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CRM Pricing Changes: Brother Can You Spare 30 Bucks a Month

If there's one thing that characterizes a recession when it comes to CRM or enterprise applications desirability, its the pricing.  Pricing schemes are a big deal for potential customers.  Especially in an economic downturn where: Keeping the customer matters and CRM seems to be the way to...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Microsoft Corp., SugarCRM, Pricing Strategy, CRM, Pricing Scheme, Enterprise Edition Pricing, Pricing, Marketing Research, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay?

Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay?Paying through the nose For It...The reason nobody wants to "pay for video" is they equate this service with television. And television does not cost $700+ dollars to watch a frikken movie!!! Or, $27,000 to watch a sporting event. What...

Tags: Corporate communications, Pricing, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular Wireless, wireless, pricing scheme, pricing strategy, Wireless Data, video

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Crazy Zune Marketplace pricing scheme

Crazy Zune Marketplace pricing schemeWhat a shock!!Yet another Apple site that feels it must resort to trashing the [b]competition[/b]. You'd think Apple zealots weren't quite sure of their superiority with the amount of negative shilling they do! It only takes a couple minutes on Apple's own website to realize they...

Tags: Pricing, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Microsoft Zune, pricing scheme, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

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What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

First Clarksfield reviews: Core i7 laptops look impressive

Since Intel unveiled its Core i7 quad-core mobile processors at IDF a couple weeks ago, several PC companies have announced mainstream and desktop replacement laptops using these Clarksfield chips. Many sites have reviewed the new platform--known as Calpella--in whitebox notebooks, but so far I haven't seen many reviews of real...

Tags: Game, Alienware, Nvidia GeForce, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Clarksfield, Alienware M15x, Envy 15, Asus M60J, Studio 17, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?

Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...

Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.

Leveling the playing field for workers' perks I’m on the board of a firm with operations throughout the United States. About half of their workforce and plants are in major metropolitan areas while the other half are in some pretty remote areas. Management is challenged to find...

Tags: Employee, Worker, Next Jump, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know

A TECH PREVIEW with broken bits...Is not a tech preview, its a marketing ploy. Sorry but I ahve to take MS to task on this entire roll out of Office. Its becoming quite clear to testers myself included that MS has a lot of features/functions that are up...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Web application, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Time to ditch the optical drive, once and for all

I agreeusb flash drive would be betterBut, why are you asking the question about the Beatles?Minor CorrectionDL DVDs hold 8.4GB and not 5.4In regards to the article I think Optical Media is a media that is slowly phasing out but the cost of the media for most purposes is still...

Tags: Flash memory, Consumer electronics, optical media, USB flash drive, DVD, optical drive

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Windows 7 Starter edition introduces genuine "Microsoft tax"

Their copyright, their license, their rulesIf you want it you have to play by their rules. Always has been that way with Windows, and it always will be that way. If you don't like it, you can always play with someone else who is more willing to share."How much you...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, tax, Microsoft Windows, Tiered pricing, Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, Microsoft Windows 7, netbook, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul

They Can't Change ItThe ONLY people using the Postal System today are Direct Marketers, Billers and Magazines. That's why the only mail in your post box is catalogs, bills and magazines. 85% of current USPS revenue is from bulk mailers of which Direct Marketers are the largest share....

Tags: U.S. Postal Service, mailer, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Back to school: Will you be buying productivity software for that new laptop?

It wasn't all that long ago that a key question when you bought a new computer was, Office or WordPerfect? I mean not long ago in human years. In Internet years, it was an eternity. Does WordPerfect even exist anymore? Does anyone care? Now,...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-03

News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Government

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?

That long rumored Apple tablet may land in time for the holidays. The Financial Times appears to have confirmed an Apple Insider report fleshing out many of the details of the Mac tablet. The report sparked a lot of comment. Now the Financial Times...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Business ByDesign: to scale or not to scale?

As the soap opera that is SAP Business ByDesign rumbles on, I can't help but think of the opening lines in Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1: To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The...

Tags: Blade, SAP AG, ByD, Zinow, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Servers, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fallBrave, but who's going to show up?That MS dude from the Apple ads?Those store will be gone in say 8 months.I am confused"they?d be more showcases than actual retail outlets"So, kinda of like an art museum? You can look at the Picasso,...

Tags: Retail, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset makers---think AT&T and Apple---but the effort is a bit of a farce. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry---Apple already has....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, Handset, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Customer Loyalty, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak

Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leakFamily pack - which family?The most silly thing about the family pack is that it allows 3 upgrades. Our family of 4 has 7 computers (2 netbooks, 3 notebooks and 2 desktops) with 3 of them also running virtual machines from time to...

Tags: Is it Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Family, Microsoft Windows 7, Home Premium, Home Premium Upgrade

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Sonos touchscreen remote on the way?

With competition coming from the likes of Cisco/Linksys and Yamaha, Sonos looks to be making a bit of an upgrade to its multi-room audio solution. A new remote has been spotted by UK blog Automated Home, the first from Sonos that is a touchscreen model, instead of using a scroll...

Tags: Touch Screen, Yamaha Corp., Sonos, CR200, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-03

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fadeTalk about beating a horse to death.How many more articles are we going to see about Windows pricing. Let me make it really simple for everyone:You either find the price acceptable for what you get and you buy Windows 7...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, rose-colored discount, Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-02