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SaaS vendor quits browser to boost sales

SaaS CRM vendor Entellium is phasing out its browser-based offerings in favor of a smart client version that it says sells faster, better and at one-fifth of the marketing costs of the old version. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Entellium, Software-as-a-service, Sun Java Studio Creator, On-demand, Sales, Web Browser, User Experience, Johnston, Rave Complete, Rave Insight, Rave Marketing, Rave Care, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Biodiesel with a special Australian flavour

GoingGreen is an international gathering of privately-owned GreenTech companies today in Davis, California. Wandering around huge trays of fresh fruit and vegies, and a few recyclable glasses of California wine, I found one of the Aussie guys here. Paul Johnston is representing Terra Fuel. They're...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Engine, Biodiesel, Brisbane, GoingGreen, Johnston, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Additional Resources

Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version

But how would an attacker cause the vulnerable code to execute?Frankly, this seems to be a minor issue. If you are launching Chrome you will launch the latest version. The older version is just cruft. I don't see any scenario where you inadvertently or an attacker can execute the older...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, IE8, Chrome, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Works of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. FREE Author's biography & essay in the trial 10.3 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-08

It's a Flat World after all

Flat World Knowledge, whom we profiled last November, has closed an $8 million round of venture funding. Hooks Johnston, General Partner at Valhalla Partners, compared Flat World's potential to that of the MP3, but its real innovation is the same one powering this blog, a business model...

Tags: Author, Sales Strategy, Digital Music, Strategy, Blogging, Digital Media, Leadership, Sales, Personal Technology, Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Student Technology Day: session videos now online

Last month I attended the Microsoft Student Technology Day 2008 full coverage here in London, with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, Andy McLoughlin, CEO of Huddle.net and many others. It was really quite an eye-opening day to some of the work at Microsoft, and from the many emails I got...

Tags: Multi-touch, Steve Ballmer, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Robotic sensors on Mount St. Helens

U.S. researchers are developing a new robust wireless communication systems for Mount St. Helens. With the help of a $1.63 million NASA grant, they've developed a dozen of smart robotic sensors which talk to each other and send information to a central information hub, the Johnston Ridge Observatory located atop...

Tags: Wireless Communication, Sensor, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille, NASA

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures

Software as a service company Entellium's future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were...

Tags: Revenue, Entellium, FBI, Revenue Figure, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Corporate Governance, Government, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review

[Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the least

Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the leastArctic Ice can not effect sea level"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities (Wm. Robert Johnston, B.A. Astronomy, M.S. Physics)http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/environment/waterworld.html[b]"[i]Arctic Ocean pack ice = 0.01 % Fraction of world ice - The melting of floating ice will not change...

Tags: ice, Arctic, RealClimate.org

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

USPTO rains on Dell's app for 'cloud computing' trademark

The Patent and Trademark Office has officially refused to grant Dell a trademark on the term "cloud computing," as News.com posts. USPTO originally gave a thumbs-up to the trademark but earlier this month it overturned that preliminary decision. The Patent Office declined...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Cloud Computing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-18

HDTVs: How black is black?

An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there. So wait...

Tags: HDTV, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-05-07

The NERV: What First Responders Need

In this free video, you'll see how a little technical preparation goes a long way toward helping a community survive a catastrophe. In Johnston County, North Carolina, a devastating hurricane is just another day. Watch as Cisco helps keep its residents prepared with full voice, video, and data connectivity--all in...

Tags: Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Networked Emergency Response Vehicle, Corporate Communications, Crisis Management, Marketing

Presentations 2008-02-19

A camera in a pill to detect cancer

This is not the first time that the idea of swallowing a pill with a camera inside to detect early signs of cancer has been tried read this article for example. But now, researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a device specifically designed to detect esophageal cancer,...

Tags: Device, University Of Washington, Resolution, Pill, Image, Camera, Cancer, Fiber, UW, Casing, Endoscope, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Rich Internet application predictions from the experts

Earlier this month I did my 2008 predictions for rich Internet applications. My record last year wasn't as good as it could have been so I decided that this year I'd do two sets of predictions. One set are mine but the others are sets from people in the industry...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-01-23

UK Rural Payments Agency (RPA): IT failure and gross incompetence screws farmers

A combination of IT failures and management incompetence have prevented the Rural Payments Agency RPA, which administers UK farm subsidy payments, from successfully executing its core mission despite years of effort. This extremely negative assessment is based on a new report issued by National Audit Office NAO. Accenture is implementing...

Tags: Payment, Agency, Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., U.K., Operational Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-12-16

Google confirms JotSpot will replace Google Pages

Last week I wrote about some interesting clues that suggested Google Pages would be replaced by something Google purchased a while ago called JotSpot. JotSpot is a tool that people have been using for quite a while to help them create collaborative websites like intranets, project management tracking, and...

Tags: Google Inc., JotSpot, Scott, Productivity, Project Management, Web Site Development, Tools & Techniques, Groupware, It Operations, It service Management, Internet, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-12-02

JotSpot to power new Google Sites in 2008

The usually tight-lipped Google revealed a few details on plans for Google Apps at a presentation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the company headquarters its AdWords team. Scott Johnston, a product manager for Google collaboration products, pitched members of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce on the benefits of...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, JotSpot, Scott, Wiki, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-01

The world's biodiesel potential

Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M) have ranked 226 countries according to their potential to make large volumes of biodiesel at low cost. Their evaluation of the world's potential to produce biodiesel shows that Malaysia, Thailand, Colombia, Uruguay and Ghana are the developing nations most likely to attract...

Tags: Researcher, Biodiesel, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Microsoft readying Channel 8

While rumors swirl that Microsoft might be considering buying FaceBook, the company is continuing to build out its own famiy of blogs, wikis, video and other community-outreach tools to connect with current and potential users.The latest new social-networking site in Microsoft's arsenal? Channel 8.Microsoft Developer Mark Johnston posted a teaser...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Web 2.0, Web video

Blog posts 2007-07-12