drive

Hitachi on Tuesday announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K500. The 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive is intended for notebooks, gaming systems and external storage and is the fastest hard drive in its class,...

Tags: Hard Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Travelstar 7K500, 7K500, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray

I'd say that the headline is a bit of an understatement or maybe even a misstatement by me.  Let me tell you why. If your life preference is to cower under bedcovers, then you might not have heard of the Enterprise Irregulars EI.   They are a group of iconoclastic, often...

Tags: Blog, Customer, CRM, Ross, Customer Insight, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment

Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...

Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos

Amazon said Wednesday that it is acquiring Zappos in a deal worth $847 million. The CEOs of both companies portrayed the deal as an e-commerce learning adventure where both sides can learn from each other and leverage strengths. The combination is an interesting one. Zappos.com, which primarily...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Zappos, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Coca-Cola Teaches The World To....

"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase.  That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...

Tags: Facebook, Fan, Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Customer, Machine, Coke, Coca-Cola Freestyle, Food & Beverage, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Software AG swoops on IDS Scheer

Just goes to show how much I know. Last week I was saying that SoftwareAG would be a good fit for SAP and today, SoftwareAG swoops on IDS Scheer. From the wires: On 13 July 2009, SAG Beteiligungs GmbH (currently still registered under the corporate...

Tags: IDS Scheer, Software AG, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Sales, Finance, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM

The debate and discussion about what defines Social CRM a.k.a. CRM 2.0 vs. its traditional parent has been going on for about 2 years pretty regularly and started, according to thought leader Graham Hill almost a decade before that. Personally, I'm done defining it and am moving...

Tags: Customer, Business, Tool, CRM, Social CRM, SCRM Business Strategy, Co-creation, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Outcome Based Social Networks: Yet Another CRM at the Speed of Light Excerpt

I'm going to finish the book today. CRM at the Speed of Light, 4th edition will be done by the time that the day ends - though I suspect a lot sooner.  It's going to be a 750 page tome - mostly print, some supplemented electronically, on CRM 2.0 -...

Tags: Network, Outcome, YouTube Inc., CRM, Outcome Based Social Networks, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft Money

Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft MoneyWell if they....stick Silverlight on it they only allow Mac to use it really. I'm sure they're looking for places to prove Silverlight.wrong thread nt.Anyone smell a cloud replacement ?ntI did not know that was even aroundQuickBooks took care of that.Give software users...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Software, Microsoft Corp., software, Microsoft Money

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Why SOA really, really matters in a cloud computing world

Back in early 2006, I published a piece on the impact of delivering SOA-ready services via online, on-demand venues such as online marketplaces. Here is an update on the piece, revised to meet today's cloud computing realities. Since I wrote the first piece, we have seen many of the principles...

Tags: On-demand, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Managed Hosting, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Weekend stuff: learning with Suw via Twitter

I often hear how Twitter is the magic bullet to so many things and as a hardcore enterprisey type and despite my personal Twitt-addiction, I'd usually say: 'Pft.' Today taught me a couple of things that may yet change my mind. Suw Charman-Anderson, a UK colleague randomly...

Tags: Twitter, Suw Charman-Anderson, Vinnie, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-22

AT&T's First (well not quite first) Chief Sustainability Officer

AT&T's First well not quite first Chief Sustainability OfficerSkepticalThough I usually tend to encourage and hold out hope for even the most dastardly offenders of sustainability, I'm having serious reservations about AT&T's ability to achieve the goals that they've set. Their history and this press release show no...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Chief Sustainability Officer, sustainability

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Verizon dishes off rural assets to Frontier in $8.6 billion deal

Frontier Communications will acquire rural assets from Verizon in an $8.6 billion stock swap.  The deal appears to be a win-win for both sides. Frontier becomes the largest "pure rural" communications provider with 7 million access lines, 8.6 million voice and broadband connections. Frontier will have 16,000...

Tags: Asset, Verizon Communications Inc., Frontier Communications, Asset Management, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

Sun Microsystems' shareholders have filed three separate class action suits to block the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholders allege that "the consideration offered in the proposed transaction is unfair and inadequate." An excerpt...

Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Oracle Corp., SEC Filing, Sun Microsystems Inc., SEC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-08