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- Nutrition Supplement Firm Improves Reporting; Stays Competitive
- The nutrition and sports supplements industry is a tough business, with national, regional, and local companies competing to offer the lowest prices on products. Capitol Nutrition, which plans to become a large regional player, needed technology that could easily track retail data, such as inventory levels or the cost of...
- Tags: Nutrition, Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Nutrition Specialist Centralizes Reporting for Enhanced Operational Efficiency
- Leading European baby food and nutritional product provider Royal Numico reorganized its corporate structure in 2004. However, with a range of financial and accounting applications in place, it could no longer create timely, accurate reports on corporate performance. To address this issue, the company decided to deploy a new, centralized...
- Tags: Nutrition, Financial, Microsoft Corp., Nutrition Specialist, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- Business Intelligence Solution Helps Energy Bar Manufacturer Make Smarter Decisions
- Clif Bar, an all-natural food products manufacturer in Berkeley, California, was one of the first companies to enter what became a U.S.$800 million market for energy and nutrition bars. The company soon established a reputation for high-quality products, and despite increasing competition, it continued to grow rapidly. Clif Bar wanted...
- Tags: Nutrition, Microsoft Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
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- Judge finds Oracle's Ellison withheld evidence
- According to Bloomberg, in a ruling that has important implications for Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO and the company itself, district judge Susan Illston found that Ellison: ...deliberately destroyed or withheld e-mails and failed to preserve tape recordings that should have been turned over to lawyers for shareholders suing him......
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Linux laptop goes to school
- The Linux laptop goes to schoolOn the Mouse Buttons ...[i]Robin’s biggest complaint was the slow response of the mouse buttons. But it’s something you can get used to, she said.[/i]Don't use the mouse buttons they're too slow, instead use the tap, double tap and side scroll features on the touchpad....
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Mice, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, mouse, Linux laptop, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...
- Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- I'm just having a little fun.... I don't get the Seinfeld commercial. They are selling Bill, not Windows. What's with that? Bill retired in July. This just in from Adweek's commercials critic, Barbara Lippert: The Future. Delicious" is the sign-off, but I am...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Ass, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Branding, Web Browsers, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab
- Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft labLabs are a great concept but hard to move into the business...Innovation is important for long term competitiveness and the "labs" concept is a good one for providing a dedicated R&D capability. However, I've seen far too many companies including Microsoft have...
- Tags: Microsoft Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab
- You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- 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
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!It was OKThe ID made me laugh. Not being a Seinfeld fan, I'll assume there were other jokes that I just didn't get.The Apple ads tell you as much about OSX as this did about Windows, but this ad...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld becomes McCain
- Seinfeld becomes McCainMyth?So, is John McCain's patriotism a myth? Perhaps his leadership abilities? Or maybe it is a myth that John McCain is actually qualified for the job of Commander in Chief?The only myth here relates to you feeling somehow qualified to offer political commentary.dude you really need...
- Tags: Taxes, RSS, John McCain, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld becomes McCain
- You can see the first Seinfeld ad for Microsoft here. It aired last night. This is going to sound political, but it looked to me a lot like John McCain's speech from later in the same evening. That is, it was selling a myth. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Advertisement, Bill Gates, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Red Hat buys Qumranet, adds gasoline to the spreading VDI bonfire
- VDI, somewhat ironically, may also work well for market mover Microsoft as it seeks to slow the momentum to outright web-based and OSS/LAMP-supported applications and services for large businesses. Microsoft must realize that enterprises have had it with the high cost of maintaining and managing the traditional Windows OS in...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Server, SolidICE VDI, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims
- Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security
- News items 2008-09-05
- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight
- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?Mostly valid points Christopher, but, you should give OLPC more credit fortransforming the market. And, I would like to see more OLPC features in computers like the Dell Mini. I DO want a sunlight readable screen. I DO want a more durable laptop. I...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
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