Cisco is Now Number-4 Voice Vendor Worldwide; Only Vendor to Realize Revenue Market Share Gains Calendar Q2 2004, According to Synergy Research.
Network Systems Design Conference Has “Sexy Expanded Focus”
What’s it like to be the only show focused exclusively on networking system design? It’s like being on top of the world.
Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Legacy Systems Overview for Developers
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it. Now it is targeted to the whole spectrum of horizontal and vertical market clientele. Small companies use Small Business Manager (which is based on the same technology – Great Plains Dexterity dictionary and runtime), Great Plains Standard on MSDE is for small to midsize clients, and then Great Plains serves the rest of the market up to big corporations.
Content Management Systems: Whats the Catch?
“Content Management System” (CMS) is an expression that is widely used in relation to Web site development and maintenance today. Maybe even more than widely: the search for “Content Management System” returned 2,190,000 results pages from Google. What’s so special about it? Is a CMS a must for any individual or company that owns a Web site? Can you do without it? If you know the answers to these questions, you don’t have to read any further – this article is for those who want to find out what a CMS is and whether they need it at all.
Tacoda Systems Launches Behavioral Ad Product
Tacoda Systems is currently testing a method of behavioral ad targeting that combines Google AdWords-style targeting and profile-based advertising. The service, which is being tested by four unnamed publications, is called Audience Match.
Python in Systems Administration: Part I — Better Scripting
One well-honed item in every sys admin’s toolbox is a preferred scripting language — maybe sh, or ksh, or Perl, or something more unusual, like Rexx or Ruby. I find Python so capable and easy to learn that in my consulting role at Phaseit, I tell newcomers it’s the best single language they can learn. Python spans a wider range of applications than any other language I know — even more than C or Java — and beginners pick it up quickly.
ROI For CRM Systems – Can You Measure It?
This is a hot topic in the industry today. There is a great amount of debate and discussion about Return on Investment for Customer Relationship Management systems. There are extremists at both ends of the spectrum. Some people say financial ROI for a CRM system is simply impossible to measure because the direct benefits are either intangible (like customer goodwill) or are intermingled with all kinds of other factors (did our sales increase because of our CRM system or because of that new product launch, or both?). There are others who say you can absolutely equate CRM ROI to dollars, and that you shouldn’t implement until you incorporate that into your plan.
Introduction to Relational Database Systems
If you collect and use any kind of data you probably have some kind of organizing system. Whether you use index cards, a filing cabinet, Excel spreadsheets, or some kind of database program, your system should let you add and change data, delete data, and retrieve data, and it should work faster and more efficiently than if you had to do it by hand.
Systems for Success
Did you put on plays when you were a kid? I know I did, and when it was time to put on a play, we put some serious planning into its production. In fact, my brothers and I had a system of sorts for pulling it all together. We would fashion some theatre tickets, carefully choose costumes from mom and dad’s closet, and color a play program for our guests. I think the planning was as much fun as the performance. As I have enjoyed greater success in business, those same system-creating skills have become a valuable asset. Systems can take the drudgery out of work, making your business run more efficiently.