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- Lower Project Costs & Time of Technology Rollouts
- This paper explains a Technology Rollout System, how it lowers costs and saves time without compromising quality, and provides essential questions to ask any technology rollout company. Suppose one has a legacy enterprise network that connects many offices nationwide or globally and one wants to install new, standardized circuits and...
- Tags: Rollout, Concert Technologies, Technology Rollout System, Project Rollout
- White papers 2009-02-03
- Lower Project Costs & Time: 1 of 4 in the Series "A Guide to Selecting the Right Technology Rollout Company for Your Project"
- The rapid deployment of nationwide technology rollouts requires well-defined processes, robust management skills, and a unique understanding of how to get the job done. A Technology Rollout System encompasses these key elements and is essential to lowering project costs and time without compromising quality. This paper provides criteria for evaluating...
- Tags: Concert Technologies, Technology Rollout System, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-11-01
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- Motorola bullish on Android, Motoblur rollout in 2010
- Motorola today offered a few more details about last week's launch of Cliq and its plans to differentiate itself in an increasingly-open, fast-changing mobile world during a presentation at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference. Specifically, Dr. Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of the company, wanted to differentiate between...
- Tags: Motorola Inc., Motoblur, Social Networking, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?
- Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...
- Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Auto Data Firm Virtualizes Servers to Trim Time-to-Market, Cut Costs by $300,000
- R.L. Polk provides marketing data and services to the auto industry in the form of subscription-based software applications hosted in R.L. Polk data centers. Getting new applications and services to market quickly and serving new customers requires rapid server provisioning. To speed server rollout and reduce burgeoning hardware and management...
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., R.L. Polk, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Korea's Rail Operator Accelerates Sales With Cashless Payments on Its Trains
- As Korea's rail operator, Korail has a responsibility to ensure passengers reach their destinations on time and in the greatest comfort possible. The company has worked hard to achieve rapid journeys for its customers, leading to the landmark launch of the KTX high speed trains in 2004. However with cashless...
- Tags: Payment, Korea, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance
- Case studies 2009-07-09
- IT Consultancy Improves Productivity and Reduces Costs With Operating System
- Logica is an IT services provider with locations in 36 countries. With a tradition of adopting technology early so it can deliver innovative solutions to its customers, Logica was eager to start using the Windows 7 operating system. It upgraded 1,000 computers by May 2009 and will continue the rollout...
- Tags: Information Technology, Operating System, Logica, IT Consultancy, Microsoft Windows 7, Productivity, Strategy, Operating Systems, Management, Software
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Microsoft Uses Virtualization in Branches to Achieve Agility, Improved Service Levels
- Microsoft has more than 400 sales and development branch offices around the world, and the Microsoft Field IT organization is responsible for providing IT services to employees working in those offices. To speed the rollout of basic infrastructure services, raise service availability, and minimize the work of managing branch servers,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management
- Case studies 2009-06-11
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7Who are these companies and who cares what their CIO's sayNever heard of any of these companies, and I could care less what any of their CIO's say on this subject.Why not ask the CIO of a Fortune 500 company?This is no surprise.It would...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, new OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- The PC replacement cycle: Will Windows 7 light the fuse?
- How long can enterprises milk their existing PCs without having to upgrade? The answer for now is: Quite awhile, perhaps forever. But technology chieftains are betting (praying?) that there's a big PC upgrade cycle looming and the Windows 7 Oct. 22 launch will be the catalyst. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Netbook, PC Shipment, Tech Executive, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Li Ming Real Time Rolls Out ERP System in Three Months Using Preconfigured Templates
- Li Ming Real Time wanted to install a business and financial management system to support a small but fast-growing business with a large annual turnover and upgrade the Shenyang and Beijing offices to expand market share in these two cities. The challenge was to find a way to record and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., ERP System, ERP, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Yes, the cloud is still OK, even after Google's "glitch"
- The big news Thursday, of course, was Google's outage for many of its services. Listening in on Twitter, one would have thought that we were all going to die painful fiery deaths or that several folks at Google should sacrifice themselves to similarly painful and fiery deaths. By...
- Tags: Google Inc., Student, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Mobile showdown at CTIA: WiMax vs LTE, apps and more
- As if the lineup of too many operating systems wasn't enough for the wireless phone industry, here comes 4G and a battle of its own: WiMax vs. LTE. Actually, I've heard the battle better described as sibling rivalry, largely because the technologies aren't that far apart from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Operating System, Verizon Wireless, CTIA, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- IT Firm Upgrades Operating System to Reduce Costs, Enhance Security and Productivity
- Getronics is a leading global provider of information and communication technology solutions and a long-time Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. While this Netherlands-based global workspace management company wanted to be prepared to help customers adopt the Windows 7 operating system, it also aimed to take advantage of new features in that...
- Tags: Security, Getronics N.V., Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Nationwide Rollout and Global Technology Deployment Internal Resources Requirements
- Nationwide rollouts and global technology deployments are complex projects that require expert management of people and technology. A project's success is as dependent on the internal resources that deploy it as the technology installed. An inexperienced Project Facilitator or overburdened Project Manager can easily become overwhelmed - which can cause...
- Tags: Concert Technologies
- White papers 2009-03-27
- Kindle Economics 2: Why Amazon should not be Apple, and Jeff Bezos is not Steve Jobs
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos presents the Kindle 2 to a packed auditorium. What sort of product rollout does this remind you of? So the Kindle 2 has now made its debut, with everything you'd expect of a gee-whiz product launch -- a packed auditorium filled with media types, a...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, 3G, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Did California
- Did CaliforniaNow just hold on a minute buster...Isn't a politician's DUTY to be "unbalanced, and perhaps even misleading"?Afterall...if politicians start telling the truth ALL the time...what will the press do for fun and entertainment? Hmmmmmmmm? ;-)Just another excuse to tax youThese idiots jacked up the state government size thinking the...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-02-02
- Telco Calls on Virtualization to Speed New-Service Rollout, Cut Costs, Boost Uptime
- Umniah is a leading player in the fast-growing Jordanian mobile communications market. To stay ahead of the competition, Umniah needs to roll out new services continually and maintain exceptional service. However, new services require new servers, and new-server deployment was draining Umniah's small IT staff and budget. Umniah deployed Windows...
- Tags: Uptime, Microsoft Corp., Umniah, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
- Case studies 2009-01-26
- Technology initiatives we should demand from the Obama administration
- As much as many of us would like to continue to revel in the day, the inauguration with all of its rock-concert fanfare, pomp and circumstance is over, and it is finally time for the new administration to get to work. The 44th President of the...
- Tags: Patient, Barack Obama, Administration, Broadband, Digital Television, TVs, Workforce Management, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Increase Nationwide Rollout & Global Technology Deployment Service Efficiency2 of 4 in the Series "A Guide to Selecting the Right Technology Rollout Company for Your Project"
- To ensure you are getting the most efficient nationwide or global technology rollout, a unified Rollout Services Model is critical. As the second part of the Technology Rollout System, the Rollout Services Model defines the organizational structure of rollout services into components that lower costs and expedite deployment processes. ...
- Tags: Concert Technologies, Organizational Structure, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-12-01
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