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- A Chrome OS Video Tour
- Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...
- Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- The SaaS-ification of IT asset disposal
- Hey there are Web services for just about every other part of your supply chain process, so why not responsible IT asset disposal? That's the pitch from ServoTerra.com, which essentially is a business-to-business exchange platform that lets businesses connect directly to technology recycling companies. The service was built on...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Consideration, Wagner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Asset Management, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Compiere launches enterprise ERP version
- One leading open source ERP provider this week launched an enterprise edition of its software as well as upgrades to its standard and professional versions. Redwood Shores, Calif. based Compiere has released a version of its open source ERP application that offers more scalability and availability. The...
- Tags: Enterprise Edition, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Finance, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- IT Business Increases Growth by 55 Per Cent With Innovative Logistics Solution
- CargoWise edi used the software-plus-services approach to create a highly competitive IT solution for global logistics businesses, expanding growth by 55 per cent. CargoWise edi is an innovative logistics software company based in Australia. In 2007, it redeveloped its flagship product called ediEnterprise to incorporate a range of Web services...
- Tags: Information Technology, Logistics, CargoWise Edi, Supply Chain, Business Operations
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Wired's Editor Chris Anderson bans words "journalism" and "media"
- Wired's Editor Chris Anderson bans words "journalism" and "media"They sound like the answerssomeone give to questions they doesn't know the answer to.Free can be a marketplace....by creating vendor lock-in. Microsoft is the most obvious example of this in the 'old' economy. To succeed in the 'new' economy, in...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, Chris Anderson, Microsoft Corp., Wired Inc., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU
- Amazon's removal of George Orwell ebooks from every Kindle with a paid entitlement is not only ironic in context but has frightening ramifications in terms of privacy and content ownership. Without warning or any sort of advance notification on Friday, Amazon...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-18
- Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM
- The debate and discussion about what defines Social CRM a.k.a. CRM 2.0 vs. its traditional parent has been going on for about 2 years pretty regularly and started, according to thought leader Graham Hill almost a decade before that. Personally, I'm done defining it and am moving...
- Tags: Customer, Business, Tool, CRM, Social CRM, SCRM Business Strategy, Co-creation, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?
- LogMeIn, which offers on demand remote access software, goes public today at $16 a share and is getting a nice round of applause from the folks following the venture capital world. After all, LogMeIn raised $107.2 million or so in a stock market that stinks. LogMeIn shares...
- Tags: LogMeIn, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, IPO, Financial Services, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft Money
- Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft MoneyWell if they....stick Silverlight on it they only allow Mac to use it really. I'm sure they're looking for places to prove Silverlight.wrong thread nt.Anyone smell a cloud replacement ?ntI did not know that was even aroundQuickBooks took care of that.Give software users...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Software, Microsoft Corp., software, Microsoft Money
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Why SOA really, really matters in a cloud computing world
- Back in early 2006, I published a piece on the impact of delivering SOA-ready services via online, on-demand venues such as online marketplaces. Here is an update on the piece, revised to meet today's cloud computing realities. Since I wrote the first piece, we have seen many of the principles...
- Tags: On-demand, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Managed Hosting, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy
- Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...
- Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Excerpt #2: Customer Experience - Chap 21 from CRM @ The Speed of Light, 4th ed.
- I have to be straight with you. I'm entering the head down, grind it, drive to the goal line when it comes to CRM at the Speed of Light's 4th edition. Which means that in other areas that I'm writing, I'm treading water. So there is a dual purpose to...
- Tags: Expectation, Interaction, Customer, Customer Experience, CRM, Strategy, Management, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Time Warner sets AOL spin-off; Separation 'best outcome'; Worth $5 billion?
- AOL will be an independent publicly traded company again as Time Warner solidified plans to spin off the ailing unit, which some analysts estimate to be worth about $5 billion. In a statement Thursday, Time Warner put more meat on its plans to spin off AOL. Executives...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Teradata: Fending off rivals with focus on data warehousing
- Data warehouse player Teradata has been increasingly mentioned by the likes of Oracle and HP so much so that you have to wonder what all the hubbub is about. Teradata is a company that has come up frequently through my various case studies in a past life....
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Weekend stuff: learning with Suw via Twitter
- I often hear how Twitter is the magic bullet to so many things and as a hardcore enterprisey type and despite my personal Twitt-addiction, I'd usually say: 'Pft.' Today taught me a couple of things that may yet change my mind. Suw Charman-Anderson, a UK colleague randomly...
- Tags: Twitter, Suw Charman-Anderson, Vinnie, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Scalable Transactions for Web Applications in the Cloud
- Cloud computing platforms provide scalability and high availability properties for web applications but they sacrifice data consistency at the same time. However, many applications cannot afford any data inconsistency. The paper presents a scalable transaction manager for cloud database services to execute ACID transactions of web applications, even in the...
- Tags: Transaction, Web Application, High Availability, Scalability, Vrije Universiteit, Cloud Computing
- White papers 2009-05-08
- Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Yes, There Is Such A Thing As A System Problem
- Does your blood pressure rise when you hear the phrase "There is no system problem" being uttered by a tech support rep of an online service? A spike is probably inevitable. Because then you know the conversation will entirely focus on you personal setup. Because, as far...
- Tags: Cart, Item, System Problem, E-mail, Online Communications, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Readers share some advice for Starbucks
- After I wrote about Starbucks' internal announcement that it is launching a Digital Ventures business, I received a good deal of mail from readers about the company. Amazingly, even though Starbucks is a high-profile company, only a couple business publications picked up on the story of a new division being...
- Tags: Customer, Starbucks Corp., Store, Gold Card, Food & Beverage, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Wireless LANs, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-04-05
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