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- Service
- Functionality derived from a particular software program. For example, network services may refer to programs that transmit data or provide conversion of data in a network. Database services...
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- Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud
- What do open source and cloud computing have in common? For Navid Safabakhsh, principal at San Francisco and Philadelphia-based interactive web development agency Freshout, it's that both technologies are low-cost, high-yield solutions to help corporations leverage the customer data they collect on the Web. ...
- Tags: Web, Service, Channel Management, Open Source, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Six ways to make SOA services more reusable
- Achieving service reuse is a multi-dimensional problem that ties into technical approaches as well as business governance. In my last post, I surfaced some of JP Morgenthal's concerns about the reusability of services in their current state or statefulness. But there are steps that can be taken...
- Tags: Adapter, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- SOA services still too constrained by applications they represent
- It almost seemed as if the whole bottom-up versus top-down argument for SOA had been settled, once and for all. The best approach from now on would be bottom-up, with some middle-out, or something like that. None of this "big bang" stuff. Business units will build focused, ROI-generating projects which...
- Tags: SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- In 'Everything as a Service' era, quality of services and processes grows paramount, says HP's Purohit
- IT's job is evolving to make sure all services really work deep inside of business process -- regardless of their origins and sourcing. Quality of component services is therefore assurance of quality processes, and so the foundation of general business conduct and productivity. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: QoS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Service, Purchasing & Procurement, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Five reasons why Microsoft's Hohm is more than just another Web 2.0 service
- Microsoft's Startup Business Accelerator (the folks who brought you the Microsoft Vine public-information service) are introducing another new service on June 24. That offering, known officially as Hohm and which which handles home-energy management, looks like yet another generic Web 2.0-type service. But it's a lot more than that. by...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Service, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Is the public debut of Google Voice just around the corner?
- When I take a call on my "office number," I usually end up giving a quick two-minute explanation of Google Voice, the company's virtual phone service. I hate to come across like a sales guy for any tech product but I have to say that people who...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, Service, Telecom & Utilities, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- HR Shared Services: A Fresh Look
- Get an updated look at human resources shared services by BusinessWeek Research. The overall premise is that in the current economic milieu, the payoff from shared services only continues to grow.
- Tags: Human Resources, SAP AG, Service
- White papers 2009-06-18
- Building walls between PR, journalists: A worst practice
- One of the elements I love about social media is the tearing down of walls. I have an incredible network of contacts on multiple social networks to whom I can reach out in mere minutes. Just this morning, even, I put out an inquiry for this very blog post on...
- Tags: Journalist, Newsletter, Reporter, Service, Wall, Help A Reporter Out, ProfNet, Source, Public Relations, Corporate Communications, Construction, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- SOA, IT and cloud governance converge into 'total services governance'
- Is it time to govern the cloud? Should it be the same governance we're working so hard to apply to service oriented architecture? These are the questions tackled at Dana Gardner's latest BriefingsDirect analyst podcast, in which I had the opportunity to chime in. (Full transcript available here.) ...
- Tags: Governance, Information Technology, SOA, Service, Ron Schmelzer, David Kelly, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), B2C, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Adobe launches competitor to Google Docs
- Acrobat.com, an online collaboration tool designed to rival Google Docs, provides meetings and PDF creation at different levels of pricing. Adobe has launched Acrobat.com, an online document collaboration tool that the software company is pitching as a competitor to Google Docs. The cloud-based service, introduced...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Google Docs, Adobe PDF, Service, Acrobat.com, E-mail, Collaboration, Smart Phones, Groupware, Productivity, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Adobe, Google, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-06-15
- Why SOA really, really matters in a cloud computing world
- Back in early 2006, I published a piece on the impact of delivering SOA-ready services via online, on-demand venues such as online marketplaces. Here is an update on the piece, revised to meet today's cloud computing realities. Since I wrote the first piece, we have seen many of the principles...
- Tags: On-demand, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Managed Hosting, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"
- A startup based in Silicon Valley and Lyon, France contacted me on Friday about a new service it had just launched and asked me to check it out. I looked at the service and saw there was a problem with some of the Javascript and told...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Team, Service, Team Management, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-06
- The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)
- TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...
- Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Booksfree audiobook service
- CNET's Donald Bell gives the Booksfree audiobook service a test drive. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Service, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-29
- Momentum Webcast: Five Things Every Manufacturer Should Do in a Down Economy (Level 100)
- High-tech manufacturer and distributors are expanding into new markets using complex sales channels and extending their range of products and services worldwide. Servicing customers and partners in this environment requires multilevel relationship tracking, Web self-service, support portals, dealer loyalty management tools, hassle-free payment options, and a worldwide presence. With partners...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Service, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Portals, Manufacturing, Sales, Internet
- Webcasts 2009-05-27
- Microsoft: 'We touch every piece' of auto business
- If you're a first responder, which would you prefer to use to get to the site of a car crash? Google Earth? MapQuest? If you work for OnStar, Microsoft's Virtual Earth is now the preferred choice. Last week, OnStar announced that it now uses...
- Tags: Car, Vehicle, OnStar, Microsoft Corp., Service, Ford Works, Car2Go, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Unlocking Successful Net Access While Globe Trotting
- Getting online in places you've never been before can be a huge challenge, especially if you're on the move a lot. Paying for hotel wifi and staying late at conferences or clients are options, but what about when you're visiting a country for the first time - how...
- Tags: Internet Access, SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Network, Service, Murphy, Modems, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Who will pay to fix the Internet's Interstates?
- Everything we do online -- downloading open source, running SaaS services, clouds, or simply reading this page -- depends on core services, which have become an essential utility. Those services need to be redundant, they need to keep scaling, and they thus will need continuing investment. Just like the Interstate...
- Tags: Service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Internet, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Investment, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online
- It is memorialized as the world's oldest profession. The movie Pretty Woman glamorized it. Congressmen and Governors get in trouble over it. But what it isn't, is on craigslist anymore. A group of state attorneys general's have browbeat craigslist into closing the "erotic services" section. ...
- Tags: Service, Adult Service, Hair, Internet, Web 2.0, Games, Storage, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Windows Azure: a very difficult concept explained
- Since the announcement of Windows Azure, codenamed "Red Dog" as discovered by my colleague Mary-Jo Foley, at PDC 2008, I have felt an element of doubt hanging over the service, simply because I didn't know enough about it. This post will explain everything you need to know about Azure -...
- Tags: Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Service, Windows Azure, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-05-01

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