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Ford Mustang Screensaver 1 (zip): The Ford Mustang is the ultimate cool car. The base model Ford Mustang is equipped with a 5-speed Tremec T-5 manual transmission, is powered by a cast iron block 210 hp (156 kW) 4.0 L SOHC Ford Cologne V6 engine, Have the Ford Mustang on your desktop with this top...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., Ford Mustang, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-17
Ford FortyNine Screensaver (zip): A great image slideshow for your desktop screen. The Ford Forty-Nine was a concept car created by the Ford. The Forty-Nine's engine is a the same used in Ford's Thunderbird models, a naturally aspirated 3.9-liter, DOHC, 32-valve V8. The retro styling of the Forty-Nine is very similar to the 2002...; Tags: Screensaver, Ford Motor Co., Ford FortyNine Screensaver, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-17
GM, Ford, Mazda, to drive acceptance of Apple's C.R.A.P. Coke to help market soak it up.: GM, Ford, Mazda, to drive acceptance of Apple's C.R.A.P. Coke to help market soak it up.OverreactionAs far as the cars go, the article I read said most are installing an input jack, which works with any audio device. There are some doing an optional iPod kit. Guess...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Mazda Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Apple iPod, digital-rights management, CD, MP3, Apple iTunes, hardware, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-08-03
Printek Case Study: Ford Motor Company: Ford Motor selected the FormsPro as the printer of choice for its Common Manufacturing Management Systems CMMS project, one of the largest computer projects Ford has ever undertaken. Ford has installed over 300 of the FormsPro 4000 Series at its 59 component manufacturing plants in North America and internationally to,...; Tags: Printek, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Case studies
Grid Technology Case Study: When it comes to business relationships, the one between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Ford Motor Company has always been solid. Like other companies in the automotive industry, Ford was asking its IT departments company-wide to cut costs, while still ensuring the company's standards of quality remained high. Sun's sales and...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Ford Motor Co., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies

Improving Customer Satisfaction Through Global Content Management: Ford Motor Company is the world's second largest manufacturer of cars and trucks, with operations in more than 40 countries, 114 manufacturing plants, and more than 350,000 employees. Ford Motor Company needed to help improve product quality and customer satisfaction by ensuring that content published by widely dispersed contributors to...; Tags: Customer Satisfaction, EMC Corp., Content Management, Ford Motor Co., Documentum ECM Platform, Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Product Marketing, Manufacturing, Storage, Finance, Marketing, Hardware; Case studies
eRoom Enables Ford to Drive Into New Technology: With sales of over $170 billion and 345,000 employees worldwide, Ford Motor Company is firmly entrenched as one of the world's largest manufacturers of cars and trucks, with approximately seven million vehicles sold globally each year. The complexities of conducting business on multiple continents, in multiple languages and across numerous...; Tags: eRoom, Ford Motor Co., Storage, Hardware; 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
Dell Revs Up Automotive Sales at Ford: Ford Motor Company of Canada is one automotive company that is on the leading edge of DMS deployment. The i-Connect team planned to eliminate old hardware and supply each dealership with a minimum of one new desktop and server. Ford Canada sent a request for quote RFQ to hardware companies...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dealership, Sales, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware; Case studies
Ford Otosan Builds on NetApp SAN and NAS Solution for Faultless Disaster Recovery in an Earthquake Zone: Ford Otosan is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company, the highly respected global automotive manufacturer, and Koc Holding, Turkey's leading conglomerate. The company wanted to support explosive growth and ensure uninterrupted availability. The company also wanted to ensure DR in an earthquake zone and streamline infrastructure management. A thorough...; Tags: NAS, SAN, Disaster Recovery, Ford Motor Co., NetApp, Ford Otosan, Storage, Hardware; Case studies

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Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?: Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...; Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma; Blog posts 2008-05-16
How to ... install Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB flash drive: From the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Can you install Ubuntu on a USB flash drive? Yes, yes you can. Here's what you need: Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD USB flash drive (4GB+) If you don't have an Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD then...; Tags: Ubuntu, USB Flash Drive, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-16
XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings: At ZD's Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes cites this quote from former OLPC developer Ivan Krstic about Nicholas Negroponte's rapidly shifting mission statement: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission....; Tags: Education, Team, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Nicholas Negroponte, Team Management, Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-16
How to ... install Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB flash drive: From the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Can you install Ubuntu on a USB flash drive? Yes, yes you can. Here's how ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: USB Flash Drive, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ubuntu, linux, usb; Image galleries 2008-05-16
Putting the XP into the OLPC: So, Microsoft has managed to get in on the OLPC bandwagon and put XP in front of millions of eyeballs in the developing world. But is this move about the children's education, or it is about recruiting more Windows users. What's important to note is that Microsoft...; Tags: Team, One Laptop Per Child Project, Team Management, Microsoft Windows XP, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated): Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today. Although RIM hasn't said...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Electronista, 3G, Cellular Phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-16
WinXP on XO laptops OK as long as Linux runs, too: Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrasy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating system. ...; Tags: Operating System, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Gates Foundation, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Video game hardware and software sales up 47% in April 2008: Americans spent $1.23 bln on video games, hardware and accessories in April 2008, up 47% from April 2007. Total hardware sales grew 26% to $426.2 mln, with the Wii selling 714,200 units, followed by the handheld Nintendo DS at 414,800. Software sales surged to $654.7 mln from $389.4 mln in...; Tags: Software, Video Game, Video, Hardware, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Games, Sales, Personal Technology, AM; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Sugar-free Windows, as predicted: As Ivan Krstić predicted in his May 13th blog post (see "Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC front"), the OLPC XO will start shipping with Windows XP, minus the Sugar interface and open source tools that allow full implementation of the XO hardware (e.g., mesh networking). ...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-15