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Hallmarks (exe): There are hallmarks for the British cities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Sheffield. The aim is to allow the user to become more familiar with these hallmarks so that they become proficient in identifying the year of manufacture. This is aimed at collectors and those interested in British Silver. This...; Tags: Hallmark; Software downloads 2007-09-18
Photos: Furries, pirates, drag queens at 'Second Life' ball: What do you get when you tell a bunch of Second Life enthusiasts to dress up for a real-life costume party? Many of them go just as all-out as they would with their avatars in-world.What do you get when you tell a bunch of Second Life enthusiasts to dress up...; Tags: photograph, Second Life, lace, Second Life Community, Second Life Community Convention, avatar, wig, piracy, leash, Chicago, mask, jacket, hallmark, outfit, assortment, attendance, Hilton Hotels Corp., identity, brand; Image galleries 2007-08-27
Hallmark Cards Boosts Merchandiser Efficiency 10 Percent With Mobile Databases: Hallmark Cards sells its products in nearly 44,000 retail outlets in the United States, including 30,000 mass merchandisers, such as discount, food, and drug stores. The company employs 10,000 part-time Retail Merchandisers RMs who stock new deliveries, place orders, and sort misplaced cards into their proper display pockets. When the...; Tags: Card, Hallmark, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Device, Hallmark Cards, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

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IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC: Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...; Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Fade to black: Software shuts down servers automatically to conserve electricity: Fade to black: Software shuts down servers automatically to conserve electricityInteresting.So all test and developement servers could be scheduled to be shutdown Fri at 7 PM and come back up Monday at 7 AM.Let me see ..."The standard edition of the software starts at $2,000 per management machine."For that pricing...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Tools & Techniques, pricing strategy, server, software; Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Putting Workday on SAP's radar: Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?: Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Yes. Diversity is the key for making revenue. If one product or service doesn't generate the whole company isn't at a loss. Only one division is.Microsoft's strengthwas Bill Gates' ability to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Games, Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Does Microsoft, consumer product; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
TomTom One 130S: The TomTom One 130 and TomTom One 130S mark a new beginning for the company's line of basic GPS. You still get TomTom's hallmark ease of use and community features, but the portable navigation systems now boast more compact designs as well as a new vehicle mount that can be...; Tags: GPS, Keyboards, TomTom; Product reviews 2008-05-08
Marc Benioff heralds Web 3.0 at DreamForce Europe: Salesforce.com has come to London today for its first DreamForce Europe event. There have been European customer and partner events in previous years, but this is the first event at true DreamForce scale â€” 2,500 attendees at the Barbican conference center in the heart of the City, London's financial district....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Web, Marc Benioff, Web 3.0, PaaS, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Enterprise 2.0 industry matures as businesses grapple with its potential: Some of the big IT news over the weekend was the announcement that Forrester predicts that the Enterprise 2.0 space will be a $4.6 billion industry within 5 years. ZDNet's Larry Dignan had the full breakdown yesterday on Forresters bullish outlook while Dennis Howlett immediately took umbrage with...; Tags: Software, Application, Information Technology, Industry, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 Industry, Enterprise 2.0 Tool, Self-service, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Forrester: Social networking will be biggest enterprise 2.0 priority by 2013; Smaller businesses reticent: Enterprise 2.0 will become a $4.6 billion industry by 2013 and social networking tools will garner the bulk of the money, according to a report by Forrester Research. The report, released on Monday and penned by Forrester analyst G. Oliver Young, shows a few notable trends that...; Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Web 2.0 success stories driving WOA and informing SOA: The striking contrast between the stories that we've been hearing lately about the slow going of SOA initiatives in the enterprise and the vibrant and rapidly growing ecosystems similar to them on the consumer Web has been generating a lot of debate and discussion in the enterprise IT community recently....; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, SOA, Organization, Enterprise, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reform: Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reformWell, duh.The hallmark of socialism is shortages. Massachusettes socializes it's health care, and wow, shock, just like Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Oregon and Hawaii, shortages appear.lol...[i]By putting 340,000 new customers on the rolls demand for service has skyrocketed. Doctors just can’t keep up.[/i]That...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Massachusettes, health care; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Leadership vs. Management: This is the tenth excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. Note that this is a draft for a new bit to be inserted before the extract published last week - a response to the many...; Tags: CIO, Leadership, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-21
PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures: PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...; Tags: Sustainability, Technology Sector, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Industry, Strategy, Management, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth bets: Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth betsAwesome speech...My rep and I flew in First Class to see this. I decided to miss the Super Bowl and attend a Windows Server 2008/Vista SP1 "Better Together" wine and cheese function on Sunday night. I heard the game was close, but not nearly...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating systems, Handhelds, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., long-term growth bet, growth bet; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
BrightIdea.com manages your bright ideas...: BrightIdea.com is one of the companies on my 2008 watch list. The company offers enterprises a process in which they can encourage and manage innovation. Last month I sat down with Matthew Greeley, CEO and founder, at my favorite business meeting place, the "Lucky Penny" diner in San...; Tags: Innovation, Cisco Systems Inc., BrightIdea.com, BrightIdea, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Maximizing Mobile Worker Productivity by Yankee Group: Mobile and wireless technologies not only address the unique computing challenges mobile workers face such as wireless coverage gaps and interruptions, internetwork roaming and performance issues, but also help automate and streamline processes, providing significant ROI. This Yankee Group white paper identifies the mobile security solutions available in the market,...; Tags: The Yankee Group, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; White papers 2008-01-01
Commercial brain computer systems are coming: All over the world, systems that directly connect silicon circuits to brains are under development, and some are nearly ready for commercial applications, according to a new report from the World Technology Evaluation Center and announced by a news release of the University of Southern California USC. Some of the...; Tags: University Of Southern California, Panel, Report, Computer, BCI, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 2): If you don't mind a little bulkiness and want the flexibility of a broad range of focal length, get Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FZ50. You have to be willing to drop some change on this 10.1-megapixel megazoom modelâ€”it will run you about $480 or more--but you'll get a slew...; Tags: Image Quality, Panasonic, Digital Camera, Camera, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2007-12-12

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Hallmark Financial Services Inc.: Hallmark Financial Services is an insurance holding company engaged in the sale of standard commercial insurance, specialty commercial insurance and personal insurance to businesses and...; Hallmark Financial Services Inc. company page on BNET »