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Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?

Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?Free is not the same as forever...Free is free for as long as free makes money. There is an implicit promise I get free hosting for grandma's photos for ever... And because it is free, it is like it is beta,...

Tags: E-business/E-commerce, Internet, long tail, Internet commerce

Discussion threads 2008-03-23

Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?

I've been thinking about the economics of Long Tail businesses. Check my math: Long Tail businesses are based on aggregating huge numbers of micro-markets. GOOG, Facebook, YouTube, and many other online businesses are Long Tail businesses--they make money from servicing micro-markets. The content needed...

Tags: Long Tail, Internet Commerce, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-03-22

Internet Commerce Enabler Makes Election Results Available on the Web

Elections are an important aspect of life for the citizens of Rome. With well over three million voters, 30 political parties, and 3,800 polling sites, Rome's biggest fiesta is the election of the Mayor. Roman government compliance laws set strict guidelines for election procedures. Upon receiving permission, Rome had one...

Tags: Web, Internet, Election, Unisys Corp., Internet Commerce, Channel Management, Marketing

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Improving Customer Service With Unisys Internet Commerce Enabler

Nationwide Building Society, based in the United Kingdom, was established in 1848 as a home loans and savings institution. The organization wanted to improve customer service by providing online inquiries for branches and head office departments using the intranet. The solution was attained by web-enabled legacy systems to provide quick...

Tags: Customer Service, Unisys Corp., Internet Commerce, Product Marketing, Hardware Upgrade, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

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News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

TOWeb 3.0.5.563 (Windows)

The version 3 of TOWeb has a new interface and numerous new functions allowing you to easily make your blog, personal, professional or e-Commerce Web site. No skills in HTML programming are required, and you will not need any image processing software to emphasize your photos. From the creation of...

Tags: Multimedia, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Image Processing, Lauyan Software, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-29

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step

For over a century the Bells have been masters of the bureaucratic game. Their failure in the Bell break-up, which delivered huge profits to investors, only taught them to fight harder. So after putting themselves together like the broom in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," of course they're going...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-23

1st Mac Mailer 3.4 (Mac)

1st Mac Mailer is mass-mailing software used by various e-commerce providers to deliver personalized email messages to their customers when they are needed to be notified about different events. These e-notifications vary from simple email notifications about product updates or new product releases to more complex newsletters and invoices. If...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Ixis, Export Feature, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Tealeaf: 80% report problems with online shopping, many tell their friends

online shoppingI do virtually all my shopping online and I have saved thousands of dollars, with so few negatives that they represent less than 1% of my online shopping experience. I do not like some of the "far east" web stores quite so much since they require a bit...

Tags: Sales channel, Branding, TeaLeaf Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...

Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

The Internet's keeper of domain names and IP addresses has gone global. On Wednesday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN and the US Department of Commerce said the agency will no longer have ties to the US government and will remain a private, not-for-profit organization. ...

Tags: ICANN, U.S. Government, Internet, Domain Names, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

ICANN, US government splitting up - slowly

Well, this is a somewhat amorphous development: The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. government is now "loosening control" over ICANN, the semi-private "director" of DNS addressing. The move is seen as a stamp of approval for the private-sector approach and will mollify European governments who have long been...

Tags: ICANN, U.S. Government, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Norton Internet Security 2010 (1 User, 3 PCs)

Dramatic improvements to its Norton suite during the past two years indicate that Symantec has been listening to the needs and complaints of its customers. The company's strong and surprising changes to Norton's impact on system performance that it introduced last year are maintained in this new version, and a...

Tags: SECURITY, PC, installation process, Norton Co., Symantec Corp., Quorum, Norton Internet Security

Product reviews 2009-09-24

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Nihuo Web Log Analyzer 3.44 (Windows)

Nihuo Web Log Analyzer is a tool used for marketing, web site administration or e-commerce with comprehensive analysis of the "who, what, when, where and how" of customers that visit your web site. It is a piece of software that allows you to administrate websites. With many detailed and accurate...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Nihuo Software, Nihuo Web Log Analyzer, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-12

SPS Commerce Implements Business Intelligence Platform to Streamline Supply Chains for Customers

SPS Commerce wanted to implement internet-based business intelligence to deliver supply chain and point-of-sale information to its customers and harness high volume of data traveling among trading partners - retailers and suppliers - to provide customers with information that will help them optimize their supply chains. The challenge was to...

Tags: Business Intelligence, SPS Commerce, Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Streamline, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Is this the great greentech break-through?

Twenty-five years ago nobody thought computers would revolutionize human communications and commerce. Computers were speedy calculators with the ability to store data, right? The phone and fax and video camera were the dominators of all communication. Right now greentech is dominated by the rush for better and...

Tags: DNA, Biotechnology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Exploiting Behavioral Analytics Throughout Internet Sites

This white paper examines how business managers at e-commerce, media and content sites are using behavioral analytics to increase revenue and lifetime value of their online audience. The paper explores how behavioral analytics focuses on visitor behavior patterns to uncover value-creating insights from website data. Delving deeper into the application...

Tags: Analytics, Internet-site, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2009-08-26