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Citysearch Saves Over $1 Million Using MySQL

Citysearch is a leading local search service, providing the most up-to-date information on businesses, from restaurants and retail, to travel and professional services. Citysearch had been using Oracle to house most of their data. The locations database includes all business listings such as restaurants and related information including hours of...

Tags: MySQL, CitySearch, Locations Database, Open Source, Roi/Tco, Databases, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

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Iceberg: cuts code, evolves your enterprise

This is a dual post written and posted simultaneously. For the perspective of how Iceberg this benefits student, check the post over at iGeneration. Some bits are the same and used in both entries; ain't easy posting the same thing for different audiences. A few weeks ago...

Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SharePoint, Client, Web Site, Workflow, Iceberg, Collaboration, Groupware, Web Site Development, Storage, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-07

Iceberg for students: developing made simple

This is a dual post written and posted simultaneously. For the enterprise side of Iceberg, check the post over at Enterprise Alley (that's right readers, I'm cheating on you). Some bits are the same and used in both entries; ain't easy posting the same thing for different audiences. ...

Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET, Server, Iceberg, Cynicism, Channel Management, Storage, Web 2.0, Databases, Marketing, Hardware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-07

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With DiggingThere are better ways to monetize and support great news writersThe problem, as I see it, is that News hasn't really found its "business voice" in the internet. Sure, news is powerful and one of the main things people do online. And,...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, public relations, media

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureOverbroadYou wrote:[The appliance computing culture’s interactive] applications model drives almost everything, from processor and OS evolution to appropriate management structure - and even the conflicts with traditional business systems experts whose internal model of “automatic data processing” is broadly unrelated to the needs and...

Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Processors, business systems expert, appliance computing culture, mainframe, best practice, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, conclusion

Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...

Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

2008 BMW 128i Convertible

Photo gallery:2008 BMW 128i ConvertibleExcept for its price, the 2008 BMW 128i Convertible may be the least BMW-like car from the automaker. Oh, it does have all the cutting-edge tech found in BMW's other models, including a pop-up LCD that is surprisingly immune to glare. But where its turbo-charged brother,...

Tags: iDrive, BMW AG, car, Cunningham, Apple iPod, voice command

Product reviews 2008-09-05

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Righteous Kill (exe)

Inspired by the film, Righteous Kill follows the events surrounding a series of murders in New York City. Step into the shoes of Officer Erica Dean as she investigates crime scenes in the hunt for a vigilante who has taken to killing criminals known for perpetrating crimes against women. With...

Tags: Hunt, Merscom, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources

Software downloads 2008-09-05

Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...

Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-04

How important is boot performance?

How important is boot performance?Boot performance is very importantA computer should only take as long to get to working state as a television - 10 seconds tops - with either the option of restoring the exact shutdown state or a fresh rebooted OS.Moderate importance overallBootup speed is not really a...

Tags: Performance management, PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Operating systems, boot time, performance, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Red Hat acquires Qumranet

I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)

Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

HXCMusic - Free Music Search (exe)

With this hot new program you can search, listen, and download music, search lyrics, check out band reviews, watch videos, and build playlist all via online sources, HXCMusic will find just about any song, and if you dont find it, and request your song. HXCMusic - Free Music Search will...

Tags: Song, Music, CherriBomb Music, HXCMusic.com, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-09-04

The Virtual Filing Cabinet (msi)

By storing your computer files with the same categories, headings & indexes as your paper files, retrieving information on your computer network can now be as organized and simple as retrieving files from your filing cabinet. The Virtual Filing Cabinet includes an Easy Print Wizard for color coded tabs, labels...

Tags: Cabinet, Sterling Digital, Virtual Filing Cabinet, Evaluation Version, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Kangas Sound Editor QI (exe)

Fun Kangaroo-themed program that allows the user to create music and sound effects. It uses a system of frequency ratios for pitch control, rather than conventional music notation and equal temperament. It allows instruments, both musical and percussion, to be created. Differs from the Kangas Sound Editor in the database...

Tags: Database Engine, KangaSound, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Data Viewer (rar)

Data Viewer is a database and user interface design tools , you can input, search, print your data , Data Viewer create GUI by a text model file , including control item , it save data in standard DBF file ,it have a lot examples , support link between database...

Tags: Data, Purpose Soft, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Sanmaxi Database Converter (MYSQL to Access) (exe)

MySQL to MS Access converter program convert MySQL database records into Microsoft Access Databases format. Software has interactive graphical user interface GUI. Technical and no technical skills are required to operate the software. Convert only five records for each database table. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Access, MySQL, Sanmaxi, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Sanmaxi Database Converter (MSSQL to MS Access) (exe)

MSSQL to MS Access database convert software converts MS SQL database records in to MS Access database MDB file format. Software support all necessary attribute and default values including unique key, primary key and foreign key constraints. Convert only five records for each database table. This version is the first...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Foreign Key, Microsoft Corp., Sanmaxi, Databases, Storage, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Office Suites

Software downloads 2008-09-04

MS SQL Database Deepsearch (zip)

Use Deep-search for tracing out what tables and columns are being touched by any program that uses MSSQL when it inserts, edits, or deletes data. This is very useful when you are programming your own custom or add-on modules. It works with with any 3rd party applications that use MSSQL...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., GP-DYNAMICS, Deep-search, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04