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When to spend cash in a SaaS business

Revealed: the magic formula that helped enterprise web analytics provider Omniture sustain rocketing growth, dwarf its competitors and become the second-largest listed pureplay SaaS provider in the US by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Omniture Inc., Magic Number, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, GAAP, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Financial Accounting, Finance, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-11-22

'Fifty' may be the magic number for SOA governance

'Fifty' may be the magic number for SOA governancewow that's nuts!I'm pretty amazed by this "magic number" and am going to try to heap scorn on it without any scorn getting on my good friend Joe McKendrick who is just here to report the things people come up with to...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), magic number, SOA governance, SOA, Use Case

Discussion threads 2007-04-13

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Intel expanding beyond its core

The chip maker has provided insights into a number of research projects that extend beyond its processor business. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Much more than most companies, Intel's success depends on the technology that will arrive in its field years hence. As a result, the company has more than 1,000 researchers...

Tags: Data, Intel Corp., Chip, Wireless, Rattner, Moorestown, SSD, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Networking, Components, Intel, chips, processors, WiMax, technology, Stephen Shankland CNET News

News items 2009-06-22

Magic Notes 3.5 build 9171 (Windows)

Write down ideas, to do lists or anything you can think of regardless of what application you're running with this easy to use and feature rich sticky note application. Remind yourself of important events with the handy alarm functionality or use it to write shopping lists, to do lists or...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Note, List, Eskil Software, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Groupware, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-06-21

Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1

Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1Sprint service planThe Sprint service plan is one of the big factors that makes the Palm Pre attractive...aside from the Pre's great design.This comment is from someone in the Android camp. I pay compliments, when compliments are...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Sprint Communications, Palm Pre, Android G1, Palm Inc., Total Cost, iPhone 3G S, Apple iPhone 3G, ATT, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant

'Tis the season for round robins. On this occasion Frank Scavo pokes a sharp stick in the eye of Gartner's Mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant. Vinnie Mirchandani goes next having a poke at his alma mater...Guess what? It's my turn: First...

Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., ERP, Frank Scavo, Vinnie Mirchandani, SaaS Player, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Managed Hosting, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Sales, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others

Lauren would have felt so uncool at yesterday's Worldwide Developer's Conference keynote speech. You remember Lauren, right? She was the gal in the Microsoft commercial who actually wanted to buy a Mac but had to walk out of Apple store when she discovered there was no 17-inch laptop there for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, 17-inch, Desktops, Pricing, Hardware, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-09

20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code

20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack codeSo what are some of the sites?Somewhere there should be a list full or partial by popularity of the sites that were hit, shouldn't there? It doesn't do a whole lot of good to just read "20,000 sites hit..." without knowing what they are!...

Tags: SECURITY, attack

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

18 Android phones coming by Christmas 2009

By the end of 2009, there will be at least 18 phones on the global market that are based on the Android operating system, Google has reportedly said. Andy Rubin, senior director for Mobile Platforms for Google and the guy behind the push of the Android operating...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Android, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Google I/O: Coding for better battery life

Jeff Sharkey, recently hired by Google, presented an interesting session this afternoon called "Coding for Life - Battery Life, That Is". In it, he offered several practical tips for Android developers to prolong the life of their users' batteries. All apps need to work together to be...

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Battery, Wakelocks, Engineering, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Google gives away 4,000 phones, promotes Android and HTML 5

In an "Oprah moment" at this morning's Google I/O 2009 opening keynote, Google gave away a new, unlocked HTC Magic to all 4,000 attendees. This phone was previously unavailable in the US. As you might expect, this move drew the biggest applause by far from the audience, but actually very...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, HTML, Phone, Channel Management, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Weekend stuff: learning with Suw via Twitter

I often hear how Twitter is the magic bullet to so many things and as a hardcore enterprisey type and despite my personal Twitt-addiction, I'd usually say: 'Pft.' Today taught me a couple of things that may yet change my mind. Suw Charman-Anderson, a UK colleague randomly...

Tags: Twitter, Suw Charman-Anderson, Vinnie, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Wizardbrush 6.7.5.3 (Windows)

Wizardbrush, a great natural-style paint program, has been much improved with its new multilayer feature. You can work as effectively as a professional. The program comes with many tools, including a pencil, a Magic Wand, an oil paintbrush, and a watercolor brush. The application gives you the power to undo...

Tags: Eusoftware, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-21

Microsoft files 'magic wand' trademark

Microsoft files 'magic wand' trademarkSo now...The Russian Mafia can turn up your heat. Cool!RE: Microsoft files 'magic wand' trademarkYou know the Intergalatic Union of Fairy Princesses will not be pleased to read this...and you don't want to get them pissed off! :DLearning from Apple?I wonder who will...

Tags: INSANITY, patent, iLawyer, Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Wii

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Can you go without gadgets for a week?

Can you go without gadgets for a week?Sure, I could do it...well, within reason I could. I probably wouldn't be too happy trying to go with dark-age-style gadgetlessness but today, if I was to shut off my computer, cell phone. ipod, etc, I think I'd be fine. Much of what...

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, phone

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Certeon aCelera 3.0

Certeon's Co-founder, Shawn Cooney, and Director of Marketing Communications, Jane Shurtleff, made the effort to reach out to me in order to introduce me to aCelera 3.0. Those of you having long memories will recall the name "Certeon" from a previous post on the company (see Certeon's aCelera Application Acceleration...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Certeon, Virtualization, Benefits, Hardware, Human Resources, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Magic Lottery 3.21 (Windows)

MagicLottery software is a powerful lotto software tool which helps you Analyze previous drawings, generate tickets, Filtering tickets, Forecast numbers, Check winning. MagicLottery support all the Pick AnyNumbers from any numbers lotteries with no powerball or with 1-5 powerball number. And you can Add a new lottery game yourself, you...

Tags: Lottery, Magiclottery, MagicLottery Software, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Games, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-15

Microsoft 'Chelan': A new Windows Embedded platform takes shape

Microsoft 'Chelan': A new Windows Embedded platform takes shapeBetter be good . . .With the iPhone and the Pre showing how phone OSes should be made - Microsoft's new phone OS had better be good. Dumping a Windows 9x interface onto a phone doesn't work so well, and just won't...

Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Chelan, new Windows Embedded platform, Windows Embedded platform, Microsoft Windows, Windows Embedded, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Magic Fingers Hot Key Launcher 1.0.1.1 (Windows)

Bend time and space by assigning a hot key combination to each of your favorite file, folder, application, URL and launch it quickly using a single customizable keystroke or use your mouse to click it from the tray menu. The tray icon is almost invisible and does not get stuck...

Tags: Setup, MicroMighty, Mice, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-06

Hey, Wired President. You Wouldn't Tax the Internet, the Cell Phone or the Tweet. Would You?

Hey, Wired President. You Wouldn't Tax the Internet, the Cell Phone or the Tweet. Would You?Not a fan, but....Not a fan of taxing what for so long has been free, but I do see a silver lining. If email were taxed, or we were charged in some way for each...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Internet, phone, Comrade, cell phone, tax, Wired Inc., Tweet

Discussion threads 2009-04-29