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- Mipsis CRM & Document Management Software 6.1 (Windows)
- Contrary to the costly CRM/ERP software systems which are difficult to apply, Mipsis produces more efficient and easy to use systems, and delivers them to you at a much lower cost. Mipsis CRM & Document Management Software suite helps you to collect all knowledge data of your organization. Components of...
- Tags: Human Resources, Microsoft Windows, Product Life Cycle, Mipsis Software, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- Software downloads 2006-08-29
- Leading Food Manufacturer Automates Product Life Cycle Processes Using Content Management Capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
- Del Monte Foods, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers and distributors of branded canned fruit and vegetables, manufactures approximately 3,400 products from its 40 factories in North America and seafood operations in American Samoa and Ecuador. In the competitive market space, Del Monte faces daily challenges associated with introducing new...
- Tags: Food, Microsoft Corp., Content Management, Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Microsoft Office, Marketing Research, Marketing, Office Suites, Software
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- Aras Drives Performance in Product Life Cycle Processes
- With so much at stake, industry-leading companies like the Freudenberg Group are continually seeking to improve new product introduction, quality compliance and risk management in order to satisfy customers and achieve profitable growth. Freudenberg found an effective solution in the Aras Innovator enterprise open source software suite from Aras Corporation,...
- Tags: Performance, Aras Corp., Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Open Source, Strategy, Marketing, Management
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- Application performance can't be maximized in the dark
- When optimizing and managing how applications perform ? from the eyes of the user ? IT teams need light shed onto the actual trouble spots says OpTier's Motti Tal. Commentary - Sometimes, when end users experience application trouble, response times degrade slowly. Other times, applications seem to turn off...
- Tags: Performance, Monitoring, Application Performance, Response Time, Storage, Hardware, applications, database, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-20
- The best protection for software assets
- Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...
- Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System
- Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...
- Tags: Video Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Cisco Systems Inc., HD, Passport, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- TestLog 3 build 1027 (Windows)
- TestLog is an integrated test case management system. It provides a tool for test teams to create and update effective test cases. TestLog places a large emphasis on requirements management, as inefficiencies in this area are among the most serious causes of slippages, setbacks and even failures in the software...
- Tags: Case Management, Software Product, Microsoft Windows, PassMark Software, TestLog, Corporate Law, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-09-21
- The taboo of failure
- Google plans for failureI read sometime back about google's strategy to handle hardware failure. Instead of focussing on building expensive unbreakable hardware, they assume it a given and build it into the software to handle hardware failures. So the concept is gaining ground.http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/07/13/built-to-fail-how-companies-like-google-ideo-and-37signals-build-failure-tolerant-systems-for-anything/Great managers understand it.I once worked for a...
- Tags: Strategy, great manager, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- IBM scientists create DNA computer chip
- Another hype for crapSorry I have to say this way.RE: IBM scientists create DNA computer chipNobody really knows what the long-term safety consequences are of using nanotubes or indeed any nanoparticles and artificial DNA, throughout their product life cycle, including disposal. This cowboy science strikes me as remarkably reckless...
- Tags: Biotechnology, Semiconductors, DNA, chip, computer chip, IBM Corp., computer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- What happens if Google's Edu Apps aren't free anymore?
- There is no difference, Chris...With paid services, you always run the risk that they will suddenly start costing *more*.The price risk is therefore the same, with paid and free services alike. :-)RE: What happens if Google's Edu Apps aren't free anymore?I've moved completely to Open Office and haven't regretted...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Strategy, Word processors, price risk, Google Inc., Google Edu Apps, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder
- Exchange 2010 has lots of appeal!There are so many improvements in 2010 that it's hard to pick a personal favorite, but built in archiving and the vast improvements to OWA are definitely high on my own list.Fortunately, I've been buying my Exchange mailboxes with Software Assurance on my Volume Licenses,...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Exchange 2010
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Are Silicon Valley VCs killing innovation?
- VC's and InnovationThe title of your blog suggests that VC's are in control of innovation - a position that is correct only if entrepreneurs grant them that power.I am no fan of VC money (I get along with some VC's personally) because it is so expensive and the need for...
- Tags: Entrepreneurship, investor
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7A massive success for Windows 7!"On July 20, TechRepublic asked its pool of U.S. IT leaders if they planned to begin Windows 7 deployments by the end of 2010. The jury, made up of the first 12 respondents from the 90-member group, was...
- Tags: Operating systems, SMB customer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- The costs of free
- The costs of freeSomr miscreant? How about some do-gooder?"some miscreant may come along and skew the market in ways your model doesn?t reflect."Like the way some "miscreants" destroyed the livelihoods of apothecaries by revealing to the public how to make simple home remedies themselves?Face it, if somebody can destroy your...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, mass market, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Bleak Xmas Ahead: Where's the innovation I need to fill the stockings?
- I know this is the July Fourth holiday and I'm half a year away from gift giving. But, when I looked through the Sunday supplements in today's newspaper, I couldn't find anything to buy. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Squat. Yes, I scanned the Best Buy, Office Depot...
- Tags: Innovation, Incrementalism, Recipe, Herewith, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-05
- Enterprise 2.0 Conference: Let's Focus on Business Value
- I'm in a drizzly, blustery Boston Massachusetts on the eve of this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference. Where last year the conference weather was hot and humid, and the economy still pretty overheated, the weather this year fits the economic cycle pretty well. Enterprise 2.0 was not well...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- Beware of Windows 7 downgrade/upgrade mess
- Beware of Windows 7 downgrade/upgrade messXP is dead guys....Let it go. Vista works, and contrary to popular belief, is quite stable, and ready to carry your business.If you still need XP, you can always run it in a VM...Question?What organization buys computer without an OS not all ready preinstalled? Does...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Virtual Instruments customer profile
- I always enjoy the opportunity to communicate with a representative of a company using technology to counter balance discussions I have with the suppliers of that technology. On some occasions, the company does not want its name mentioned. This commentary on Virtual Instruments' NetWisdom is a case in point. I...
- Tags: Disk, Performance, Virtual Instruments NetWisdom, Performance Management, Backups, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Pacific Timesheet 6.51 (Windows)
- Pacific Timesheet is DCAA Compliant web-based timesheet and time tracking software that provides project timesheet, project time tracking, project management, project portfolio management, job costing, product life cycle management, payroll timesheet, and time and attendance features in one system. Modules include automated approvals, billing and pay rates, time-off scheduling, resource...
- Tags: Payroll, Microsoft Windows, Training, Pacific Timesheet, Pacific Timesheet Enterprise, Custom Configuration, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Software downloads 2009-06-15
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