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- Radiology Group Cuts Diagnostic Report Turnaround Time From Hours to Minutes
- Antelope Valley Outpatient Imaging Center analyzes radiology images to diagnose medical conditions and wanted to expand its staff of radiologists to handle more cases. The competitive diagnostic marketplace demanded not only cost containment but also faster turnaround of radiology reports. However, the high cost of transcribing the radiologists' dictations and...
- Tags: Turnaround, Microsoft Corp., Antelope Valley Outpatient Imaging Center, Document Management, Business Structures, .Net, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!
- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!Nice spin, as usual.2025? The CEO of Transocean (the world leader in deep-sea drilling) was questioned about timeframes for drilling sites to come online. He said in no case could he see it taking longer than 5 or 6 years,...
- Tags: cheap gasoline, Whoopee, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Palm moves more than 1 million smartphones in quarter
- Palm moved a lot of smartphones--1,029,000 to be exact--and revenue was well ahead of expectations, but the company's turnaround is still a work in progress. The company, which has been living off the $99 Centro, is hoping to raise margins with its new Treo Pro, which currently...
- Tags: Revenue, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Palm Treo, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factories
- Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?
- Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?Read the book Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh BernoffRead the book Groundswell if you want great insight into how to do this properly and there are also lots of case studies and stats in the book.In respect of the product ratings...
- Tags: Groundswell, Dell Computer Corp., Direct2Dell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, marginsBetter Prices / Horrible ServiceDells prices may be becoming more competitive again but there service has gone downhill. The aggravation of speaking to someone who does not understand you and explaining yourself 3 or 4 times is something I can do...
- Tags: Investment, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Hydrogen Road Tour, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Dell: Turnaround interruptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround taleSurprized - Dell is a garbage companyThat's all they make - GARBAGE....It'll be interesting to see how they can cut costs further as their quality is already below the bargain basement junk.OK, Larry, I have to askHow can something be "expected to...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., better-than-expected
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
- Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue and solid server sales growth. Dell is expected to report fiscal second quarter earnings of 36 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Miscioscia, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?
- Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...
- Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Wozniak on Apple, Jobs, and the iPhone line
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, NPR's Moira Gunn interviews Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about a range of tech industry topics. He shares his views on the current state of Apple and Steve Jobs' role in the company's turnaround. And Wozniak also tells whether he really...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Steve Wozniak, Apple Inc., 3G, Strategy, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Apple, Steve Jobs
- Videos 2008-08-22
- Can Dell compete on cost anymore?
- There was a time not long ago when Dell was the de facto choice for Windows PC purchases. Their products were pretty good and, most importantly, their extraordinary size allowed them to sell very inexpensive computers. I had a CDW rep tell me a few years back that...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., CDW Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Video: New Dell takes innovation over standards
- Dell introduced a new lineup of products, showing a new look to the PC maker that needed a shot of "turnaround strategy" in order to keep playing the game. Dell made its name by focusing on computing standards to fuel growth of the PC market. But that market is now...
- Tags: Innovation, Dell Computer Corp., Video, Standards, Quality, Leadership, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Joomla hit by critical password-reset forgery flaw
- Heads-up to Joomla users: There's a patch out for a critical password-reset forgery issue that could compromise your content management system. Oh, by the way, it's already being actively exploited. The open-source group warns in an advisory that the issue affects Joomla version 1.5.5 and all previous...
- Tags: Password, Flaw, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- 600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!
- 600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!Good RiddanceGood riddanceZD Can't SpellIt's "riddance" not "riddens". If "riddens" was supposed to be a play on words or a joke or a reference to something having to do with coffee, I don't get it.Otherwise, since you guys write about tech, maybe use that there...
- Tags: Starbucks Corp., bean, Riddens
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Immobile Apple
- Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement
- Dell CEO Michael Dell has acquired about a $100 million worth of Dell shares in the last three days. Guess Mr. Dell is a believer that the company is on the right track. On June 27, Dell picked up 2.23 million shares at $22.93. On June 30,...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Benefits, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Now I know we're in a recession
- Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...
- Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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