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Systems Specialist Builds Industry Showcase and Saves $90,000 a Year

Getronics Australia is a leading provider of managed workspace, infrastructure optimisation and unified communications solutions. Following its acquisition by UXC Limited, the company needed to rebuild from scratch its ICT environment, which had to be sufficiently robust, agile and advanced to meet the demands of a pioneering ICT business and...

Tags: Collaboration, Getronics Australia, Getronics N.V., Management, Security, Strategy, Systems Specialist, Unified Communications

Case studies 2009-02-01

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News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

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. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Let's get 64-bit sorted out before we think about 128-bit!

Yes, it is time for 128 bitWhile 32 bit is not quite history yet it should be considered for history in the next release of windows which leaves us with 64 bit apps. However, apps continue to evolve requiring more memory and to do more for us. It is better...

Tags: Network technology, 128-bit, 64-bit, 32-bit

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

File Uneraser 1.4.5 (Windows)

Let's consider one of the most useful file uneraser--RaidLabs File Uneraser software. This file recovery program has the main advantage--its simplicity is as far as the user is concerned. It means that the file uneraser scans a target drive automatically and selects the right solution in each given case. You...

Tags: Disk, File, Raidlabs, RaidLabs File Uneraser, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-08

6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors

GET it in WRITING!If it is NOT in the contract then you made your first mistake.Well said.Contracts & Paper Trails are more precious than gold when something goes Tango-Ultra on you.I dont agree with #5Well I do, but to further clarify, *most* vendors will support at least 1-2 major revisions...

Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), dirty trick, enterprise vendor, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts

Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound annual spend on specialist medical and general supplies to maximize volume discounts. The challenge was to enable buyers, analysts, and contract managers to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Purchase Order, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Monitors & Displays, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Finance

Case studies 2009-08-01

Medical Education Provider Simplifies Web-Based Communication Through SBS 2008

MediMark International is an independent Australian company providing medical education programs to general practitioners and specialist physicians. With the assistance of 20 - 50 temporary managers, it delivers 2,000 - 3,000 courses each year that help doctors stay up to date with therapeutic best practices. Although it used a terminal...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Web, Microsoft Corp., Terminal Server, MediMark International, Terminal Services, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software

Case studies 2009-08-01

WardWatch Standard 3.1 (Mobile)

WardWatch Datasheet WardWatch has been designed specifically for the Palm Organizers to aid medical staff involved in ward rounds. It is intended to record investigations, medications and dosages, and consultations that are requested by the senior Consultant Specialist or Registrar during Ward round examinations and to record the results of...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, WardWatch Datasheet WardWatch, Patient Record

Software downloads 2009-07-08

AMD: Creating the building blocks for cloud computing

I met with Margaret Lewis, she is director of commercial solutions and software at Advanced Micro Devices. She spends a lot of time talking with data center managers about their needs and the transition to cloud computing. Here are some notes from our conversation: ...

Tags: Software, Processor, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Data Centers, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-25

How badly are your business applications performing?

Due for formal release later this week, a study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Precise at SAP's May 2009 SAPPHIRE reveals some remarkable stats about systems performance and the response times for problem resolution. 695 persons completed the survey. Some key metrics: ...

Tags: Consultant, Performance, Business Application, SAP AG, Consulting, Performance Issue, Transaction Performance Issue, Performance Management, Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Specialist Independent Software Vendor Wins Business With Software-Plus-Services

CargoWise edi, a leading provider of integrated supply chain logistics management systems for freight forwarding, serves 1,300 customers in 45 countries with a total of 33,000 users. The Australia-based independent software vendor - whose leading product is ediEnterprise - is committed to offering its clients simple, powerful tools that are...

Tags: Software Company, ISV, Logistics, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), EDI, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-06-01

University Programme Gives Graduates Competitive Advantage in the Labour Market

University of Maribor, School of Economics and Business has around 2,000 full-time students. Founded in 1959, the School of Business and Commerce was the first faculty at the university. School needed to integrate business information systems into its curriculum. The school developed an e-business programme to put enterprise solutions into...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Competitive Advantage, University Corp., Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Web Technology, Management

Case studies 2009-06-01

Grid and Cloud Computing Technology: Interoperability and Standardization for the Telecommunications Industry

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute formed the Grid Technical Committee TC GRID in 2006 with participation from over 20 organizations spanning private sector, government, and academia. It had a specific mandate to address the convergence of the IT and Telecommunications industries in particular in the domain of interoperability. Grid computing,...

Tags: Interoperability, Industry, Grid Computing, Telecommunications, Standardization, ETSI, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking

White papers 2009-05-25

China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?

Picture a cyber warfare arms race where the participating countries have spent years of building offensive cyber warfare capabilities by exploiting the monoculture on one another's IT infrastructure. Suddenly, one of the countries starts migrating to a hardened operating system of its own, and by integrating it...

Tags: China, Operating System, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-13

CallPilot Release 5.0 Installation and Configuration

View Available Dates and LocationsThis training course is designed for distributors and installation technicians whose job function includes installation, configuration, and basic system maintenance responsibilities on the CallPilot unified messaging system. In this course, you will experience a typical CallPilot system installation, learning each step in...

Tags: Knowledge, Installation, CallPilot, CallPilot Software, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Training 2009-05-01

Building a virtual B2B user community

* Jennifer Leggio is at RSA Conference Guest editorial by Joel Lundgren I was first introduced to Facebook in the summer of 2007. At that time most people in Sweden had yet to hear about this site, and the idea that it had anything...

Tags: Community, Customer, Joel Lundgren, openIFS, Lundgren, Blogging, B2B, Branding, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Teen takes responsibility for Twitter worms

Teen takes responsibility for Twitter wormsRE: No Twitter Contact>>However, Mooney said he released the second worm exploiting the original flaw Sunday morning, after Twitter claimed to have closed the holes. He also said that he had not yet been contacted by Twitter representatives.

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Twitter, worm

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?

Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?Dave's is closerHowever 10 minutes and 5 minutes are a bit of an exaggeration unless you are using 5+ year old equipment. Which most workers do not. The actual number of minutes is probably half that, maybe less. However that still puts...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Shutting Down, Frugal fact, financial fiction, Frugal, computer, PC, financial, Dave

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Leading Semiconductor Expert Reduces IT Maintenance by 66 Per Cent to Support International Growth Plans

The IT environment at leading semiconductor specialist Rasco grew organically, incorporating hardware from five different solution providers. As a result, the company experienced frequent downtime to critical IT services and high maintenance costs. Rasco replaced its disparate server and storage systems with a single, fully integrated IT environment from Dell....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Storage, Semiconductor Expert, Semiconductors, Strategy, Hardware, Management

Case studies 2009-04-01

Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun?

Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun?sun/ibm envyfrom your opening paragraph it shows what ya really think of these companies : "be like two garbage trucks colliding in slow motion."Any thing else beyond that is pointlessRE: Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun?It...

Tags: OpenOffice, Sun Solaris, Leadership, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-19