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National Construction Estimator 2009 (Windows)

Craftsman's National Estimator program is quick to learn and allows you to create construction estimates using any or all of Craftsman Book Company's national cost databases - framing & finish carpentry, general construction, electrical, plumbing & HVAC, renovation & insurance repair, repair & remodeling, home improvement, painting and concrete &...

Tags: Estimate, Craftsman Book, Craftsman, Costs, Construction, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2008-12-14

Numbers show Obama plan won't work

Honest numbers and real straight talk about who will pay those costs have yet to come from either side in this debate. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Costs, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Small differences can make a BIG difference

I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....

Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

A Mischief of Mice: Examining Children's Performance in Single Display Groupware Systems With 1 to 32 Mice

Researchers have explored the application of single-display groupware systems to support small group educational activities. Recently, these systems have been extended to support entire classrooms of students using a single large display simultaneously. There are several advantages to this shared-display design over a more conventional one. Costs are typically lower...

Tags: Mouse, Performance, Student, Costs, Mice, Groupware, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-04-21

Medical and Hospice Center Revives Failing Network at an Affordable Cost

The Frannie Peabody Center is a private, non-profit organization committed to compassionate care for people infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS in Maine communities. Costs are always a factor for non-profit organizations. Operating costs at Frannie Peabody Center are fixed. Frannie Peabody Center doesn't have any on-site IT...

Tags: Network, Frannie Peabody Center, Costs, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-03-06

Where insight and information technology come together: Combining clinical expertise and cutting-edge technology to transform healthcare

Healthcare systems around the world are being pushed to the breaking point. Costs are rising, quality is inconsistent and access to care in many countries is insufficient. In addition, globalization, consumerism, demographic shifts and expensive new technologies and treatments are driving the need for fundamental change. The...

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, IBM Corp., Costs, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2007-02-01

Process Resource Manager

Traditional IT environments are often silos where both technology and human resources are aligned around an application or business function. Capacity is fixed, resources are over-provisioned to meet peak demand, and systems are complex and difficult to change. Costs are based on owning and operating the entire vertical infrastructure-even when...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Costs, Resource Optimization, HP Process Resource Manager, Utility Computing, Virtualization, It Management, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, It service Management, Storage

White papers 2006-03-20

Hotels on the frontlines

A great article on the legal battles bewtween various ecommerce sites and adware vendors was just published here. My only problem with the article is the author, an attorney, confuses the harm caused by key word searches with the harm caused by having competing pop-ups delivered by...

Tags: Hotel, Hotel Industry, Costs, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2005-03-31

DB2 UDB for LUW for Smarties - Part 1 of 2

Costs are tight, DBAs are clever, a database is a database - so why not get the mainframe DB2 DBAs to look after DB2 for LUW? This webcast is a crash course on administration for DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, Windows. It is designed so that an experienced mainframe DBA...

Tags: Database Administrator, IBM DB2 Universal Database, Computer Associates International Inc., IBM DB2, Costs, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts

Additional Resources

iPhone - is it a good tool for traveling business people?

yes- hmmmm....You're right Dan. Droid? Then you can have google navigation and we'll be able to find a better restaurant in NYC than the worlds busiest Korean :p Maybe those nice people @ 451 will buy you one ;)Thanks for the thoughtOne issue with the current Android V2 phones is...

Tags: Smart phones, calendar issue, tool, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010

$2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...

Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Reduce Cost and Improve Service Levels with Application Performance Monitoring Simplification

Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...

Tags: Performance, Information Technology, Performance Monitoring, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-11-19

Why electronic health records have far to go

Look at Kaiser's ExperienceI agree. It took Kaiser a tightly integrated delivery system 10 years and $4 billion to get to their current state with health IT. It is unlikely to expect other delivery systems to do much better.I can tell you why it is taking so long.The...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Tools & Techniques, HEALTHCARE, electronic health record, e-health, Learning, training

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

The emergency room myth busted

ok Dana 1 troll 0 This is a real sucker punch that i never saw coming ....Dana you are getting nastier by each post what next chomsky on the reading list :)thx for they excellent link well its hurt Racism at the heart of healhcare reform opposition.Who are more likely...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, health care, emergency room myth, Odds Ratio

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

I'm in a nanny state state of mind

Business can help ...if employees who smoke during the workday are not allowed "smoking breaks" to do so. Alternatively, if non-smoking employees demanded equal breaks with smokers, business might get the drift.Some businesses do helpThere are businesses that offer smoking cessation programs on their own dime, knowing the money they'll...

Tags: Taxes, Financial Planning, Free trade, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance, TFB, agony, smoker, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

PrinterAdmin Print Job Manager 5.0 (Windows)

Printer Admin - Print Job Manager print management software allows you to monitor all printing activity, handle charge-backs, control who is printing, how much is being printed, and identify the cost of printing across your entire organization. This comprehensive print management solution has proved fruitful for thousands of IT departments,...

Tags: Job, Microsoft Windows, Printing, PrinterAdmin Software, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2009-11-12