Feb 5th, 2010
Finding Information Quickly Is Critical In A Paperless Office
Most companies and even individuals have a scanner that can create PDFs (Portable Document Format) from paper documents. Overwhelmingly, these devices create image-only, non-searchable PDFs. Having searchable PDF files is absolutely a must in the modern office. Dealing with text documents saved as image files is a clumsy, inconvenient process, as these files cannot be searched [...]
Feb 5th, 2010
Norgren Web Stores Benefit From Consistent Approach To Product Data
Norgren, a global provider of fluid and pneumatic motion technologies, has extended its use of my company’s Product Information Management solution into the U.S. market. This is exciting because as a global business, Norgren has to be able to guarantee accuracy of product information to support international sales. My company’s platform ensures that this business critical [...]
Feb 5th, 2010
Re-Launched Post Office Web Site Increases Online Revenue And Transaction Volumes
I’ve just helped the Post Office to refresh and redesign its Web site. My biggest challenges were to create new Web site designs, translate them into HTML templates, and implement all the new coding that was required to ensure the Web site was easy to use, easy to navigate, simple, clean and engaging. The Post Office [...]
Feb 4th, 2010
Year Of The Tablet? Focus On Purpose-Built Devices
When I visited the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there was a lot of excitement about tablet PCs. In fact, the New York Times has declared 2010 the Year of the Tablet. Although there is much current hype, tablets have actually been around for 20 years or more, adopted in vertical industries such as healthcare, [...]
Feb 4th, 2010
Advanced Data Recovery For IBM AIX Environments
For the most part, traditional tape-based backup and recovery techniques accomplish their rudimentary goals. Nonetheless, they suffer a number of drawbacks. The backup process itself is at the heart of one of the problems. Applications typically must be stopped or curtailed, possibly for hours, while data is backed up. At one time, this could be done [...]
Feb 1st, 2010
PODCAST: Wynn White, KACE, Discusses Apple’s iPad Promise In The Enterprise
Alongside the iPad launch, Apple announced its revenue numbers for the past quarter and the number of companies that either have Apple kit installed, or are looking seriously at the equipment, has gone up significantly. According to Tim Cook, Apple’s COO, around 70% of the Fortune 100 is either deploying or testing iPhones, while in the [...]
Feb 1st, 2010
PODCAST: Is Apple’s iPad Fit For Business?
The newly launched Apple iPad, which has been touted as a ‘magical and revolutionary device,’ has been criticised for being nothing more than an over-sized iPhone. Having said that, the surprisingly low price of the tablet could make it a valid proposition for small businesses. The iPad is undoubtedly a delightful product. But what’s the market? [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
Top Tips To Improve Search Rankings
Search engines exist to help users find the web content they seek. These top tips leverage search technology to help get your site to the top of Google page one. 1. Keep adding new and different content. Every time you update your website the search engines are automatically alerted and send a ’spider’ along to have a [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
Sanity-Checking Twitter’s Valuation
At the end of last year Twitter signed a contract to take an investment of $50 million valuing the company at roughly $1 billion. On a per-user basis, this valuation makes Twitter worth 1.5 times more than Facebook. An impressive amount for a technology startup with no clear means of generating revenue, so [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
Social Media, Brand Reputation And The iPad
The world of social media has become hard to ignore. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn provide a powerful and cost-effective means to get your message across and broaden your horizons. Used effectively they allow the user to build up a good reputation, access content, make new contacts [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
Apple’s iPad Could Be Killer For SaaS
The newly launched Apple iPad, which has been touted as a ‘magical and revolutionary device,’ has been criticised for being nothing more than an over-sized iPhone. Having said that, the surprisingly low price of the tablet could make it a valid proposition for small businesses. The iPad is undoubtedly a delightful product. But what’s the market? [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
MobileArchiver Keeps Your Mobile Phone Life In Order
If you use your mobile phone a lot – and I mean a lot – then you know that keeping track of calls, texts and the like can be a nightmare. Galloping to the rescue to help you keep your mobile life tidy and co-ordinated comes MobileArchiver, currently only available for Windows Mobile [...]
