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Rolling Out Oracle in Latin America: How to Meet the Challenge

This paper highlights the challenges that face businesses expanding into Latin America, and overviews the ways in which companies can use Oracle to overcome those challenges. The paper also details the evolution of Oracle in Latin America, and it provides readers with case studies of companies that have used Oracle...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Latin America, IT Convergence, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Free Trade, Finance

White papers 2007-03-03

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Physical Security Through Strategic IT Convergence (Level 300)

This webcast will help gain a better understanding of the Microsoft Worldwide Security Operations and how they protect Microsoft assets in a manner consistent with corporate culture. Through the strategic deployment of security systems, the Microsoft Corporate Security group is improving the way it protects Microsoft assets, information, and employees....

Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Convergence, Microsoft TechNet, Asset Management, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations

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Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market

  Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?

Is Microsoft accessible without Bill Gates?Gates will be missedI believe Ray Ozzie would be a great replacement for Gates on the speech / giving a MS vision front. Ray speaks very well. Maybe Ballmer could make him make 6 or more speeches a year and so some light promotion work....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, M$ Needs

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake?

Yahoo has made it official: It is teaming up with Google on search advertising, but the ripple effects--both short-term and long-term--are just beginning. The two companies have announced a broad agreement where Yahoo uses Google's text advertising, but stops short of completely outsourcing search. Among the key...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Termination Fee, Text Advertising Business, Carl, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Converged Solutions white paper from Stratecast/Frost & Sullivan

In the communications industry, convergence refers to the integration of communication - voice, video, and data - onto a single (IP-based) network. From convergence, more advanced and efficient means of communication emerge. This paper from Stratecast describes the attributes of a true customer-centric convergence solution. From...

Tags: Sprint Communications, Convergence, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2008-06-06

Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt it

Could Apple kill the Nintendo DS? I doubt itWhat It Will DoThe iPhone need not completely subvert the DS to have a profound effect. First is the notion that adults would rather be seen with a iPhone than a DS. Second, this is the device that you have on your...

Tags: Games, Apple iPhone, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Apple Inc., IPHONE IS, Nintendo DS

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlus

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlusWebtop ConvergenceSeems as though we're not moving toward hybrid applications as much as we're moving into hybrid environment/ecosystems/frameworks that let us design, develop, and integrate our online/offline experiences.Answer 1/2Ryan as an Adobe employee you don't have to comment on my.. comment and I have to admin...

Tags: Yahoo BrowserPlus, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Fit Client, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Virtualization and security

Virtualization and securityThere is no one single factorExcellent article! I think you're right - it is a convergence of factors. Part of the issue is that existing tools don't necessarily have "virtualization awareness" so they don't always make an IT guy's job easier.Another factor is staff expertise. ...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Why MSFT must make an acquisition in online media

Businessweek's cover story is: "Inside Microsoft's War Against Google - With Yahoo off the table, Microsoft plans to challenge Google's online-ad juggernaut alone. A behind-the-scenes look at its provocative strategy." This behind the scenes look isn't very deep. It mostly centers on MSFT's "top U.S. salesman for...

Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Online Media, Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, MSFT, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Delaying a PC revolution in cell diagnosis

What if we could revolutionize medical testing, a platform as basic as a PC? Then what if every application, and every input, had to be separately inspected and approved by the FDA? That's life. Iknoisys of New Haven says it has just such a...

Tags: FDA, PC, Test, Clearance, Party Solution, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Microsoft's Oslo connections begin to bud

Microsoft took another step in unveiling its "Oslo" SOA strategy, with a sample application intended to not only demonstrate the vendor's interoperability as a SOA platform, and also show how it can automatically scale to meet the increased and unpredictable workloads SOA will bring to data centers. ...

Tags: Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-04-29

SalesView from InsideView: feature or product?

  I've had several conversations with InsideView in an effort to understand how its recently released SalesView product fits into the scheme of enterprise applications. Described as leveraging the convergence between social media and enterprise applications, SalesView is designed to provide sales people with fine grained information...

Tags: CRM, SalesView, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Nokia N95 (8GB, Unlocked)

Editor's note: Portions of Features section of this review were taken from our original evaluation of the unlocked Nokia N95 North American Edition, as both devices share many of the same features.It's no secret that the Nokia N95 has been quite popular here in the States, garnering rave reviews from...

Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, multimedia button, Nokia N95, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-17

Let's try this again - how about an XPhone?

Conceptual XPHONE 3G Design by Brandon Perlow After positing the notion that consummating a Microsoft and Yahoo! merger might result in the combination of the media player aspects of Zune and the online services of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-16

News to know: AOL, Linux; Mac clones; Mobile Web

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing Robin Harris: 2.5" disks to become new standard in 2009 TechRepublic: 10 common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software Christopher Dawson: My kid hates...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mobile, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Open Source, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Convergence Analysis of Iteratively Detected Time Hopping and DS-CDMA Ultrawide Bandwidth Systems by EXIT Charts

This paper presents a novel analysis on the decoding convergence of Time Hopping TH and Direct Sequence DS Code-Division Multiple-Access CDMA Ultrawide Bandwidth UWB systems when communicating over multipath Nakagami channels. The analysis is based on the Extrinsic Information Transfer EXIT chart where the UWB systems are serially concatenated pulse-position...

Tags: UWB, Analysis, Convergence, Ultrawideband (UWB), Wireless

White papers 2008-04-15

Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City

Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit CityI don't understand it either.I just don't see how merging these two will make them both successfull either. This is like merging Sear's and KMART. I just do not get it. Movie rentals are a dying breed and until a formal way...

Tags: Investment, Movie Rentals, Blockbuster Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., media convergence

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City

Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only

9000 computers in Swiss schools have been dual-booting Windows and and Ubuntu for some time now in anticipation of guidelines from the Switzerland's Department of Public Instruction, whose motto is "Long Live Free Software." The Tribune de Geneve featured a story on Friday about the elimination of dual boot...

Tags: Ubuntu, PC, Computer, F/OSS, Linux, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-06