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Is 2007 the year to get Wyse about thin computing? Maybe

Is 2007 the year to get Wyse about thin computing? MaybeRightNow as evidence of thin client??David, RightNow this year introduced a smart client user interface that requires Windows on the client. It won't run on Wyse. I think you drank a bit too much of the thin client koolaid when...

Tags: Thin clients, Smart Client, thin client, RightNow Technologies, Wyse Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

Operating System Relevancy and your $2,500 Smart Client

Operating System Relevancy and your $2,500 Smart ClientOS MaturityRyan - I've been thinking about this one a bit, along with the history of how operating systems have developed.A lot of younger people probably don't remember but 'back in the day', before GUIs, you ran one program that took over your...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, rich Internet application, Smart Client

Discussion threads 2006-06-17

Web-based software: Not for prime-time yet?

Web-based software: Not for prime-time yet?The problem with web based applications is the browserFor some reason software suppliers have assumed the only way to offer internet connectivity is through the web browser. The new "Smart Client" method whereas desktop applications can connect to data via web services is a...

Tags: Channel management, Web browsers, Smart Client, Web, Web browser, AJAX

Discussion threads 2006-04-17

Linux vs. Linux

Linux vs. LinuxIndustrial EspionageOf course, if the Google PC is real, then the MS spies already have known about it for some time. Why all the antagonistic MS rhetoric about Google?And as far as Linux and Apple etc. unseating MS, this battle has never been about the choice...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Smart Client, Linux-on-the-desktop, Linux, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-03

Additional Resources

Web Site Maestro 7.64 (Windows)

Web Site Maestro speeds up your site by optimizing both HTML and script code of your web pages and optimizing your JPEG and PNG images. It helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Tonbrand Software, Web Site Maestro, FTP/WebDAV Client, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ

Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android 2.0, phone, ECLAIR

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Web Site Maestro 7.6.4 (Mac)

Web Site Maestro speeds up your site by optimizing both HTML and script code of your web pages and optimizing your JPEG and PNG images. It helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Web Site, Tonbrand Software, Web Folder, MobileMe iDisk, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-29

JIRA Client Lite 2.0 (Windows)

JIRA Client Lite is a free desktop front-end for 10-user Starter edition of Atlassian JIRA issue tracking system. It boosts your productivity with an interactive interface, enables greater mobility with its offline mode, and has many useful features such as smart search, time tracking widget, screenshot editor, and others. ...

Tags: ALM Works, JIRA Client Lite, Microsoft Windows, Wireless And Mobility, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Intuit enhances Quickbooks by bringing cloud apps to desktop software

Intuit, a trusted name for some 4 million small business customers who manage their finances using the Quickbooks software, is bringing a bit of the cloud to the desktop. The company, like so many others these days, is unveiling an app store of its own and opening its API to...

Tags: Software, Desktop, Intuit Inc., Sales Force, Desktop Software, Intuit QuickBooks, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

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.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Opera 10.01 (Windows)

Welcome to Opera's newest Web browser: Opera 10. Opera is a free and innovative Web browser which allows you to experience the web on your terms. Discover what over 40 million people have already experienced by downloading Opera's fast and safe Internet browsers. This latest Opera Web browser version comes...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Windows, Opera 10, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Silver Spring signs up another smart grid client

The latest utility to commit to using smart grid technology from Silver Spring Networks is American Electric Power AEP. Silver Spring will be part of the company's gridSMART initiative, which is being engineered by Indiana Michigan Power and AEP Ohio across regions in Indiana and northeast central Ohio. AEP hopes...

Tags: American Electric Power Co. Inc., Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Site Publisher 2.6.123 (Windows)

Site Publisher is the smart FTP client for uploading your files to FTP servers. It allows you to synchronize any data between your local computer and remote FTP resource (for example: your Web site or home page). But this FTP software is not ordinary FTP client--it's really smart. It automatically...

Tags: FTP Client, Microsoft Windows, FTP, File, Helexis Software Development

Software downloads 2009-10-24

A Forrester interview with Steve Ballmer about the SharePoint Business

I had the pleasure to sit down with Steve Ballmer for an interview at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this week. My research team at Forrester spends a lot of time thinking, researching, and writing about the future of information work. So getting Steve’s view on SharePoint’s decade-long...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Steve Ballmer, Forrester Research Inc., Steve, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Brown

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?

Thoughts"IBM and Canonical, though, are asking if that upgrade path really needs to involve Windows at all."Umm - dare I ask why large industries are allowed to influence education?"Why migrate to Windows, though, when your client machines can run Ubuntu "Because I don't need to deal with any migration headaches...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?

Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...

Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

As Microsoft gets set to launch Windows 7,  Linux desktop vendors are trying to make some waves. Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced availability of a cloud and Linux-based business desktop alternative for existing PCs or low cost netbooks. The IBM Client for Smart Work...

Tags: Ubuntu, Fedora Project, SuSE, IBM Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, E-mail, Web Browsers, Software, Online Communications, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-21

SyncML Client for Open Contacts 1.3 (Windows)

The SyncML Client for Open Contacts is for synchronizing contact info between Open Contacts and a SyncML server which collaborates synchronizations between different devices such as smart phone, PDA, computer programs and Web-base address books. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Fonlow, PDAs, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-21

SharePoint rolls on, gathers no MOSS

Next week’s SharePoint conference in Las Vegas is officially sold out, just another sign of the insatiable appetite for Microsoft’s still-imperfect suite. Cold calling sales reps at lesser companies will look on with envy as each attending prospect or customer shells out a list-price $1,199 for the pleasure of hearing a...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., MOSS, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tim Walters

Blog posts 2009-10-16