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Invent Upshot 1.1.0.60 (Windows)

Invent Upshot is a new, feature rich and low TCO, agent-free network discovery, hardware & software inventory and remote tool, with which you can manage a single PC to several home and corporate networks in a few minutes hard wired or wireless. This software is not just another network inventory...

Tags: Software, Network, UpShot, Microsoft Windows, Aplixio, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Nortel files for bankruptcy: What you need to know

Nortel has officially filed for bankruptcy in a bid to be on "sound financial footing once and for all." In a statement, Nortel detailed its bankruptcy filing. And while it's unlikely that Nortel will garner new customers it has a lot of existing ones that may be...

Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Bankruptcy, Upshot, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Calais 2.0 unveiled by Thomson Reuters

In a press release to coincide with this week's Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose, Thomson Reuters subsidiary ClearForest has announced a major upgrade to their OpenCalais web service; Calais 2.0. Calais was originally launched in January of 2008, and there have been two interim releases in...

Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Web, Team, Drupal, Yahoo! Inc., Web Service, Tom Tague, Marmoset, Tom, Upshot, RDF, Semantic Web, Team Management, Channel Management, Web Services, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Follow-up: Build-A-Bear says it will take privacy suggestions to heart

There were lots of reactions to my last post about Build-A-Bear luring kids and parents into divulging personal information they might otherwise, in other contexts, guard more closely. While some responses channeled Scott McNealy, most seemed to get that my beef was not with the fact of the data...

Tags: Information, Build-A-Bear, Privacy Policy, Upshot, E-mail, Online Communications, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-01-26

Bush deleted email archive system, recycled backup tapes

If I may give some props to the Times of London's Bugle podcast, the White House has finally embraced an environmental agenda by recycling data backup tapes. No need to clog up the works with dusty old emails about leaking Valerie Plame's name to reporters or planning for the Iraq...

Tags: Backup, Backup Tape, Upshot, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Microsoft creates GWT clone

While the GWT conference was going on in San Francisco, Microsoft announced its own take on the concept: Volta. GWT compiles Java source code into Javascript, and now Volta does the same thing for C# and other .NET languages. "JavaScript is just an assembly language," says Live Labs product manager...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Intermediate Language, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Tier, CLR, GWT, Volta, Upshot, Silverlight 1.1, .Net, C#, Web Browsers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategy

Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategyWowHere is what I take from Charles Phillips' comments:It is 1997, not 2007, and Oracle is just a database company, not an applications company. Which makes me wonder just what the hell Oracle was doing acquiring PeopleSoft and Siebel.Oracle is in a very good position to...

Tags: database, Oracle Corp., SaaS Customer, SaaS Model, software-as-a-service, UpShot

Discussion threads 2007-08-28

The Business Implications of Implementing IP Telephony on Enterprise Networks

By all accounts, carriers, service providers and enterprise network architects are adopting IP Telephony at a brisk pace. The upshot is that IP Telephony is becoming ubiquitous - in carrier and service provider networks, and in enterprise networks. The proliferation the digital telephony technology will pave the way for true...

Tags: Tolly Group, Telephony, IP Telephony, IP, Enterprise Network, Upshot, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking

White papers 2006-02-01

Concierge 1.4.6 (Mac)

Concierge is an integrated bookmark assistant for Safari, Apple Computer's Web browser. Web bookmarks, e-mail links, address book cards and groups, and finder file and folder links are stored and displayed in a drawer attached to either side of Safari's browser window. Manage your Safari bookmarks without switching away from...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Borrowed Time, Concierge, Upshot, E-mail, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2005-07-26

Siebel, rivals trade potshots over UpShot

Siebel, rivals trade potshots over UpShotSiebel ? Salesforce? Wait till you see C5xwords alone cannot describe it: http://www.convea.com/We've looked at itand found it to be less intuitive than other products available like Siebel, Salesforce, Upshot or even MSCRM

Tags: Sales force management, Siebel Systems Inc., UpShot

Discussion threads 2003-10-20

Additional Resources

Coverflow for all Mac apps ??? Oh, the Horror!

Coverflow for all Mac apps ??? Oh, the Horror!Not a fanI like coverflow in exactly 1 place... the iPod application on my iPhone. For whatever reason I really do enjoy flicking through my albums by cover with my finger.Everywhere else? I pretty much despise it. I can't get into using...

Tags: Desktops, Coverflow, Mac app, Horror, Apple Macintosh, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Auvio In-Ear Armature Headphones (blue)

It seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry is putting out headphones these days, and far be it for Radio Shack to be left out in the cold. The electronics retailer is turning out a line of earphones sporting the brand name Auvio. The line includes a handful of models...

Tags: Branding, Auvio In-Ear headphone, earpiece

Product reviews 2009-07-30

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?

The Kindle's real benefit to Amazon may never show up in the profit and loss statement directly. Instead, the Kindle is about keeping the top 5 percent of Amazon's customers engaged since they account for 20 percent of the e-tailer's sales. That argument was laid out by...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, CRM, Kindle, Edward Weller, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Security, Marketing, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Social media: Pondering the corporate ROI

Social networking can deliver returns to enterprises as long as companies devote some time to them. Joe McKendrick at Smart Planet details some of the ROI discussions going on. Citing Natalie L. Petouhoff, Ph.D., an analyst at Forrester, and her study titled The ROI Of Online Customer...

Tags: Network, Social Media, ROI, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Skullcandy iCon Soft series

Some people prefer earphones that blend in so much that no one can tell they're even being used, while others like their gadgets to stand out from the crowd. If you fall into the latter crowd, the Skullcandy iCon Soft headphones might be right up your alley. This on-ear model...

Tags: Bass, Skullcandy iCon Soft, headphone, earphone

Product reviews 2009-07-09

Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart

Smartphones as a term is dying a quick death as all phones become smarter with Internet access, email and other capabilities. Meanwhile, the mobile market will be carved up based on whether devices are open, foster consumption or content creation, and utility and entertainment, according to Forrester Research. Simply put,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Mobile, Smart Phone, Openness, Hardware Game, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-19

IBM's earnings better than expected on software, services; Hardware revenue thumped

IBM on Monday reported net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.70 a share, on revenue of $21.7 billion, down 11 percent from a year ago largely due to currency fluctuations. The upshot: Cost cutting helped IBM hurdle Wall Street estimates despite lighter than expected revenue.  Wall Street...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Earnings, Hardware, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore

Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled its answer to making data centers more modular and more cost effective and the target is pretty clear: Cisco Systems. HP's latest entry into the data center wars is dubbed the BladeSystem Matrix and Matrix Orchestration Environment. These products reside in HP's Adaptive...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Vision, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., BladeSystem Matrix, Storage Lineup, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Numark NS7

Photo gallery:Numark NS7More and more DJs are trading in their turntables for laptops, lured by the advantages of digital audio (hard-drive music libraries, searchable music catalogs) and the appeal carrying less equipment around. The digital transition can be bittersweet, though, as DJs come to miss the feeling of scratching, cueing,...

Tags: Notebooks, Numark NS7, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-04-03

Social silly season

I'm often asked whether getting into the fashion for all things social is something enterprises should contemplate. Given the volume of noise coming from the likes of Jeremiah Owyang, Forrester analyst and other social media/brand mavens, it's hardly a surprise. Enterprise reality though is an altogether different thing from the...

Tags: SAP AG, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-17