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Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007: From planes to trains to phones to hotels, SOA played a key role in advancing many businesses in 2007. I culled several more working examples of where SOA made a difference over the past year from my SOA in Action Website over at ebizQ, which tracks SOA success stories. More...; Tags: Airline, British Telecommunications, SOA, EasyFIDS, Marriott, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-12-27
IAC's Pronto.com: Shopping for a winner: Dan Marriott, CEO, Pronto.com (IAC/InterActiveCorp), was a featured speaker at Kelsey Interactive Local Media conference yesterday in Philadelphia, the last speaker, actually. What does that mean? Four hundred plus conference goers were scrambling to catch planes, trains, buses back to home or office…while a few dozen locally enthusiastic attendees remained...; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, ecommerce, Marriott, online comparison; Blog posts 2006-12-02
Marriott loses data on 200,000 customers: Marriott loses data on 200,000 customersYou would think they have learned by now...It seems companies are losing personal data at every opportunity. As if Choice Point wasn't a wakeup call for IT security, it seems hackers need not apply for identity theft jobs; Just assemble a team of...; Tags: Social Security, E-mail, Operational accounting, SECURITY, Marriott; Discussion threads 2006-01-03
Marriott reports customer data missing: Marriott reports customer data missingTreat those backup tapes like they were gold barsYour job is on the lineI'm talking to all you systems administrators out thereThis stuff is really not funny.You know the tapes had to have ended up in the wrong hands or they would've never copped to itI...; Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Marriott, customer data; Discussion threads 2006-01-02

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Top hotel sites in Q1 2008: Web Sites Q1 2007 Q1 2008 Growth Supplier Sites 69.2% 72.4% 3.2 Best Western 2.5% 3.8% 1.2 Choice Hotels 6.2% 6.7% 0.6 Hilton 19.3% 18.8% -0.5 Hyatt 2.6% 2.4% -0.2 Intercontinenta 12.0% 12.4% 0.4 Marriott 16.8%...; Tags: Site, Channel Management, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-06-28

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?: Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
iPass launches Wi-Fi and 3G service for travelers: If you're operating without the benefit of an expense account, staying connected while traveling can be an annoyingly pricey proposition. A new service from iPass enables you to connect via Wi-Fi, 3G cellular data, and (no!) dial-up if necessary, all at pretty reasonable prices. iPassConnect gives you...; Tags: iPass Inc., Wi-Fi, 3G, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Wireless LANs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-04-03
The calm before the Macworld Expo storm: SAN FRANCISCO -- There's a quiet, serene kind of feeling in the Fourth and Mission area of San Francisco tonight. The kind of quiet before something big happens. It's not completely silent though. People are buzzing about the under construction lobby of...; Tags: Apple iPhone, San Francisco, Quiet, Keynote Address, Corporate Communications, WiMAX, Notebooks, Strategy, Marketing, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-01-14
Times Square a green light district?: Since people seem to love our posts about energy-efficient lighting, here's one that will put you in the spirit. Greenlite Lighting, a Montreal-based manufacturer of compact fluorescent light bulbs, is hiring none other than Santa Claus to give out 2,008 free light bulbs as a Christmas-time publicity stunt in New...; Tags: Greenlite, Recruitment & Selection, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Hewitt Associates Helps Marriott U.K. Optimize Human Resources Management While Cutting Costs: Hewitt Associates, Inc. wanted to identify a scalable, cost-effective HR and payroll platform and suite of best-practice processes on which to operate HR business process outsourcing for 10,000 Marriott U.K. associates, following the formation of the joint venture between Marriott Hotels Ltd and Whitbread PLC. Hewitt Associates recommended Oracle On...; Tags: Hewitt Associates LLC, Human Resources, Oracle Corp., HRM; Case studies 2007-10-01
More Sprint outrages: phone, store employees told to shoo away cancelled account appeals: More Sprint outrages: phone, store employees told to shoo away cancelled account appealsThe TruthMy experience is that they have many problems, few answers. It was suggested to me when I confronted them with a problem with my Nextel phone services that I was at liberty to take my business elsewhere....; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Sprint Communications, phone; Discussion threads 2007-07-09
Microsoft absent from open standards movement around SOA: Back when Web services standards were being devised and made part of an open standards approach to XML-based loosely coupled services interoperability, Microsoft was head of the pack. It was one of the main supporters of the WS-* family of specifications that found a home at the Organization for the...; Tags: Windows, Web Technology, Web Services, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, Microsoft, Intellectual Property, datacenters, .NET; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Apple's plan to replace Vista with OS X - on Wintel: You're Apple, Inc. You have a new kick-butt file system, ZFS, that blows away Microsoft's aging NTFS and complements see-and-gotta-have storage tools like Time Machine.And maybe, you'd like to add the world's Windows users to your total available market. Enabling customers to replace the creaking mass of Windows compromise with...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-06-12
What's the difference between an 'SOA' and 'enterprise' archtect'?: What exactly is an 'SOA architect'? Is it any different from an 'enterprise architect'?Those are the questions taken up at the most recently published SOA BriefingsDirect podcast, led by ZDNet colleague Dana Gardner. Steve Nunn, vice president and COO of The Open Group, joined John Bell, an enterprise...; Tags: General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-06-11
SOA Insights analysts join The Open Group to help define new role of SOA architect: Read a full transcript of the discussion.Bringing services-oriented architectures SOAs to life is a lot like delivering a baby -- it requires a copious nurturing, understanding, labor, and ultimately ... pushing. So far, the job openings for SOA midwives outstrip the available pool of talent.And these are great jobs: transforming...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, Podcasts, Microsoft, management, IT Management, IBM, Enterprise Java, .NET; Blog posts 2007-06-08
Hilton New York: Wi-Fi access and price gouging: At the Enterprise Search Summit held at the Hilton New York it was particularly galling to be gouged for some quick Internet access. The Wi-Fi network with the best connection was the in-hotel one from Hilton. The rub: It's way costly. But Hilton is sure to say "Thank you for...; Tags: General, Personal Technology, Wired & Wireless; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Dead-Finger Tech: Manuel takes his Blackberry Pearl everywhere, but would leave Microsoft if he could: OK, so it has been a little while since Ive done one of my favorite types of interviews -- what I call a Dead-Finger Technology or DFT interview. In case you havent seen the other DFT interviews, this where I get someone (sometimes its someone I know, other times, just...; Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Vista, Video, Telephony, Personal Technology, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Dead Finger Tech; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Dx3 - A rock star Rich Internet Application conference: I just got an email about the Dx3 conference, something Ive been following for a while. It now looks like its starting to take shape, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows about it. Dx3 stands for Design, Develop, and Deploy and it looks like its going to be...; Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Experience, Flash, Apollo, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Design, Expression Studio, DX3; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Pronto.com shopping search emerges in IAC: CEO Interview: “Integrated conglomerate” InterActiveCorp IAC boasts its Pronto.com property is “the Webs most comprehensive comparison-shopping engine.”Developed in-house as an “emerging business,” Pronto.com leverages IAC’s retail and online advertising know-how and targets the estimated $300 billion ecommerce opportunity forecast for 2010.IAC is a highly acquisitive company; It built its “integrated conglomerate” via...; Tags: Business Models, Search, ecommerce, ROI, Search Advertising, IAC, Pronto.com; Blog posts 2007-01-22
Rochester Hyatt's outsourcing of WiFi to T-Mobile is unforgivable: Rochester Hyatt's outsourcing of WiFi to T-Mobile is unforgivableWhat were you thinkingYour First mistake was thinking that Rochester was a Hi-Tech town, being originally from the area I can for a fact that it really isn't that hi-tech of a town, hence the reason I'm not located in the area...; Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, outsourcing, T-Mobile, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2006-12-07

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Marriott International Inc.: Marriott International is a worldwide operator and franchisor of hotels and related lodging facilities. Co.'s operations are grouped into the following five business segments: North...; Marriott International Inc. company page on BNET »