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- Are we re-training America?
- Are we re-training America?An unfair comparisonI agree that trains are great, and cost/fuel efficent in many circumstances. I just feel led to point out that it is not merely an issue of retraining America. There are demographic/geographic considerations that mean we may not be able to just copy...
- Tags: population center
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
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- Newport City Council Boosts Customer Service With Citizen-Centric Approach to CRM
- The contact center at Newport City Council serves as a central hub for all inquiries from a population of 137,000. The council's IT department had already invested in new infrastructure and hardware, so it was the ideal time for the contact center to upgrade its CRM system. This upgrade enabled...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Council, Contact Center, CRM, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, It Operations, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Emergency Services in Ukiah, California, Modernizes 911 Center on Windows 7
- Like many jurisdictions in rural parts of the western United States, the Public Safety Department of Ukiah, California, is made up of a small staff that serves a large geographical area. Moreover, Ukiah serves a city whose population more than doubles over the course of every business day, as people...
- Tags: Emergency Service, City, California, Ukiah, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-31
- Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Why Mac open source gets no respect
- "Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- eBay names Sun veteran head of data center strategy
- EBay has appointed Dean Nelson, a Sun Microsystems veteran, to be in charge of its data center strategy. Nelson will be senior director of global data center strategy, architecture and operations. Nelson is founder of Data Center Pulse, a non-profit data center industry group. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., eBay Inc., Dean Nelson, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- The good news about WalMart
- The magic of jiu jitsuYou praise what a company reviled by the left is doing. The right rises. Then you point to WalMart's support of true health reform, and pound them with it. How does this help the public option?I don't see it.So you are saying that because of some...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Benefits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Is this the great greentech break-through?
- Twenty-five years ago nobody thought computers would revolutionize human communications and commerce. Computers were speedy calculators with the ability to store data, right? The phone and fax and video camera were the dominators of all communication. Right now greentech is dominated by the rush for better and...
- Tags: DNA, Biotechnology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Open source can save your life
- Quick, if your life depended on it, which health care information system would you rather your hospital used: A proprietary system developed by software engineers based on marketing input, bug reports and customer requests? An open source system developed by thousands of health care practitioners including...
- Tags: Hospital, Open Source, Health Care, VA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- Leostream releases Connection Broker 6.1
- Leostream has released another upgrade of its multi-platform connector broker to ease the management of virtual desktops. Connection Broker 6.1, which was released last month, features enhanced policy and reporting capabilities, Wake-on-Lan and power control for physical machines and browser access to Citrix XenApplications. ...
- Tags: Administrator, Policy, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Go cloud, young man
- Go cloud, young manGo Cloud...IndeedPhil,Great post today. I can't recall how many times I have advised friends who are unemployed to make the move to online occupations. I have a dear friend who has been in traditional advertising for 20+ years, who recently lost his job. I...
- Tags: Data centers, INTERNET, Regulatory compliance, Strategy, young man
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Silicon Valley's recession rebound: Optimism or Arrogance?
- Silicon Valley's recession rebound: Optimism or Arrogance?Silicon Valley recession rebound: Optimism or Arrogance?I've lived here all my life too, so I may be biased, but I wouldn't call that arrogance. Perhaps it's because we've weathered tough economic times before and endured. So we know something better is always...
- Tags: PC technology, recession, arrogance
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- 50 States Information 1.0 (Mobile)
- Information about all 50 states, including: Postal code, Capital, Statehood date, Area, Bird, Flower, Tree, Geographic Center, Highest & Lowest Points, Nickname, Origin of State Name, Motto, Population and State Song. The demo version is limited to the first 13 states. This is something that everyone can use.
- Tags: Mobile, State, Eric Meddaugh, Demo Version, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill
- Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey billEvidence for your assertions, pleaseWhile there is at least weak scientific evidence that man contributes to global warming (I do not trust it, but at least some studies try to make the point), there is none for climate change causing weather events like hurricanes. ...
- Tags: Messiah, hurricane, global warming, Waxman-Markey, life saving, sea level, game, Katrina
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Flint sparks change
- Flint sparks changeNo surpriseCouple of thoughts:(1) The white population is Europe is declining in general, due to couples having fewer children than needed to even maintain stasis. In sharp contrast, Muslim immigrant families are reproducing at a far higher rate. Estimates are that many of the "traditional" European...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Flint
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows
- Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of WindowsOne Windows to rule them all........Jason, your suggestion is, in my opinion, an excellent and eminently sensible idea. It won't happen because of three things: profit, greed and Microsoft's concentration on what suits it best rather than the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, single version, Microsoft Corp., Open Letter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"Welcome to the Republic!In france, there is a strict 37 hour working week, and limitations on overtime.Even reality TV contestants are subject to such employement law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8085015.stmOn the one hand I admire them for putting work in to perspective, on the...
- Tags: Le Weekend
- Discussion threads 2009-06-07
- Zip Codes 1.1.1 (Mobile)
- Zip Codes contains zip code information for all US Zip Codes crossing 53,196 cities across the US and US territories. Select By Zip Code to lookup a particular five digit zip code. State, cities, zip code population, and county information are displayed. Select Map It to launch Google Maps with...
- Tags: Zip Code, Mobile, VersaEdge Software, GPS, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-06-03
- Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?
- Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?Not Even CloseIt is very lacking in knowing dates of history. Take for example that it doesn't know that May 6th, 1937 is the day the Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. That is a major day in history and any Google search...
- Tags: Wiki, PRODUCTIVITY, SEARCH, Wolfram Alpha, Wikipedia-killer
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- CRM, Heroism and 26/11 in India
- I imagine you're wondering what one has to do with the other since they're terms not associated with one another. Let me tell you a story: Back in late January of this year, I went to Mumbai to keynote and teach at a conference on Loyalty and...
- Tags: India, Mumbai, Guest, CRM, BVIMSR, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Corporate Insurance, Business Security, Homeland Security, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Business Operations, Government, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
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