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Standardizing Office Suites @ PAE Limited

Premier Auto Electric PAE Limited is a marketing and distribution company dealing in lead acid storage batteries, power backup systems and automotive parts. PAE wanted to standardize on a specific industry-standard office suite that would enable them to create complex documents, spreadsheets and presentation software. The office suite had to...

Tags: Office Suites, IBM Corp., Premier Auto Electric, Symphony, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Backups, Emerging Technologies

Case studies 2009-04-28

When I am wrong you let me know

When I am wrong you let me knowI prefer: "All over it like flies on cow chips"ntIt's actually too badthat Symphony is not simply an updated Lotus Symphony, which I used, and found to be quite good. I often wonder why good code is left to languish, while not at...

Tags: Sales force management, Symphony, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop

IBM should spend another $1B to drive consumer adoption of its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktopIbm should spend 1% of its revenueeach years to help , expend and monitor/sponsored open sourceUp to a certain point IBM OS/3 "pay back" linux or bsd flavor since we are into the "if/why not"...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, desktop, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp., Symphony, server

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Do we need two open source office suites?

Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...

Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, open-source office suite, Symphony, StarOffice, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Symphony plays on in Notes 8

Symphony plays on in Notes 8What about the futureIt's all about IBM enabling a business desktop alternative OS.MS is not going to dilute their desktop advantage by porting their applications to the big competitor Linux. IBM is offering an alternative acceptable to business with support for all major desktop OSes.Just...

Tags: Desktops, Linux, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Corp., Symphony, desktop, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

IBM open source strategy becomes clearer

IBM open source strategy becomes clearerFabio?I'm sorry about the error. If you want me to correct it I'll do so gladly.I hope we also end up with lots of OpenOffice "distributions" as well, withas you say is true for Linux, 3 or 4 that almost everybody uses based on CUSTOMER...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OPEN SOURCE, Blogging, strategy, Lotus Symphony, IBM Corp., OOo, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendar

IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendarAdd-on?Hardly, Paula. This is functionality that's baked into Notes 8. Corporate customers looking for collaboration will find that this is a lot more integreated than the Office + Outlook + OneNote + Exchange kludge, at around a $100 per...

Tags: Groupware, E-mail servers, Enterprise software, Mozilla Corp., IBM Symphony, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., open source, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Symphony for AutoCAD and ADT 1.56.19 (Windows)

Symphony by Architectural Data Systems is revolutionizing construction document production. Symphony enables you to create information rich architectural specifications, CAD ready product schedules, automate drawing annotation, and interface with product data from hundreds of product manufacturers. By integrating Symphony with CAD, AutoCAD and ADT, as well as an internet browser,...

Tags: AutoCAD, Microsoft Windows, Architectural Data Systems, Symphony, Specs, CAD, Software

Software downloads 2006-09-27

Additional Resources

Bumblebee Touchbook for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

With Bumblebee Touchbook for iPhone make learning to read fun and easy. Bumblebee Touchbook for iPhone features touch any word to watch it animate and hear it spoken, touch the narration bee to hear the entire page read to you, contains simple, interactive learning activities from word recognition to counting,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, 3DAL, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Space Falcon Commander Lite for iPhone 1.1.1 (Mobile)

Space Falcon Commander Lite for iPhone is an extraordinary piece of classic arcade symphony of action and sophisticated art of alien spaceships destruction. Get your space fighter ready and smell the gasoline being refueled into your spaceship. It is a piece of galaxy shaking alien blasting action dressed in full...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Alien, Clickgamer, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Space Falcon Commander for iPhone 1.1.1 (Mobile)

Space Falcon Commander for iPhone is an extraordinary piece of classic arcade symphony of action and sophisticated art of alien spaceships destruction. Get your space fighter ready and smell the gasoline being refueled into your spaceship. It is a piece of galaxy shaking alien blasting action dressed in full 3D...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Clickgamer, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-26

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

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and move toward a more operating system neutral stance. In a talk at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, Gartner analyst...

Tags: Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Michael Silver, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Grado PS1000

Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...

Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone

Product reviews 2009-10-15

openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard

Sorry. Ubuntu 9.10 is simply put together better. Parts is Parts.ntim looking forward to 9.10 this october ntntWe each have our favorite distro...I have tried many distros over the years and kept gravitating to Mandrake. I followed Texstar to PCLinuxOS and have been there for the past 3...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Grey, Mepis, Linux, distro, KDE, SuSE

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Celebrating 27 years of the Compact Disc: Does anyone really care?

Today is the 27th birthday of the Compact Disc, and I hate to say it, but I think this medium is getting a little old. Perhaps 27 years in CD time is actually like turning 87 in human time: it had a good go in the...

Tags: Sony Corp., CD, Disc, Orchestra, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Bravo Gustavo iPhone app puts conductor's baton in your hand

Maestro, if you please. For those of you who think games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band are full of the devil's music, with all that crazy rock and roll, then this new iPhone app will be music to your ears. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has...

Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Music, Bravo Gustavo iPhone App, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Lotus Symphony 1.3 (Mac)

The IBM Lotus Symphony suite--which is available at no charge--can help you take back control of your IT budget while giving most users the tools they need to excel at their jobs. Designed to handle the tasks that most people perform in a professional setting, IBM Lotus Symphony tools enable...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, OpenDocument Format, Spreadsheet, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Productivity, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2009-08-20