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- Open source and forced obsolescence
- You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move
- NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Verizon Wireless Escapade
- If you wanted to use a cell phone in the U.S. and abroad, we would usually recommend you get a quad-band GSM handset if you were an AT&T or a T-Mobile customer, or a dual-mode CDMA/GSM phone if you were a Verizon Wireless or a Sprint customer. So far, the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Escapade, Verizon Wireless Escapade, Verizon Wireless, phone, display, dual-mode CDMA GSM phone, GSM
- Product reviews 2009-09-02
- Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewals
- I would immediately transfer...all domains to godaddy. However, MS is charging a fair price. RE: Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewalsDomain renewal charges probably are due to last quarter's financial results.--rjStill a Good DealIt's too bad that Microsoft has started charging for the service. I agree,...
- Tags: Financial services, Microsoft Corp., small business
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Smartphone battleground: Apple and Google head to China
- The Apple vs. Google smartphone race is coming to China - and from early reports, it looks like Apple is eyeing the rougher road to the top. According to a report in the Financial Times, Apple couldn't come to a revenue-sharing agreement with the big dog mobile...
- Tags: China, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., China Mobile Ltd., Apple Inc., Smartphone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP?
- NetSuite delivered a solid quarter, indicated it was gaining traction with its OneWorld ERP suite and took a few jabs at SAP's Business By Design. The larger question: Where's the tipping point for on-demand ERP? That question was raised by JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens. The tipping...
- Tags: Revenue, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, ERP, Business, Design, McGeever, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- IBM buys SPSS in move to bolster analytics portfolio
- IBM is paying $1.2 billion in cash for SPSS, a company with technology that will bolster Big Blue's business analytics line-up. SPSS makes predictive analytics and data mining software that models customer interactions. IBM said the deal, which values SPSS at $50 a share, is expected to close...
- Tags: Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worries
- AT&T aims to allay iPhone exclusivity worriesBlog Bellyaching?Ok.. How about this. Take a Blackberry Bold on AT&T and a Blackberry Tour on Sprint (Basically the same as far as the phone goes..with the exception of GSM vs. CDMA) to Downtown Manhattan. Make Calls on both. If...
- Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, exclusivity worry, iPhone exclusivity worry
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'
- The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset makers---think AT&T and Apple---but the effort is a bit of a farce. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry---Apple already has....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, Handset, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Customer Loyalty, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don't
- Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don'tThey just lost a customerNo way I'm buying a Pre now.Why does Palm need that information?It's just really queer when RIM & Apple manage to do very well without it. Is it more than just a lawyer being overprotective? RE: Most Stupid Article...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Palm Gets
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Creative destruction in Canada
- Creative destruction in CanadaRoyal Bank of Canada RBC Bank : Corporate BullyRBC Bank President Gordon Nixon - Salary $11.73 Million $100,000 - MISTAKE (FISHERMEN'S LOAN) ...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Only Problem, RBC Bank, RBC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- 6 Things To Know About Managed Print Services
- Hi Doc followers. I wanted to turn back to Managed Print Services MPS for today, and share some smart info from the mad in a good way minds at the Photizo Group. Don’t forget to go Link-In with them as well. I normally like top 10 lists,...
- Tags: Managed Print Services, Photizo Group, Hybrid Dealer, Operational Planning, Document Management, Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-06-19
- Behavioral Data: Valuing Customers. Then Avoiding Them.
- There’s little question that just about every profit-making company out there would like to know exactly what you’re doing on the Web, all the time. And that there’s a clear profitable market to be had in data that captures your “behavior†on the Internet. ...
- Tags: Customer, Channel Management, Retail, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Coating Excellence International - Manuafacturer Gains Real-Time Production Data, Reduces Licensing Costs by 15 Percent
- Coating Excellence International CEI manufactures high-quality, flexible-packaging products using environmentally friendly practices. To continue to enhance its quality and efficiency, CEI needed to provide its shop-floor operators and business decision makers with real-time production metrics and analysis tools in a solution that was quick to deploy and easy to manage...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., Coating Excellence International, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-21
- Alfresco agonistes
- Alfresco agonistesThe race to zero is almost completeIt is getting harder and harder to see viable business plans for open source. The recession which were supposed to be so great for open source is having the opposite effect: Instead of customers rushing to the open source model with "paid support",...
- Tags: COMPANIES, open source, Alfresco
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- AT&T and Verizon: Is the smartphone growth train slowing?
- AT&T and Verizon: Is the smartphone growth train slowing?Here's an idea:Cut the Dataplan cost and you'll see your profits soar.We hear things that AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint are reaching bandwidth limits with the increase of Cell cards and Smartphones. They've all purchased a part of the 700Mhz Spectrum for...
- Tags: Smart phones, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Telephony, todays new, smart phone, data plan, SMS, smartphone growth, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- SAP software revenue skids in first quarter; Maintenance terms tweaked
- SAP's first quarter software revenue---an indicator of maintenance and services health skidded 33 percent due to a "difficult operating environment" and a tough year ago comparison. Meanwhile, SAP altered its maintenance pricing plans to allay customer concerns. SAP on Wednesday reported first quarter net income of €204...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Customer, SAP AG, Dennis Howlett, Vinnie Mirchandani, Upgrades, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- The Oracle open source credibility gap
- The Oracle open source credibility gapIf I was in Larry Ellison's shoes......I'd do the following:1. Spin off MySQL either by selling it to the public, or by setting up a non-profit foundation and transferring all MySQL copyrights and employees to it. Ellison would get to play the good...
- Tags: StarOffice, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, open source, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Studio
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
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