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Ignite for Oracle Helps E-commerce Platform Provider Meet its Stringent SLAs

GSI Commerce is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions that enable retailers, branded manufacturers, entertainment companies and professional sports organizations to operate e-commerce businesses. On an outsourced basis, GSI Commerce provides a comprehensive, integrated and centralized e-commerce platform which includes technology, logistics, customer care and marketing services. Before Thanksgiving 2005,...

Tags: SLA, Oracle Corp., GSI Commerce Inc., E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet

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NetSuite moves early to support Chrome

NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Analyst: Dollar daze around the corner for Web giants

J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan said Thursday in a research note that a stronger dollar will take a bite out of search, online travel and e-commerce companies. Khan's call Techmeme largely focuses on the fourth quarter given the dollar's resurgence began in the middle of the third...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Dollar, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

E-commerce growth, Q2 2008

Product Category Growth, YTY Total Retail Category 13% Video Games, Consoles & Accessories 73% Furniture, Appliances & Equipment 65% Home & Garden 23% Event Tickets 22% Sport & Fitness 21% Consumer Electronics 5% Apparel...

Tags: Accessory, Video, E-business, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Courier (exe)

Run an E-Commerce site or are you thinking about starting one? QuickBooks and QuickBooks Point of Sale are excellent accounting packages. But double entry between your QuickBooks and your E-Commerce Shopping Cart will take a lot of your precious time. And time is indeed money these days. This is where...

Tags: Accounting, Intuit QuickBooks, Courier, E-business, Deep Thought Software, Web Technology, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Finance, Internet

Software downloads 2008-09-03

Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008

Month YTY growth Jun-07 25% Jul-07 22% Aug-07 28% Sep-07 19% Oct-07 19% Nov-07 20% Dec-07 18% Jan-08 12% Feb-08 14% Mar-08 9% Apr-08 15% May-08...

Tags: E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Dancing on E-voting's grave

Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...

Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act

Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust ActNice!If only Apple didn't ditch a perfectly viable platform in favor of off-the-shelf hardware for their operating system, half of which came from open source freeware, they might actually have an actual claim. Up to 4...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Game players, Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, WiI Games, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent

John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...

Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld

The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confrontGuys- the real pain the Industry is facing is Digital Evidence readinessGuys – years ago as in two the CEO's and CFO's of the world were reeling about SOX's costs and the like, but what they missed was that it wasn’t the SOX...

Tags: Strategy, video, information technology, ethical dilemma, digital evidence, IT leader

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments

IKEA's mixed bag of IT investmentsIkea still very silo'edIkea may have doine a great job automating their back office, but the front office is a joke. The company remains very brick-and-mortar oriented, selling primarily the in-store experience where you follow a well-directed path. Their e-commerce website is practically non-existent, which...

Tags: IKEA, IT investment, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast

The FCC has released its formal decision PDF against Comcast, ordering it to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. As Wired's David Kravets views it, it's an open invitation for ISPs to censor content – so long as they're protocol-agnostic about it. Calling the decision "vitriolic," Kravets says:...

Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Network Management, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Force Management, Networking, Government, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-20

What SaaS can teach us about customer service

In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here's how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of...

Tags: Customer Service, Software-as-a-service, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, SaaS, software. customer service, sales, Archie Black, SPS Commerce, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-08-20

UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed

UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployedIf you're any good, I wouldn't worry about itMy first question is whether that study takes into account whether people were employed in their actual field of study?Ie, does a job at McDonalds classify as being 'employed' or does every psychology major actually...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, C/C++, job, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process

For about a year now, a Web site that started life as Second Rotation has been buying back electronic gadgets including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptops, GPS devices, gaming consoles, camcorders, satellite radios and portable hard drives. No matter how old. During that time, the...

Tags: Site, Gazelle, TechForward, GPS, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Satellite Radio, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos

There are dozens of flavors of clever applications aimed at the office productivity market, often spawned as a result of the Web 2.0 explosion. Where the Web 2.0 application market is driven by eyeballs and their resulting advertising monetization, the enterprise 2.0...

Tags: Security, Software-as-a-service, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, Etelos, Developer Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-14

ITIL V3 and the PMBOK - Distinct but Complimentary

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) is the quintessential project management methodology in the North American marketplace - the PMBOK®, from the Project management Institute PMI. The IT Infrastructure Library ITIL, from the Office of Government Commerce in the UK, has quietly become the quintessential IT Service Management methodology...

Tags: PMBOK, ITIL, Project Management, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques, It Services, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2008-08-14

Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookie

Google is implementing a DoubleClick ad-serving cookie across its content network that will give advertisers new powers to target advertising. The cookie also gives users the ability to opt-out, the company told the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a letter released yesterday. in...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, DoubleClick Inc., Cookie, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Top Canadian online banking sites in April 2008

Audience, 000 Apr-07 Apr-08 % Change Total Internet 23,026 23,947 4 Banking 15,138 15,468 2 RBC Financial Group 4,646 4,564 -2 TD Bank Financial Group 4,459 4,527 2 Bank of Montreal Sites 2,474 3,020 22 Canadian Imperial Bank...

Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Banking, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-11