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Two small countries thinking big, and green: Two small nations on opposite sides of the globe are building world class renewable energy proejcts. In Portugal they're constructing what will become, temporarily at least, the largest solar generating plant on earth. It's going into eastern Portugal near the town of Moura. This photovoltaic farm is...; Tags: Turbine, U.K., Portugal, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-08
Little nation has big green ideas: P'rtugal may become a real-life test case for renewable energy. The country has no coal, no oil. Though Portugal is heavily agricultural there's no corn lobby, no rapeseed industry, no huge dependence on fertilizer, no local auto companies. Chief exports for Portugal include wine, fish, beef, olive...; Tags: Portugal, Wave Energy Equipment, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-25
New wave energy to hit Washington: State, not Washington D.C. Nothing newunder the sun in THAT Washington. But there is a plan afoot for a Canadian fimr to build an offshore wave energy plant to generate electricity. You have to forgive the Seattle reporter who gushed about this being the world's first, etc....; Tags: Washington, Portugal, Outsourcing, Blogging, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-22
Catching a wave, Euro-style: Most of our fellow American probably think Portugal is a small town near San Diego, but green techies like us should know better. Cause Portugal is where it's happening. We might think bright sun and probably solar, right? Well, besides cork oaks and Port, Portugal...; Tags: Sea, Portugal, Government, Outsourcing, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-17
Portugal Creates Interoperability Framework to Simplify Citizen/Government Interaction: The Portuguese government is working to make Portugal one of the world's leading information societies. The Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration AMA is chartered with leading digital initiatives across Portuguese society, including introducing e-government services. The agency worked with Microsoft, Accenture, and Siemens IT Solutions and Services...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Framework, Portugal, E-government, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing; Case studies 2007-10-09

New meaning to the term 'catch a wave': OK, so not all of you are convinced that water is a worthwhile data center cooling system. Yes, I read your comments. And I love inspiring debate. So, mission accomplished as far as I'm concerned. OK, so, indulge my water fetish a little more, will you? ...; Tags: Ocean, Power, Portugal, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-09-11
Beach Cams PT (widget): Surf Beach Cams from Portugal; Carcavelos, Praia Grande, Guincho e Costa da Caparica. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Portugal; Software downloads 2007-07-26
Portal and CRM Solution Reaches Tourists Directly, Responds to Fast-Changing Trends: The Portuguese government launched a tourism portal to help support its tourism-promotion strategy and improve the brand vitality of Portugal as a tourist destination. Developed in partnership with Accenture and CapGemini, and standardized on Microsoft Windows Server System, the portal provides customized and dynamic tourist information and services directly to...; Tags: CRM Solution, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Portugal, Portals, Web Technology, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Branding, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software, Marketing; Case studies 2005-07-01
HP Case Study: Porto Editora, Portugal: Porto Editora, Portugal's leading educational publisher, produces much more than just conventional text books and dictionaries. Backstage, correlating service call tracking with IT inventory management, HP OpenView Service Desk saves the IT team of Porto Editora a considerable amount of time and effort, enabling help desk operators to instantly identify...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Portugal, HP OpenView Network Node Manager, Help Desk, Call Centers, Utility Computing, It Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; Case studies
River Flow Monitoring System Improves Forecasting and Response to Floods and Droughts: Portugal has established an integrated network to monitor river flows, rainfall, reservoir levels and water quality in all the country's river basins. The 'RIOS' system, developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, allows the Water Institute to better forecast and monitor flood and drought situations, and keep civil protection authorities aware...; Tags: Monitor, River, Monitoring System, Information, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Portugal, Monitors & Displays, PDAs, Hardware, Components, Handhelds; Case studies

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Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea: Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...; Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past: To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...; Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-01
910.8 mln mobile subscriptions in Europe, 101.5 mln of them 3G: At the end of May 2008, Europe had 101.5 mln 3G subscriptions out of a total of mobile subscriptions of 910.8 mln, a 11.1% penetration, Informa said. Tthe percentage of 3G subscribers is highest in Sweden, Norway and Italy with well over 25 percent, followed by Portugal, Austria and Spain....; Tags: Mobile, 3G, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, AM; Blog posts 2008-06-24
An Irregular experience with Oracle: I was in Lisbon, Portugal yesterday, attending Oracle EMEA's marketing kick off. This was unusual on three counts: I tend to stick it to Oracle on any and every occasion It's rare for someone with my background to be invited to these affairs ...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Public Relations, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Consumer Credit Provider Boosts Employee Productivity With Desktop Software Upgrade: COFIDIS is a leading provider of consumer credit in Portugal. As part of its strategy to capitalize on advances in technology, the company recently upgraded all of its 430 computers to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Employees are now able to provide better customer service thanks to...; Tags: Software, Desktop, Desktop Software, Consumer Credit, Microsoft Corp., COFIDIS; Case studies 2008-06-02
Paglo launch talks SaaS and an open source process: Ever since it was spun out of a company called Network Chemistry a year ago, I have been closely tracking the development of the company now called Paglo. The name comes from Francisco Paglo right, a fictitious Italian explorer who supposedly discovered New Zealand for Portugal. ...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Software As A Service (SaaS), Open Source, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-27
European search market by country - Finns are the most inquisitive: Country Users, 000 Searches, mln. Searches Per User Europe 221,181 24,550 111 UK 32,392 4,030 124 Germany 36,011 3,935 109 France 26,280 2,955 112 Italy 17,562 1,867 106 Spain 14,535 1,472 101 Russia...; Tags: ComScore Networks Inc., NB; Blog posts 2008-05-20
iPhone's international rollout continues; 10 million units not a stretch: Apple's iPhone will be headed to a few more countries courtesy of a new deal with French telecom carrier Orange. In a statement, Orange said: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic,...; Tags: Orange PCS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-16
EU has privacy concerns over Street View: EU has privacy concerns over Street ViewAnd this is worth reporting why?So the EU has concerns, big whoop. Google has a plan to deal with this, that makes it a non-issue. There's NOTHING in this particular item worth reporting. Must be a seriously slow news day.RE: EU...; Tags: Government, Corporate communications, EU HAS, EU has privacy concern, Street View, privacy concern; Discussion threads 2008-05-15
A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic: The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...; Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-11