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Image: Facebook's first corporate members

The social-networking site extends its membership to 10 select companies and one nonprofit organization.

Tags: Facebook, nonprofit organization

Image galleries 2006-04-28

Image: Facebook's first corporate members

The social-networking site extends its membership to 10 select companies and one nonprofit organization.

Tags: Facebook, nonprofit organization

Image galleries 2006-04-28

Foundation Reels in Grant Management and Reporting

The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase participation in recreational angling and boating, and thereby, increase public awareness and appreciation of the need for protecting, conserving and restoring the nation's aquatic natural resources. The organization faced the challenge of finding a high-performance...

Tags: Accounting, Nonprofit Organization, Software Solution, Sage Software, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Case studies

ACCA Cuts Two Days Off Monthly Reporting Cycle

Alzheimer's Community Care Association ACCA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide active leadership in the community for promoting and/or providing services and resources for patients of Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. The organization faced the challenge of providing quality reports and information to donors and funding agencies....

Tags: Nonprofit Organization, Sage Software, Leadership, Management

Case studies

Nonprofit Organization Showcases Popular Event With Global Positioning System Solution

Richmond Sports Backers is an award-winning nonprofit organization that organizes local sporting events for the benefit of the community. To further boost interest in its annual Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K footrace, the organization wanted to show a map of the course and the progress of lead runners to fans watching...

Tags: Nonprofit Organization, Event, Microsoft Corp., Richmond Sports Backers, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Case studies

Nonprofit Organization Increases Productivity and Operational Efficiency

Committee for Children CfC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping keep children safe. Its award-winning classroom programs focused on youth violence, bullying, child abuse, and personal safety reach millions of children and educators every year. CfC wanted to improve customer service and increase operational efficiency while devoting more resources...

Tags: Accounting, Nonprofit Organization, Customer Service, Microsoft Corp., Committee For Children, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies

Additional Resources

Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP

I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...

Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-23

The evolution of search over traditional BI

The evolution of search over traditional BIIT / Operations Search and BIAh yes, the "democratization" of IT and data analysis. I think that it’s clear that the borders between search and BI are blurring and that business decision makers across every organization want instant access to the data that they...

Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, SEARCH, cloud computing, business intelligence

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Qanexus (msi)

Qanexus automates the administration of test cases, test scripts and test results. Unlike Microsoft Word or Excel documents Qanexus maintains all the links between the different items of test documentation and ensures that relevant information is never more than a few clicks away. It's innovative, tag based organization means...

Tags: Florian Heine, Qanexus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Workforce Management, Office Suites, Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2008-07-22

If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?

If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...

Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer

Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...

Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Do open source applications take security seriously?

Do open source applications take security seriously?Good Point, Good PostThe lack of objective security information is a major concern to "computer naive" Vice-presidents. Blanket announcements that open-source systems Linux have always been secure and commercial systems Windows have never been secure are simply not believable to enterprise management. Nothing is...

Tags: security, open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

The perils of information overload

Employees from technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Google have banded together to combat information overload, which they call "the world's greatest challenge to productivity." As the new nonprofit Information Overload Research Group gets off the ground, CNET News intern Holly Jackson hit the streets of San Francisco...

Tags: News, holly jackson, google, ibm, dell, intel, cell phones, internet, email, iphone, apple, information, overload, but no tags matched

Videos 2008-07-18

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soonMedia Center may be best MS appMedia Center is by far the app I use most on my PC. When you're in MC, you don't even realize you're using a computer. Yes, there are some missing features, but it a joy to...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), TVs, Digital media, TV Pack, Fiji, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TV, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Center TV Pack

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite

I just spoke with Jerry McCloud, VP of Business Development of Fastscale Technology, about the newest release of their product, FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite. This product is aimed at reducing the complexity of creating and maintaining virtual machine images. Previous versions of the product supported VMware's ESX Server. This version adds...

Tags: Software, Environment, Image, Virtual Machine, FastScale Composer Suite Software Environment, Desktop Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-18

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

TechRepublic Resource Guide: Everything you need to know about Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

This TechRepublic Resource Guide offers up the top 10+ tips everyone needs to know about Customer Relationship Management and how to provide great customer service. This Guide provides you with factors to keep in mind as you begin to explore possible CRM solutions for your organization as well as lists...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Inside CRM, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Resource centers 2008-07-18

Parallels Server for Mac (dmg)

Parallels Server for Mac is an easy-to-use solution that provides the best value for organizations seeking to standardize and optimize their IT infrastructures. Parallels Server for Mac, as the industry's first server virtualization solution for Mac platform, helps organization maximizing the performance, efficiency, and flexibility of their IT investments. This...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-17

New hybrid delivery security architecture

Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...

Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing

News items 2008-07-16

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Nate, Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2, Microsoft Windows NT

Discussion threads 2008-07-16