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Best Practices for Translating Customer Satisfaction into Revenue

Today's support organisations are focused on two top-level metrics: financial results and customer satisfaction. For most, it's easy to track financial performance, but customer satisfaction is akin to speaking a foreign language. How do you quantify customer satisfaction? Download the Best Practices...

Tags: Revenue, Customer Satisfaction, Best Practice, Product Marketing, Marketing

White papers 2009-11-06

Five definitions toward the maturing of Enterprise 2.0

point of saturationMikoExcellent post. I agree with just about everything that you wrote, particularly the following: [i]There comes a tipping point in any large commercial sector Enterprise where the market for the flagship product or service becomes saturated. At this juncture, the revenue growth challenge becomes less about attracting and...

Tags: Operational accounting, Enterprise 2.0, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Verizon preps fourth quarter device barrage; Droid will 'stimulate demand'

Verizon delivered a solid third quarter courtesy of its wireless business, which added 1.2 million net customers excluding acquisitions. The company also said it is set up for the fourth quarter with the launch of Research in Motion's Storm 2 on Wednesday, two Motorola Android devices and 12 other handsets....

Tags: Revenue, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Operational Accounting, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

The maintenance renewal landscape

Been doing this for years.Work for a non-profit, so unless its mission critical or has a high cost of replacement... its not going to get renewed.I think everyone should live by this rule. If they did, software maintenance would be much cheaper!SAP, Oracle very Different on Dependence on MaintenanceI'll...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Operational accounting, cloud computing, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., SaaS Model, revenue, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

WSJ chief criticizes news aggregators - creators carry cost burden

More important...than net neutrality? You are out of your mind. You probably think you are a journalist as well. What a joke. Do you even proof read your own dribble? It's obvious you don't. What kind of journalist would send out content with grammar and spelling errors? it has...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, advertisement, Google Inc., revenue

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Demand for Windows 7, Xbox lifts Microsoft earnings; more losses online

revenue still downif you include the deferred amount revenue is down 5% yoy.but better than expected i suppose.profit also down yoyand including the deferred revenue profit is also down 5% yoy. but of course 5% less profit and revenue is much much better than the 29% less last qaurter.Across the...

Tags: Operational accounting, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, revenue, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

The maintenance renewal landscape

A small and therefore statistically dubious quarterly CIO survey undertaken by Kash Rangan's team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch published earlier this month makes revealing reading. On the general spending front, it should be no surprise that the survey believes CIO's are under spending relative...

Tags: Revenue, SAP AG, Maintenance Fee, Maintenance Revenue, Data Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Team Management, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.

New York Times reports large drop in print and online ad revenues by Tom Foremski

Tags: Revenue, New York Times Co., Online Advertising, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-22

VMware posts solid third quarter, tops estimates

VMware's third quarter financial results were better than expected based on maintenance renewals and federal IT spending. The company reported net income of $38 million, or 9 cents a share, down from $83 million, or 21 cents a share a year ago. Non-GAAP net income of $95...

Tags: Revenue, Quarter, VMware Inc., Operational Accounting, Virtualization, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales

updated: Apple said today that Mac computers and iPhones saw strong year-over-year sales jumps in the fourth quarter, allowing the company to once again beat Wall Street's expectations for the quarter and sending the stock surging in after-hours trading. Apple today reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.67...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Double revenue in five years???Well, that's the kind of talk I used to hear when I worked at Worldcom.More likely 10 times in five yearsWe have a sure as heck hyperinflation coming so their revenue will go up 10 times measured in Dollar or down 50% measured in Gold. Evil...

Tags: Operational accounting, Oracle Corp., revenue

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

IBM delivers solid quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook

IBM delivered a solid third quarter that featured better-than-expected profit and revenue growth. The company also upped its earnings targets for 2009. IBM on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or $2.40 a share, on revenue of $23.6 billion, down 7 percent from a...

Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Google's third quarter: Expectations are high

Google's third quarter is expected to be strong and analysts are already busy raising targets for the fourth quarter. The search giant reports earnings Thursday and Wall Street is expecting earnings of $5.42 a share on revenue of $4.24 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. However, most analysts...

Tags: Paid Search, Revenue, Google Inc., Analyst, Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Intel's third quarter powered by inventory builds, back-to-school demand; Outlook bright

Updated: Intel's third quarter earnings and revenue handily topped estimates and the company said it was "confident about our business prospects going forward." Intel added that its fourth quarter revenue would come in ahead of projections. Specifically, Intel on Tuesday reported net income of $1.9 billion, or...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Outlook, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Skype's New Revenue Model

Skype just announced a new kind of advertising-based service. The service is aimed at giving Skype a portion of the $31billion yellow page market. With Skype's business funded click-to-call,  Skype users will find it easier and free to call local businesses . A call that is...

Tags: Revenue, Skype Technologies S.A., Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-06

U.S. Internet ad revenue: Down 5.3 percent; Search rules

U.S. Internet advertising revenue checked in at $10.9 billion for the first six months of 2009, down 5.3 percent from a year ago, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. As usual, search and display advertising dominated the standings. Search advertising totaled $5.1 billion for the...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

DiveShopManager 2.5 (Windows)

If you own or manage a dive center or a dive shop this software will help to increase your sales and gain a higher profit from your dive center or a dive shop. DiveShopManager 2.5 will help to manage and monitor all aspects of a dive center. Clear statistics give...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Microsoft Windows, Salary, ProData Software, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-05

NolaPro Free Accounting 4.0.4957 (Windows)

NolaPro is a premium, completely free web-based suite. It includes AP, AR, Payroll, Order Tracking, Inventory Control, POS, B2B, and an Ecom Shopping Cart. Many plug-ins and add-ons are available such as a TimeClock, QB converter, development API, and a Hosting Manager revenue module for CPAs, VARs or consultants. Global...

Tags: Revenue, Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Noguska, NolaPro, Operational Accounting, Retail, Channel Management, Financial Services, Finance, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Football Championship Manager for Excel 1.0 (Windows)

Play the worlds greatest Football Management game from the comfort of your own desk. For the new game we have paid particular attention to the detail. This means that as well as having the most accurate player statistics possible, within a spreadsheet possible. we have also focused on ensuring that...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel, Soccer-data, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-01