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- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technology
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technologyHere comes the patent trolls, sigh.The patent trolls strike again.IMHO we should have "use it or lose it" laws in the patent system: If you don't use a patent in an actual product, you risk losing it and can't renew it.Not to...
- Tags: patent, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- (Riding the PUMA)
- Riding the PUMAStupidThis is the worst idea Gm has every came up with!! What if an 18 wheeler passes you? Who every asked for a product like this?RE: Riding the PUMAIt looks like tons of fun and quick way to get turned into road pizza when...
- Tags: Puma, General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- John Deere: Drive Green (Windows)
- Bale hay, mow fairways, plant soybeans or corn, spray or harvest corn and more--it's up to you to do the job right. See what you can do with 500 horsepower of Green Machine.Drive any of the great John Deere vehicles or equipment you own. Buy additional equipment with Deere Dollars...
- Tags: Job, Vehicle, Microsoft Windows, Corn, ValuSoft, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2009-02-13
- Barker Implement Reaps the Benefits of HP Disk-to-Tape Backup Innovation
- Carrying a full line of John Deere products, Barker Implement is a rapidly expanding farm-equipment retailer headquartered in Lenox, Iowa. Selling tractors, combines and sprayers to local farmers is a challenging market that's driven by an 'Either one buys others or get bought themselves' ethos. Barker Implement wanted to gain...
- Tags: Innovation, Data Protection, Hewlett-Packard Co., Benefit, Barker Implement, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?
- Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?Chapter 11! Chapter 11! Can they hear me?Burn GM burn, your cars suck, your business plans suck, your management sucks, your inability to cut expenses suck. Stop begging for handouts and fix your own problems. GM is not the US economy, we have bigger...
- Tags: Australian Federal Government, General Motors Corp., car, MPG
- Discussion threads 2008-11-22
- Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency
- They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Latest Operating Systems Help Farm Equipment Dealer Grow Yet Keep IT Costs Low
- Barker Implement sells John Deere farm equipment from its stores located throughout Iowa. The company wanted to expand its business, improve employee productivity and customer service, and strengthen IT security, without adding IT staff. To address those goals, Barker standardized on Windows Vista® Business for all new client computers and...
- Tags: Information Technology, Operating System, Barker Implement, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Software, Sales, Management
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Barker Implement Heeds Call for HP and Microsoft Unified Communications Solution
- Founded in 1936, Barker Implement is a full service John Deere implement dealership that provides equipment solutions to agricultural, commercial and residential customers across south central Iowa. The company wanted to replace outdated telephone system with reliable, scalable telephony solution providing voice mail, call forwarding, instant messaging and integration with...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Telecommunications, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Epicor Software Case Study: TEAM Industries
- TEAM Industries helps make the outdoor enjoyment possible by designing and manufacturing innovative power-train components for well-known companies in the recreational and off-road industries, including Polaris, Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha. TEAM Industries began in 1967 with one building and 25 employees. Today, TEAM is a fully integrated group of five...
- Tags: Team, Epicor Software Corp., Team Management, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-11
- If you don't like a Facebook advertiser, defriend them
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk has spent years creating award-winning advertisements to motivate buyers. Facebook's ad platform simply reaffirms that individuals are media. Everything is now a pair of boxer’s shorts. Even Facebook. When Mike Tyson was around those shorts, if they had a...
- Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Brand, Advertiser, Chris, Branding, Marketing, Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Diesel wants to be your friend
- Okay, folks, if you drive a car, ride in a bus, consume anything ever carried in a truck or ship, or simply are interested in questions about energy supply and greenhouse gases...pay attention. I have an acronym for you to memorize: ULSD. That's...
- Tags: Car, Diesel Technology Forum, France, Diesel, Allen Schaeffer, Forum, Rapeseed, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- eBay, Amazon take heat on privacy practices
- eBay, Amazon take heat on privacy practicesThese companies need big fat finesNothing else seems to get their attention.This comes as a surprise to anyone?Ebay is frought with fraud and abuse throughout it's online experiance. From people who will only give feedback after you give positive feedback leading to a...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
- RightNow nets Salesnet, targeting Salesforce.com
- Consolidation in the software-as-a-service space took a step forward as RightNow acquired Salesforce.com competitor Salesnet. According to the press release, the "acquisition will accelerate RightNow's customer experience management development efforts by combining RightNow's patented knowledge foundation with Salesnet's sophisticated workflow engine." In more plain English, RightNow, which is known more...
- Tags: RightNow Technologies, Salesforce.com Inc., Salesnet
- Blog posts 2006-05-22
- Ford squeezes an office into a truck
- Ford squeezes an office into a truckNeed to buy an F-Series now...My rep showed up this morning in his new toy, a new F-Series truck. He usually drives a BMW but this morning he showed up in this fine truck. He said the new Microsoft technology made the truck crash...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Printers, Wireless LANs, Fax, Ford Motor Co., computer, mobile office
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- Readers: P2P ruling could spark lawsuit rush
- Readers: P2P ruling could spark lawsuit rushThere's no stopping piratesthey're here today and will not be gone tomorrow or anytime soon. Throw up laws to stop them and they'll just take another route. Welcome to the wonderful world based on reality....ZDNet stooping low for articlesWow, rather than writing an analysis...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, piracy, music, DVD
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Are you ready for Inescapable Data?
- Chris Stakutis, IBM's CTO for emerging storage software, says all businesses are confronting three major tech trends: the phenomenal growth of data; the proliferation of wireless connectivity; and the rise of XML, or self-describing data. He's coined a term for the result. Stakutis calls it "inescapable data." He even wrote...
- Tags: Stakutis
- Blog posts 2005-06-24
- John Deere: American Farmer 1.0 (Windows)
- Create and manage your own successful farm with John Deere: American Farmer. You'll decide what crops to plant, livestock to raise, employees to hire, equipment to purchase, and structures to build. Plagues, weather, market trends, and employee skill level will play a role as you make decisions that will determine...
- Tags: Farm, Global Star Software, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-05-17
- 16 candles for first Internet worm
- 16 candles for first Internet wormInternet not WWWJust wanted to make a correction. The Internet and the World Wide Web are two different things. The Internet did not "become" the World Wide Web, or WWW. There are still other services out there other than web pages WWW...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, WWW, Internet, computer, Internet worm
- Discussion threads 2004-11-03
- Homeland security--Throwing money at technology
- Homeland security--Throwing money at technologyEven my small county has seen it.Our local Sheriffs department received unsolicited a grant of around $22,000 for "homeland security". The sheriff asked me if I had any idea on how it should be spent. Not many terrorists out here in farm country, no...
- Tags: homeland security
- Discussion threads 2004-10-18
- Business Process Management: Best Practices of Coors Brewing Co., Deere & Co., and Northrop Grumman Space Technology
- Modern organizations must manage an ecosystem with no boundaries, one that is consistently buffeted by globalization, faster cycle time requirements, unknown competitors, and complexity at every turn. Business process management becomes the art of the disciplined, where decisions are made at the front line, closer to the customer. To focus...
- Tags: Business Process, Deere & Co., BPM, APQC, Northrop Grumman Corp., Molson Coors Brewing Co., Best Practice, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Globalization, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software
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