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Now this is stimulus

Now this is stimulusRight Acronym[i]To me, this seems like it will have far more direct benefit than No Child Left Behind.[/i]NCLB actually stands for, "no carrier left behind." Like the other one, it means that everyone holds back to the slowest in the group. It would, for instance,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Unites States, Planning, government, stimulus, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

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High-End Real Estate Company JBMRA Puts Brokers in Prime Position to Increase Sales with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live

JBMRA—Sperry Van Ness Institutional JBMRA specializes in the marketing of high-end real estate properties in the Unites States. Agents and brokers accessed the firm's Office Outlook public folders and records kept in Office Excel spreadsheets. JBMRA needed to migrate to an effective long-term CRM solution, and chose Microsoft Dynamics® CRM...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Broker, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, Real Estate, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Software

Case studies 2009-08-01

Student free speech vs. taxpayer rights

Student free speech vs. taxpayer rightsThere are several issues at work hereFirst, the philosophy that all ideas have equal merit. It isn't true. A film that labels itself XXX (the MPAA doesn't give XXX ratings; it's done for promotional purposes by the movie maker) has zero merit. There is no...

Tags: Free Speech, Taxpayer, taxpayer

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

It's Fair Use Day - good luck celebrating it

Today is Fair Use Day, notes Ars Technica. Not quite recognized as a national holiday, Fair Use Day was crated by Eric Clifford three years ago to raise awareness of the raidly shifting copyright landscape. This year the day is reconized by the Pirate Party of the Unites States, a...

Tags: Congress

Blog posts 2007-07-11

Transportation Services Company Unites Facilities Using Branch Office IT Solution

AmeriQuest is one of the largest transportation service providers in the United States, representing a fleet of more than 700,000 vehicles. Much of its growth came through a 2006 merger with NationaLease. During merger talks, the AmeriQuest IT department saw a need for a technology solution to efficiently and cost-effectively...

Tags: Merger, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., AmeriQuest, Transportation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance

Case studies 2007-07-02

Hospital Chain Unites Doctors, Bettering Productivity and Patient Care

Asklepios, a private hospital chain, manages more than a hundred hospitals across Germany and the United States. To allow healthcare professionals to securely share digital patient information, the company wanted to create a connected communications infrastructure. This universal data-exchange solution would give doctors access to a patient's medical record. To...

Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-03-01

WTO slams U.S. Net-gambling ban

WTO slams U.S. Net-gambling banSigh You can NOT legislate morality.Didn't they learn anything from the prohibition fiasco several decades ago?Time To QUIT the WTOThe US should just tell the rest of the World to Go to hell and deal with others on a one to one basis. That should...

Tags: Free trade, World Trade Organization

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Study: Graying America needs outsourcing

Study: Graying America needs outsourcinganother guy smoking something[But the country will see a domestic labor shortage of 5.6 million by 2010...]This is the lamest excuse for offshoring I ever heard. I could understand the need for cheap labor, helping third world, etc...But how the heck could you have high unemployment...

Tags: Indian IT Industry Association, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2003-10-16

CeBit America--first order is business

Unlike sister show CeBit Hannover, which boasts hundreds of thousands of attendees, CeBit America is aiming at a much smaller number of corporate executives. CeBit America, the U.S. offshoot of one of the world's biggest technology trade shows, is shaping up to be the anti-Comdex. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc., PC, Intel Pentium, Computer, Wireless, PDAs, Wi-Fi, Pocket PC, Wireless And Mobility, Notebooks, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John G. Spooner, Technology News

News items 2003-06-16

Qualcomm cell phone chips in demand

The company expects rising shipments this quarter and next, thanks to demand for newer phones that let consumers surf the Web and swap pictures. Qualcomm expects to ship more cell phone chips this quarter and next, thanks to rising demand for newer phones that allow consumers to...

Tags: Phone, CDMA, Cell Phone Chip, Cell Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Chip, 3G, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, John G. Spooner

News items 2002-12-06

$1 movie site finds shelter in Iran

Taiwan-based Movie88.com, which sold access to films for $1 each and was shuttered by heavy pressure from Hollywood, has reappeared in copyright-free Iran. A video-on-demand site that was shut down earlier this year with the help of Hollywood has seemingly sprouted a new head in...

Tags: U.S., VoD, Hollywood, Movie, Site, Iran, American Interest, Web Film88, Internet, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Stefanie Olsen, Technology News

News items 2002-06-05

Tech CEOs take dim view of 2002 rebound

NEW YORK Reuters - Top high-tech executives attending the World Economic Forum are generally far gloomier than Wall Street about the economic outlook for this year and see little hope of a rebound until 2003. "We've been very cautious about...

Tags: Carly Fiorina, Recovery, Leader, Economist, Bill Gates, World Economic Forum, Economy, Leadership, Semiconductors, Management, Hardware, Eric Auchard

News items 2002-02-04

Who should give a damn about a security plan?

Security professionals are hard to come by, short on time, and often consumed with the technical challenges presented by a continually evolving protective infrastructure. On the other side, crackers don't give up, they just get busy. With this backdrop, a corporate security plan offers the bridge over troubled waters....

Tags: Security Plan, Security Professional, Policy Development, Security, Martin Goslar, Ph.D, Martin Goslar, Ph.D

News items 2000-10-11

ACI discusses StarNine purchase

The database vendor said the acquisition of the Mac-based WebSTAR server will extend its reach with Internet developers. ACI SA, the French developer of the 4th Dimension database-management system, announced Wednesday that it has acquired StarNine Technologies, creator of the WebSTAR Server Suite, from Platinum Equity Holdings. ...

Tags: Acquisition, Apple Macintosh, Server, ACI, ACI SA, Dimension, WebSTAR Server Suite, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Stephen Beale, Technology News

News items 2000-03-16

From web myth to the big screen

Y2K has never been alone in the hype world. For the second time this year, a film is being launched on the back of massive Internet hype -- The Blair Witch Project, an independent film hyped on the Internet, has become a cultural phenomenon, booking $145.8 million. That was...

Tags: NBC, Web, Rabble, Y2K, Nick, Mitch Ratcliffe

News items 1999-11-02

The Garmin GPS System: Small Yet Wonderful

The Garmin GPS system is widely known across the Unites States for its great innovations in the field of navigation and electronics. In fact, many supporting claims about the wonder given by the Garmin GPS system were out and continue to win the interest of most people for the Garmin...

Tags: Garmin Ltd., Garmin GPS System, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

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