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Nortel Network Case Study: NCI Business Centres

Situated in Luxembourg City's La Cloche D'or district, NCI Business Centres provides office space to over 50 businesses. The Centre also delivers a range of other facilities to customers, including secretarial services, events management and multimedia and telephony services. As a key part of its business centre proposition, NCI provides...

Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Network Computer Inc., VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Networking

Case studies 2007-01-01

Manufacturer Deploys Reliable Messaging System for Cost Savings and Improved Communication

NCI Building Systems, one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of metal building components in the United States, was experiencing downtime due to its unstable environment, which also offered limited security protection. Employees were frustrated by the system's unreliability and felt it was an obstacle to sharing business-critical information. With...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Cost Savings, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Network Computer Inc., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware

Case studies

NCI Partners With Aladdin for Mutual Success

It was the year 2000, and Toronto-based NCI was looking for the best gateway content security solution the market had to offer - one that would meet all their customer's specific needs - from anti-virus, to spam management, to blocking other types of threatening content. They evaluated other options. But...

Tags: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Network Computer Inc., Y2K, Business Structures, Security, Finance

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EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Microsoft's Midori: Who's on the all-star roster?

that's by no means a' who's who' listMore likely a 'who's he' list.These guys are no match for FOSS and Linux in particular.Rather than failing to reinvent the wheel, they should just adopt Linux and do themselves a service for doing the right thing.Before you make yourself look any more...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NT-kernel, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Research: Small DIY botnets prevalent in enterprise networks

Does the size of a botnet really matter? It's all a matter of perspective. Contrary to the “common wisdom” that based on their size, big botnets are theoretically capable of infiltrating a huge percentage of enterprise networks, a recently presented study entitled "My Bots Are Not Yours!...

Tags: Enterprise Network, Espionage, Cyberthreats, Spam, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Emerging Technologies, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Outlook SendMail Plug-in 1.1.3.3 (Windows)

Productive Computing, Inc. introduces the Outlook SendMail plug-in. This simple e-mail utility program allows FileMaker Pro to send plain text or HTML formatted e-mails with multiple attachments through Microsoft Outlook while suppressing the Outlook security dialog. The plug-in can pull attachments from a file path using dynamic file names. The...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Attachment, Productive Computing, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-09-11

Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York City

Developers, developers, developers, developers... [nt][nt]Here's to that rounding error getting smaller:DRE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York CitySweet! Wish I could be there to see it. Who knows, maybe something will come up in NYC and I'll be there.RE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in...

Tags: Chipsets, Branding, developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Gigabyte Technology, motherboard, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

4G wireless makes progress with WiMax, LTE developments

Suddenly, there's a light at the end of the 4G tunnel. We keep hearing about the next generation of wireless communications but thanks to two developments this week, it's finally starting to feel like we're getting close. First, Clearwire and Cisco announced that Cisco would be the...

Tags: 4G, Network, Clearwire Corp., AT&T Corp., Wireless, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

You Were Never 1.0, but get ready for Enterprise 2.0

Guest editorial by Andrea Baker Let's face it, it's probably true. Your business is deeply married to email. You never read a blog until the past year at least with some regularity. And you probably don't know what a discussion page is on a wiki. ...

Tags: Team, Employee, Collaboration, Blog, Social Media, Business, Enterprise 2.0, Tool, Workforce, Andrea Baker, Productivity, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-29

More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answers

More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answersSecurityAs I asked PT who as far as I know never got back to me, will applications running in XP mode be only as secure as the security features that came with XP, or will they be also protected by post-XP...

Tags: Operating systems, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, More Windows 7 XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Interactive Television Is Here Again. Want Anchovies With That?

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- You’ve been waiting for more than three decades to “interact” with your television, voting for your favorite local candidate, shopping for shoes, or, of course, ordering a pizza. That was the implicit promise of cable television systems, since the launch...

Tags: Cable Television, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-02

So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know

So what is the cloud, exactly? Industry experts would like to know, according to a panel discussion today at Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. The panel, which consisted of six industry leaders whose respective companies are...

Tags: Service, Cloud, JA, BL, PK, KH, AA, VC, MC, Hosting Industry, Cloud Computing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Google

GoogleThe future is hybrid."For several years, I?d been hearing the folks at Google talk about life in the cloud, about how a computer that wasn?t connected to the Internet was a computer that wasn?t really working."Which frankly is a terrible attitude IMHO.We'll never have 100% always up internet. Sorry. Hasn't...

Tags: Google Inc., Internet, network

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Gemstone Gemfire Enterprise

I had the opportunity to speak with Gemstone Systems' Richard Lamb, President, and Raj Kulkarni, COO, about Gemfire Enterprise. This product appears to take lessons from the grid computing world to expand levels of performance and scalability dramatically. They appeared to deal pretty well with my bad puns and I...

Tags: Gemfire, Data, GemStone, Data Fabric, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-01-21

10 reasons to purchase new hardware during a recession

TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware. But IT consultant Erik Eckel suggests that trying to coast on failing or outdated equipment will cost you more in the long run. You...

Tags: Employee, PC, Recession, Server, Hardware, Organization, Budgets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Still pushing the obvious: Sun Ray

Still pushing the obvious: Sun RayGreat for the environment to!Lasting up to 20 years and pulling 8-10 watts ( inc. network overhead ) reduces materials energy and waste... And once you buy more than IRO 50, cheaper purchase price, running costs, support maintenance updates and no upgrades...So why would any...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Recruitment & Selection, Anton, Sun Ray, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., attack

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloaders

<Update>Further note from Ray Beckerman from Recording Industry v The People on the issue of whether MediaSentry's downloading would suffice for the distribution charge see Investigator Downloading section below: "There still has to be sale or other transfer of ownership, or rental, lease, or lending. And the dissemination has to...

Tags: Distribution, P2P, RIAA, Verdict, Judge, Investigator Downloading, Thomas, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-25

TechCrunch50: Day 1

When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-08