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VisBiz (VisBiz)

VisBiz is a clever software application which runs on either a single Windows computer or over a network. VisBiz provides you with a suite of practical tools and systems to manage the visibility and controlled access to your underlying business or project files. VisBiz, featuring the original RealFS Relational File...

Tags: Support Services, Tool, CY Innovations, VisBiz, Intellectual Property, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, It Services, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2008-02-06

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Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology

It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...

Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Start-up looks to extend battery life

Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...

Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery

News items 2008-10-09

Apple drops iPhone developer NDA

Apple posted the following note today on their iPhone developer Web site: We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement NDA for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Apple Inc., NDA, Tools & Techniques, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Oracle, the Innovation Company: Core Innovation, Fusion Applications' Debut, and Why It's All Up to AIA

If I had to distill a vast and complex product strategy into a single, admittedly simplistic description, Oracle of late would have been known as a company that innovates through acquisition: This has been largely true since Oracle's acquisition binge started five years ago. And until now innovation through acquisition...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, E-Business Suite, Oracle Business Intelligence App, Application Integration, Leadership, It Services, Strategy, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Marketing 101 for Tech Vendors

Satire For those of you who work for a technology firm, particularly you Marketing types, you will no doubt want to hold an "Analyst Day" to wow, dazzle and impress some influential types - like IT Research Analysts and the Enterprise Irregulars (disclosure - I'm an EI...

Tags: Analyst, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Marketing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-09-23

GE partners up to deliver new HDTVs

After vacating the consumer electronics space or letting companies like Thomson use the brand name for their own devices, GE is planning a return to the living room with a new company that will creates HDTVs with the help of display manufacturer Tatung. Blandly called General Displays & Technologies, the...

Tags: General Electric Co., HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands

The iPhone maker languishes in 24th place in the Best Global Brands 2008 survey, while tech companies including Microsoft and Google chase the No. 1 brand, Coke. Apple may currently be king of consumer gadgets but the company is failing to hit similar heights in a list of the...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Interbrand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., iPhone Maker, Branding, Marketing, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, brands, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Google

News items 2008-09-22

A conversation with Thomas Otter, Gartner analyst and blogger

While away, I briefly saw some comment about Gartner's latest foray into the blogging world. Past efforts have been abysmal but this latest attempt looks much more promising. Carter Lusher at SageCircle interviewed Andrew Spender, Gartner's VP of Corporate Communications, via email. The answers were somewhat stilted in my opinion....

Tags: Analyst, Blog, Gartner Inc., Blogger, Thomas, Tele-management, Blogging, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Léo Apotheker's Leadership Opportunity: SAP At the Crossroads

Léo Apotheker is slated to take over the helm of SAP this January, and while many have worked with him, broken bread with him, and generally admired his business acumen and very successful career, there's one problem with his ascension to the top executive position in the enterprise software...

Tags: Leadership, SAP AG, Léo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Google steals Microsoft code and you should cheer

Google steals Microsoft code and you should cheerWHAT??You created a misleading headline just to get us to read your article? Classy.A few thoughts"Chrome has introduced some key concepts to the Web. The idea of separating tabs as tasks. The idea of an address bar as an application.These are concepts Microsoft...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift

Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a faceliftAll part of the evolution of the Linux desktop. Looking forward to somegreat user interface innovations in Jaunty Jackalope. But, in any case, the user interface for Ubuntu has been advancing rapidly. This will make it even faster.Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a faceliftIs linux in...

Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Right Now IT, Shuttleworth, facelift, Ubuntu, KDE, open source, Linux, desktop, Open-source desktop

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Google Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS manager

Google Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS managerGoogle Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS managerWhat a black eye for Google and a victorious win for Microsoft. Here we have Google who supposedly has the best programmers and they had to take code from Microsoft (who everyone says...

Tags: Leadership, Web browsers, Programming languages, Chrome, Windows Template Library, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., MFC, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

The moral hazard of Microsoft-branded PCs

Ed Bott asked a few days ago whether Microsoft should get into the PC hardware business. The question is clearly driven by the recent success of Apple computer. Because Apple makes both the hardware and most of the software that runs on it (at least, out of the box), they...

Tags: PC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hardware, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'

Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'Ubuntu is GREAT, and it has spurred a ton of innovations.A big thanks to all of the Ubuntu guys.Boot systemsThis should be fun to watch. I've been using Gentoo for more than five years, and their boot system is [i]fast[/i] thanks to dependency-based scheduling....

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Linux Geek, app vendor, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Cloud computing as a term: More meaningless by the minute

Cloud computing as a term: More meaningless by the minuteLet people throw names around as they please. The important thing is thatwe are seeing a ton of innovations that are advancing "cloud" computing.RE: Cloud computing as a term: More meaningless by the minuteI completely understand where you are coming from....

Tags: cloud computing

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Is Google's Chrome sliding into obscurity?

Is Google's Chrome sliding into obscurity?I don't disagree with what you sayHere is Chrome's problem though: They give the beta a lot of press and encourage everyday users to try the thing, then BAM, security alerts all over the place. If you are going to give a browser the kind...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Operating systems, Google Inc., Chrome, Google Chrome, beta, obscurity, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

WebUI Studio.NET for Silverlight (exe)

WebUI Studio.NET includes 23 highly advanced user interface components for developing rich Internet application by using Unified Component System methodology. This results in significant developer's productivity improvement by reducing the time required to learn the products, while at the same time increases the value of your Web application by incorporating...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Intersoft Solutions, WebUI Studio.NET, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2008-09-09

What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware business?

What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware business?Funny, much of the things you are ...... blaiming Microsoft for in this article were caused by us PC OEM's. We were the ones that insisted the Vista capable logo included hardware that met lower price points. We are also...

Tags: Operating systems, PC, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab

You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Team, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, Product Development, Team Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-05