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Enterprises can leverage cloud models and manage transition risks using service governance, says HP

Cloud and on-premises compute grids exploit breakthroughs in technology architecture and the confluence of new business models, this is clear. In times when every dollar counts more than ever, the enticements to experiment with cloud models is powerful. At the same time, there is very little margin for error. Adopting...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Business, Service, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Investing in the right vehicles for change

Bailing out Detroit won't change these automotive businesses, unless the automotive leaders truly want to embrace changing their very DNA and use the vehicles at their disposal to make them more profitable, more innovative and more nimble than their competitors. by Phil Fersht

Tags: Vehicle, DNA, Business, Outsourcing, Biotechnology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2008-11-22

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Oxford Dictionary of Business (Smartphone) (exe)

The Dictionary of Business is a wide-ranging and informative guide to all areas of modern business. Completely revised and updated, with over 6,500 entries covering terms from marketing to taxation and accounting, business strategy to international finance, human resources management to banking, this dictionary will prove indispensable to both students...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile System, Business, Smartphone, Human Resource Management (HRM), Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-16

Business Coaching (exe)

Business Coaching is an article explaining more about business coaching, what it is and how it works. Also learn how you can benefit from business coaching, what it can help you with, including marketing, management and leadership. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Business, Wendy Hearn Coaching, Leadership, Benefits, Marketing Research, Management, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Application Delivery Networks: The New Imperative for IT Visibility, Acceleration and Security White Paper

Your business depends on one thing: getting the right information to the right people at the right time. To gain a competitive advantage, improve customer service and access more business intelligence, you have to ensure fast and responsive application delivery to users wherever they are. At the same time, you...

Tags: Security, On-demand Application, Network, Information Technology, Business, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Strategy, Server Consolidation, Globalization, Management, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-19

What the business doesn't know about SOA won't hurt it (Part 2)

 Maybe that "blank stare" suggests that the business needs a bit more of an explanation on how the system is more streamlined and agile, and will save mucho bucks. Thanks to Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder. by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Business, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-12

What the business doesn't know about SOA won't hurt it

Many parts of SOA are likely to remain pure IT problems by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Information Technology, Business, SOA, Jeff, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-12

The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOA

Over the summer the enterprise IT blogosphere was swept up in a conversation around the concepts that many are calling Web-Oriented Architecture, or WOA. A different way to think about service-oriented architecture, WOA extolls a different but related set of technologies, in particular how to apply them in specific ways...

Tags: Web, Business, SOA, Organization, WOA, WOA Story, REST, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Interview: HP's virtualization services honcho John Bennett on 'rethinking virtualization'

The interesting thing is that as customers get engaged in these projects, their eyes start to open up in terms of what else they can do with virtualization. For customers who've already done some virtualization work, they realize their interesting manageability and flexibility options for IT. "I can provision servers...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Business, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Next generation of business intelligence

Data warehouses collect gigabytes of data everyday but the information is not always meaningful. Why? Angela Shen-Hsieh, President and CEO of Visual I/O, says it's because the tools are not user friendly. Find out how the next generation of business intelligence will move beyond the spreadsheet to let you...

Tags: Generation, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, whiteboard, visual, visualization, interactivity, information, database, time, intelligence, business

Whiteboards 2008-08-28

At Open Group: business and government face similar SOA growth pains

Even in the public sector, SOA still needs to prove its business mettle by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Open Group, Electronic Arts Inc., Government, Business, SOA, Pinaki, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Updated below: Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer...

Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

TEAMcontacts (exe)

TEAMcontacts is a Customer and Contacts Relations Management CRM software application that has been developed to improve the way that you run your business. TEAMcontacts can make many of those day-to-day business chores such as mail-merge and recording sales quicker and easier and can help you to present a more...

Tags: Software, Business, LiquidChrome, TEAMcontacts, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Management, Sales

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Does Size Matter? The security challenge of the SMB

Just because a business is small, doesn't mean it's immune to security threats. Security challenges facing Small and Medium Businesses in North America are on the rise. For businesses of all sizes, viruses, hacker intrusions, spyware and spam can lead to lost or stolen data, computer downtime, decreased productivity, compliance...

Tags: mcafee inc., business, small and medium business, smb/sme, security

White papers 2008-07-16

Business Search (exe)

Business name search by address. Guaranteed private and confidential results. Instead of hiring a private investigator you save money and get even more information using our fresh database of businesses. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Business, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-06-27

FBN Search (exe)

Fictitious business name search. Guaranteed private and confidential. Instead of hiring a private investigator you save money and get even more information using our fresh database of fictitious businesses. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Business, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-06-25

The Art Of Tattoo (zip)

The tattoo industry is a lucerative and profitable business. Learn how to tattoo and start your own tattooing business. The Art Of Tattoo is your short, concise and portable eBook that illustrates the basics of getting inked. From tattoo skins, to the tattoo gun, to stenciling, to needle work, to...

Tags: Business, Demon Downloads, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-17

AnotherPOS (zip)

AnotherPOS is an easy to use point of sale system for your Mac. It is designed to help you manage your retail business smarter and easier. It keeps track of your inventory movement all the way from stock, sale and refund. A range of reports help you manage your business...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Business, AnotherPOS

Software downloads 2008-06-16

IT is from Mars; Business is from Venus

Relations between IT and business can be frustrating for both sides. Some observers call this mutual animosity "lack of alignment." Ed Yourdon, esteemed grand explainer of IT failures, summarized the issue in an interview with this blog: The question is: whether IT is building the kinds...

Tags: Information Technology, Business, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-06-10