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Effective Meetings 1.7.5.4 (Windows)

Ever found yourself in meetings that have no purpose? Ever found yourself in meetings where there's no agenda, no record of what's being discussed and nobody seems to be accountable? Ever stopped to consider how much these meetings are costing you?Effective Meetings software is a simple tool for making your...

Tags: Agenda, Record, Simple Business Tools, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-04-27

Highly Effective Marketing Plan (HEMP) 1.2.1.0 (Windows)

Highly Effective Marketing Plan - HEMP - is the simple way to talk to your customers. Marketing is full of jargon. And marketing agencies are full of people fluent in jargon. But the truth is, successful marketing is a mixture of common sense and careful research. Our Highly Effective Marketing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Simple Business Tools, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-11-29

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SnapLogic snaps together different data flows and cuts integration costs

II recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. These days he is founder,...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Developer, Consultant, Snap, SnapLogic, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-11-09

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

Customer says: nopen/tPartner: Can't hurtIf I had to list out things I'd like to see from Microsoft, this would not be on the top of the list, but it's a great move I think.People looking to move away from other mail systems could see more tools available that make the...

Tags: E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)

No wonder they're successfulThey have a process, they watch actual humans use the product, and accept feedback.RE: SharePoint: The team that makes the donutsAs a long time SharePoint consultant my impression is that the SharePoint team is totally out of touch with enterprise customers. SharePoint 2010 is the same old...

Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, SharePoint 2010, team, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

e-Paint 2.0a.33 (Windows)

AMC e-Paint is a Windows paint application. It's easy to use, quick to learn and less difficult to master than many brands of soap. It embodies robust painting functionality, but it won't burden you with innumerable features to click through to perform simple tasks. E-Paint's features include a variety of...

Tags: Alchemy, Image Processing, Alchemy Mindworks, e-Paint, AMC e-Paint, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-24

RentMaster 2.8.3 (Windows)

RentMaster is a rental software designed for small to medium size businesses involved in party rental/event management business. With its simple to use interface, good features, flexible customization options and reporting tools, RentMaster will help you with managing your inventory, customers and orders, making quotes and reservations, printing contracts and...

Tags: RentMaster, Smb/Sme, Business Intelligence, Document Management, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Application performance can't be maximized in the dark

When optimizing and managing how applications perform ? from the eyes of the user ? IT teams need light shed onto the actual trouble spots says OpTier's Motti Tal. Commentary - Sometimes, when end users experience application trouble, response times degrade slowly. Other times, applications seem to turn off...

Tags: Performance, Monitoring, Application Performance, Response Time, Storage, Hardware, applications, database, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet, Motti Tal OpTier, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-20

HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)

HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Quicken Deluxe 2010

With Quicken 2010, Intuit strives to make its flagship money management application easier to navigate and simpler to set up, thanks to spruced-up visuals and a refreshed start-up wizard. Although already a solid balance-keeper and financial assistant in previous versions, Quicken 2010 adds a few new features to visualize your...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, Financial services, home screen, Deluxe, Quicken

Product reviews 2009-10-15

Free YouTube Utility 1.62 (Windows)

Free YouTube Utility is a a powerful Windows application that lets you take control of the videos that you enjoy watching online. This product allows you to easily download videos from YouTube. Quickly download your favorite videos and convert them to play on your iPod, PSP, Zune, 3GP mobile phone,...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Microsoft Windows, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-15

Spryka Email Charger 2.0.4.21 (Windows)

If you are in business and have large amounts of information to send to a lot of people, then you know that it includes finding the most practical and convenient tools. This allows you to send your information out efficiently while saving time. Spryka Email Charger is a solution that...

Tags: User Interface, Newsletter, Microsoft Windows, Spryka, Spryka Email Charger, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-13

HTC Touch2 (unlocked)

Photo gallery:HTC Touch2On September 1, Microsoft announced that the first batch of smartphones running its updated mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, would start shipping on October 6. The next day, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC wasted no time in announcing one of its first Windows Mobile 6.5 offerings, the HTC...

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Mobile operating systems, Keyboards, Operating systems, HTC Touch2, High Tech Computer Corp., smart phone

Product reviews 2009-10-06

Concepts InMotion 1.82 (Windows)

Concepts InMotion, is a software product that will help you to more clearly and easily communicate concepts and ideas visually using motion. It's a fun and easy-to-use business and education tool, a must have for the technical industry and for anyone else that has ever wanted to show a concept...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Fresh Ideas Division, Concepts InMotion, Designer Canva, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-05

I've joined the Dachis Group

As the worlds of internal enterprise, small, medium sized businesses and partner collaboration networks evolve, an increasing level of intersection with the social media world - the conversation with end users - is inevitable. The implications of this are enormous. While many people can grasp the immediate...

Tags: Social Media, Vision, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Seven ways companies go wrong with SOA

Remember, SOA is a journey, not a quick overnight fix. It's a transformative process that your organization will follow for the long run. A few years back, I put together a list of where companies appeared to be steering in the wrong direction in terms of...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-30