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Maker of Contract Lifecycle Software Poised to Help Clients Slash Sales Cycle

Using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM business application platform, a small team of programmers at Upside Software is developing the latest version of the company's contract lifecycle management software - UpsideContract. By working with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application development platform now, Upside Software expects to be first to market with...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Contract Lifecycle Management, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp., Sales Cycle, Upside Software, Sales Tools, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software

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SnapLogic snaps together different data flows and cuts integration costs

I recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. These days he is founder,...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Developer, Consultant, Snap, SnapLogic, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU

Editors' note: This review is part of our holiday 2009 retail desktop and laptop review roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. There's something to be said for simplicity. The Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU might not look like much and its limited supply...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-07

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

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: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'

Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...

Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Nokia 7705 Twist (Verizon Wireless)

We can safely say that we've never seen a phone like the Nokia 7705 Twist. Sure, we've reviewed square handsets before, and swivel models were in style a few years back; however, we've never had the two design aesthetics combined onto one device. We're not quite sure if it works--it's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Corp., phone, display

Product reviews 2009-09-16

How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business

What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...

Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-06

Six days in and first Snow Leopard update seeded to devs

LIAR!!!!Macs don't have issues/bugs/flaws/etc! This update is a performance/feature update! /sarcasmBad ApplesWith a limited number of hardware and software permutations, it is dissapointing how poorly Apples quality control performs. Did they just find out these bugs except for the Flash fiasco that is unlikely given that they already have fixes...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Kudo, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Canon Vixia HG21

The Canon Vixia HG21 is an excellent HD camcorder that's reasonably easy to operate out of the box and looks good, too. It's almost identical to the company's Vixia HF11, but rather than recording mainly to internal flash memory, it records to a hard drive. As for performance, it's as...

Tags: Corporate communications, Flash memory, stereo microphone, Canon Inc., HG21, Vixia HF11, camcorder

Product reviews 2009-09-01

IE6 casts a long shadow for Microsoft

Microsoft brought it on themselves :(Im stuck using IE6 in work because the web based application we primarily use had to be altered and so many work arounds put in for it to work nicely with Internet Explorer 5-6 that it won't even work with IE7, I'm stuck in a...

Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web browser, Web, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Samsung Mondi SWD-M100

Editors' note: The Samsung Mondi is designed for Clearwire's WiMax markets. At the time of this writing, service is limited to Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Portland, Ore. Customers also can access Sprint's WiMax network in Baltimore. WiMax is not yet available in the San Francisco Bay Area, so our review...

Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, battery cover, Samsung Mondi, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-08-13

Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 (AT&T)

When Samsung introduces a new cell phone in the United States, it's often the case that we've seen it somewhere before. And that's definitely true with the new Samsung Solstice for AT&T. Also called the SGH-A887, the Solstice sports a touch-screen design with few physical controls. It shows characteristics of...

Tags: Keyboards, AT&T Corp., multimedia feature, Samsung Solstice, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., keyboard, phone, display

Product reviews 2009-08-04

Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win (if smaller) deal

Microsoft's 18-month courtship of Yahoo has reportedly culminated in an ad and technology pact that appears to be smaller than many analysts anticipated, but still gives the software giant the 30 percent search market share it craves. Various reports have Microsoft and Yahoo announcing a deal within...

Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Search, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Will Apple's rumored tablet be an 'iPod touch DX'? It's all about perception

In the race to bigger, more powerful mobile devices, Apple ought to take a lesson from Amazon. First, the rumor: Apple's rumored touchscreen tablet device got more traction today in a Financial Times article stating that the device will...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Sony Ericsson W518a Walkman (AT&T)

AT&T gave Sony Ericsson fans a two-part surprise in July when the carrier introduced the Cyber-shot C905a and Walkman W518a. Sporting a familiar design and a music-friendly feature set, the W518a doesn't have the C905's high-end shooter, but it has its attractions. Music quality is respectable and you get a...

Tags: keypad button, AT&T Corp., Sony Ericsson W518a, Walkman W518a, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Microsoft gets its edge back

Microsoft gets its edge backrplat"edge"? Microsoft hasn't had an original idea since "Visiplot/Visitrend".Kicking butt is what they do best...This is pure heaven for my rep and I. I of course knew Microsoft would strike back and strike back hard they have. I have done my part by re-launching "Rotten...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemma

A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemmaGood ArticleYou're right. It's a slippery slope with personal computer repair. Even if you tell people that you don't have liability, it is assumed that you do. Many people also treat the job of repairing strangers' computers as if...

Tags: Desktops, PC, home PC, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

SAP to bounce?

Larry Dignan pinged me to say the financial analysts are showing renewed interest in SAP with several positive comments on the likely outcome to its Q2 results, due for release on July, 29th: That take is a mixed bag in the things are less worse camp. The biggest argument...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-09