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SAP - Business Objects acquisition: Linking value proposition to action: SAP announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the share purchase requirements needed to acquire Business Objects. Coming on the heels of that announcement, SAP held a special briefing for bloggers with Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP, and John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects. Discussing the value...; Tags: Acquisition, Park, Business Objects, SAP AG, KPI, Value Proposition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Develop a Value Proposition: Developing a customer-focused value proposition is key to winning business and selling more effectively. Value propositions establish the value basis for one's business relationships with the customers. One can use value propositions to describe how one's solution will improve the customer's business and how the improvement will be measured. Every...; Tags: Value Proposition, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales; White papers 2007-12-01
Open source and business pleasure vs. business pain: A European PR firm was pitching my company for business last week and putting out a few ideas on how to generate demand in different countries across Europe. One of the ideas that they presented was a "business pain barometer" to indicate how much pain companies might be feeling using...; Tags: Business Models, Enterprise Software, Open Source; Blog posts 2007-05-23
SugarCRM launches application marketplace: SugarCRM launches application marketplaceBetcha it does matter...."having an open source application core is not an essential ingredient for most enterprises"The number one issue with these packaged ERP/CRM/etc apps for enterprises is that they need customization. Often some hooks are built in...but prove to require expensive consulting deals to get...; Tags: application marketplace, SugarCRM, value proposition; Discussion threads 2006-10-05
Does anyone really like adware?: I bring up this question because adware company reps and adware apologists have been known to make statements about anti-spyware zealots (like myself, admittedly), that we think "our views are the views of every consumer". A few months ago I asked Spyware Warrior readers to respond to a few...; Tags: adware, advertisement; Blog posts 2005-10-19

Till death do you part (from your phone company): Till death do you part from your phone companyDoomed to FailThis makes no sense - technology changes so quickly, business environments change so quickly, who would want to lock themselves in for a lifetime?This business model will surely fail - but unfortunately it'll probably snag more than a few...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, value proposition, phone; Discussion threads 2004-12-06
The jobless recovery and offshore outsourcing: The jobless recovery and offshore outsourcingNothing says a fool......like a person who bases his entire opinion piece on a lie.The recover is not jobless. The Labor department just released figures for last quarter a week ago. The economy created close to half a million jobs.Of course, this is totally unsurprising...; Tags: Call centers, Vertical industries, Customer relationship management (CRM), Outsourcing, value proposition, Nothing, call-center, health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., recovery, offshore outsourcing, job; Discussion threads 2004-05-18

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Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report: Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: reportRather moot, isn't it?Sort of like the US case against Microsoft after Netscape was already pushing up daisies, any fines assessed against Intel won't revive AMD. In fact, it's a good bet that any fines against Intel will show up on the...; Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., new antitrust charge, antitrust charge, antitrust; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory: Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still on track to deliver a 256GB version by the end of this year. Samsung has been shipping...; Tags: NAND Flash, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Laptop Computer, SSD, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Gateway T-6836: Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. Most budget-friendly midsize laptops feature 15.4-inch screens that, while good for watching movies, can be a burden to schlep around campus. For the truly mobile...; Tags: Notebooks, Gateway T-6836, Gateway Inc.; Product reviews 2008-07-07
Blockbuster comes to its senses: Pulls Circuit City bid: Blockbuster said it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City. In a statement late Tuesday, Blockbuster said its decision to pull its bid was based on "market conditions and the completion of our initial due diligence process." What Blockbuster didn't say is that no one could...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Branding, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Brightening outlook for solar energy?: Brightening outlook for solar energy?Solar is a losing proposition..."It encourages solar companies to reduce its costs to $3 per peak watt or less by 2018..."Wind is at $0.02/watt right *now*. Why mess with solar???big solar facilities are not where its atBig solar facilities, like any other big power station,...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, solar energy; Discussion threads 2008-07-01
Are more companies refusing to pay more for green IT?: There used to be a perception, not so many months ago, that your company would have to spend more to green-ify its IT infrastructure. But the flagging economy is apparently dashing any hopes that high-tech vendors might secretly have harbored that they could get customers to spend more dollars for...; Tags: Rackspace, Green Technology, Green IT, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers: Nokia Symbian deal winners and losersNokia Symbian - What's in a name?Heads up! It looks like Nokia's product naming consultants did not do their homework for similar names with other mental images and associations. Check out www.sybian.com. Or, how about the Symbionese Liberation Party that kidnapped Patty...; Tags: Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop: Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem,” the letter stated. “Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
There is no Google Android delay: When Google and its partners in the Open Handset Alliance announced the Android platform last November, they predicted that phones loaded with the software would hit the market in the 2nd half of 2008. So when you read that (*gasp*) Android phones have been "delayed" until the 4th quarter of...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-23
(Gallery: Dell's designs on product lust): (Gallery: Dell's designs on product lust)I'm speachless.........Somehow, LAME, just doesn't cut it.Sad, just sadThe image that looks like some sort of Dellianware box is hot-looking for its audience of gamers, except that they will search out smaller builders or build their own. Or, maybe it is not hot-looking for gamers....; Tags: Games, Dell Computer Corp., Gallery; Discussion threads 2008-06-20
Software we'll never see in the App Store: Software we'll never see in the App Storejsp, php, perl should workJSP, PHP, and Perl should all work because they are server side technologies that deliver html back to the browser. The only thing the iPhone doesn't accept is java applications and applets on the actual phone because they...; Tags: Scripting languages, Java, Programming languages, Instant messaging, software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., JSP; Discussion threads 2008-06-19
Alabama's Broadband Tide: BROADBAND INITIATIVE â€“ If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. â€“ No more...; Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-18