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Four Critical Steps on the Road to Successful Retail Promotions

After years of working with the same organizationally-entrenched processes, retailers finally have the opportunity to take a serious look at the promotional advertising aspects of their business. They stand to gain significant benefits by implementing the strategic changes outlined in this paper - integrating disparate promotions-related processes, merging existing data...

Tags: Advertisement, Promotion, Universal Ad

White papers 2006-07-26

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iTablet redux, more details trickle out

Innovative!!And by "innovative", I mean the new definition which is where Apple slaps their logo on things that have been around for years.BTW, while you guys are cheering about iTablet picture mockups, others are actually releasing real, working products:http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/c-motech-shows-off-snapdragon-powered-mangrove-tablet/That's innovation. :)Troll-o-vative!! (n/m).Or, you could go by the actual definition of...

Tags: Engineering, Smart phones, Digital media, Digital music, learning curve, Apple Inc., iTablet, battery, Innovative

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Hyena 7.7C (Windows)

Using the built-in Windows administration tools to manage a medium-to-large Windows NT or Windows 2000 network can be a challenge. Hyena is designed to both simplify and centralize nearly all of the day-to-day management tasks, while providing new capabilities for system administration. This functionality is provided in a single, centralized,...

Tags: Management, SystemTools Software, Hyena, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-07-31

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Green Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Blu-Ray, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-27

News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying Guide

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying GuideAmerican Values?In which modern democracy, Israel included, would you find an ad-campaign like this inoffensive to women?You're way off-base there...1) You [i]do[/i] understand the difference between human beings and animals, don't you?2) It was an [i]Internet[/i] ad, launched on Facebook, and in...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Bacardi Ltd., Rum

Discussion threads 2009-06-21

The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy

By Bill Kallman This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayl, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of Streamcast, one of the defendant's in the landmark MGM v Grokster ruling. He holds...

Tags: Google Inc., Network, Radio, Library, Digital Library, Library Network, GDPLN, Content Industry, Copyright War, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-22

PowerPoint 101

PowerPoint 101I can't stand PowerPoint...Death by PowerPoint.... Life by Keynote....MS just needs to dump powerpoint all together. Talk about a horrible app.You touched on one of the big problems for portable documents.- People using spaces to indent, or extra returns to force a page break, or other such improvising.You need...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, PowerPoint 101

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq War

Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq WarA can of wormsIn the early 80s I developed a purchase order management system for a chain of department stores. The basic design was actually fairly simple. But that was based on everything working perfectly, which seldom happens in...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Strategy, Scot, naivete, health-IT, Iraq War, Obama, physician

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Subscription music services: Are we there yet?

Microsoft on Thursday announced a new music subscription model for its Zune music player and the big question in the back of the room is this: Will subscription music services ever become dominant? Sure, there are a few folks that subscribe to their music. And Microsoft has...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Music, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-20

From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement

So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out

Yahoo's stock is struggling to stay above $10, the ad deal with Google is in the history books and Microsoft has been quick to say "Not interested." And CEO Jerry Yang has turned into the Internet whipping boy over it. But Kara Swisher over at AllThingsDigital poses...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Motorola Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Getting the most value out of Collaborative Technologies

I’ll be speaking at a breakfast briefing in London UK on the 20th November on the subject of ‘How to get the most value out of collaborative technologies‘ for Fujitsu Services, whose Graeme Mackay, Business Manager of Corporate Information Systems, will also talk about Fujitsu’s experiences...

Tags: Information Technology, Business Unit, Tool, Productivity, Strategy, Collaboration, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Why aren't we all using Wikispaces?

While there are plenty of tools for creating Wikis, Wikispaces happens to have a great interface and provides unlimited ad-free pages for K-12 educational purposes. It took about two days for me to upgrade a free wiki that I created to the "Plus" account that the company...

Tags: Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-10

YouTube: It's time to start cutting deals

YouTube may be about to enter a key dealmaking phase kicked off by plans to run full-length ad supported movies on its site. However, the big missing element may be a better cut for the entertainment industry. Let's connect a few dots on YouTube: ...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-06

There is no pony plan for health care

There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Dell All-in-One Wireless Printer V305w - multifunction ( color )

The Dell V305W is an inexpensive all-in-one AIO printer that also connects wirelessly to your home network. The $129 multifunctional solution does triple duty as a 1,200x2,400 dpi scanner and full range copier. Dell manages to keep the cost of the V305W low by omitting an autodocument feeder and fax...

Tags: Printers, Dell V305W, printer, Dell Computer Corp., cartridge

Product reviews 2008-09-30

NBC To Internet: TV Is Still King

If NBC had to choose a single platform on which to base its business for the next five years, it wouldn't be the Internet or mobile phones. "Sorry, guys, it would be television,'' the president of NBC Universal research said Monday. That is the conclusion of NBC's...

Tags: Home Entertainment, Internet, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Tv & Home Theater, TVs

Blog posts 2008-09-22

The Future of the Web

The semantic web can be quite a hard concept to grasp when discussed in an abstract way: the above video is a particularly useful, clear exposition of the enormous promise and power the future of knowledge sharing holds. Parallax, a novel browsing interface designed by David Huynh...

Tags: Web, Information, Freebase, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Wiki, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-12