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Virtualizing Sales and Marketing: Many companies have begun to move their outbound marketing programs to the Internet and virtualize their sales activities. The apparent benefits include lower costs and increased sales -- but do they go deeper? Wainhouse Research interviewed a number of companies that have transitioned their sales and marketing...; Tags: Marketing, Internet, Sales, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Web Conferencing, Sales Strategy, benefit, Citrix Systems Inc., partnership, Wainhouse Research, Web, Webcast; Webcasts 2007-10-09
The Vital Role of Web Conferencing in Small & Medium Enterprises: A Wainhouse Research Quantitative Analysis: Web conferencing as a general-purpose business tool has undergone tremendous growth in adoption and usage over the past few years. While many think of Web conferencing as a large enterprise application, it has in fact shown remarkable attractiveness to small and medium enterprise SME users as well. ...; Tags: Web, Small And Medium Enterprise, Citrix Systems Inc., Quantitative Analysis, Wainhouse Research, Analysis, Web Conferencing, Smb/Sme, Internet; Webcasts 2006-08-29

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News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Super-duper green computers: If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...; Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23

NY gov signs game bill into law: New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...; Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot; News items 2008-07-23
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position: Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...; Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC: According to the Forrester Research, although Gen Y is a small generation of 18- to 28-year-olds, comprising only 38 mln US adults, it sets the pace for technology adoption. 90% of Gen Yers own a PC, and 82% own a mobile phone. But it is technology use that sets this...; Tags: Generation X, Mobile, PC, Generation Y, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-22
RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug: Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft: The Carl Icahn proxy battle and Microsoft buyout drama appears to have been a slight distraction for Yahoo, which is seeing slowing display ad demand amid a weak economy. Yahoo on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, on revenue of...; Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-22
VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale: updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...; Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so: Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
First paper-based transistors: Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors FET with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team, these new transistors offer the same level of performance as 'state-of-the-art oxide based thin film transistors TFTs produced on glass...; Tags: Team, Transistor, TFT, Semiconductors, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Have insurers tied their fate to Newt Gingrich?: Did the health insurance industry just fail to research its own campaign brand or are they, in fact, acting as a Newt Gingrich front? They're certainly using Gingrich's tactics. If they're not connected, Newt, I'd sue. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacleI think he deserved better for sureYou know, Dan does manipulate the media well, but I'll tell you this, he's a stand-up guy. Did he try to drum up the press a bit? Sure, why not? Did he choose his...; Tags: Domain names, Advertising & Promotion, Dan, DNS; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
65ò0of US households play video games, 38ò0have consoles, 40ò0are female: 65ò0of US households play video games, 38ò0have consoles, 40ò0are femaleWhere's the background?While I love seeing encouragement to modern followings and technologies, I don't like seeing overgeneralized tossing around of numbers without the details and background. Where's the research information?? What were the circumstances? How many were interviewed and...; Tags: Games, Corporate communications, video game, console, game, video; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap: Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...; Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-22
VMware and common performance myths: Rich McDougall and Scott Drummand, performance gurus over at VMware, presented a fantastic review of some of the performance testing VMware has been doing at the VMware analyst day. I posted something about the findings of that research in the post, Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth. I've just...; Tags: Virtualization, Performance, VMware Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-22
News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Blog posts 2008-07-22