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Employees at Publishing Company Improve Efficiency With Messaging Environment

Slovenia-based publishing company Dnevnik wanted to upgrade its existing open-source messaging system. By engaging with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Alarix, it deployed Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 messaging and collaboration client. Company employees now benefit from greater efficiency, collaboration, and data security, and make use of...

Tags: Publishing Company, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Instant Messaging, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Case studies 2009-05-01

Trader Publishing Company: Oracle Database Consolidation Solution Delivers Lower TCO While Increasing CPU and Storage Capacity

As the nation's largest firm devoted to classified advertising publication, Trader Publishing Company's portfolio includes vehicle, real estate, employment and parenting magazines. The challenge for Trader Publishing Company was to enhance customer service by enabling real-time database access with 24x7 availability and eliminating existing data discrepancies and reduce operating expenses...

Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Trader, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Publishing Company, TCO, CPU, Oracle Database, Sun StorEdge 3910 System

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11 open source business models

You are looking at it sideways.It's never as simple as you make it seem. Things usually can't be broken into neat little lists which are really just stereo types.From Wikipedia: Business Model: "A business model describes the rationale of how an [b]organization[/b] creates, delivers, and captures value[1] -...

Tags: Strategy, business model, open source, EULA Ware, software

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Will you or won't you (print that document)?

Dead tree publishingUsing paper is more about you than it is about the process. I read all documents on screen and virtually all documenst are sent as email anyway without the need for paper.Having to print things out is just a hangover from the old days and the younger...

Tags: Using Paper

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?

Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...

Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Desktops, NOW IT, HTML5, operating system, Chrome OS, Does Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-28

Document Trace Remover 3.5 (Windows)

A leaked document can compromise trade secrets and threaten company security. But did you know that even a document that you send or publish may also contain sensitive information that may harm your privacy and company security? Every time you create a document in a Microsoft Office application such as...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Windows, Smart PC Solutions, Process Improvement, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Security, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Google hit again with Street View privacy concerns - in Switzerland

It is NOT up to Google to insure your privacy in public places. These are places it is perfectly legal to be in and take pictures of, then publish the pictures. Just because the pictures are taken automatically, does not suddenly make them illegal. If you want to restrict the...

Tags: U.S. Military, Google Inc., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

ImageSpan and Digimarc partner for new image management venture

ImageSpan and Digimarc are announcing plans to form a joint venture dedicated to creating a program for managing and monetizing image assets at the 6Sight 2009 Conference. ImageSpan has been been making a lot of friends lately, announcing a partnership with liveBooks a few months ago. Under this...

Tags: Image Management, Image, Digimarc Corp., ImageSpan, Business Structures, Finance, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Publishing Giant Creates Innovative Web-Based Service for Small-Business Market

Two decades ago, Quark changed the course of traditional publishing with its QuarkXPress desktop publishing software. Today, the company provides publishing solutions to customers around the world across multiple channels. To reach more customers in the huge but fragmented small-to-midsize business market, Quark wanted to offer a service combining the...

Tags: Web, Quark Inc., Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Publishing, Smb/Sme, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Software, Marketing, Management

Case studies 2009-11-01

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., File Format, PST, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Can you teach programmers to be journalists?

Megan Taylor over at PBS' MediaShift writes about the challenges of getting programmers and journalists to work together.MediaShift . Can Programmers, Journalists Get Along in One Newsroom? | PBS It's an interesting subject because newsrooms are increasingly digital and they need to add programming skills to help...

Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Journalist, Programmer, Ms Taylor, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions

Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

FLO Media Viewer 1.0 (Windows)

The FLO Media Viewer is a publishing product which can convert various documents into a Flash application. The created viewers can be placed on a website, opened locally or distributed as stand-alone files for example on a product CD. The created viewers can be used for a variety of marketing...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media Partners Bvba, FLO Media Viewer, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Marketing Research, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-23

E-Publishing Platform Provider Optimizes Use of Operating System in a Month

Awareness Communication Technology, provider of an e-publishing platform, wanted the benefits of migration to the Windows 7 operating system without the pain that can accompany a migration. So, it turned to the Front Runner program. It received both technical and marketing support for Windows 7 compatibility, achieved compatibility in less...

Tags: Operating System, Electronic Publishing, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-10-22

PR Google Wave: When opportunity meets overkill

Common Sense and Good MannersJennifer ? just as desktop publishing made it easy to produce really bad newsletters, social media enables lazy or inept PR people to pollute ?In? boxes and social sites. Technology evolves and methods change, but common sense and good manners never go out of style. Peter...

Tags: Enthusiastic Employee, POM Wonderful, public relations, Google Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Access and smart DRM will make Google Editions a key player in Ed

Epub format is winningJust about every reader except the Kindle can display books in the .epub format. Unlike pdf, text in epub can be easily reflowed for different screen sizes and font sizes. Do you see any serious challengers to epub?Of course reflowing does give rise to a problem -...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), digital-rights management, Google Inc., Microsoft Access

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Aardvark's new design: simpler, cleaner, and kinda like Twitter

If you haven't played with Aardvark yet, you haven't fully experienced the power of the Internet. If you are unfamiliar, Aardvark lets you ask a question and promises an accurate answer from a trusted source in under five minutes. If you use...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Question, Aardvark, Vark, Spam, Web Site Development, CSS, Desktop Publishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-14

The anti-capitalist GOOG founders . . .

Well duhhh....[i]They don?t trust the government, they don?t trust the press and they don?t trust Wall Street.[/i]So people wonder why they're so successful? Duh! They don't trust the three groups of people who constantly think they are oh so smart, but aren't....Sounds like a great life philosophy even...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13