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KPN: KPN Cuts Operating Costs by Two-Thirds in Migration to Unisys Servers With Microsoft operating system: KPN, the market leader in major segments of the Dutch telecoms industry, operates a fixed telephony network in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. KPN wanted to reduce the costs and increase the productivity of KANVAS, its cable network connection address registration system, because KPN's legacy mainframe was reaching the end...; Tags: TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows 2000, Servers, cable network, Unisys Corp., cable, enterprise server, server, telephony, Microsoft Corp., network, operating system, industry; Case studies
Group Health Cooperative: Healthcare Provider Takes Preventive Steps by Upgrading Desktop operating system: Group Health Cooperative counts on more than 10,000 computers at 60 sites to help provide medical insurance and care for approximately 540,000 patients. The organization worked with Microsoft Services to upgrade from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 for its desktop and portable computers....; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000, PRODUCTIVITY, service pack, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, system administration, portable computer, help desk, Microsoft Windows XP, insurance, patient, Microsoft Windows, health care, co; Case studies
Where Is All of the Active Packaging?: This article reveals that packaging machines tries to pull as much oxygen out of a package as possible by sucking it out the way a vacuum cleaner picks up dirt. Unfortunately, vacuum and subsequent nitrogen gas flushing limits packaging line speeds and increase the cost per package. The ideal application...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, barrier, oxygen, operating system; White papers
Business Hacks Poll: What's Your operating system?: Business Hacks Poll: What's Your Operating System?RE: Business Hacks Poll: What's Your Operating System?XP at work, Leopard at home. Much prefer OSX!No Vista for meThe more time I spend with Windows Vista, the more convinced I become that I'm sticking with XP. It's like for every good thing Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Business Hacks poll, Business Hacks, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Learning From operating system Earth: The earth's biosphere -- the area that supports life -- has been in operation for 3.5 billion years, nourishing an incredible array of life forms. Do you think your business can learn a thing or two about sustainability from an operating system that has worked and evolved...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, operating system, Unruh, Biosphere Rules, biosphere; Blog posts 2008-02-22

How Microsoft Marketing Screwed Us All.: How Microsoft Marketing Screwed Us All.You have a choice.So use another operating system. Look at Linux:http://librenix.com/?inode=21True but...While everything in this article is true, it does not really tell the whole story. The thesis of this article is that Microsoft left the operating system open as a marketing ploy...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Microsoft Marketing, IBM Corp., software, operating system, marketing, industry; Discussion threads 2007-12-24
Market Requirements = Garbage.: Last friday, I blogged about a marketing decision made at Microsoft about a decade ago. You may have thought that screed was a bit off-topic for this blog, but there was method in my madness. I wanted to illustrate an important point about the proper role of Marketing...; Tags: Marketing research, archetype, Geoffrey James, marketing, Microsoft Corp., Marketing folk; Blog posts 2007-12-27
How Microsoft Marketing Screwed Us All.: Have you heard about the storm worm? It's a particularly nasty computer virus that's been popping up all year in different forms. What's different about this virus is that it has a business model and is actually making money for the people who created it. And those...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Geoffrey James, computer, operating system, sales pro, marketing, virus, computer virus, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-12-21
How to Downgrade to Windows XP: So you've decided Windows Vista just isn't your cup of OS tea. Perhaps you're not happy with its sluggish performance or software incompatibilities. Whatever the reason, you may be able to "downgrade" to Windows XP (or, if you prefer, an earlier version of Windows). All volume-licensed editions of Vista, meaning...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Rick Broida, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system; Blog posts 2007-12-14
VMware Fusion Beta - Virtualization for Mac OS X: Looks like VMware Fusion Beta is now Open.The "Fusion" codename is used to describe the project that is, basically, putting VMware Workstation type capabilities onto the Mac OS X operating system. From their web site:The new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion, allows Intel-based Macs to run x86...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Virtual Appliances, virtualization, Apple Macintosh, VMware Inc., Apple Mac OS, VMware Fusion, operating system, Apple Mac OS X; Blog posts 2006-12-22
Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: This paper is a brief summary of VDC's analysis of Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Telecom/Datacom Infrastructure Vertical Market. The base year for market data and analysis is 2002, with a five-year forecast period through 2007.; Tags: Development tools, PRODUCTIVITY, Venture Development Corp., software development tool, development tool, analysis, tool, software, operating system; White papers 2004-03-01
Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Volume V - Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Industrial Automation Vertical Market: This paper is a brief summary of VDC's analysis of Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Industrial Automation Vertical Market. The base year for market data and analysis is 2002, with a five-year forecast period through 2007.; Tags: Development tools, PRODUCTIVITY, Venture Development Corp., software development tool, development tool, analysis, tool, software; White papers 2004-03-01
The Creation and Diffusion of Global Industry Standards: The Case of Mobile operating systems: Due to the growing number of products and the need for interconnection between them, compatibility standardization in ICT has gained considerable importance during the last decade, creating network externalities for the users and increasing returns for the producers. Standards can be created by market or committee-based mechanisms but also by...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Lund University, Information and Communication Technology, industry standard, mobile, operating system, telecommunications, network; White papers 2004-01-05
Love Affair With Web Services Waning?: For the business people that control IT investments and spending, Web services terminology is yet another foreign language they don't care to master - to them Web services don't matter. They do indeed understand business processes, more than many IT people care to admit, so perhaps it's time for IT...; Tags: Web services, Channel management, Strategy, Business Process Management Initiative, Web service, information technology, IT investment, operating system, Web, business process; White papers 2003-11-01
Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Volume I - Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Automotive Vertical Market: This paper is a brief summary of VDC's analysis of Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the automotive vertical market. The base year for market data and analysis is 2002, with a five-year forecast period through 2007. The...; Tags: Development tools, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Venture Development Corp., software development tool, development tool, analysis, software, tool, supplier; White papers 2003-10-01
Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools Volume III: Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Military/Aerospace Vertical Market: The military/aerospace market continues to be a major market for embedded software providers in generating revenues for embedded OS and tool vendors. The tragic events on September 11, 2001 and their aftermath have had a significant effect on the military/aerospace industries. Post 9/11 has seen budget increases for information technology...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Venture Development Corp., homeland security, terrorism, software development, software, information technology, industry, tool; White papers 2003-07-01
Embedded Developers' Demand and Requirements for Commercial OSs and Software Development Tools: Volume IV - Current Practices and Emerging Requirements in the Consumer Electronics Vertical Market: This paper provides a brief on embedded systems. According to the paper, the consumer electronics market is a large and fast growing sector of embedded industry. The demand for innovative devices wired and wireless, mobile and stationary is boundless. Fast growing technology areas included streaming media, media capture and playback...; Tags: Quality, Development tools, Venture Development Corp., consumer electronics, software development tool, embedded system, standards, streaming media, development tool, software, wireless, mobile, industry, tool; White papers 2003-04-01
The Embedded Software Strategic Market Intelligence Program 2002/2003: Volume II - Embedded operating systems, Software Development Tools, Design Automation Tools, Test Automation Tools, and Database Management Solutions for Embedded Systems: An extensive analysis of the world market for embedded operating systems, software development tools, system design automation tools, test automation tools, and database management systems leads them to the conclusions, by 2007, they estimate the market for embedded operating systems, bundled tools, and related services will reach over $1 billion....; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Venture Development Corp., test automation, software development tool, database management, development tool, database management system, embedded system, tool, consumer electronics, database, operati; White papers 2003-03-01
Embedded operating systems for Real-Time Applications: The advent of microprocessors has opened up several product opportunities that simply did not exist earlier. These intelligent processors have invaded and embedded themselves into all fields of our lives be it the kitchen (food processors, microwave ovens), the living rooms (televisions, air conditioners) or the work places (fax machines,...; Tags: Processors, laser printer, fax machine, embedded system, microwave, pager, processor, microprocessor, fax, laser, food, credit card, printer, TV, operating system; White papers 2002-11-01
IBM eServer xSeries Servers Running Linux: The Alternative to Proprietary operating systems and Servers: Enterprises with the right mix of workload requirements are realising a significant reduction in the cost of ownership by deploying Linux on Intel processor-based servers. Linux combined with xSeries servers could allow one to realise these savings, too. An IBM Business Partner will develop a tailored comparison for considering Linux...; Tags: IBM eServer xSeries, Operating System, IBM eServer, IBM Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware; White papers 2002-05-01