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Ford Motor Company's Java Center of Excellence: Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Company is a Fortune 5 company with 2002 total sales and revenue of $163 billion. Its well-oiled business processes are driven by the latest information technology, particularly by Web-based applications. However, when it came to developing those applications, Ford wasn't best in class. By standardizing its...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., J2Ee, Java, Programming Languages, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software; Case studies
Essentials Series: eRoom Project Collaboration Success at Ford: This webcast describes what it takes to deploy, support and maintain collaboration as an enterprise service. The webcast will provide a high-level overview of Ford Motor Company's deployment and utilization of Documentum eRoom, as well as lessons learned and best practices for driving its adoption in any size company.; Tags: eRoom, Collaboration, Webcast, EMC Corp., Ford Motor Co., Storage, Groupware, Digital Media, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts
Access to Reliable Management Information Puts Ford Financial in the Driving Seat: Sound business decisions depend on timely access to the right management information. With 19 European locations Ford Financial Europe has a vast amount of data and needed a system that could help it design, create and manage critical management information regarding the sale of automotive finance contracts to support strategic...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Corp., Ford Motor Co., Management Information, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Databases, Pricing, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software, Data Management, Marketing; Case studies
Ford Cuts Energy Costs Using Real-Time Consumption Data: Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. The company wanted to enable automated and manual collection of detailed transactional data from the factory's many energy meters and enable near real-time analysis of energy consumption. It also wanted to enable accurate forecasting of energy use...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Analysis, Ford Motor Co., Sales Force Management, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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Zoho Share(point?): If there's one thing I really like it is what I term 'self evident' applications. These are apps that have a clear purpose and which are blindingly simple to use. Zoho Share falls squarely in that category. The company prefers to think of...; Tags: People Area, Bookmarks, RSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-21

Top five issues your IT staff wants to address but is afraid to tell you: If you’re an IT manager or CIO, you may want to gather the troops before you begin the Web 2.0 modernization process as even the best laid plans can go awry says Nexaweb Technologies Jeremy Chone. Commentary--The proliferation of enterprise Web 2.0 has created new...; Tags: Web, Information Technology, Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, CIO, IT management, code, Jeremy Chone, Nexaweb Technologies; News items 2008-08-21
IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments: Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...; Tags: IKEA, Information Technology, IT Investment, David Meerman Scott, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-21
SAP All-in-One implementations in less than 3 months?: At the risk of sounding like an infomercial for SAP or turning Irregular Enterprise into 'SAPWatch,' I recently learned about a consulting shop that guarantees implementing SAP All-in-One in three months at a fixed price. I was skeptical given that the on-demand Business ByDesign implementations I'm hearing about are taking...; Tags: SAP AG, Training, Workforce Management, Change Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-21
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
Apple confirms iPhone 2.0.2 addresses 3G bugs: Although Apple has never given us a proper changelog with its software updates, an Apple spokesperson has provided a tiny but important detail on the iPhone firmware 2.0.2 released earlier this week. According to an Associated Press article, the update "improved communication with 3G networks," said Apple spokesperson Jennifer Bowcock....; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Software Update, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-08-21
BlackBerry Bold may be joining the iPhone 3G with reception issues: There are lots of people reporting on the spotty iPhone 3G reception issues and according to Barron's it looks like the BlackBerry Bold may be experiencing those same 3G reception issues. The Bold is available only in a couple countries at the moment and isn't yet available here in the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Bold, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-08-21
Seinfeld to host the Microsoft Makeover: Finally, Microsoft is responding to the long-running "Mac vs PC" advertising campaign and they're tapping Jerry Seinfeld to be the pitchman. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft's $300 million campaign is kicking off with a $10 million bit with Seinfeld. It's too early to say whether...; Tags: Advertisement, Campaign, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-08-21
Is the Salesforce.com juggernaut faltering?: Â Scanning through Larry Dignan's write up of Salesforce.com's Q2 results I couldn't help but observe the company is signaling a sharp slowdown in sales growth compared with fiscal 2007-8. I wasn't the only one to notice. According to Associated Press, investors were far from impressed by...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-21
Troubleshoot with the Problem Reports and Solutions feature in Windows Vista: With the many different types of hardware and software that Microsoft Windows Vista has to contend with there are sure to be all sorts of problems, both big and small. The important question is how well Vista handles the problems it encounters. The main utility for handling system problems is...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Download resources 2008-08-21
Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch?: I walked into an AT&T Wireless store earlier today, eyed the iPhone and picked up some brochures on pricing plans. I've been thinking that the problems with the new iPhone can't last forever - and yet, here's another black eye for Apple and the iPhone. An Alabama woman has filed...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Pricing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-08-20
The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?: Â This week, Microsoft renewed their union with Novell, to the tune of an additional 100 million dollars in commitment to buy more SUSE Linux support certificates that it can sell to its customers. Dang, Ballmer, for that kind of cash, you can get your vows renewed...; Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, OpenOffice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-20
Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality: Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...; Tags: Software, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-20
Intel unveils new software for parallel computing: At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, company General Manager Renee James announces a new suite of parallel coding tools designed to work with Microsoft Visual Studio. The tools will support Microsoft's concurrent runtime environment, which is expected to become a central component of Microsoft's next-generation computing model. The...; Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Computing, Tool, Intel Corp., Productivity, Intel, Microsoft; Videos 2008-08-20
BigFix makes government's power management mandate more palatable: For those of you readers who work within federal government agencies and have been faced with meeting mandated conservation policies, software vendor BigFix has negotiated a deal with the General Services Administration to offer its software at an annual license of $3 per computer for the first year of new...; Tags: Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-08-20
New touch screen Classmates unveiled today: Intel unveiled a new iteration of its Classmate PC today, featuring a touch screen with tablet mode, a new wedge design, and motion-sensing internal hardware. According to Intel's press release, "Our ethnographic research has shown us that students responded well to tablet and touch screen...; Tags: Touch Screen, OEM, Intel Corp., Classmate, Accelerometer, Keyboards, Tablets, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Semiconductors, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-08-20