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- How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
- Up to date equipment is key to productivity in any business and it's clear that the device industry's policies are holding down that productivity here. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Medical Device, Health Care, Productivity, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, U.S., Norway, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle
- It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Will OpenID catch on?
- A survey of more than 300 people shows that few people have heard of OpenID, and even fewer are actually using it. Chris Messina, the guy with the guitar pictured here, has written up results of a survey conducted using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Messina, rightly, took...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Survey, OpenID, Marketing Research, Marketing, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- SIM survey 2008: Top 10 IT management concerns
- Because SIM's annual IT Trends Survey polls many of the world's leading IT executives, it is an excellent indicator of the current state of the CIO role throughout the planet. See six charts that paint of picture of the CIO in 2008. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: SIM Card, CIO, IT Administration, Information Technology, Survey, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Marketing Research, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Marketing, Jason Hiner, IT Professional
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Consumer sentiment towards a la carte price plans by airlines
- Question: Are you in favor of “a la carte” pricing? Date: August 2008 Response Total Respondents American Continental Delta Southwest United Yes 48.5 56.5 48.6 48.6 50.1 53.8 No 37.3 31.6 37.8 40.1 35.3 29.7 Not sure 14.2 11.9 13.5 11.3...
- Tags: Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Google earnings estimates cut (again); Search budgets scrutinized; Shares fall
- Updated: Wall Street is busy cutting its estimates for Google's fourth quarter amid multiple signs of a slowdown. However, analysts note that Google is a black box and the company could still prove to be recession resistant. But investors aren't sticking around to find out. On Monday,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Earnings Estimate, Search Engine Marketer, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Marketers, stop the hate! Customers are not the enemy
- Guest editorial by Susan Etlinger Back in the seventeenth century, soldiers would spend the cold winter months in towns and garrisons until the weather cleared enough for them to venture back into the field (in Italian, nella campagna) to resume fighting. And...
- Tags: Technologists, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- 49% of shoppers do their holiday gift buying online
- Nearly half (49%) of those shoppers say they intend to do their holiday gift buying online, compared with 44% who plan to do so in-store, found the online survey of over 1,000 adults who shop online four or more times per year, spending at least $500 annually, according to ATG...
- Tags: Holiday, Marketing Research, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Social Business News: Nov. 6, 2008
- While the election has taken up most of the ink and Web space over the last couple of weeks, there's still been some steady movement in Social Business. Before I jump into this week's sampler I want to note two important changes -- this will now be a bi-weekly update...
- Tags: Web, Aggregation, Software Development, Channel Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Survey: Still no clear mind-share leader when it comes to green IT
- The team at Hansa|GCR will be happy to know that I FINALLY am blogging about their Green TECHpulse 2008 survey, which set out to assess current and future green tech buying intentions, capturing the opinions of business technology decision makers at 600 organizations that were at least midsize in stature...
- Tags: Data Center, Leader, Green IT, Survey, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Robo-calls and elections
- Now that the election in the United States has run its course, I can take a moment to comment on one of the more unpleasant tactics used by both the Republicans and the Democrats - robo-calls. These "virtual" telephone calls were meant, I'm sure, to encourage voters to vote (and...
- Tags: Call, Marketing Research, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry
- After a week of never-ending robocalls--including three on Sunday that interrupted dinner, a football game and a 2-year-old's going to bed ritual--I can't help but wonder whether we need a Do Not Robocall amendment to the National Do Not Call Registry. This idea isn't original--I've seen it...
- Tags: Registry, Do-Not-Call, Charity, Robocall, Telemarketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marketing Research, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- StatsRobot (zip)
- Affiliate marketing software, easy hands free network statistic software robot. Never again manually fetch your stats affiliate marketing software. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Software, Affiliate Marketing Software, Robots, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Management
- Software downloads 2008-11-03
- FaceBook Virgin Airlines Fiasco
- There was a fairly major example of how external social networks can spin out of control last week: Virgin Atlantic which despite its name is a major international airline that flies all over the world have a FaceBook presence, with 6,944 members as I write this. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Virgin Atlantic, Social Networking, Corporate Governance, Marketing Research, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Akamai: Weathering a price war; economic slowdown
- Akamai, the leader in content delivery networks--services that speed up video and Web pages on the Internet, posted solid third quarter results, but cut the outlook for the fourth quarter. The economy was cited for the lower guidance but some analysts say that price competition may be more worrisome. ...
- Tags: Akamai Technologies Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- WePC: Intel and Asus forming community, or focus group 2.0?
- Asus and Intel are asking users to tell them what they'd want as a "perfect PC" with the promise "you dream it, Asus builds it." It's just crazy enough to work. The site itself is a bit frantic, but the concept is solid -- go directly to...
- Tags: ASUS, Focus Group, Intel Corp., Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Open Source, Marketing, Software, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- First look at the HP Mini 1000 netbook
- James Kendrick is in the enviable position to be in Houston where HP has a significant presence and always seem to get his hands on the latest and greatest HP products. He just posted a very detailed first look at the newly announced HP Mini 1000 netbook that is the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., James Kendrick, Mini 1000, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Matthew Miller, Pricing Strategy, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Engineering, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Photo Editor Max (exe)
- Belltech Photo Editor Max 2.0 is a professional quality image edit program for Windows. Edit images in several ways, apply effects to enhance communication and share easily. Put text, lines, arrows, translucent shapes to illustrate your ideas easily and effectively. Save your work in popular image formats (JPG, GIF, BMP,...
- Tags: Belltech Systems, Photograph, Belltech Photo Editor Max 2.0, Marketing Research, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-29
- Robot (rar)
- This tool is Professional high performance email marketing software for targeted bulk email marketing campaigns and email lists building at your desktop. With This tool You can easily manage mailing lists for your subscribers, create high personalized HTML messages and newsletters and send them in just few minutes. The tool...
- Tags: Robot, Email Marketing, Tool, E-mail, Marketing Research, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-28
- ESP: Electronic Survey Program (exe)
- ESP is an easy-to-use survey creation, administration, and compilation program. You can create surveys with open-ended responses, multiple choices, multiple responses, and branching questions change depending on users answers. Surveys can be taken on a network LAN, Internet, or printed. Results are instantly calculated and can be exported to a...
- Tags: Survey, Gepeto Software, ESP, Results, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-24
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