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- Infomercati Modernizes and Automates Business Processes to Increase Operational Efficiency
- Infomercati is an obligatory association established in Italy under a 1996 law requiring creation and management of an information system for wholesale food and agriculture markets. Infomercati wanted to deploy a single tool for recording the prices of food and agricultural products, such as produce, fish, flowers, and meat and...
- Tags: Business Process, Food, Open Standard, Oracle Corp., Italy, Infomercati, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Artsana Group Streamlines CRM to Deliver Innovative Customer Service
- The Artsana Group, headed by Artsana S.p.A., distributes babycare and healthcare products and cosmetics under the trademarks Chicco and Artsana in Italy, and manages manufacturing centers in Italy and Southeast Asia. The company wanted to introduce an information technology platform to support the management changes necessary to sustain corporate growth...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Health Care, Italy, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Portals, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Marketing, Human Resources
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- ERG Petroli Enhances Regionalized Marketing Capabilities to Increase Customer Service and Sales
- ERG Petroli is a subsidiary of ERG, Italy's first independent energy and oil company that manages 22% of Italy's national refining capacity. The company wanted to gain visibility into profitability across all business areas and provide distributors and partners with flexibility to implement local marketing programs throughout the distribution network....
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Sales, Italy, ERG Petroli, Marketing Research, Marketing
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- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?
- Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release
- Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Apple: Perception is Reality
- Apple: Perception is RealityRE: Apple: Perception is RealityAbsolutely, Apple's response will do nothing to allay investors fears and in many cases will accelerate the rumour mill.Apple need to come out a flatly confirm or deny Steve's current health and produce, at the very least, a barebones succession plan to restore...
- Tags: Warren Buffet, Apple Inc., Perception IS reality
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- 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
- VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale
- updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Sybase extends Lotus Notes, Exchange support to iPhone 3G
- Sybase said Tuesday that it has launched its iAnywhere Mobile Office software for the iPhone 3G with connections to Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange email. Sybase has been on the iPhone bandwagon since earlier this year, but does bolster the enterprise app lineup available for the iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, IBM Lotus Notes, Apple iPhone 3G, Sybase Inc., IBM Corp., 3G, Databases, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- VMware and common performance myths
- Rich McDougall and Scott Drummand, performance gurus over at VMware, presented a fantastic review of some of the performance testing VMware has been doing at the VMware analyst day. I posted something about the findings of that research in the post, Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth. I've just...
- Tags: Virtualization, Performance, VMware Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- MB Sabian Symbols Oracle (exe)
- Sabian Symbols are 360 symbolic images and messages corresponding to the 360 degrees of the zodiac. This is a self explanatory software that guides you to find solutions to your problems. Sabian symbols were first brought to the open by a clairvoyant in 1925. In this form of divination each...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Symbol, MysticBoard, Sabian Symbols, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloud
- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloudA Future On-DemandGreat description of our philosophy and approach. As you noted and we expand on in our blog we are just as excited about what doesn't change -our core business model- as we are about what does - being even more...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Groupware, Google Gmail, Sequoia, enterprise app, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow
- When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle's recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...
- Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Smart grid players extend their influence beyond the pilot phase
- When it comes to real market potential in the green tech space, smart grid-related technology is right up there. In any given week, I could post a half-dozen blogs about developments in this world. Echelon, in particular, has had a very busy summer, inking a new deal in Denmark, expanding...
- Tags: Echelon, Project Deployment, Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- SAP to shut down TomorrowNow; Oracle gets its sacrifice
- SAP's purchase of TomorrowNow in 2005 sounded like a great idea: Undercut Oracle on support and squeeze your biggest rival. And then came Oracle's lawsuit. SAP said Monday that it will wind down the operations of TomorrowNow, which provided third party support for Oracle applications. In a...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Pricing, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
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