Archive for September, 2011
How to Unify all Communications: Get Social.
Just twenty years ago, businesses found it standard practice to communicate through telephones and face-to-face meetings. Now, as businesses learn the importance of communicating more effectively across a widespread network, their tools for communication need to evolve. In-person meetings and the travel often required for them, as well as traditional telephony, are no longer the [...]
Full StoryThe 10 Commandments of Video Conferencing
In a highly technical world of business communication, HD video conferencing has quickly become one of the most useful tools in professional workplaces around the world. The ability to view and interact with a business partner from a remote location is only one of the many benefits associated with HD video conferencing. While advanced video [...]
Full Story7 Reasons to Embrace Workshifting
With the advent of the Internet, the workplace started to subtly shift. The Telework Research Network study shows that about 40% of American workers can do their work outside of the office at least part of the time, and with laptops, Wi-Fi connections, and Smarphones, more and more Americans are doing just that. While some [...]
Full StoryHow The New Social Web Is Pushing The Growth And Adoption Of Open Identities
When the Internet was primarily controlled by web site owners, it was perfectly fine for web site owners to maintain their entire user base inside of an isolated bubble. This way, users would need to individually register for each service that they wanted to access. But then, Web 2.0 happened. Today’s Internet is primarily driven [...]
Full StoryCloud v/s Hosted Risk Management Solutions for Financial Organizations
Banking and financial service institutions broadly face four types of risk namely credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and operational risk. With the recent economic upheaval however, these risk have gained in complexity and sophistication, causing risk management to gain prominence. Banking, finance and insurance companies across the spectrum including central banks, federal financial agencies, [...]
Full StoryA Beginners Guide to Enterprise Mobility and ERP
Having mobility in your workforce, particularly in certain vertical sectors such as manufacturing, retail and logistics is no longer something that gives you a competitive edge, it’s a competitive necessity. Similarly, the vast majority of medium sized businesses also utilise the benefits of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to optimize and improve their organisational [...]
Full StoryFantastic four features you should know about windows 8
With microsoft embarking the much hyped next generation operating system – Windows 8, the company has claimed that they are inventing the OS with Windows 8. MS announced many features in the recent held Build Conference in Anaheim, California. In nutshell the features which are making headlines in the media can be enlisted as Metro [...]
Full StoryEfficient Software Deployment Via the Enterprise App Store
Software accounts for up to 22%[i] of every IT budget and is increasing, by nearly 5%, to just over $231bn worldwide (by end of 2010). The dilemma for many organizations is the ability to track and monitor its usage. With software vendor audits becoming commonplace, 61% of polled enterprises said that they had been audited [...]
Full StoryWhat Is Application Streaming? (App Streaming)
When it comes to PC and laptop administration, software patching and management is a time-consuming headache. Not only do tech support staff have to spend a lot of time installing and updating software on individual machines, but this maintenance also creates an interruption for the end-user’s productive work. And as we all know, any time [...]
Full Story18 Reasons You Need A Good CRM
A good CRM is more than just a way of organizing your contacts. If that’s all you need, you might as well settle for a contact management program. On the other hand, customer relationship management system will not only keep track of your contacts and their histories, but will also optimize and improve every aspect [...]
Full StoryMulti-Core Chips VS. Multiple Processors
The Central Processing Unit of your computer is the brain of your machine. This is the vital component that controls all of the input/output functions, directs data traffic throughout the machine, and does the complex math that makes computers so useful. The best-known brands within the chip industry are Intel and AMD, who both produce [...]
Full StoryEverything You Need To Know About Computer Security In 2 Easy Steps
The war between hackers and security professionals has been going on for several decades now, and the arms race hasn’t slowed down one bit. Every time a hole is patched, malicious attackers will find another way around. And as technology continues to become cheaper and more accessible for technically illiterate users, security experts are also [...]
Full StoryAustralian Internet Censorship – Where does it Currently Stand?
Availability of online content today, through Smart Phones, hand held devices and traditional computers, has raised concerns about whether local and international governments should become involved in monitoring what’s published and available for viewing. While much of today’s Internet content is harmless, concerns remain about access to sites publishing troubling topics such as pornography, and [...]
Full StoryWhat Is A Smurf Attack?
As you’re probably already aware, machines on the Internet use a system of unique addresses for communicating and identifying each other online. These are called IP addresses. (Computers 101) When you want to send a message to a single machine, you can do so by addressing a packet to that individual IP address. If you [...]
Full StoryHow Evaluating CRM Is Different From Evaluating Other Types Of Software
When evaluating cloud applications, the normal approach would be to compile a list of 10 or 15 vendors, and run a free trial of each. From this list, you’d go through each and evaluate their physical appearance and their ease-of-use. Based on this basic evaluation, you would end up selecting the one that looked the [...]
Full StoryTop 10 SaaS Software Providers In Every Category For September 2011
Top 10 SaaS Customer Relationship Management (CRM) CLP Suite Commence CRM SalesForce Infusion Software Appshore Aplicor NetSuite eGain Salesboom Microsoft Dynamics Top 10 Hosted Exchange Providers 123Together.com NetNation FuseMail 9th Sphere Kerio Mail Hosting SherWeb Hostirian Utopia Systems Exchange My Mail Apps4Rent Top 10 SaaS Invoicing Software Services FreshBooks Bamboo Invoice WinkBill Zoho Invoicing SimplyBill [...]
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