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- PSA
- Professional Services Automation An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce....
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- PSA: Print your resume for free at FedEx Office, tomorrow only
- PSA: Print your resume for free at FedEx Office, tomorrow onlyResume-quality paper?Don't waste time with fancy paper -- companies just want something that will scan well.
- Tags: FedEx Office, PSA, Federal Express
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- DeCODE turning genes into medical practice
- DeCODE turning genes into medical practiceJust don't let the insurance companies knowI can see a point in the future when medical insurance companies will run one of these tests as part of their acceptance procedures. Same with life insurance companies. Maybe, like pre-existing conditions, they need to be...
- Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, insurance company, PSA
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- DeCODE turning genes into medical practice
- We're just talking about doing a better job of risk prediction, putting people at higher risk under closer study by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Risk, Dr., deCODE Genetics, Heart Attack, PSA, Obviously deCODE, 23andme, Strategy, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Security, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- Book review: The Rise of the Project Workforce
- More than this book, does your services group have compelling IP? At a recent PSVillage event, a senior executive of Tenrox gave me a copy of Rudolf Melik’s book “The Rise of the Project Workforce†(Wiley ISBN 978-0-470-12430-7). Rudolf is a co-founder of Tenrox â€" a PSA...
- Tags: Tenrox, Service, Workforce, Rudolf, PSA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- How much health care spending is discretionary?
- How much health care spending is discretionary?Depends on if you are talking long or short termTake the annual exam that women at risk for breast cancer need to have. You could call it a luxury of "most" women don't turn up positive in a single year, but long term...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, PSA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
Additional Resources
- Shouldnââ¬â¢t services firms have their own ERP?
- I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...
- Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Interview with Microsoftââ¬â¢s Seth Patton
- More from the Project Conference Seth Patton is the senior marketing director for Microsoft Project. I got thirty minutes alone with Seth at the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 show this afternoon. We discussed several topics impacting the PSA professional services automation and PPM...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- More on Microsoft Project 2010
- The Completeness of the PPM Solution Grows (More from the Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix) As the demonstrations of Project 2010 continue, I noted the following: 1) Microsoft has added a lot of functionality in its Resource Management and Time Entry...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Capability, Collaboration, Content Management, Groupware, Microsoft Project, Team Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Microsoftââ¬â¢s Project 2010
- The conference announcements so far... I just watched Microsoft executives demonstrate the upcoming Project 2010 product here in Phoenix at the Project Conference 2009. Here are my first blush comments/observations: 1) The product has matured significantly as a PPM solution....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Portfolio Management Function, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Interesting things I've been briefed on lately...
- NetSuite, CA, iTrade Network, Meridian Project Systems, UC4, Project Open,.... NetSuite has some new financial consolidation/planning functionality in their SaaS solution. It permits global firms to handle currency conversion. Adaptive Planning’s software is at the core of this solution. This technology does not currently use...
- Tags: Food, Open Source, Information Technology, NetSuite Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., iTrade Network, Meridian Project Systems, UC4, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Imagine that! More innovation in PPM
- When Ideation Meets Project Management Innovation in the PSA/PPM space was missing for much of this decade. Professional Services Automation software and Project Portfolio Management software had fallen into a WYSIWYG what you see is what you get status for a while. That’s...
- Tags: Innovation, Software, PlanView, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Project Management, Management, Marketing, It Operations, It service Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Wedding Bells: NetSuite + OpenAir + QuickArrow
- When PSA and SaaS Got BIG! Today, NetSuite announced it is buying QuickArrow, an Austin, Texas based PSA professional services automation vendor. This $20 million deal will put QuickArrow with OpenAir, another PSA solution that NetSuite acquired a little over a year ago. Click here for the...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., OpenAir Inc., ERP, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Limits urged on genetic testing
- Limits urged on genetic testingPreexisting conditions.Nothing will be used to help the consumer. It is used against the consumer to maximize profits. Wait till some genome company gets to broker your data. This is the future goldmine. It is more profitable to collect premiums and then bump them off thru...
- Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, insurance company, public option, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Adding agility to Compuware's Changepoint
- Compuware made a number of announcements re: Changepoint yesterday. Changepoint is the company’s project portfolio management solution. Changepoint is primarily targeted to mid-to-large IT organizations. Briefly, the company outlined a number of product directions for the near-term as well as showcased its Accelerator for agile development projects. ...
- Tags: Changepoint Corp., Compuware Corp., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul
- 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: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Severa ââ¬" PSA/PPM discussion with Zaki Usman
- The battle for low-cost, SaaS-based PSA/PPM is heating up Severa, a PSA/PPM (professional services automation/project portfolio management) vendor, has recently launched their newest product line: Severa 3. This is a Web 2.0, SaaS software as a service solution targeted for many professional services firms. The...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Professional Services, QuickArrow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- News to know: Oracle-Sun, IBM, Apple ads, Windows 7
- 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. Complete coverage of Oracle-Sun news: Larry Dignan: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- QuickArrow taking PSA to the small business market
- A solution tailored for its users I spoke recently with QuickArrow’s CEO Kevin Bury and learned a fair bit about their firm’s newest product line: QuickArrow Small Business Edition. The company actually took the time to study this market segment in detail before...
- Tags: Product Line, Small Business, Small Business Edition, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- JobOrder 2009 (Mac)
- Designed to maximize business productivity, JobOrder is comprehensive and robust software that automates the flow of information throughout your entire business �¢â�¬â�� from the moment a prospective client calls for a proposal until the final invoice is sent. JobOrder business process software streamlines repetitive administrative tasks, continuously refining your company�¢â�¬â�¢s...
- Tags: Business Process, Accounting, Apple Macintosh, Management Software, JobOrder 2009, JobOrder Business Process Software, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-04-06
- Compuwareââ¬â¢s New Application Portfolio Management Accelerator
- Tying PPM and APM Together Compuware recently briefed me on their new ChangePoint Application Portfolio Management APM product. Here’s my quick review. The Business Problem CIOs and the IT departments they are responsible for often spend very little of their budget...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Compuware Corp., Portfolio Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
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