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Learn Kana Easy - Basic (msi)

Learn Kana Easy Basic is a free application for learning the Japanese alphabet which runs on Windows OSs. Allowing anyone wanting to learn the Japanese alphabet to do just that, in easy steps through an intuitive user interface. Browse through all characters learning at your own pace, study and test...

Tags: Kana Software Inc., Alphabet, Squidge Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-12

Learn Kana (zip)

Program randomly chooses Japanese syllable and presents its ideogram or transcription in one of Japanese syllabaries (hiragana, katakana, or romaji). Ideograms in remaining syllabaries remain hidden. User guesses hidden ideogram, and then reveals it in order to check if his guess was right. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Kana Software Inc., Guess

Software downloads 2008-02-06

Kana Quiz (gg)

Tests your knowledge of Hiragana and or Katakana. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Kana Software Inc., Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2007-09-12

Kana Attacks (exe)

Kana Attacks is a game for learning the Japanese kana (Japanese phonetic alphabets - katakana and hiragana) characters. It is sort of a cross between Space Invaders and Typing of the Dead. The kana fall from the sky, trying to destroy your city. Your only defense is to blast them...

Tags: Kana Software Inc., Alphabet, Attack, Johnny5 Source, Kana Attacks, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-07

English-Japanese Kana Talking Dictionary 2006 (exe)

The Talking Dictionary 2006 English Japanese Kana for Windows is part of a unique suite of language learning applications for your PC. It provides bi-directional word translation and advanced synthesis of English and Japanese speech. The dictionary is easy to install and use on your desktop computer. It translates...

Tags: Kana Software Inc., LingvoSoft, Dictionary, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-07-08

On-Demand Service Hosting

For many companies, On-Demand customer service hosting is proving to be a more flexible, cost-effective way to deliver service to customers. This webinar is about On-Demand, or hosted, CRM solutions - the growing alternative to in-house hardware and software.

Tags: Customer Service, Kana Software Inc., On-demand, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Webcasts

Companies Find Faster Call Resolution Key to Cost Center Profitability

As companies face a backlash against offshore call centers, or are simply finding it was not the right solution for their particular business, they are bringing service back to the U.S. This doesn't need to be cost-prohibitive however. Nearly 80 percent of the time and cost of providing customer service...

Tags: Customer Service, Kana Software Inc., Call-center, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

White papers

KANA Software Speeds Product Evolution by Outsourcing Key Skills

Proprietary application developers constantly need to revise their products to integrate with evolving computer platforms and clients' custom or packaged implementations. To keep pace, KANA needed timely access to specialized skills on call at any point in its software development cycle. KANA's experience working with IBM - including integrating KANA...

Tags: Kana Software Inc., Outsourcing, IBM Corp., Software Development, Development Tools, Productivity, Software/Web Development

Case studies

Additional Resources

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SAP: Business drop was 'sudden and unexpected'; Credit crunch hurt IT financing

SAP said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn't meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP's upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Information Technology, Financing, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SAP: first to hit the buffers

SAP pre-announced its Q3 results at what could not have come at a worse time for the beleaguered stock market. Although executives were bragging about 4% growth in software sales as though BusinessObjects doesn't exist the reality is that year over year growth was off 9%. Management...

Tags: Software, SAP AG, U.S. GAAP Software Revenue, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-06

You get what you pay for: Paid contributors drive open source

What's the difference between a paid contributor to a FOSS project and a volunteer contributor? According to a paper by Evangelia Berdou, quite a bit. Berdou finds that paid developers take up key positions in projects, while volunteers often work on the periphery. In other words -- much of the...

Tags: Developer, F/OSS, Contributor, Core Contributor, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-10-06

RealDVD sales suspended, case moves north

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against Real, suspending sales of RealDVD, NewTeeVee.com reported over the weekend. Hollywood studios had sought the injunction as part of a suit against Real's DVD copying software. The RealDVD website now says the product is "currently unavailable." ...

Tags: Movie, Sales Strategy, DVD, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

‘The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed

On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn't impact enterprise IT -- because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come -- the move is another symbolic nail in Vista's coffin....

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IT Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The cloud finally comes to education

Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...

Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security

Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a "good thing" for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone. The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Flaw, Programming, Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-05

IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx

IBM will announce Monday that it is launching a beta of "Bluehouse," a social networking and collaboration service designed to link businesses with various partners. The move, part of a broader effort to define IBM's cloud computing strategy, will put it in direct competition with Cisco's collaboration...

Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Beta, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-05