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Canopy Wireless Broadband Platform

The Coverage Extender is an innovative solution which delivers expansion of Canopy network to service potential end-customers outside of current wireless coverage range. This solution is simple and cost effective. By taking synchronization from and utilizing for backhaul an existing or new Subscriber Module the CE is essentially able to...

Tags: Ethernet Switch, Motorola Inc., Coverage Extender, Element Management, Ethernet, Microsoft Windows CE, Routers & Switches, Networking, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-01

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BriefingsDirect analysts unpack the psychology of project management via 'Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0' and SOA

A crucial element for avoiding and overcoming social and user dissonance with technology adoption is to know what you are up against, in detail. Yet, data and inferences on how people really feel about technology is often missing, incomplete, or inaccurate. In this discussion, we hear from two partners who...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-12-02

'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary

This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...

Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-16

PM Master 4.3.1 (Windows)

Scheduling preventive maintenance is an essential element of any maintenance management. PM Master makes it quick and easy. It can be used to plan small or large projects for maintenance departments, engineering departments or even to schedule your car maintenance. Also prints Work Orders.

Tags: Maintenance, Car, Department, Microsoft Windows, NHuntSoftware

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes

Author's views please ...... does the ZDNET author of this post care to say:1. Whether the 'hack' in 'hackintosh' is morally acceptable and/or legal?2. Whether there is any merit in Psystar's case that OSX is tied to Apple hardware? i.e. the vendor makes it a condition of purchasing the OS...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Mac OS 10.6.2, PC, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Contactizer Express 3.8.2 (Mac)

Welcome to Contactizer Express 3.8: Our new, easy to use, affordable but powerful Contact Manager for Mac OS X. Built from the identical core as Contactizer Pro, Express features the same intuitive user interface and innovative approach that has been universally praised by both users and press alike. Top 10...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Objective Decision, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Management Strategy for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure

When choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure of IT networks, management of individual devices is necessary in order to have visibility to the many data points required for the reliable operation of network-critical physical infrastructure NCPI. Element management solutions offer the optimum approach as they manage a particular...

Tags: Strategy, American Power Conversion Corp., Network, Infrastructure, Networking

White papers 2009-09-30

IFYP 1.0 (Windows)

IFYP is a traceability extension addin for Word, totally integrated to the product, which enables the identification of text parts, charts or objects among the various documents of a project. From your documents, identify relevant information, build relations across documents and generate lists, traceability matrixes, impact and relation trees. Define...

Tags: Matrix, Property, Microsoft Windows, IFYP Software, IFYP, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-25

Six types of IT project failure

HRM FailureThe biggest missing category/type is human resource management failure, to include poorly defined work, roles, KSAOCs the human characteristics needed to accomplish work effectively; poorly selected participants as to their KSAOCs; poorly designed/executed incentives could be routine total compensation plans or those specific to the project; poorly designed/executed work...

Tags: Human resource management (HRM), Organizational structure, HRM, IT Project Failure, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...

Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-17

RealNetworks: It can get worse

It couldn't happen to a more deserving company. ntntReal is paying a price for not open sourcing its codeTrying to be like M$ harmed Real.They must GPL their code immediately, in order to survive.Real should also shoud push for M$ removing media player from windoze, and embrace Linux as the...

Tags: Digital media, OPEN SOURCE, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...

Tags: software foundation, GPL, Microsoft Corp., open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Doing the VMware Dance Day 3

Dont forget the OEM Profile Management Technology into VMware ViewA big move today is the annoucement that VMware will include profile management technology to help resolve the issues typically faced with using Roaming Profiles such as bloat, corruption and slow user logon times, by OEM'ing RTO Virtual ProfilesWhile this is...

Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Carbon calculator as value-added service: Consider the case of Sabre

Many businesses are using carbon footprint calculators to track the environmental impact of some or all of their operations, notably travel. But what exactly can a company do with this sort of data? Travel management and services company Sabre, which is using sophisticated calculators developed using datawarehousing...

Tags: Sabre Holdings, Carbon, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-31

10 Windows XP services you should never disable

Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. There are dozens of guides out there that help you determine which services you can safely disable on your Windows XP desktop. Disabling unnecessary services can improve system performance and overall system security, as the system’s...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Service, Computer, Network Connections Service, Play, Network Location Awareness Service, Productivity, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Un-risky Business - The role of Location Intelligence in Insurance Risk Management

Location has long been a critical element to the insurance industry. Understanding where a property is located, in relation to its risk elements, is a core factor affecting an insurance carrier's loss exposure and profitability. The importance of understanding 'where' in relation to a multitude of risk elements has become...

Tags: Pitney Bowes Inc., Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

White papers 2009-08-24

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...

Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-08-03