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Big memory cards keep getting cheaper; get the best deals at discount stores and online

Big memory cards keep getting cheaper; get the best deals at discount stores and onlinewas anything ever cheap at Staples?Staples used to be cheap until a few years agowhen the company came under margin pressureand may have even lost money, and then stopped trying to offer low prices.The company is...

Tags: memory, staples inc., memory card

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Attack of the Staples M3 Shredder

Attack of the Staples M3 Shreddergot itI've had this one for awhile, it sits on the counter and gets a nice feed every day from junk mail. Get the Staples warranty for once, trust me, it's worth the 6 extra bucks for if/when the motor overheats and dies, you...

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Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Attack of the Staples M3 Shredder

We've become so inundated with junk mail at the home office and I've had to handle so many confidential documents for clients that need to be destroyed that it finally necessitated the purchase of a home shredder. The problem with most home...

Tags: staples inc., attack, corporate communications, web site development, sales channel, financial services, marketing, internet, sales, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Microsoft Online Customer Story: Staples, Inc

Staples, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products company. Their goal was to make the tax season as painless as possible for the customers. At the same time, they wanted a way to easily reach the customers and a way for...

Tags: msn, staples inc., microsoft corp., roi/tco, taxes, free trade, finance, managerial accounting, financial planning

Case studies 2008-02-15

Dell inks retail pact with Staples

Dell inks retail pact with StaplesSo are they going to be sensible......and offer a Linux pre-load?

Tags: linux, unix, staples inc., dell computer corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Dell inks retail pact with Staples

Dell has expanded its retail distribution via a deal with Staples to sell PCs, monitors, printers and ink and toner. The pact, which was announced Monday, will kick off Nov. 11. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo earlier this month, CEO Michael Dell hinted at a retail deal. Under the partnership,...

Tags: dell computer corp., staples inc., monitors & displays, printers, business structures, hardware, components, peripherals, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Toshiba's sub-3 lb. projector is a road warrior's dream; a pricey dream, but still a dream

Earlier this year, I headlined a post "If it consumes consumables (ie: ink, bulbs, etc), check their cost too before buying it." That's why, while at the Digital Life show in New York City last week, one of the question you'll see me asking during my video interview of Toshiba's...

Tags: projector, idea, staples inc., toshiba corp., construction, printers, hardware, peripherals, david berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-03

IBM Case Study: Staples

With its online channel a critical part of its growth strategy, Staples needed a commerce platform that would support and fuel its online business growth--not constrain it. Staples needed more flexibility to pursue creative, customer-centric business strategies. Teaming with IBM to deploy a powerful and flexible online...

Tags: staples inc., ibm corp., strategy, management

Case studies 2007-09-01

ERP Faceoff: SAP vs. Staples

Kevin Meyer of Superfactory offers some advice to a $5 million manufacturing company with a single plant facility. He makes a case that spending a few thousand dollars at Staples to cobble together a operational and financial system--consisting of a whiteboard, webcam, and QuickBooks Manufacturing edition--could be more effective than...

Tags: it management, erp

Blog posts 2007-06-24

TechNet Podcast: An Interview With Bill Staples on Windows Server 2008 Web and Application Platforms

Windows Server 2008 is a powerful Web application and services platform. The speaker of this webcast talks about the release of Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS version 7.0 in Windows Server 2008, which delivers a completely modular, extensible Web server with expanded application hosting, while retaining excellent compatibility and solving...

Tags: web, podcast, microsoft windows server, staples inc., microsoft corp., microsoft technet, microsoft windows server 2008, microsoft windows, servers, operating systems, software, hardware

Webcasts 2007-06-20

Office Depot, Staples differ on computer service

Office Depot, Staples differ on computer serviceAll are failuresStaples tried this with Tech Expo - was supposed to be 1 stop shopping for technology. Lasted all of a year.Circuit City used to do the same - failed and now has been reincarnated.Same with BB. They are all doomed...

Tags: productivity, geek squad, computer, vcr, marketing, staples inc., office depot inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-21

Optimizing Productivity, Streamlining Operations With Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Staples is the world's largest office products company with $16.1 billion in annual sales. Staples needed to improve communication across its international store enterprise to reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance customer service. Staples built store portal on BEA AquaLogic User Interaction that provides store associates and corporate employees with...

Tags: bea systems inc., staples inc., soa, service-oriented architecture (soa), portals, web services, middleware, enterprise software, software, internet

Case studies 2006-03-01

Largest US online retailers: Amazon, Dell, Office Depot, Staples, HPDirect

Only 9 US retailers boasted yearly online sales of $1 bln and above, Internet Retailer says. Amazon continues as the Internet's largest retailer with 2004 sales of $6.9 bln, up 31% from $5.2 bln in 2003. Amazon has more than 44 mln active customers and offers more than 10 mln...

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Blog posts 2005-06-26

Staples Sharpens Decision Making With Realtime Data Warehouse Based on IBM Technology

Staples, Inc. is the number one office products retailer whose inventory contains more than 30,000 products. The company needed a resilient and responsive open standards-based infrastructure capable of integrating data from multiple distributed resources to facilitate improved data analysis by product managers. Staples built an integrated data warehouse that consolidates...

Tags: staples inc., decision-making, ibm corp., sales strategy, sales force management, retail, databases, sales, enterprise software, software, data management

Case studies

Staples Makes Buying Office Products Easy With Intel Technologies and Expertise Support

The world's largest office products retailer promises to make buying office products easy. To help fulfill that promise, Staples is developing a new generation of wireless applications and undertaking a multifaceted supply chain initiative that is streamlining business processes throughout the company and with key business partners. Staples is taking...

Tags: staples inc., office product, intel corp., microsoft windows ce, supply chain management (scm), microsoft windows, wireless, operating systems, software, enterprise software

Case studies

Case Study: Easy Button Desktop Application - Results Atypical

Three years ago, Staples decided to reposition its brand in hopes of winning the office supply retail wars. Their main prospect: Small business Managers and Home Office workers SOHO. These accounts are small enough to be under the field sales radar for corporate accounts, yet numerous enough for gargantuan sales...

Tags: desktop, staples inc., serence, sales strategy, sales force management, branding, sales, marketing

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Crunchbase meets the Semantic Web

Technology web site TechCrunch is one of those staples (like ZDNet, of course) to which we all turn for news and analysis on the companies shaping the Web. Their CrunchBase directory provides a wealth of information on the companies and people featured in their stories (and elsewhere, as it's editable...

Tags: job, api, crunchbase, semantic web, recruitment & selection, internet, human resources, workforce management, paul miller

Blog posts 2008-07-31

The evolution of search over traditional BI

Today's business intelligence tools are great at tracking tradional numbers but fail to quench business's thirst for more information says Commentary--A recent Gartner report predicts that IT’s involvement in business intelligence BI will diminish in time as business users adopt new technologies to quench...

Tags: payment, data, analyst, information, pricing, tools & techniques, databases, enterprise software, marketing, software, data management, management, business intelligence, search, sid probstein, attivio

News items 2008-07-22

DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channels

DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channelsHow good is Dish's Service/Performance?I'm about ready to leave Cable again. Usability features of their Scientific Atlanta DVR boxes is very, VERY weak.How does Dish's HD DVR stack up to Tivo and the SA Sara-based boxes?RE: DISH Network launches satellite, promises more...

Tags: dvr, digital video, tv & home theater, tvs, network technology, dish network, satellite, network, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35

The $750 ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35 is a fairly ambitious lower-midrange PC. This fixed configuration includes a lower-end quad-core chip, 4GB of memory, and a discrete graphics card. The result is solid everyday performance, and if you need a basic, capable desktop, this system will serve. Its lack of 64-bit Windows...

Tags: desktops, processors, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), network technology, zt affinity 7225xi-35, velocity micro vector

Product reviews 2008-07-14