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MyConnection Server 8.8d (Windows)

MyConnection Server MCS broadband testing software enables businesses to test connections for bandwidth speeds and connection quality for time critical applications such as VoIP, Video conferencing and IPTV. MCS helps organizations to assess networks for deployment of new/additional services, and identify and resolve last mile customer connectivity problems with little...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Last Mile, Visualware

Software downloads 2009-11-26

The Store: The Last Mile in Delivering Customer-Centricity

Learn how leading retailers are anticipating and responding to consumer demand where the rubber meets the road: inside the store. In today's competitive business climate, the moment of truth for retailers is reflected in how they deliver a superior customer experience and ultimately complete the sale. This e-book provides real...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Retail Company, Last Mile, Retail

White papers 2009-07-24

Bringing the Last Mile Closer: Business Process Outsourcing Ventures Experience Success in Rural Areas

The Common Services Center CSC is a Business Process Outsourcing BPO unit adjacent to a secondary school in Thirukkuvalai village in the Maiyladhurai District of Tamil Nadu. CSC is a gleaming new structure with five computers, the most modern software, Internet access, and video chat capabilities. Village women who cannot...

Tags: Video Chat, Business Process, BPO, Last Mile, Computer, Common Services Center, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Productivity, Outsourcing, Operational Planning, Corporate Communications, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing

Case studies 2009-06-01

Comparative Analysis of Alternative Last Mile Broadband Access Technologies (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Broadband wireless access networks are considered to be enterprise-level networks providing more capacity and coverage. Wireless networking has offered an alternative solution to the problem of information access in remote inaccessible areas where wired networks are not cost-effective. They have changed the way people communicate and share information by eliminating...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Broadband Wireless, Last Mile, Analysis, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Broadband Wireless Access Network, WiMAX, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Broadband Internet, Wireless LANs, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-05-01

Fixed Vs Mobile WiMAX: An Apples to Oranges Comparison of Two Wireless Broadband Technologies

It is unfortunate that 802.16d fixed WiMAX and 802.16e mobile WiMAX share the same last name. There is virtually no relevant relationship between the two technologies. They are the broadband equivalent of apples and oranges. 802.16d was developed for the sole purpose of linking the "Last mile" to the home...

Tags: Mobile, Broadband, Last Mile, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-04-01

IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager: Data Integration for the Last Mile to BI

Business Intelligence BI and Performance Management PM capabilities such as reporting and analysis, scorecarding, event lifecycle management, planning, and budgeting require an integrated architecture to ensure that all data assets are being brought to users in a consistent manner. IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager creates this data foundation for effective,...

Tags: Cognos Inc., Last Mile, Data Integration, IBM Corp., IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2009-03-01

Mobility Improvement in IEEE 802.16

WiMAX, IEEE standard 802.16 has attracted attention of users and industry, for its promise of delivering broadband wireless connection. WiMAX was initially developed as a fixed wireless broadband solution, to be used as a last mile connection, substituting the need for laying DSL or Ethernet cables as they become difficult...

Tags: Broadband Wireless, Broadband, Mobility, Last Mile, IEEE 802.16, Indian Institute Of Technology, Wireless, WiMAX, Wireless And Mobility, Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-11-22

Drive Business Processes: Achieving the "Last Mile" of Business Productivity

The key to helping businesses become more agile and productive in the global economy is to empower individual workers—giving them tools that improve efficiency and enable them to focus on the highest-value work and a new generation of software is an important ingredient to make this happen. Microsoft has conducted...

Tags: Business Process, Business Productivity, Last Mile, Microsoft Corp., Strategic Planning, Collaboration, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-03-01

Oxlo Systems: Catalyzing the "Last Mile" of the Automotive Demand Chain

Oxlo provides a hosted application environment - known as a dealer communications hub DCH - that streamlines the shared business processes associated with selling, servicing, and financing vehicles by integrating the respective software applications of auto dealers, automakers, lenders, and other partners. Automakers have realized immense benefits implementing lean manufacturing...

Tags: Automobile Company, Microsoft BizTalk Server, On-demand, Demand Chain, Financing, Server, Last Mile, Microsoft Corp., Oxlo, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2007-02-21

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) in Converged Application Platforms: Enabling Improved Utilization, Change Management, and Cost Reduction Through Hardware Assisted Virtualization

The advent of Voice over IP VoIP has bridged the thin gap separating data networks and voice networks. Over the years, the high speed last mile services have broadened their reach in tandem with wireless technology such as 3G and Wi-Fi, and end users are beginning to experience richer multimedia...

Tags: Virtualization, Network, Cost Reduction, Last Mile, Hardware, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Change Management, Telecommunications, Telephony, VOIP, Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Management, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

The Promise of the Triple Play

Carrier success in delivering the 'Triple-play' of voice, video, and data is not only dependent upon the proper choice of service and content partners but also on the right network infrastructure. This network infrastructure must be capable of evolving as business and consumer needs change, as new services and applications...

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, Ethernet, Last Mile, Network, Network Administration, Network Infrastructure, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-04-01

Practical Advices for Setting Up IP Streaming Services

Rapid development of IP networks and last mile technologies has created the possibility of setting up streaming services for virtually anybody with Internet access. Home DSL users, small businesses, technology and media companies, entertainment and telecommunications companies - they all want establishing streaming services to be as easy as setting...

Tags: IP, Last Mile, Technology, Unreal Streaming Technologies, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications

White papers 2006-04-01

The Last Mile in CRM Analytics: Optimizing the Customer Experience in Real Time

While large organizations have invested millions in customer relationship management software and analytics, a tremendous gap still exists between companies' ability to listen to customer needs and their ability to respond appropriately at the moment of interaction. In this webcast, the viewer will learn how applying real-time predictive analytics to...

Tags: Predictive Analytics, Customer Experience, Last Mile, CRM, RealMarket, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts

MSDN Webcast: .NET Smart Client Applications: The Last Mile in SOA Architectures (Level 200)

This webcast defines the "Smart client" and explores the implications and opportunities for smart client application development. The webcast will focus heavily on high level demos of technologies like Windows Forms, Compact Framework, and Office System 2003 technologies. It will delve into the tips and tricks, positives and negatives when...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Thin Client, SOA, Last Mile, .Net, Thin Clients, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts

Initial Performance Evaluation and Analysis of the Global OFDM Metropolitan Area Network Standard IEEE 802.16a / ETSI HiperMAN

Wireless last mile technology is becoming a challenging competitor to conventional wired last mile access systems like DSL and cable modems or even fiber-optic cables. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE have lately developed a new standard for fixed broadband wireless...

Tags: Performance, Broadband Wireless, Performance Evaluation, Last Mile, IEEE, IEEE 802.16, Analysis, OFDM, Wireless Last Mile Technology, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Telecommunications

White papers

Additional Resources

AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own

AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Whistler XTR195 Battery-Operated Radar/Laser Detector

Whistler XTR195I paid just under $50 for the little guy last black Friday at Radio Shack.It was to be used within the city and some highway. Suffice it to say it actually works.Readings and beeping of a 2/3 of a mile proved that it actually was a trap. I generally...

Tags: Engineering, radar, detector, battery, laser

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware

RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web site, Web, Loverock Davidson, Linux, window, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows User, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

The stupid network will get a hearing

Leave my bits aloneIf I pay for unlimited service up to a certain speed that's what I expect to get. The fee I pay is supposed to cover the level of service I order. If a company is investing in a service I didn't buy, they neeed to get their...

Tags: ROI/TCO, carrier, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-13