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IBM Case Study: Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc.

Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc. is the nation's second largest independent systems foodservice distributor. Maines wanted a flexible solution that offered information sharing with its franchise restaurant customers. They also wanted a solution, integrated with their data warehouse that could be leveraged internally with the company's sales representatives, for...

Tags: Cognos Inc., Food Service Inc., IBM Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Business Intelligence, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2009-02-27

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SonicWALL Case Study: Dolphin Fast Food/Burger King Franchisee

Dolphin Fast Food, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolphin Staffing, operates 19 Burger King franchises in Minnesota. The challenge was to secure WLAN to comply with PCI and corporate Regulations, to reduce cost and complexity and to eliminate downtime and unreliable service. Dolphin Fast Food deployed SonicWALL Consolidated UTM, SonicWALL TZ...

Tags: Dolphin Ltd., SonicWall, Wireless LANs, LANs, PCI, Food & Beverage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Manufacturing

Case studies 2009-08-01

The Movers & Shakers Conference...

I tend to think of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which happened last week in Pasadena, as a conference for industry titans. Last year's event was held amid tight security and featured the likes of Rupert Murdoch News International , Philippe Daulman Viacom and Jeff Bezos Amazon in...

Tags: Conversation, Conference, Twitter, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads

Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsBlackmailThis is blackmail by the richest companies in the world.RICH STEALING AGAIN FROM THE POOR.No doubt they won't use it against Third world countries where people can't afford to eat, or WILL THEY?Personally I like to listen to tracks for week or two before...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, One-Click Payment, software

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

A Modest Privacy Proposal

The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Is SaaS legitimate open source?

Is SaaS legitimate open source?Is Google evil?Thanks Dana,I wondering how long it was going to take for someone to see through this scam. "Hypocrite" was the correct choice of words. Here's my view:The Tip of the Iceberg Google's "do no evil" slogan sucked in millions and millions of people worldwide....

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), open source, software-as-a-service, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Two very different VoIP platforms. One company (Microsoft). Will the two ever meet?

Under the headline Microsoft unveils VoIP-enabled phone platform, WindowsForDevices.com has a story about the hardware coming to market thats uses Microsofts Windows XP Embedded-based "Response Point." According to the post:Microsoft last week unveiled a VoIP-enabled phone system software platform based on Windows XP Embedded. "Response Point," currently in beta,...

Tags: Telephony, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Is someone not doing their homework at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

Is someone not doing their homework at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?helping but..If this is true they don't deserve public respect.We should expect more ..from reporters. Have they lost their minds trying to tie all of this to tobacco? At least the Gates foundation doesn't invest in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Food & Beverage, PRODUCTIVITY, President Chain-Store Corp., Philanthropist, Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-02-09

Jobs: Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone

Jobs: Today Apple is going to reinvent the phoneWhat about battery life?Thin phone + touch screen + every single wireless protocol anyone could want = [b]How much battery life?[/b]Good PointLack of battery life is what kills my treo. If Iphone isn't better, then it won't work.who makes the case ?anybody...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple Inc., battery, job, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

A TIGER to track pathogens

TIGER, short for "Triangulation Identification for Genetic Evaluation of Risks," is a tool used by several U.S. labs which need to quickly identify pathogens, such as bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that cause disease. In TIGER Technique Targets Plant Pathogens, the USDA/Agricultural Research Service ARS says that this detection tool...

Tags: Defense &, Security, Health &, Medicine, Science &, Nature, Tiger

Blog posts 2007-01-09

American Red Cross CIO: Steve Cooper

Dan Farber:Now, it’s the year 2006 I can remember in the past five years when we used to talk about cost cutting and consolidation, and now all of a sudden we’re talking about innovation again. Now, you’ve been at Corning Inc, you were in the Dept. of Homeland security as...

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Blog posts 2006-09-26

American Red Cross CIO: Steve Cooper

Dan Farber: Now, it’s the year 2006 I can remember in the past five years when we used to talk about cost cutting and consolidation, and now all of a sudden we’re talking about innovation again. Now, you’ve been at Corning Inc, you were in the Dept. of Homeland...

Tags: Innovation, CIO, Recommendation, Cooper, Red Cross, Technology, American Red Cross, Identity Management, Katrina, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2006-09-26

Is agricultural biotechnology safe?

Many of us are concerned by the possible risks of agricultural biotechnology. For example, when you grow transgenic crops, can their modified genes alter wild varieties of similar wild plants? The latest issue of the California Agriculture magazine carries several articles focusing on transgenic crops, fish and animals. And some...

Tags: crop, species, genetically engineered

Blog posts 2006-07-31

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recursHave you tried MP3Tunes or Magnatune?Both Magnatune.com and MP3Tunes don't put any DRM on their music. Or you could try BadApple to get iTunes songs onto other players.This is one of many problemswith the current line of thinking within this...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, recording industry, digital-rights management, music

Discussion threads 2005-09-27

Sun's flawed utility vision

Sun's flawed utility visionHear, hear!Jolly good show! Your keen insight is evident as you cover this topic like a blanket. The old adage that hardware advances happen MUCH faster than software advances fits this model to a "T". Sun is a hardware vendor, and they are able to do all...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Utility computing, Network technology, software, Sun Microsystems Inc., hardware, bandwidth, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-08-25

IE exploit is top of the hacks

IE exploit is top of the hacksAnyone that uses IE....deserves to have their identity lifted. Period.:-)The Best Available Patches Are......available at http://www.mozilla.org/ Of course there's another one that's supposed to be even better... http://www.apple.com/macosx/...but I admit it's only hearsay.In other...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser

Discussion threads 2004-11-02

Heat and Control, Inc. Standardizes Critical Sales Cycle With On Demand Customer Relationship Management Solution

Heat and Control, Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of food processing and packaging equipment. To retain its leadership position in the food processing industry, the company constantly looks for ways to create efficiencies and offer the best value possible to its customers. It was this philosophy that...

Tags: Food, Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Sales Cycle, CRM, Sales Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Food & Beverage, Product Marketing, Leadership, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Marketing, Management

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Visible Breakthrough: Nature's Sunshine Products Gains Critical Stability and Enables Future Growth

Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. NSP has been manufacturing herbal products, natural vitamins, food supplements, and other complementary products for more than 30 years. The company must respond to ever-changing market demands while keeping overhead and staff size low. Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. uses Unisys Enterprise Application Environment EAE, Release 3.3,...

Tags: Food, Unisys Corp., Enterprise Application Environment, Food & Beverage, Marketing Research, Manufacturing, Marketing

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