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CRM Tool Helps Retirement IFA Firm Launch in Just 14 Weeks

Just Retirement Solutions, a specialist financial adviser and part of the Just Retirement Group, operates in a highly competitive sector of the United Kingdom financial services industry. Due to its choice of Customer Relationship Management CRM technology, the firm - which specialises in equity release advice for home owners -...

Tags: Equity, U.K., Microsoft Corp., Tool, CRM, Just Retirement Group, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Insurance, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Software

Case studies 2007-09-01

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Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Why health care is not in the Constitution

Neither are food, clothing, and shelterThey're nowhere to be found in the constitution, yet are more important than healthcare. Without those 3 things you'll die real fast so you won't need healthcare. Those needs DID exist when the Constitution was written. There is no federal law making any...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, health care, Constitution

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against Apple

Ballmer: "I'm a PC" ads effective against AppleWow...I was expecting Ballmer to say the ads weren't working at all!Microsoft ads seem backwardThe only part of the Microsoft ads that ever get my attention at all is right at the end, where the screen is almost solid green. For quite...

Tags: Desktops, advertisement, PC, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks

SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...

Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Web 2.0 Expo: Recommended sessions for social business

It's about that time to gear up for Web 2.0 Expo (#w2e) next Tuesday through Friday at Moscone West in San Francisco. I am excited about the content that TechWeb / O'Reilly Media, Inc., has produced and I have put together the following schedule for myself. Why should you care?...

Tags: Web, Social Media, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Health care is rationed and people die

Health care is rationed and people dieWrong approachThe health care provisions in the current "stimulus" package are a prescription for the elimination of the aged and no amount of "data"worship can change that fact. What's next "Soylent Green"?Government Run Health Care == VA HospitalsWant to see how government mandated...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-02-15

Should big brands fear or revere the mommybloggers?

Should big brands fear or revere the mommybloggers?Fear or revere?I'd say there's no need to fear mommybloggers, or put them on some type of pedestal.All you need to do easier said than done, is to treat them with the respect you should give any group of people who are potentially...

Tags: Branding, Mommybloggers, Big Business, Motrin, mommyblogger, big brand, brand

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind

By now, you're probably up to your eyeballs in unsettling economic crisis news. The stock markets, tanked. Mondays $700 billion Hail Mary of a bailout plan, dead on arrival though since resuscitated. Real estate value, sunk. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke warned last week that the difficulty households and businesses were...

Tags: Job, Financial, Economist, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreement

Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreementI agree with your points and your questions...Way too many "loopholes" and bad decisions have been put into this bailout bill. Not the least of which is absolutely no accountability.To use Mr. Krigman's IT project analogy it would be like seeing that poor decisions...

Tags: Taxes, Team management, Leadership, Free trade, Financial services, Economic Meltdown, insanity, disagreement

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy

FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...

Tags: Government, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Recruitment & Selection, Forcast, FAA

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Dell repair adventure, day 3

Dell repair adventure, day 3dell next day serviceI had to use the service back in February for my XPS 1330 as it had the Nvidia Issue. I have to say that as for the repair, they turned it in about 2 hours (according to the tracking numbers.) It...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Stanford University data breach leaks sensitive information of approximately 62,000 employees

A data breach resulting from a stolen laptop has leaked sensitive information including Social Security Numbers of approximately 62,000 as reported by Stanford University former and current Standford University employees.  The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a site devoted to the collection of data breach information, reports this number as 72,000, and I'm...

Tags: Sensitive Information, Stanford University, Data, Information, Stanford, Laptop Computer, Kroll, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-23

I love Google...don't tell the librarian!

I love Google...don't tell the librarian!How about telling your librarian, "I love Google Scholar"?Google Scholar, great tool for legitimate research.Fair enough[i]I don't think that her librarian is alone in her dislike of Google.[/i]That's fair. During school hours, firewall Google and direct all requests to the librarian. She doesn't...

Tags: Wiki, PRODUCTIVITY, librarian, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Gates gives CES keynote swan song--no fireworks

At his annual Consumer Electronics Show opening keynote address, Bill Gates made a few announcements as he prepares to head into the sunset...sort of. In July this year Bill Gates will no longer be part of the day-to-day operation of Microsoft. He has been gradually moving...

Tags: Software, PC, Xbox Live, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Media Center PCs, Tablets, Game Players, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-06

U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud scheme

U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud schemeHooray!I've gotten more than enough spam from Alan Ralsky during the past decade (it's actually easy to tell once you know what to look for). Obviously, I don't know if he's guilty of the things he's specifically charged with (though it wouldn't...

Tags: Cyberthreats, stock, Alan Ralsky, spam, spam king, crook, spammer

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Gates' Microsoft future of intense interest

Gates' Microsoft future of intense interestThey need SOMEBODY to be the public face of Microsoft. Balmer is viewed asa chair throwing idiot, they are keeping Ozzie sequestered, who else is there????But, this is an important role, as Microsoft is now forced to NOT give customers what they want in terms...

Tags: Leadership, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., deity, public face

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 update

Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 updateMicrosoft never leads waiting for Firefox 3I would guess that Microsoft is waiting to see what they can steal from Firefox 3 and put it in IE 8.It would be great to see Microsoft leap a head in softwware once but they...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., IE8, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Just what do techies really need to know?

Just what do techies really need to know?HmmmCommunication Skills is a primary one. To have the patience to listen to a user and to understand/listen to what they say is key skill for any tech and one that many lack. This is true for more than just the K12 market.BTW...

Tags: CAD, Leadership, Strategy, communication skill, small setting, innovation

Discussion threads 2007-11-26