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Pep Boys Revs Up Customer Service With an IBM and Oracle Retail Solution

Faced with eroding customer loyalty and aging technology, Pep Boys needed to transform its retail systems to improve the customer shopping experience. To tackle this IBM and IBM Business Partner Oracle Retail created a scalable, open retail infrastructure, based on IBM Store Integration Framework, enhancing customer service by integrating people,...

Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Pep Boys, Product Marketing, Application Servers, Middleware, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Utility Computing, Servers, Open Source, Marketing, Software, Hardware

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Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook

Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Software, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook

Google is launching a Web browser dubbed Chrome in a move that's garnering a lot of attention--because it conveniently fits with the Microsoft vs. Google plotline--but how much should businesses pay attention to this move? First a quick recap Techmeme, Google will launch the Chrome browser and...

Tags: Google Inc., Dennis Howlett, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea

Google has officially confirmed that it will be launching it's new browser called "Chrome" that will take on Internet Explorer and Firefox. This is huge news, and for many people, it has been too long overdue. Rumors of the gBrowser have been floating around for years -- maybe...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-09-01

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two yearsHe doesn't get itSo to summarize Debes (who comes off a little like Vinny from da mob or a coke dealer - his words, not mine):(1) SaaS and Cloud computing as a delivery vehicle has been tried before and therefore will fail (like all...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, SaaS IS, SaaS Model, Lawson Software Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Lil wayne Screen saver (exe)

Lil wayne Screensaver. Photos slideshow. Lil wayne screensaver. This free screensaver contains many pictures of Lil wayne. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. Formerly of the rap group hot boys, he joined the cash money records...

Tags: Screensaver, BandsScreensavers

Software downloads 2008-08-22

Vizio SV470XVT

Budget flat-panel powerhouse Vizio is breaking into the lucrative realm of high-end HDTVs with its XVT line, comprised of a 50-inch plasma we detailed at CES and a pair of LCDs, including the model reviewed here, the 47-inch SV470XVT. Equipped with a lot of glossy black, a slicker menu system,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, button layout, Vizio, Vizio SV470XVT

Product reviews 2008-08-21

The new Intel gets open source mojo with SpikeSource

This is important for open source businesses, because once they jump through the hoops your wares are on a level playing field with the big boys, and enterprises are told to trust you. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Intel Corp., Open Source Player, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Forbes rewrites the history of open source

Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...

Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

SAP: Transparent SME 'deep dive'

SAP: Transparent SME 'deep dive'SAP = one sure way to kill your IT budgetAll the pretty graphs and words still don't hide the truth that SAP is a BLACK HOLE for money. Let's see, hmmm, i can hire a SAP programmer for $250 an hour or a .Net programmer...

Tags: SMB/SME, Operational accounting, Financial services, small and medium enterprise, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Dell shakes up its Latitude laptops

Dell shakes up its Latitude laptopsDELL POOR SERVICEI purchased a Dell system a few months ago. The laptop had a hard drive problem that the GEEK squad found Dell refused to hoorthe dell in house service contract that I have for three years they finally replaced the laptop, but the...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer, Dell Latitude

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Russia, Windows Security, Cyberattack, Outage, Georgia, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)

Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)Government censorship is wrong...and UNconstitutional.Make no mistake, the MBTA is a government organization.The US Constitution states "no law abridging freedom of speech".The judge who issued the restraining order is:1. an idiot2. a d_o_u_chebag3. a fool4. retardedRE: Go MIT! (or...

Tags: Government, DC-metro, Government Censorship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrist

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Did the big boys really kill OLPC?

Did the big boys really kill OLPC?Look at where the story originated fromThe UK. You know, Ant-Microsoft, Anti-Intel.This is just another attempt to bolster the country's "home grown" Linux initiative.I am sure they where happy to have the XO use AMD chips (Dresden, Germany) though quite angry they where not...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Did the big boys really kill OLPC?

The UK's Timesonline is running a story today showing us that, despite internal strife, questionable morals and ideals, and now, the inclusion of Windows XP on a computer that was supposed to embody all that was good in open source, OLPC remains a media darling. The article...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-11

The kids are all right with Linux

The kids are all right with LinuxThe kids are all right with Linux...well maybe.Let's see. You say "The new system should be more rugged than the old, the terminals are cheaper to replace, and the central system is physically inaccessible, so there will be less mischief. Before any kid can...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?

I have almost 200 really old iMacs that are supposed to be recycled by Apple before school opens in September. I have an abandoned school building closed last year due to budget cuts with another 100 or so badly battered PCs that are in really sad shape, too. ...

Tags: boy, e-waste, nigeria, computer, productivity, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-10

Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans

Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plansWhere had you read that?[i]When it comes to new hardware, most makers charge you for Windows even if you don’t get it. They do this to maintain their relationship with Microsoft[/i]Actually, I hear that these companies charge you for FreeDos, (though they claim it...

Tags: Operating systems, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., OEM, Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows, agreement, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam

Enterprise cloud computing gathers steamAs a small company, we will eliminate our internal computing infrastructureWithin 2 years, the only thing on site we will have is desktops and laptops. Everything will be on the cloud. We are even selling specialized application hosting to customers that we do not host at...

Tags: cloud computing, Enterprise cloud computing, PaaS, steam

Discussion threads 2008-08-01