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KPN Telecom Chooses ISIS Benelux as Its Partner for Document Scanning and Web Enablement Systems

With more than 10 million customers, KPN Telecom is the market-leading supplier of telecommunications equipment and services in The Netherlands. The company's paper-based document management system had grown to more than 40,000,000 documents spread over 27 different regional offices throughout the country. This posed a huge problem in finding and...

Tags: Web, Partnership, Telecommunications, EMC Corp., Document Scanning, KPN Telecom, Document Management, Content Management, Business Structures, Managerial Accounting, Telephony, Groupware, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Networking, Hardware

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The Secrets of CEOs

I just finished reading an advance US manuscript of 'The Secrets of CEOs - 150 Global Chief Executives lift the lid on business, life and leadership' by Steve Tappin, who is a managing partner in the global CEO & board practice of Heidrick & Struggles, and Andrew Cave, a leading...

Tags: CEO, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Sustainability is big concern for mobile telcos says head of Orange Mobile

I recently met with Olaf Swantee, the head of Orange Mobile, a large telco owned by France Telecom. Mr Swantee said sustainability and the availability of spectrum were two key challenges. Other highlights from the interview: -WiMAX is not...

Tags: Orange PCS, Sustainability, Mobile, Telecommunications Company, Spectrum, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads

A security hole in Adobe Systems' software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Movie, Amazon.com Inc., Video, TV, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, Adobe Systems, piracy, video streaming, Amazon.com, Hulu

News items 2008-09-29

BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection

It won't be long before British Internet users see targeted advertising based on their usage patterns. British Telecom is about to test software by Phorm, which collects URLs visited, search terms entered, and other data from visited websites. Phorm then categorizes the content and serves up advertising based on your...

Tags: British Telecommunications, BT Webwise, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

India's government: At last, we've cracked Blackberry's encryption

India's government: At last, we've cracked Blackberry's encryptionwhat rights?Each Governments never ending search to control... everything!!the US requires by law that manufactures allow them to snoop...i work for a large multinational manufacture of telecom equipment and... not sure people realize this.. but by law manufactures of equipment used by US...

Tags: Handhelds, Government, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

IBM expands cloud computing footprint

IBM on Wednesday said that it has opened four new cloud computing centers sprinkled around emerging markets. The latest additions give Big Blue 14 cloud computing centers. Specifically, IBM rolled out cloud computing centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Cloud Courting: Round One

VMware and Citrix want to be your cloud infrastructure provider. The competing virtual infrastructure makers announced dueling cloud initiatives this week aimed at providing xSPs with simple to deploy and buy cloud computing platforms that come from very different angles and may serve to bifurcate the mid to small market...

Tags: XSP, Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development, James Staten

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Oracle first quarter expected to be mixed, but 'not a disaster'

Oracle steps up to the earnings plate Thursday and could face a rough crowd. Wall Street is battered and has no tolerance for any earnings--even decent reports. No matter what Oracle says every word will be parsed to gauge the demand outlook. Adam Holt, analyst at Morgan...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Application License Revenue, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Government, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Zoho goes for distribution grab with Jamcracker deal

Zoho's applications will be delivered through Jamcracker, which provides a network to offer customer support and other back-end services for companies. The pact, announced Wednesday, allows Zoho applications--Business, CRM, Meeting and Projects to be sold in Jamcracker's catalog of services in bundles or as standalone items. Jamcracker...

Tags: Jamcracker, Zoho, Software As A Service (SaaS), Telephony, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Nortel whacked by currency, carrier spending, delays

The technology confession season continues. Next up to bat is Nortel, which lowered its third quarter revenue targets because it is seeing "significant pressure" as telecom carriers cut back on spending and enterprise customers curb IT spending. Bottom line: Nortel all resources is now expecting revenue of...

Tags: Revenue, Nortel Networks Corp., Carrier, Ethernet, Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Perfect Telecom Icons (zip)

Speed up development of communication products and services and enhance the usability and look of your new project with ready-made Perfect Telecom Icons. Perfect Telecom Icons library includes icons representing symbols and actions used in telecommunications. There are icons to represent different kinds of phones including mobile, download and upload...

Tags: Phone, Icon, Aha-soft, Perfect Telecom Icons Library, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, PDAs, Modems, Telecommunications, Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-17

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?

Did John McCain invent the BlackBerry? Well, no one actually said he did, although the Telegraph headlined a story as such. As the LA Times reports the episode, here's what happened: Asked by reporters today about McCain's grasp of technological issues, senior policy...

Tags: Technology Innovation, John McCain, RIM BlackBerry, Tech Policy, Handhelds, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Gauging Your Own Risk, On This Black Monday

Don't you wish you had the same tools at your disposal to assess the riskiness of securities you hold, now that Wall Street is going through a Monday as black or blacker than the one in 1987. Bear Stearns, gone. Lehman Brothers, bankrupt....

Tags: Asset, Stock, Wall Street, Risk Management, XLoss, Asset Management, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-15

European Semantic Technology revisited

I mentioned the European Semantic Technology Conference ESTC in my previous post, just before going off on holiday. Since then, I've been asked to moderate a panel at the event. The topic is clearly directly relevant to readers of this blog, hence the plug. The conference organisers...

Tags: Web, Technology, Conference, Talis, Channel Management, Strategy, Semantic Web, Marketing, Management, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-15

More for the hit-by-the-bus files

More for the hit-by-the-bus filesHit by the bus: TelecomVoice network diagram as well, PBX/voicemail login accounts, Maintenance contracts, vendor contact information, CSRs customer service records, billing/budget spreadsheet. I have found with this data I can manage pretty much any site I walk into.Hurricane files ...Thought I'd pass this on. It's...

Tags: Engineering, Backups, PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Power Outage, hurricane, battery, backup, battery backup, phone, computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Did you see CrunchGear on AT&T's text charges? I found it via Ars It seems at 20 cents per message, AT&T is charging $1,310.72 per megabyte at those rates. The rising rates for texting prompted Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) to write a letter...

Tags: Text Messaging, Carrier, Ars, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Dell's Mini packs Ubuntu, XP; Vodafone to sell it

Update: Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe. While Dell's move Techmeme could be viewed as playing catchup to other rivals such as Asus the Vodafone deal...

Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Vodafone Group Plc., Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, 3G, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G

Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Infosys: Moving up the consulting food chain

An Infosys executive reiterated that the offshore outsourcing business is holding up amid an economic slowdown and outlined plans to continue to move up the technology food chain to offer consulting services. Speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, Ashok Vemuri, head of banking and...

Tags: Food, Consulting, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Axon Group, Game Plan, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02