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- Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?
- Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...
- Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- CyberThreats: Complacency abounds
- Gartner security guru John Pescatore gave his 2010 cyberthreat assessment Tuesday and not a lot has changed---other than the complacency levels of companies that are supposed to be protecting your data. Threats have become more targeted, but the bulk of attacks are using the same techniques found...
- Tags: Technique, Cyberthreats, Attack, Productivity, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head
- I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld. The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees? Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion
- Online electronics retailer Newegg is going public, launching an IPO estimated at $175 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The retailer has largely been focused on IT products such as hardware, software and peripherals since its launch in 2001 but recently...
- Tags: Information Technology, Retail Company, Newegg.com, Retail, IPO, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Microsoft-Nokia: A dog of a deal born from weakness
- AnalystsAnalysts keep repeating that Windows Mobile is old news. In the current state 6.1 is far behind the competition, except the skinned versions like HTCs TouchFlo interface. The thing that they don't tend to discuss is the fact that Microsoft has owned up to just about negelecting WinMo and they're...
- Tags: Leadership, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Nokia Corp., WinMo, Microsoft Corp., leader, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM a friend; HP a foe
- As the tectonic plates shift below the data center the vendor lines are becoming more clear. HP and Cisco are on a collision course and IBM appears to be playing Switzerland's neutral act nicely. If you want to know how Cisco's move into servers has altered the...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Inside Curve: Lane Bryant Scores Plus Plus
- Who doesn't love style and fashion? Well, I suppose I don't love fashion, judging from my incredibly poor clothing selection skills (I rely 100% on my wife, who has mad skills when it comes to picking out good looking clothes) but I am in love with style. I love to...
- Tags: Apparel, Exclusion, Community, Brand, Women, Network, American Eagle, Bebe, Curve, Jay, Kate Moss, Gender And Diversity, Social Networking, Branding, Human Resources, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Nationwide Financial Leverages Consolidated BI Platform for Risk Management, Sales & Marketing Analyses
- Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. NFS provides financial services that help consumers invest and protect their long-term assets, and also offers retirement plans and services through public- and private-sector employers. NFS has an impressive growth record through its ability to offer customized retirement products that give customers more choices and control...
- Tags: Financial, Network File System, Risk Management, Sales, Netezza, Ip storage, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Implementing Enterprise-Wide Risk Reduction Across Operational and Financial Processes
- The ultimate goal of Risk Management is targeted at reducing any factor that represents a threat to a company attaining its strategic objectives. The desired outcome is to reduce the variability in the organization's process execution and thus produce more predictable financial and operational results. The scope of the financial...
- Tags: Financial, Variability, Risk Management, Syntex Management Systems, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
- White papers 2009-07-22
- Yahoo's new home page: Spending more time in your world
- Be on the lookout for a new Yahoo tomorrow - a re-designed home page that that will offer the best of "My World" and "The World" on a single page. Yahoo has been looking to up its game as a Web property by increasing the number of...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Channel Management, RSS, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Internet, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Internet Marketers Guide for Increasing Targeted Website Traffic 1.0 (Windows)
- Within this Internet marketing Guide you are going to discover 750 different tactics which will enable to increase your website traffic massively. This is a must have resource for anyone looking to market there website. Even if you only incorporate some of the traffic tactics listed you will see a...
- Tags: Traffic, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Info Products Direct, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-07-15
- Wyse releases virtual desktop accelerator
- Wyse has launched a virtual desktop accelerator and hopes that will open the door to greater acceptance of the concept of a hosted virtual desktop environment. One of the key inhibitors in the past have been overall performance due to transmission latency and loss of data that required retransmission. Wyse,...
- Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Virtual Desktop, Wyse Technology Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report - An update on global security threats and trends
- The Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report presents an overview of Cisco security intelligence, highlighting threat information and trends from the first half of 2009. As predicted in the Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report, 2009's threats are more sophisticated and targeted. However, there are encouraging signs that increased collaboration is hindering...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Ironport Systems Inc., Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report, Security
- White papers 2009-07-10
- Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win
- Updated: Amazon is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. Amazon has pulled its Associates program, which allows Web site operators to drive sales to the e-tailer in exchange for commissions of...
- Tags: Tax, Amazon.com Inc., State, States, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software
- China is reportedly requiring all PC makers that sell in that country to ship an application that blocks access to certain Web sites and other content. Simply put, Censorship.exe comes bundled with PCs sold in China July 1.  According to the Wall Street Journal: The government,...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Government, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- No Apple-like attack ads for Microsoft's big-bucks Bing campaign
- No Apple-like attack ads for Microsoft's big-bucks Bing campaignIt's probably because Google......haven't been lying their asses of in commercials like Apple have.Where is the Linux campaign?I know I'm going to get accused of being off topic but I believe [b]this[/b] is what is wrong with Linux. Technically, Linux is fantastic....
- Tags: UNIX, SEARCH, Bing, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Google Inc., attack ad, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- SAP Sapphire: Reading the tea leaves demand, margins and M&A
- SAP's Sapphire customer powwow concluded this week and the takeaways appear to focus on what wasn't there: Subscription pricing, a sign of an enduring rebound and confidence that the company can maintain its profit margins. Among the notable business points Dennis Howlett has the product overview: ...
- Tags: M&A, SAP AG, MacMillan, Merger And Acquisition Speculation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pricing, Roi/Tco, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Forrester: e-commerce 'better suited to withstand economic downturn'
- Online retailers are shifting marketing efforts from traditional print advertising to cheaper tools such as Facebook, Twitter and e-mail to gain market share or retain customers in the economic downturn, according to an industry study being released Tuesday via the AP. According to...
- Tags: Marketing, Retail Company, E-business, Forrester Research Inc., Retail, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Tech vendors: We're ready to help you spend Obama's stimulus money
- If you don't think tech will be one of the first sectors to recover from the current economic conditions, think again. Technology taps into pretty much every sector out there - from manufacturing and health care to education and energy. Many of the businesses in those sectors...
- Tags: ARRA, Dell Computer Corp., E-health, Electronic Health Record, Healthcare, IBM Global Financing, Information Technology, Investment, Management, Sam Diaz, Strategy
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap Representative
- NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap RepresentativeGlad the wiretaps took placeWith the express purpose of preventing future terrorist activities, I'm glad the feds aggressively looked. With the current regime, I fear the future is going to be very different; an "enemy of the state" is now going...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Federal government, Big Government, domestic call, NSA
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
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