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Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Increase Large Capital Project Efficiency Through Improved Project Management and Collaboration

Managing the risk of large-scale capital projects can be a balancing act of immense proportions. From meeting stakeholder demands and regulatory requirements, to complying with environmental and consumer pressures, executives must carefully direct enterprise projects to maximize returns and minimize risks. The Project Group's Large Capital Project Efficiency Solution provides...

Tags: Risk, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Project Group, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Enterprise Software, Software

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Comcast keeps promise, launches data usage meter

THERE SHOULD BE NOOOO CAP.PERIOD. If less than 1% are using that much bandwidth... WHO CARES?They are just trying to impose a limit on "UNLIMITED" service. They should be forced to stop calling it "UNLIMITED" if there is a 250GB cap and they should have had this in place...

Tags: Backups, Cable, Comcast Corp., bandwidth user, data usage

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

myDocuments 2.7.1 (Mac)

myDocuments is a clear program, crafted with attention to detail, for grouping and finding documents and files. Even with Spotlight and the like it is easy to lose overview of all the documents you need for a project or a client - out of sight out of mind. With myDocuments...

Tags: Document, Apple Macintosh, Menu Bar, MOApp Software Manufactory, myDocuments

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said. But there was some significant news for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Operating System, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

It's been almost two years since I first got tips about Microsoft "SmartFlow," a product which allegedly was going to be a competitor with Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom post-production software for professional photographers. I had thought that incubation project may have been quietly eliminated somewhere along the way. But it's still...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Lightroom, Twist, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 13.2 (Windows)

Suitcase Fusion 2 provides stand alone users with outstanding stability and reliability, coupled with a modern interface for working with type. Suitcase Fusion 2 offers the best-in-class font previewing capabilities, allowing users to easily browse, compare and select the ideal font for any project. The new interface gives you the...

Tags: Extensis, Microsoft Windows, Font, Suitcase Fusion 2

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Orchard: Microsoft's open-source CMS platform is (re)born

an article for 2 readerswhy don't you make an article when someone farts there in redmond?I'm one of themWhile M$ using a BSD license seems to be a good start, the propietary underpining make it a non starter when compared to LAMP.Cute...Once aggain you prove that eitherA: you have a...

Tags: Oxite, Microsoft Corp., Orchard, open source, content management system

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Engineering Firm Helps Drive Employee Productivity and IT Efficiency With Windows 7

MMM Group is a planning, engineering, geomatics and project management firm that provides professional consulting services for sustainable community, building, transportation and infrastructure development throughout Canada and the rest of the world. To maintain a leading edge in a very competitive engineering services market, the company focuses on providing employees...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., MMM Group, Microsoft Windows 7, Transportation, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Case studies 2009-11-04

Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon

Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....

Tags: Google Inc., developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Scientific Firm Grows Government Business More Than 100 Percent With Accounting System

RJ Lee Group tackles technically challenging problems with a team of more than 250 material and forensic scientists, chemists, physicists, and computer scientists. When the company started winning larger contracts with complex reporting requirements, it decided to implement Microsoft Dynamics SL to improve its project accounting. RJ Lee Group used...

Tags: Accounting, Scientist, Microsoft Corp., Accounting System, Operational Accounting, Government, Financial Services, Finance

Case studies 2009-11-01

How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT

Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...

Tags: Lean IT, IT IS

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess

Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down

Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Smartphone wars; one platform will never rule them all

UbuntuThere are enough potential customers out there, and enough open source software available for potential OS builders that you don't really need that much market share to remain vital.Mac OS has only a fraction of the entire computer market and Ubuntu only has a fraction of Mac OS's market share....

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Smartphone, phone, smart phone, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Smart grid grants

Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...

Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special

Viewers watch Family Guy because they want tonot because it's forced in to their cubicles at work.That doesn't fit with the Windows brand, indeed.MSFT tried to alter the content of the show"Microsoft sent MacFarlane and Fox several notes expressing their concern over the show's content but ultimately decided just to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Family Guy, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

MB Capstone Number 1.0 (Windows)

MB Capstone Number Software finds your capstone number or capstone character. In addition to telling you your capstone number or capstone character, this capstone software also provides you with the free interpretations of your capstone number. You can then get a very clear idea about the significance of your capstone...

Tags: Project, Microsoft Windows, Character, MysticBoard

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Citigroup Uses FAST to Accelerate Delivery of Customer On-Boarding Application

Citi had invested significant time and resources in creating its certified 'Gold copy' customer database. This was not merely a technology challenge. The team wanted to create an intuitive, easy to use search system that by reducing the time spent searching for customer records, would re-enforce the value of the...

Tags: Team, Customer Information, Microsoft Corp., Citigroup Inc., Team Management, Management

Case studies 2009-10-23