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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

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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, Image, 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
The birth of spinplasmonics: You might have heard of spintronics, a technology that uses the magnetic quantum properties of the spin of electrons, or plasmonics, another one which 'involves the transfer of light electromagnetic energy into a tiny volume, thus creating intense electric fields.' Now, researchers at the University of Alberta U of A...; Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature; Blog posts 2007-05-31
Gaming comes to business software: One of the biggest challenges when businesses implement sales force automation — even after the softwares up and running — is getting sales people to actually use it. Entellium CEO Paul Johnston took to the stage for the end-of-day seesion at SaaScon yesterday to explain how his company...; Tags: CRM; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Pushing the envelope of consumerization: On-demand vendors are at the forefront of the trend towards consumerization of enterprise applications, redesigning their software to emulate the look-and-feel of popular consumer-oriented Web sites such as Amazon.com, eBay, Google and MySpace. Their pay-as-you-go business model motivates on-demand vendors to maximize user uptake and return on investment. Therefore they...; Tags: SFA, Rich Internet Applications, Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator; Blog posts 2006-11-17
Serious gaming may change the face of education: Serious gaming may change the face of educationSerious gaming may change the face of educationThanks for your coverage of the Serious Games Summit, but you picked up errors that appeared in the original USA Today story. Here's what we told them. Your 10/30 story on the Serious Games...; Tags: Games, BreakAway Games, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Pulse!, Serious Games Summit, game; Discussion threads 2006-11-10
American ITIL: Lately, the best practice guidelines of IT Infrastructure Library ITIL have started to wash up on North American shores. And, increasingly, analysts are attempting to make the link between ITIL and SOA; the latest being a linkage statement from Ovum's Mary Johnston Turner. The question is, are enterprises...; Tags: SOA, ITIL; Blog posts 2006-08-13
A "modest" price increase for Vista?: Joe Wilcox at Microsoft Monitor has two Vista-related tidbits from a presentation by Kevin Johnson, co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division, at today's Microsoft financial analysts meeting. First up, the question everyone wants to know: When will Vista ship?The big question is will Microsoft meet its January 2007 ship...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2006-07-27
Practicing medicine on robo-patients: These days, it seems that robots are very busy delivering drugs in hospitals or replacing nurses, doctors and even surgeons. But robots also can replace human patients. For example, at McMaster University in Canada, medical students are using robo-patients to practice their clinical skills before they reach human patients. Their...; Tags: patient, McMaster University, robot; Blog posts 2005-12-12
Neuro Hunter demo (exe): Computer expert Hunter is hired by the Johnston Biotek corporation to repair the network of a mining complex but fails and ends up in an underground cave world after an explosion. A man called Toadstool finds him and tells him where they are: in an underground world where a computer...; Tags: Hunter, Productivity, Games, Networking, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2005-12-07
HP software head resigns: HP software head resignsBring in a new CEO, they clean house...Say 'toodles' to most if not all prior management and then go about nixing the workers.I'm sure this guy with his "personal reasons" will find something quickly. Executives do nothing but *cough* "network", so they have a huge list...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, HP Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., software; Discussion threads 2005-12-01