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- Challenging the economic downturn
- HOW CAN BUSINESSES MAXIMISE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT CRM TO CONTAIN COSTS AND IMPROVE SERVICES? This Vodafone white paper looks at how careful investment in CRM can underpin a strategy for protecting business and sustaining growth through the downturn
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
- White papers 2009-11-01
- The end of going AWOL
- To get people excited, technology must cut across an entire organisation. This Vodafone white paper explores how unified communications can empower public sector organisations to accelerate their existing change programmes, create opportunities to reduce capital investment, and improve people's lives.
- Tags: Public Sector, Vodafone Group Plc.
- White papers 2009-09-01
- One Line on the bottom line
- Telecommunications costs have never been easy to understand, predict or plan for - and as the business world rushes towards convergence, the picture is becoming even more complicated. This Vodafone white paper explores how new joined-up services can add clarity to the cost management process. ...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Managerial Accounting, Telephony, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Netbooks - Ready for the corporate environment?
- CAN NETBOOKS REDUCE COSTS BY DISPLACING EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME NOTEBOOKS AND LAPTOPS? Netbooks have been a huge consumer success since their arrival in 2007. This white paper from Vodafone examines how they can effectively contribute to a corporate IT strategy
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Environment, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Mobile email - lead balloon or silver bullet?
- HOW CAN MOBILE EMAIL HELP TO CONVERT DOWNTIME INTO PRODUCTIVE TIME? Mobile email is a simple idea with far-reaching business implications. This Vodafone white paper explains what mobile email has to offer, and outlines two very successful implementations.
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Mobile E-mail, Mobile, E-mail, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Flexible Working - the road is Long
- HOW DOES FLEXIBLE WORKING REALLY STACK UP WHEN YOU CAN'T COMPROMISE ON CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY? This Vodafone white paper explores the connectivity and security options available to businesses that want to make the move to flexible working.
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Security
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Mobile email: are you quick enough to keep hold of customers?
- HOW CAN MOBILE EMAIL HELP YOU BE AS RESPONSIVE AS YOUR CUSTOMERS WANT YOU TO BE? This Vodafone white paper examines how mobile email can help organisations meet their clients' needs for fast customer service
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Mobile E-mail, Mobile, E-mail, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Rip off roaming: the MAXRoam response
- Mobile 2.0 Europe has a strong sustainability element but the meme kinda falls apart when it comes to mobile roaming telephony costs. As anyone who travels outside their own country knows, roaming charges are at eye watering levels. Yet according to Tommy Ahlers, founder of Zyb and now...
- Tags: Sustainability, Vodafone Group Plc., Telephony, Mobile, Mobile 2.0 Europe, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- EirText 1.7 (Mobile)
- EirText allows IRISH O2, Meteor, and Vodafone subscribers to use their iPhone or iPod Touch to send their free SMS webtext text messages directly from their handset. EirText requires IRISH O2, Meteor, or Vodafone account (login number & password).
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Mobile, Vincent Coyne, EirText, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-06-10
- The Journey to Unified Communications
- Unified Communications UC proposes a way to control and synthesise the diverse ways your employees need and want to communicate. It helps employees to stay in touch from different locations by identifying what they are doing and how it is most appropriate and effective to contact them. ...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Unified Communications, Collaboration
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Clearwire names new CEO to oversee Wimax expansion
- Clearwire on Monday named William Morrow, a Vodafone and AirTouch veteran, as CEO replacing current chief Benjamin Wolff, who will become co-chairman. In a statement, Clearwire founder Craig McCaw said Morrow will bring "a great perspective on achieving operating efficiencies and enhancing value creation to profitably build and scale...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Google Android-powered HTC Magic debuts
- Vodafone and HTC today announced the HTC Magic smartphone, Vodafone's first Google Android-powered mobile device. The Magic is exclusive to Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany and France and available on a non-exclusive basis in Italy. A compact, sleek, tablet-style device, the HTC Magic...
- Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Android, Vodafone Group Plc., Magic, Smart Phones, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Mobile Telecom Saved 20 Percent With New, Robust, Reliable Sales System
- As the market grew more competitive, Vodafone realized that providing a best-in-class product would be only half the battle. To build lasting subscriber relationships and create customer loyalty, Vodafone would have to deliver quality support services from the first point of contact - Vodafone's retail environment. This meant modernizing Vodafone's...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Telecommunications, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Change Management, Sales, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Vodafone Portugal 3G Video Contact Center From Collab Builds Upon RADVISION Technology and Partnership
- With the initial launch of its Vodafone Live! with 3G video calling service, Vodafone Portugal wanted to quickly achieve a critical mass of active users, and enlist users to demonstrate the benefits of the new service to others. RADVISION's SCOPIA 3G Video Gateway was selected for its superior interoperability of...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Partnership, Video Call, Contact Center, Video, RADVision, Corporate Communications, 3G, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Yahoo! pink slips could come tomorrow
- Yahoo! tomorrow will tell 1,500 employees tomorrow that their days in purple are over, according to FishBowl LA. That is roughly 10 percent of its work force of 14,300 by latest Wikipedia count. This is a bigger cut than the 1,000 made in...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Yahoo! Inc., Wiki, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Android needs more U.S. carrier support
- The Open Handset Alliance--the outfit behind the Android mobile operating system--announced 14 new members Tuesday, but perhaps the focus should be on what U.S. carriers remain absent. In a statement, the Open Handset Alliance, which was hatched by Google, outlined a roster of its new members the...
- Tags: U.S., Vodafone Group Plc., Verizon Wireless, Carrier, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Operating Systems, Networking, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shots
- Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shotsOoopsntRE: Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shotsRIM deserves the embarrassment. Copycopycopy. Once again, we see yet another manufacturer launching a 'new' product that's just another copy of the iPhone. Copycopycopy. I thought only Asian companies did that...
- Tags: Handhelds, Copycopycopy, BlackBerry Storm, Apple iPhone, iPhone Screen, Vodafone Group Plc., RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Vodafone posts Blackberry Storm with iPhone screen shots
- Check out the promotional photos that Vodafone posted of the new Blackberry 9530 - a.k.a Storm. Someone in the art department (accidentally?) mocked it up with iPhone screen shots and posted it in official RIM marketing material â€" most likely because the actual screens were still under...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Vodafone Group Plc., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Leading Telecommunications Provider Bridges Departmental Divide With Intranet Solution
- With 34 million customers, Vodafone Germany is one of Europe's biggest telecommunications providers. To stay competitive, it needs to keep up-to-date with the latest sales information and market trends. In 2007, the company decided to implement a solution to improve its internal communications. Vodafone Germany now relies on Microsoft Office...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Telecommunications Company, Microsoft Corp., Intranet, Sales Strategy, Portals, Telecom & Utilities, Web Technology, Telephony, Sales Force Management, Telecommunications, Sales, Internet, Networking
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- Dell's Mini packs Ubuntu, XP; Vodafone to sell it
- Update: Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe. While Dell's move Techmeme could be viewed as playing catchup to other rivals such as Asus the Vodafone deal...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Vodafone Group Plc., Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, 3G, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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