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Delivering the Advantages of Utility Computing Today Through Proactive Resource Management

Proactive Resource Management enables organizations to immediately begin realizing the business benefits of utility, without a substantial investment in virtualization and other technologies typically associated with utility computing. PRM solutions are available today, and they can be deployed on existing IT infrastructures quickly, easily and affordably. Organizations that implement PRM...

Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, Partner Relationship Management, Proactive Resource Management, Partner Relationship Management (PRM), Utility Computing, Network Technology, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Management

White papers 2005-05-24

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IBM signs up new client for sustainability consulting

A financial investment firm from Boston, Jantz Morgan, is turning to IBM's green consulting services arm (aka IBM's business strategy consulting practice) to help it integrate the idea of sustainability into its corporate operations. The focus will go beyond the company's impact on the environment; it will...

Tags: Sustainability, Consulting Service, Consulting, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-11

Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions

I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...

Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

America's airways ready for NextGen

It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...

Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware

The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...

Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare

News items 2008-10-10

Consumers score a partial win against Walmart

Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects

Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...

Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?

Another high-profile departure from Sun, this time MySQL's David Axmark is taking wing -- citing a dislike for working in a large organization: I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations. I HATE all the rules that I need...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...

Tags: Notebooks, Investment, notebook, Apple OSx, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

What's a Little Money Between Friends?

Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...

Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures

Software as a service company Entellium's future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were...

Tags: Revenue, Entellium, FBI, Revenue Figure, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Corporate Governance, Government, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Apple set to release $800 notebook

Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...

Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Desktone "Desktops as a Service"

I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...

Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-09

News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...

Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

MDM Components and the Maturity Model

Any effective master data management program requires a mix of technologies to achieve success. This white paper by David Loshin provides a conceptual outline of technical MDM components and examines how those components relate to the levels of organizational maturity determined by the ability to provide MDM services. This model...

Tags: Master Data Management

White papers 2008-10-09

BPM Done Right: 15 Ways To Succeed Where Others Have Failed

Business Process Management BPM promises are real, but the path to success is littered with pitfalls and shortcuts to failure. Adopting best practices gained from our wealth of experience can help you avoid them. In this informative whitepaper Mike Lees, Senior Director, BPM Product Marketing, Software AG, outlines how to...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, Software AG, Business Process Management Promise, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software

White papers 2008-10-09

Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance

" Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. In this white paper, David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how a data governance program defines the roles, responsibilities, and...

Tags: Data Quality, DataFlux Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-10-09

PDF Tally (zip)

PDF Tally finds all PDF files in a user-selected folder and all of its subfolders. The program returns the number of pages in each file, including a total of each subfolder and a grand total. A log file saves the information as well. The information is displayed in a simple...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Subfolder, Code Flow, PDF Tally, Log File

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Data Doctor Financial Accounting Software (Standard Edition) (exe)

Business financial accounting and billing software maintains financial operations and transaction records in an efficient manner. Software centralized the task of creating or modifying reports, tracking inventory details, creating invoice, and purchase order statements. Business and corporate users can access all accounting information in less time and efforts to manage...

Tags: Software, Accounting, Billing, Financial, Data Recovery Services, Bookkeeping Software, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Financial Services, Finance, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-09