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Blue Marketing (zip)

Blue Marketing is a bluetooth proximity marketing tool that allows you to promote and advertise your products, services, and organization effortlessly and best of all for free. Use Blue Marketing to send text, images, and multimedia messages for sales and promotions to mobile and handheld devices in the vicinity of...

Tags: DEFCOM Automation, Bluetooth, Marketing Research, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-09

E-mail Validator (zip)

E-mail validation software that allows you to verify the validity of large e-mail lists text files or Microsoft Access database mdb files. It will automatically check the format and validity of each e-mail address and remove it from your database. The e-mail validation routine goes through 3 levels of detailed...

Tags: DEFCOM Automation, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-06-06

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Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)

Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...

Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Lawson success but no saas here

It didn't escape my Irregular colleagues' attention that Harry Debes, Lawson CEO went on a tear about the viability of the saas model. Anshu Sharma chose not to comment in public but I leave it to astute observers to detect the steam coming out of his ears. ...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Vinnie, Cheryl, Purchasing & Procurement, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-01

GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco on Wednesday bought email and calendar software maker PostPath for $215 million in a move that may signal bigger plans for WebEx. Simply put, Cisco and Microsoft are increasingly on a software collision course. Cisco said its latest acquisition will be used to "enhance the existing...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management"

I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from  a list...

Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Quick Timer PPC (zip)

Quick Timer PPC is an application for Pocket PC to control NCD ProXR relay boards. High resolution timer and quick setting make it easy to use for light control science project, laboratory experimenter, and home automation. It supports 8-relay channels. Each channel has a control panel separately. Relays can be...

Tags: Serial Port, Serial Port Tool, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-08-26

AdventNet ManageEngine MSP Center Plus (exe)

MSP Center Plus is a remote management software that enables managed service providers MSP to remotely manage multiple customer's desktops and networks. It offers remote desktop management, remote network management, remote server monitoring, Web-based Helpdesk, and professional services automation PSA. Managing multiple customers leaves MSPs with no time to spare.This...

Tags: Remote Desktop, AdventNet Inc., Help Desk, Networking, It Operations

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Over my dead body

Over my dead bodyStick to what you know, Murph!Hmm, last week you were saying you had little experience with SMEs and were offering space on your blog to those who do, today you are making stunningly sweeping generalizations about their employees! Where's your data!?My business focus, since 1993, has been...

Tags: SMB/SME, PRODUCTIVITY, dead body, villain, small and medium enterprise

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"

I've always taken two things as given. One, RIAs provide a far better experience for every day users and make them more productive. Two, that it was difficult to convince companies to spend money on that kind of prodictivitiy. That's why I was interested to read about the opinion of...

Tags: Software, Rich Internet Application, Worker, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-23

Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service

Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Marc Benioff, Billing, PaaS, Summer Sales Cycle, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Building the ecosystem: Citrix and Platform Computing

David Roussain of Citrix and Peter Dyer of Platform Computing brought me up to speed on how the two companies are working together to provide a highly managable, agile computing environment based upon virtual machines supported by Citrix XenServer and Platform Computing's VM Orchestrator 4.0. ...

Tags: Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Platform Computing Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-18

DJ-Serv 2.0 (zip)

Budget non-stop music software. Suitable for mobile Djs, parties. Also for Internet radio stations on a tight budget. Plays MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG. Includes built-in playlist creator and has full automation scheduling capabilities. Suitable for live assist mode, or will run completely unattended without any user interaction. Includes virtual...

Tags: AudioEnhance, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-15

The real end game in home automation

The real end game in home automationHome Automation will be key ....It is the same concept that engulfs the 'aging in place' movement; different industries, doing different things, yet all saying they have the same end goal.I've been researching the real-world use of home automation to improve the quality of...

Tags: Games, home automation, game

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

When equivalence is the wrong question

When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Virtual Iron 4.4

Tim Walsh, Director of Marketing for Virtual Iron, brought me up to speed on his company's newest release of its cleverly named product, Virtual Iron. Since we hadn't spoken in quite some time, we spent the first part of our conversation, telling travel stories, bad jokes and generally having a...

Tags: data center, virtual iron, virtual iron 4.4, data centers, desktop virtualization, storage, hardware, data management, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Don't trust Google with your data

Don't trust Google with your dataNo, I don't trust Google BUT...I trust Google more than I trust me. There is a bigger chance that I'll lose my own data than Google will. I don't have the energy nor do I choose to spend the money to constantly backup all of...

Tags: Backups, cloud computing, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

A new data center? Expect to sing the blues along the way.

You could almost hear the singing of the I.T. Blues coming from the audience at the afternoon keynote speech at Moscone Center. These servers run hot. (ba-dum-ba-dum); Power costs a lot. (ba-dum-ba-dum) The boss wants more space.  (ba-dum-ba-dum) Finance says no way. (ba-dum-ba-dum) ...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, I.T. Environment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-05