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Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, Hartford

Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, Hartfordexisting comcast digital phone customersI have had Comcast digital phone service for years. I would like to get Comcast internet service, however, they do not give exiting phone customers any discounts. (Discount only applies to someone who is both a tv cable and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, INTERNET, Cable, phone, phone service, Pricey Comcast VoIP, Hartford

Discussion threads 2005-04-30

Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, Hartford

Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, HartfordBetter service for a better priceThrough Champion Communications. Price is $32.95 per month and comes with all the calling features including voice mail on e-mail, and soon to be e-fax. www.championcommunications.biz/1002405

Tags: Pricey Comcast VoIP, Hartford

Discussion threads 2005-04-16

Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, Hartford

Pricey Comcast VoIP headed to Boston, HartfordToo PriceyFor $40/mo you get what I already get from Vonage for $25/mo. Of course if you use Comcast's offerings, they probably won't block the ports that you need for VoIP to work.

Tags: Telephony, Comcast Corp., Pricey Comcast VoIP, Comcast VOIP, VoIP, Hartford

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

Most prolific online spenders live in Seattle, San Francisco, Hartford, Tampa

According to regional tabulations from AOL Online Shopping Cities survey, Seattle boasts the most generous men who plan to spend an average of nearly $771 on gifts this holiday season (which is 38% higher than the overall average for all shoppers in the survey). Hartford, Conn., meanwhile, is home to...

Tags: women, Hartford, Tampa

Blog posts 2005-01-06

Most prolific online spenders live in Seattle, San Francisco, Hartford, Tampa

According to regional tabulations from AOL Online Shopping Cities survey, Seattle boasts the most generous men who plan to spend an average of nearly $771 on gifts this holiday season (which is 38% higher than the overall average for all shoppers in the survey). Hartford, Conn., meanwhile, is home to...

Tags: women, Hartford, Tampa

Blog posts 2005-01-06

UDDI finally springs into action

The insurance industry may be a conservative lot, but I've noticed they have been ahead of the curve with Web services. The industry's big challenge is that carriers rely on networks of independent or semi-independent agents up front, but run a lot of mainframes in the back. The insurance industry...

Tags: Web, Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, Web service, insurance industry

Blog posts 2004-12-06

Additional Resources

Is HDTV turning Americans into hockey fans?

I went to see a fight......and a hockey game broke out!HockeyHockey fundamentally is a very entertaining fast paced team sport that is being ruined by the allowed fighting. I am not against "fighting" sports (boxing, mixed martial arts etc), but not only does the fighting in hockey totally fail to...

Tags: Team management, team, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Speed cameras give no license to kill

Some applications of technology just seem to get under people's skin, in a big way. One of them is cameras on streets and highways aimed at license plates. Go even one mile over the speed limit goes the fear and you might find a ticket in your...

Tags: Radar, Camera, Speed Camera, Assailant, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-27

NHL kicks off playoffs with 20+ viewing 'tweet-ups' across U.S., Canada

The National Hockey League is kicking off the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs in social media style. The league is promoting and has sanctioned dozens of NHL "Tweet-Up" viewing parties across the U.S. and Canada starting today and going through early next week. The parties were planned in...

Tags: NHL, Games, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-15

Leaked memo reveals T-Mobile 3G expansion plans in 40+ U.S. cities

I don't like to dabble too much in unconfirmed rumors, but "unofficial" T-Mobile blog TmoNews has what appears to be an internal T-Mobile e-mail outlining 3G expansion plans for the fourth-largest carrier in America in several medium and large U.S. cities in the coming year. The list...

Tags: Colorado, Texas, T-Mobile, Arizona, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Thin Clients, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent

IBM's employees' union is delivering blow-by-blow accounts of Big Blue's layoffs tonight.  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Wednesday that IBM is looking to cut about 5,000 positions mostly in its global business services unit as it shifts work to India Techmeme.  According to...

Tags: Layoff, IBM Corp., Workforce Management, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-25

City of Hartford Relies on the Ergonomic Group, VMware, and NetApp to Help Stretch Its IT Dollar

The City of Hartford's nickname, "New England's Rising Star," affirms its rich history as an early Dutch trading settlement as well as its later being the home of authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain as well as many of America's emerging insurance giants. City of Hartford wanted...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Information Technology, VMware Inc., Storage, Hardware

Case studies 2009-03-01

SmartDraw an Essential Tool for Recovery After Double-Dose of Catastrophic Natural Disasters

May and June 2008 are two months that Mary Simons would rather forget. A preschool teacher living in tiny New Hartford, Iowa, her world turned upside down when her home was destroyed after a series of deadly weather events. Luckily, Mary discovered a silver lining in SmartDraw - and with...

Tags: Recovery, Tool, SmartDraw, Productivity

Case studies 2009-02-20

Really for sure, no Apple netbooks

Apple's position has long been that they will watch the netbook market, but have no intention of entering it anytime soon. They don't really need to, of course. They're selling iPhones like crazy and enough professionals are willing to spend $2800 on a laptop that $500 netbooks don't...

Tags: Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-23

The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands

Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...

Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Web 2.0: Unprecedented data liabilities for users and businesses

Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a Technologist and Author of the Upcoming Book, Unseen Liability.  He is a Graduate of Yale and West Point.  He insures Web 2.0 business risks with The Hartford.  His post is a follow-up to a recent talk he gave on Web business risk.  ...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Web 2.0: Don't forget the business risks

Web 2.0--or its business cousin Enterprise 2.0--sounds great on the surface. Who doesn't like lightweight applications, users who become de facto developers and content creators and authentic market intelligence? Businesses would be silly to not jump head first into these newfangled technologies right? Not so fast. There are big risks...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Divitas Helps U.S. Carrier Deploy Mobile UC to Businesses Worldwide

Sawtel - a carrier based in Hartford, Conn. - has a presence in the U.S. as well as 16 emerging countries throughout the world. The company wanted to deploy a Mobile UC solution to help customers worldwide increase productivity and save on mobile costs. Sawtel deployed DiVitas Mobile UC to...

Tags: Mobile, Softswitch, Carrier, DiVitas Networks, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies 2008-08-21

Tech 'tips' for Beijing visitors

It looks like foreign tourists are avoiding Beijing in droves. China originally expected 1.5 million visitors. Now that’s down to 450,000. Still, that’s nearly 450,000 journalists coming to town. Everyone’s a reporter now, thanks to tiny electronics and the Web. Even tourists should regard themselves as such....

Tags: China, Journalist, Beijing, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Traveling Blues

Traveling BluesCustomer service has declined...nearly everywhere.Midwest Airlines..far from the best care in the airCustomer service has declined with the airlines. A Case in point is Midwest Airlines. Recently they announced service was ending after September 8th of this year at several cities including Hartford Connecticut. My wife is from central...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Benefits, Case-in-point, Hartford Connecticut, Midwest

Discussion threads 2008-07-29