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- The running scandal of long-term care insurance
- The best I can come up with is a federal pool paying for federalized care into which everyone above a certain age must pay, with the taxpayers making up the losses. That doesn't sound good to me, either. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Cost, Insurance, Long-term Care, Martin, Real Estate, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Evaluating the cost of solar
- J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on ‘green‘ finance and operational and maintenance costs associated with new solar projects at the Intersolar Conference 2008 and Greentech Media conference. Panel guests include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and John...
- Tags: Cost, Conference, Financial Accounting, Finance, Solar
- Videos 2008-07-16
- Technology and the costs of change
- Ever get the feeling that you've got hold of an important idea but can't quite get it straight in your head? That's how I've felt in our discussions of the role user interfaces and perceptions have in defining the differences between what we usually do in applications development...
- Tags: Cost, Benefits, Human Resources, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- 19% of direct assistance users throught it was free
- More than 50% of directory assistance users underestimated the actual cost of mobile directory assistance charges; of that group, almost 19% thought it was free, according to V-ENABLE. Another 18% didn’t know the cost at all. Roughly 70% were wrong when citing the cost of actual fees. by NB
- Tags: Cost, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Microsoft breaks the perpetual licence covenant
- Many people fondly believe — in common with Talkback poster jim_d to my previous post — that when they pay a one-time fee to buy a 'perpetual' licence to use conventional software, then that's their only cost. But as I pointed out in my riposte, that fails to take into...
- Tags: Cost, Licence, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Security, Management, Office Suites, Software, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)
- Whenever I talk about doing something crazy like using Google Apps instead of other office suites, a conversation that's usually driven by my beliefs about computing in the cloud, there are some number of ZDNet readers that chalk it off to insanity or a momentary lapse of reason. Or,...
- Tags: Software, Cost, Google Inc., Google Apps, Storage, Server, Microsoft Corp., User, Small And Medium Business, Software Assurance, E-mail, Smb/Sme, Servers, Online Communications, Hardware, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Access Control, Energy and the Environment
- Purchase price alone is not an accurate measure as to the true costs of a system. When evaluating the products offered by different vendors, the purchaser should take into consideration: purchase cost of equipment and software; cost of installing the infrastructure including data cable and mains power outlet and power...
- Tags: Cost, Environment, Access Control, Borer Data Systems, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Pirates and other nonsense
- Digging through the "blog ideas" pile on my desktop, I found this article from earlier this week discussing Sweden's "Pirate Party." A US branch does exist, and so I decided to take at tour of its issues page to see what pirates truly stand for.As shouldn't surprise anyone, not very...
- Tags: Cost, Copyright Law, Piracy, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Closing Costs 2003 (exe)
- This program lets you configure different loan options for comparison, and prepare closing-cost estimates and a HUD-1 settlement statement. Real estate brokers can also use it to prequalify propects. The program was redesigned, and now has a new 'user's guide' workbook that provides step-by-step help on how to use/register the...
- Tags: Program, Cost, Real Estate, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- JobCost Controller for Excel (exe)
- Track your project expenses effectively and increase profits! Designed for contractors, builders, remodelers, project managers, cost engineers, architects. Tracks construction costs tied to user-defined cost categories. Reports budgets, actuals and committed costs. Using intelligent algorithms accurately forecasts costs at job completion, reports variances, alerts for over and under budget activities....
- Tags: Cost, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Excel, Engineering, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-05-23
- Ezefee Pro UK (exe)
- The key to success in selling is knowing the true cost of your product Due to the complexity of eBays fee structures, its very hard to work out the true cost of selling. Many experienced sellers find they are earning less than they thought. Once you factor in all the...
- Tags: Cost, eBay Inc., ImageSkill
- Software downloads 2007-04-27
- Ezefee Pro USA (exe)
- "The key to success in selling is knowing the true cost of your product" Due to the complexity of eBays fee structures, its very hard to work out the true cost of selling. Many experienced sellers find they are earning less than they thought. Once you factor in all the...
- Tags: Cost, eBay Inc., ImageSkill
- Software downloads 2007-02-05
- Tape and Disk Costs - What It Really Costs to Power the Devices
- The introduction of lower cost drives, such as Serial ATA SATA drives, has many people convinced that disk is now as inexpensive as tape. Disk prices are dropping every year, as drives get larger in capacity, but tape vendors continue to increase the capacity of tape cartridges, allowing tape to...
- Tags: Cost, Disk, Disk Price, Acquisition Cost, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Server Consolidation With SUSE Linux Enterprise on IBM System z
- As a CIO or IT manager, a person faces the constant, growing demand for services and applications. One needs a way to increase the service levels and maintain high quality, while still reducing costs and minimizing risk. This is a difficult balancing act because increasing levels of service typically requires...
- Tags: Cost, Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, IBM Corp., Server Consolidation, Servers, Open Source, Hardware
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Solution Provider Helps Local Government Cut IT Costs, Expand Customer Services
- To help meet a governmental mandate to cut costs and enhance services, the London Borough of Newham enlisted Microsoft Partner Artemis Corporation to replace an open-source solution with one based on Microsoft technologies. The results: one-third savings in development costs, a tripling of the talent pool for content authoring, administrative...
- Tags: Cost, Customer Service, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, Government, Open Source
- Case studies 2006-12-01
- At last, a formula for estimating SOA costs
- Is your SOA turning into $OA? The biggest risk is pouring lots of budget into SOA without knowing if you are spending more than the industry average. The BEA survey reported in yesterdays post found that more than half of large enterprises ($1 billion or more in revenues) have already...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, Data Complexity
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- Growing Revenue From CPFR and VMI: Building the Demand-Driven Supply Chain
- Most supply chain projects to date have been all about reducing operating costs through inventory reductions, better transportation planning, lower transaction costs, and improved supplier management. Covering the costs for customer-initiated Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment CPFR programs and Vendor-Managed Inventory VMI programs by further reducing these operating costs is...
- Tags: Revenue, Cost, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Transportation, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Royal Court Reduces Costs With New, Standardised IT Infrastructure
- The Royal Court of Sweden supports the country's head of state and royal family in their official duties. In addition, it manages the royal family's cultural heritage, including palaces, libraries, museums, and parks. To support these activities, the organisation's users historically worked with a number of different IT systems that...
- Tags: Cost, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Team Management, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Human Resources
- Case studies 2006-08-09
- Practical Principles for Computer Security
- Practical security balances the cost of protection and the risk of loss, which is the cost of recovering from a loss times its probability. Usually the probability is fairly small because the risk of punishment is high enough, and therefore the risk of loss is also small. When the risk...
- Tags: Computer Security, Cost, Risk, Computer, Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Navigating the Enterprise Database Selection Process: A Comparison of RDMS Acquisition Costs
- Companies considering a new enterprise-level database system must navigate a number of variables which can add significant costs to their acquisition. To assist organizations in the decision process, Microsoft commissioned an independent third-party consultant, Value Prism Consulting, to conduct a transparent, realistic comparison of the licensing costs of the three...
- Tags: Cost, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Storage, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2006-01-01
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