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- Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0
- Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.  So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...
- Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Saluting SAP & Oracle Communities
- Oracle & the D/B that wasn'tMy salute to Oracle is the middle finger flip off.I had the misfortune to be obliged to use the worst, least stable, most authoritarian, user antagonistic system ever -- Oracle's $50,000,000 digital boat anchor, custom kluged for Danka Copiers, St Petersburg FL & TorontoNaturally the...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Microsoft Excel, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Danka, sales
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- IBM Web Seminar: Dynamic Process Change to Optimize Cost and Agility.
- Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM® Smart SOATM approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll receive a complimentary IBM BPM assessment for a targeted analysis of...
- Tags: Web, BPM, IBM Corp., Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software
- Webcasts 2009-10-07
- Using social software to reinvent the customer relationship
- What IS Enterprise Web 2.0?[of course there IS no such thing, and if there is it is the crumpled Frankenstein that it suggests it is]"While Enterprise 2.0 tools, primarily aimed at collaboration, are certainly part of this story, they often don?t help companies enjoy the full range of possibilities when...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Collaboration, Customer relationship management (CRM), Product marketing, social software, Social CRM
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Simplify Backup Operations to Improve Your Total Cost of Ownership
- The attendee of this webcast will discover technologies that can optimize the data protection environment. This webcast will show how EMC Data Protection Advisor enables backup reporting, alerting, monitoring, and analysis by collecting a broad set of data and transforming it into actionable information. The attendee will see how an...
- Tags: Backup, TCO, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-08-05
- REI Partner 1.0.0.1 (Windows)
- REI Partner consists of several components: Cash Flow Analysis, Document and Photo Importing, Tasks and Notes, and Contacts. The REI Partner Cash Flow Analysis Component provides invaluable assistance when evaluating a potential deal for future cash flow. With REI Partner, you enter data about the property such as purchase price,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Property Management, Murray Hill Technologies, REI Partner, REI Partner Cash Flow Analysis Component, Real Estate, Mortgages, Business Operations, Finance, Capital Structures
- Software downloads 2009-08-04
- SOA's squishy paybacks revisited
- A couple of years back, I posted some observations on the issues around SOA payback. Some analysts still say there has been little to no payback from these efforts. Since SOA payback is still such a raw and confusing issue, here is an updated reprise of that post: ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Payback, SOA, Service, Business Agility, David Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution)
- My first post of today pointed towards an all too familiar enterprise project 'fail' and the documented experiences of one project person trying to reach completion on a now two year implementation. Coincidentally (I didn't know this was in the pipe), Mike Krigsman provides a critique of Forrester's Enterprise Software...
- Tags: Consultant, SAP AG, Bill, Principle Reason, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Real Estate Notebook 3.02 (Windows)
- Real Estate notebook is a simple to use software solution that will help you achieve financial independence by doing the number crunching and property analysis, so you can focus on deals that will make you money and abandon those that won't. Simply enter basic property attributes and you will be...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Bicentennial Software, Real Estate Notebook, Real Estate, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-07-12
- PacketTrap MSP 4.5 (Windows)
- PacketTrap MSP Software for the Managed Service Provider or IT Consulting to remotely monitor their customer's networks. PacketTrap MSP Software is a purpose-built robust and affordable platform to monitor your customers in a secure, customized environment for your business. It includes: Remote Control - PacketTrap MSP Software for the...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Service Provider, PacketTrap Networks, PacketTrap MSP Software, IT Consulting, Networking, Business Services
- Software downloads 2009-07-07
- Enterprise 2.0 ROI Metrics: One Size Doesn't Fit All
- 'The ROI of Online Customer Service communities' by Forrester customer experience and relationship management analyst Natalie Petouhoff is a $US 1,999 'Total Economic Impactâ„¢ Analysis' TEI report. Mike Krigsman over at his 'IT failures' blog here on ZD Net seems impressed by the...
- Tags: Customer Service, ROI, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Natalie Petouhoff, Mike, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- CoLocalizer Pro 2.5.1 (Mac)
- CoLocalizer Pro is a professional quantitative colocalization analysis software. It is used to obtain new and objective information about proteins and nucleic acids visualized using fluorescence techniques. CoLocalizer Pro combines the power of it's unique background correction tools with implementation of already established algorithms to estimate colocalization quantitatively. CoLocalizer Pro...
- Tags: Software, Microscope, Apple Macintosh, CoLocalization Research Software, CoLocalizer Pro, CoLocalizer Pro Software, Tools & Techniques, Engineering, Management
- Software downloads 2009-06-25
- News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran
- 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: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Seagate uses social media to 'humanize' storage devices
- It was about two years ago that storage device company Seagate realized it had to get into the social media game. The company's initial strategy was to listen, build community and learn. So, the communications team set up a presence on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and so on, and strapped...
- Tags: Storage Device, Storage, Social Media, Twitter, Seagate Technology LLC, Harris, Q., Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- AMD uses Radian6 as a preferred 'listening' engine
- One of the biggest challenges social media enthusiasts face while trying to sell their executives on a progressive marketing program is proving the value of listening. The concept of purely outbound marketing is old, yet safe, and many companies are afraid to invite the scary conversations in and take action...
- Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Radian6, James, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Assessing Bid Viability With Primavera Risk Analysis
- Before drafting and presenting a bid, a company must evaluate the revenue potential of the project, the type of contract to enter into, and its own capacity for executing the project. Each of these areas is heavily impacted by uncertainty. To create the best-possible bid, companies use Primavera Risk Analysis,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Bid, Financial Planning, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Business Case Development Best Practices for Data Center and IT Projects: Speed-Up Your Project Approval and Start With Confidence
- This white paper focuses on business case development. However, it will be worthwhile to understand where business case development falls in the overall TCO/ROI analysis spectrum. Depending on where one is with budget and decision-making process, one will need different levels of analysis and data to move the project forward.
- Tags: Business Case, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Best Practice, Analysis
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Get Me To The Parts Store On Time
- Sigurd Rinde has written an interesting take on the status quo in large enterprises and the need to quietly infiltrate enterprise 2.0 value rather than confront the powers that be, citing Sun Tzu the master military strategist. I thought of this today as...
- Tags: Google Inc., Valeo S.A., Sigurd Rinde, Sigurde, Cloud Computing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall
- Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This WallWell Jason ...... you can criticize the iTunes store model all you want but the fact is that customers cannot get enough of it. Despite the premium price of the iPod and the proprietary nature of the iTunes mechanism, iPods and the iPhone sell...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, E-books, Digital music, Digital media, Tear Down, Sony eReader
- Discussion threads 2009-05-04
- Analysis of Workday's capital infusion
- Yesterday, Workday announced it had raised $75 million in Series E venture financing. The investors in this round included company founder Dave Duffield, Greylock Partners a firm Aneel Bhusri joined after his PeopleSoft days, as well as VC firm NEA Ventures. NEA is the new player in the mix. ...
- Tags: Valuation, Financing, Workday, Analysis, NEA Ventures, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
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