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- Six tips when buying enterprise software
- Successful implementations begin with a strong relationship between customer and software vendor. Here are 6 ways to be an informed buyer. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman, Software Company, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Does IT really need to fear multicore?
- Does IT really need to fear multicore?Gartner has hit the bottom...of the barrel. Obtaining software, OS's and apps, that take advantage of the cores is the ONLY issue. And what is there to fear about that?This is really a moronic idea. But coming from the morons at Gartner, I'm not...
- Tags: multi-core, ABC Inc., software company, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- On IT failure: IDC group vice president Mike Fauscette [podcast]
- IDC's Group Vice President, Mike Fauscette, leads a team of enterprise software analysts for one of the largest research firms in the world. To better understand IT failures, read this interview. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Vice President, International Data Corp., Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management, Michael Krigsman, Software, Software Company, Failure, Tools & Techniques
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The economics of online advertising affects online software publishers
- There are many startups that hope to support themselves and their services through online advertising, through clicks and pageviews, in the same way as media companies. About three years ago, when Jeff Nolan was working as a venture capitalist at the enterprise software giant SAP, he told me that...
- Tags: Software, Media Company, Software Company, Online Advertising, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway
- There's a brewing backlash among software customers as big vendors raise their support and maintenance prices. Dennis Howlett has captured an emerging backlash among SAP customers over an enhanced support and its costs. Oracle is doing the same drill. And Mary Jo Foley detailed a "proactive" support...
- Tags: Software, Software Company, SAP AG, Inflation, Dennis Howlett, Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- When proprietary companies go open source
- When proprietary companies go open sourceThe elephant in the room[i]Let’s not pretend, though, that it’s a move proprietary companies make when they are successful…which explains the trend.[/i]Yup, that's it -- IBM is a failing company and turned Eclipse loose in desperation.John, you remain fixated on the model of "software for...
- Tags: Java development tools, Tools & Techniques, Eclipse, IBM Corp., software, Sun Microsystems Inc., software company, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- The nightmare of buying enterprise software
- The nightmare of buying enterprise softwareIt sounds to me...like the blame lays with the salesman selling the user something he doesn't need. But then salesmen are often ill trained on what their company actually offers. Then again, the bigger the software the bigger the price and the bigger the commission.Let's...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Sales force management, enterprise software, software, software company, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?
- Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?It's back to square oneIn fact, the new Internet-based platforms (Google App Engine, Microsofts upcoming platform to complement SSDS) are creating an entirely new platform. This change is as profound as the change in the early 80's. To succeed...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, software, software company
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Software Company, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Store Multi-Cashier (zip)
- Store management, POS up to 10,retail, barcode reading, refund process, reports, plan for increasing sales, users'login, customers database, generate invoices, stock control, user installation, refund process, and searching tool. Version 2 includes some enhancements, added reports, and differnt payment types at POS.
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Software Company
- Software downloads 2008-05-21
- Traditional software licensing: Why you pay more and a look at your options
- It's hard to believe that some of the most profitable software companies in the world--Oracle, Microsoft and SAP--are sitting on a licensing model that is untenable in the long run and will increasingly irk customers. But there may be a revolution in the cards that could tip the balance of...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Open Source, Software Company, Margin, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"
- Australian senator, Karen Lundy, believes US software "lock-in" reduces both competition and technology innovation, thereby hurting the Australian technology market. Speaking at an Australia 2020 Local Summit, Senator Lundy's remarks made clear her commitment to open source at the expense of "proprietary" systems. Her comments also...
- Tags: Software, Senator, Open Source, Software Company, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Radiography Software Provider Develops Strategic IT Partnership and Delivers More Reliable, Flexible Solutions to Customers
- The Italian software provider Saxos builds highly-sensitive software for private clinics in the healthcare industry. The company wanted to strengthen its position in the market and offer medical customers a strong hardware infrastructure to complement its software solutions. Their technologies needed to be powerful enough to run, store, and develop...
- Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Software Company, Information Technology, Hardware, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-29
- Agenda (zip)
- Phone book, calendar, daily memo writing, dates and obligations reminder, budget balance, create media albums, send emails, friends and family information and birthdates reminder, organize favorite sites, hotel and travel reservation, live news.
- Tags: Software Company, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-15
- Point Of Sale Shop (zip)
- Point of sale store in USA, organize all types of merchandise, manager password, users' logins, retail process, refund process, tax vary, customers database, generate invoices, reporting on all actions, and user installs. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Software Company
- Software downloads 2007-12-13
- More publishers seeing green, especially Olive green
- The folks who produce text that traditionally became ink printed onto paper are having tough times. We've all seen the reports of newspaper lay-offs. One financial problem they face: big daily papers have lost their stranglehold on lucrative classified ads to services like craigslist. ...
- Tags: Nashville, Advertisement, Software Company, Printing, Olive Software, Spielvogel, Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Best of breed: No need for an obit
- As Cognos--and any other mid-sized software firm--gets consolidated by the elephants in the room (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and SAP) the concept of best of breed is on life support. But the patient won't be in critical condition for long. Contrary to all the indicators, the best of...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Oracle Corp., Software Company, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Databases, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Sun looking to buy software companies
- Sun looking to buy software companiesNetApp?NetApp alleges Sun violates its patents. A purchase would make that issue go away.RE: Sun looking to buy software companiesHopefully they'll purchase some sort that can really improve their middleware/desktop portfolio.Corel for example would be a good investment; it might cost $200million (ontop of the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Sun Microsystems Inc., software company, software, Mainsoft, NetApp
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- Will XenSource-Citrix Deal Hurt Xen, Open Source?
- Citrix's $500 million buyout of XenSource is a brilliant strategic move that will enable the Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. software company --and its powerful close ally, Microsoft -- to steal market share from virtualization software kingpin VMware. The deal, announced this week presumably to coincide with VMware's star-studded IPO, essentially unifies...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Software Company, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Photos: Rolling across America at '10 MPH'
- Filmmakers hit the road again, this time for screenings of their documentary chronicling a cross-country ride on a Segway.Josh Caldwell, along with close friend Hunter Weeks, filmed the feature-length documentary 10 MPH, which depicts a 2004 transcontinental Segway journey from Seattle to Boston. Caldwell had the honor of actually riding...
- Tags: photograph, Josh Caldwell, Segway, MPH, Hunter Weeks, documentary, Seattle, Boston, honor, Idaho, Kansas, Dallas, Chicago, movie, America, director, software company, software
- Image galleries 2007-08-07
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