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- Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. Rolls Out Security Initiative to Protect Franchisees from Costly Downtime and Revenue Loss
- Read how Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., the UPS-owned franchisor of The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. retail locations, uses Dell Everdream's on-demand desktop management services to cost-effectively manage and protect over 9,900 assets, significantly minimizing the risk of downtime and loss due to computer security issues.
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Computer Security, Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Desktop Management, On-demand, Downtime, Desktops, Cloud Computing, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-07-18
- OzLINK Office for UPS (exe)
- OzLINK Office for UPS enables shipping from your Microsoft Office applications. With an intuitive single click OzLINK shares information from Outlook, an Excel spreadsheet, or an Access database with your existing UPS WorldShip system. Once a package is shipped, OzLINK automatically updates your Office application with detailed shipping results such...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., OZ Development, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-08
- OzLINK for UPS OnLine Tools (exe)
- You now can quickly and easily track a package, check rates and validate an address all from one integrated user interface. Along with support for standard UPS tracking numbers, OzLINK seamlessly tracks packages by a customers internal reference number. OzLINK displays all services, all rates and all delivery commitment times...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Tool, OZ Development, OzLINK, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Why computers fail
- Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, chip, failure rate, hardware, software, United Parcel Service of America Inc., redundancy, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- (Photos: How UPS Next Day delivers)
- (Photos: How UPS Next Day delivers)It doesn't!If I order something to be delivered at home, it literally takes a week to get it. They do three attempts to deliver (while I'm at work, of course), come hell or high water - you can't get them to hold it at the...
- Tags: United Parcel Service of America Inc., UPS Next Day, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Photos: Laptop repair by UPS?
- The global cargo shipper has spawned an ecosystem, prompting other companies to locate nearby and even contracting with PC makers to perform computer repairs. by CNET News.com
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Photograph, Laptop Computer, Computer, Cargo Shipper, Productivity, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-23
- Photos: How UPS Next Day delivers
- News.com's Daniel Terdiman takes a late night excursion to UPS' mammoth Worldport facility in Louisville, Ky., to check out the tech involved in getting overnight packages to your doorstep. by CNET News.com
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-23
- Electrical outtages make you appreciate mobile technology
- Electrical outtages make you appreciate mobile technologyPower outageI live in the Middle Atlantic area. We have storm after storm with record rain fall. Last night I lost power for 9 hours, I could not find my flashlight so I open my cell phone to get around in the...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, United Parcel Service of America Inc., mobile technology, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales range
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales rangeA Lot Of WorkGee, it takes them $4 billion dollars to make $100 million. Doesn't seem very effective to me.RE: Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales rangeI am happy for them and may they continue to prosper on account of I got two USB...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Financial accounting, Sales force management, Ups sales range, Ups sale, Amazon.com Inc., United Parcel Service of America Inc., earnings, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Amazon earnings solid; Ups sales range
- Amazon on Wednesday reported first quarter earnings of $143 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $4.13 billion, up 37 percent from the year ago quarter. The company also increased its sales range for the second quarter and 2008. According to Thomson Financial, Amazon statement...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, Amazon Web Services, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Big Blue delivers big profits; Ups 2008 outlook
- IBM on Wednesday handily topped Wall Street estimates with net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.65 a share, on revenue of $24.5 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Wall Street was expecting a profit of $1.45 a share on revenue of $23.7 billion. IBM got help from a...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- I/O - UPS - Weather Event Monitoring with Embedded Web Server (exe)
- This software allows to receive data sent by external devices as a weather station, a UPS, a Web cam, and to look up these data remotely. This application also allows to define and launch emergency processes when necessary, and this according to user-defined alarm thresholds (temperature, humidity, barometry, wind speed)...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Web Server, I/O, Monitoring, Server, Letzkey, Web Servers, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management
- Software downloads 2008-03-27
- Pics: once was a CompUSA, now a big empty box
- Pics: once was a CompUSA, now a big empty boxMy consolation prize....[i]If you could claim something from that pic, what would it be?[/i]I'd take the 2 APC UPS units. What many people don't realize is that the UPS can and should be used for other things in a blackout once...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Desktops, United Parcel Service of America Inc., Pics, CompUSA Inc., Sad Thing
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook
- Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlookGood for XBOX, when Ultimate Rebates coming?XBOX has been beaten up, it is good to see them making a profit for once. I do wonder though when the rebates for all those who purchased Vista Ultimate will be forthcoming. Also, the first...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Financial accounting, Operational accounting, Operating systems, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, fiscal year outlook, earnings, United Parcel Service of America Inc., revenue
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook
- Microsoft on Thursday reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $4.7 billion, or 50 cents a share, on revenue of $16.36 billion. More importantly, Microsoft's outlook was in line with expectations for the March quarter. The software giant upped its outlook for fiscal 2008. Wall Street was expecting...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, Income, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- This UPS doesn't just save your work when the power goes out, it cuts tech power use
- Underneath my desk, there is a ball of wires and cords that some days resembles sticky pasta in the colander, plus my wireless router, which I kick over at least one time a day. I am embarrassed to admit publicly that while I have a surge protector I have no...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., American Power Conversion Corp., APC Back-UPS ES 750, Scanners, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- A logistics and shipping carol: How online retailers Alibris and QVC ramp up for holiday peak delivery
- Read a full transcript. Sponsor: UPS. Santa used to get months to check his list and prepare for peak season, but for online and television retailers such as Alibris and QVC they need to take orders the make deliveries in a matter of days. The volume and...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Logistics, QVC, Integration, Alibris, Supply Chain, TVs, Transportation, Retail, Business Structures, Tv & Home Theater, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- UPS debuts customs clearance and international returns solutions for small businesses
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: UPS. As the world becomes "flatter" and globalization drives new opportunities for international commerce, how do small- and medium-size businesses SMBs jump on the bandwagon? The Internet allows any business to gather orders and process...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Shipment, Customer, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, Reality, Smb/Sme, Globalization, Podcasts, Strategy, Management, Internet, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Open source market getting frothy, Paglo?
- Back in the 1990s, when the Internet market was getting frothy, we got many neat prize packages delivered to my home. I was then, as I am now, essentially a freelance writer, of no real consequence. But Budweiser actually sent me a 12-pack of beer to celebrate...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Box, Open Source, BEA Jolt, Internet, Real Estate, Web Site Development, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- UPS Support 1.01 for Server Appliance Kit 2.01 (exe)
- The uninterruptible power supply UPS support for server appliances provides access to the Microsoft Windows 2000 UPS service using the Server Appliance Kit Web user interface UI. Through this support, server appliance administrators can access UPS status information, UPS configuration parameters, and UPS alerts. These features are located on the...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Server Appliance, Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-09-14
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