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Knapp Integrates Customer Intelligence for Better Service and Contract Management

Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH is a one-stop solution provider that handles all aspects of logistics integration, from simulation and layout design to installation and comprehensive staff training. The challenges faced were to design centralized, integrated customer-oriented processes and consolidate the IT infrastructure to lower costs and improve information flow. The...

Tags: Contract Management, Oracle Corp., Knapp, Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH, Supply Chain, Service Management, Linux, Enterprise Software, Databases, Middleware, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management

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Dell bets on Salesforce.com's platform as a service

Amid a quarter that Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff called "spectacular," but spooked analysts worried about future growth was an interesting nugget: Dell has jumped on the platform as a service bandwagon. On Salesforce.com's second quarter conference call (earnings recap, InStranet acquisition) Benioff revealed that Dell signed a...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Marc Benioff, Billing, PaaS, Summer Sales Cycle, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Building the ecosystem: Citrix and Platform Computing

David Roussain of Citrix and Peter Dyer of Platform Computing brought me up to speed on how the two companies are working together to provide a highly managable, agile computing environment based upon virtual machines supported by Citrix XenServer and Platform Computing's VM Orchestrator 4.0. ...

Tags: Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Platform Computing Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-18

DJ-Serv 2.0 (zip)

Budget non-stop music software. Suitable for mobile Djs, parties. Also for Internet radio stations on a tight budget. Plays MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG. Includes built-in playlist creator and has full automation scheduling capabilities. Suitable for live assist mode, or will run completely unattended without any user interaction. Includes virtual...

Tags: AudioEnhance, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-15

The real end game in home automation

The real end game in home automationHome Automation will be key ....It is the same concept that engulfs the 'aging in place' movement; different industries, doing different things, yet all saying they have the same end goal.I've been researching the real-world use of home automation to improve the quality of...

Tags: Games, home automation, game

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

When equivalence is the wrong question

When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Microsoft Access, tool, Murph, Microsoft Office, database

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Virtual Iron 4.4

Tim Walsh, Director of Marketing for Virtual Iron, brought me up to speed on his company's newest release of its cleverly named product, Virtual Iron. Since we hadn't spoken in quite some time, we spent the first part of our conversation, telling travel stories, bad jokes and generally having a...

Tags: data center, virtual iron, virtual iron 4.4, data centers, desktop virtualization, storage, hardware, data management, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Don't trust Google with your data

Don't trust Google with your dataNo, I don't trust Google BUT...I trust Google more than I trust me. There is a bigger chance that I'll lose my own data than Google will. I don't have the energy nor do I choose to spend the money to constantly backup all of...

Tags: Backups, cloud computing, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

A new data center? Expect to sing the blues along the way.

You could almost hear the singing of the I.T. Blues coming from the audience at the afternoon keynote speech at Moscone Center. These servers run hot. (ba-dum-ba-dum); Power costs a lot. (ba-dum-ba-dum) The boss wants more space.  (ba-dum-ba-dum) Finance says no way. (ba-dum-ba-dum) ...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, I.T. Environment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?

Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?Not unlike AppleLook at the iPod/iTunes combination, the Mac/OSX combination.The only difference is where they obtain their revenue from, Apple hardware, Microsoft from software.Both want to lock you into their products, one way or another.I would say MS is a platform companyjust not necessarily that they...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Does Windows, Apple Inc., business model

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Ethaba (exe)

Ethaba is a cost-free automation scripting environment, a programming language that simulates clicks, typing, mouse movement, and folder/file deletion/creation. Full documentation is provided, but since Ethaba is written in plain english we trust you'll have no problem getting to grips with it. This version is the first release on CNET...

Tags: Mouse, WillT, Ethaba, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-08-04

UtilPad (zip)

Universal utility with various tools, including file split, merge, and compare with the following features: Splitting-size adjustable, Locating the first different byte from the heads or the ends after comparing two files, Automation by scripting. dwTerm 1.0 or higher is needed. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Byte, SoftBattery, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-08-04

Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?

Will Microsoft ultimately rebrand Live Search with a new, more user-friendly name? I recently received a tip from someone in the know about a few of the possible names for Live Search that the Redmondians allegedly have considered during the past year. The tipster said Microsoft's Search...

Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Hook.com, Branding, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Seminar: Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtual Datacenter

Site Recovery Manager is a new product from VMware that integrates directly with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' Auto-Replication feature. View this on demand webcast to learn more about key elements of this joint solution.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, EqualLogic, Automation, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-08-01

Google goes investing

The news that Google is close to launching its own venture capital fund may raise a lot of hopes, but the history of corporate investment isn't fantastic and comes with a heavy price for portfolio companies that win a corporate sweepstakes. It also tells a lot about Google's own sense...

Tags: Google Inc., Investor, Investment, Finance, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Source code and managed runtimes

Source code and managed runtimesObvuscation? *giggles*To paraphrase a monarch: "Let them write perl."FYIBack in the day, before Linux design automation became readily available, I went around DAC asking vendors whether they had Linux versions working in the back rooms even though they didn't have them in the official product list.The...

Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Servers, Linux, Microsoft Corp., sales

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

Oracle to acquire partner GKS

Oracle said today that it will acquire longtime partner Global Knowledge Software LLC, a provider of self-service training automation software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. GKS's Personal Navigator product is resold as a component...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Training, GKS, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-31

News to know: Microsoft Midori; Sub $600 PCs; Dell; Neosploit; SOA

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: More tech details emerge on Microsoft's 'Midori' What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'? Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Microsoft, In Search Of Itself Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The 'Mojave Experiment' - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Malware, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, BIOS, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-30

The real end game in home automation

We're getting older, the world's getting colder. There aren't going to be enough workers available to care for us when we get into our 70s and 80s. The answer is home automation. Not just to run our TVs, either. But to manage us in our old age. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Game, Marc Fleury, Automation, Home Automation, Medical Device Approval, Healthcare, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-29

EZManage SQL Pro (msi)

EZManage SQL Pro is an intelligent, yet simple to set-up and use tool for automation the maintenance and monitoring of Microsoft SQL Server databases. The Pro Edition provides exceptionally powerful functionality for managing a multiple SQL Servers environment from one central console. EZManage SQL Pro enables the DBA to easily...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, FutureIT, EZManage SQL Pro, Pro Edition, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-07-28