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- Pepsi Leverages SQL Anywhere Powered Solution to Sell More Effectively
- The Pepsi Bottling Group is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages - some of the world's most recognized consumer brands. PBG wanted to provide its sales representatives with a tool that would enable them to maximize every customer interaction and to sell more effectively. PBG's research...
- Tags: Sybase SQL Anywhere, PepsiCo, Mobile Application, Sybase Inc., Sales Representative, Pepsi Bottling Group, PBG, Sales Strategy, Pocket PC, Databases, Wireless, Sales, Handhelds, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- What's up, what's down on our warming planet?
- Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...
- Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- DDoS + Web 2.0 == Buckets o' traffic
- Denial of Service attacks are based upon a simple idea: generate the maximum amount of traffic using the minimum amount of work. At one time this was as simple as sending a spoofed ICMP echo packet to a broadcast address or similar shenanigans. Modern DDoS attacks rely upon...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Network, Distributed Denial Of Service, Social Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 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
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- 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
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 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
- My Awesome IT Job: Senior IT Manager, Cisco
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 pricesIt's about time this other shoe droppedIt's been anticipated for ages, in consideration of just how LONG the 360 has already been on the market. Even at these price points MSFT should continue to make profit on the hardware; you would think that after three years...
- Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, Games, wii, Xbox360, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Blu-ray disc, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Seinfeld
- SeinfeldHow did this make it past focus groups?My theory is that they told the focus group subjects it was for a different company, and the subjects responded favorably. Therefore, we're all wrong and Microsoft is right.Wow, that's just brilliant!Windows' image is no longer tarnished. They are now being associated with...
- Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup
- SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...
- Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Best way to sell drugs is to talk to your doctor
- A Harvard study of direct-to-consumer advertising, using French Canadians as a control group, found expensive TV ads foo drugs like Nasonex, Enbrel and Zelnorm had, at best, a transitory impact on sales, which quickly dissipated. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Advertisement, Enbrel, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Ten leading platforms for creating online communities
- Ten leading platforms for creating online communitiesTen leading platforms for creating online communitiesJust an editing note: You have Drupal listed as #3, so you have two #3's on the list. Feel free to delete this after correcting.RE: Ten leading platforms for creating online communitiesWhy did you choose not...
- Tags: Social networking, Ning.com, leading platform, online community, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?Jesper AndersonUh-oh PeopleSoft customers! Get ready for Fusion apps with no PTools, PCode, etc....RE: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?As a former leader among the Fusion Applications technology group I can assure you that Jesper...
- Tags: Leadership, vertical play, Andersen, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License
- News items 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 5
- Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
- It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates
- Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Suvidha Address Book Management System (SABMS) (zip)
- Suvidha Address Book Managaement System is not only easy to use, yet powerful software that makes keeping track of your contacts simple and fun. SABMS is not only perfect to track your family and friends but also designed to be powerful enough for businesses to maintain large client and customer...
- Tags: Phone, Virka Infotech Services, SABMS, Suvidha Address Book Managaement System, Document Management, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
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