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Business Intelligence in Retail – The Appeal of Data

Posted on May-23-2011 by

Business intelligence in retail is becoming extremely important. Successful retail companies and enterprises are using data integration, BI, data mining and other data management reports to lower marketing costs and increase revenue and profitability. Retailers that can collect and capitalize on the data they gather will gain a healthy return on their BI investments. However, read more…

Now this is an interesting story “How Apple Dodged a Sun Buyout”

Posted on May-23-2011 by

At a Churchill Club dinner, former Sun executives Scott McNealy and Ed Zander discuss why the company didn’t buy Apple in 1996, the real beginnings of cloud computing and why Linux should never have SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Would there be iPhones, iPads and iPods on the market today if Sun Microsystems had been able read more…

Introducing the Apple iPad 2 an IDC Analyst report

Posted on May-23-2011 by

This is a reprint of Krista’s viewpoint and I am a fan of her work   When the first iPad launched last year, Jobs described it as “magical”. So does that label apply to the iPad 2? It’s always a tough act to follow the wonderment of the first born child. In this case, iPad read more…

Location Based Technologies are a Game Changer

Posted on May-23-2011 by

May Smartphone’s and mobile devices (tablets and Netbooks) have built in location based technologies (GPS). This allows the application to know where you are and share that information with other users or local businesses. Look up local restaurants and post reviews after eating or get coupon deals while looking for a place to eat. What read more…

We need more Free Wireless Access Points

Posted on May-23-2011 by

We need more Free Wireless Access Points Obviously with the proliferation of smart phones, iphones, iPads and android tablets…the users need places to use their new found devices. Kudos to Starbucks understanding that if they offer free WiFi in their 770 coffee shops then users will flock there for coffee and free access. But where read more…

Street Markings – What do they mean?

Posted on May-23-2011 by

It probably wasn’t until I was in New York a few months ago that I started to take more notice of my urban surroundings. I shot a series of street markings around the rebuild of the World Trade Center for a possible book, including a few Survey plates. They are everywhere if you stop to read more…

What? Can the PSTN be Shut Down?

Posted on May-22-2011 by

What? Can the PSTN be Shut Down? I will refer you to the excellent article put forth by Gary Audin, Delphi Inc. in July 2010 and his immense research so I will just provide the short form. (Go to nojitter for a PDF version of Gary’s full article) As you know, the VOIP phone service read more…

Apple iPad, RIM Playbook, Samsung Androids, HP Tablet, Sales Tools, Productivity and the Cloud: 7 Super Tips

Posted on May-22-2011 by

Apple iPad, RIM Playbook, Samsung Androids, HP Tablet, Sales Tools, Productivity and the Cloud: 7 Super Tips Tablets are the hot item and it’s now become pervasive in the business environment. Progressive IT departments are now seriously looking at tablets in place on laptops due to a lower TCO and the perfect tool for Cloud read more…

Gartner’s Top 10 Technologies for 2011

Posted on May-22-2011 by

  I have been using my own small list of technology trends as discussion points with my customers. It seems that every CIO and Director has objectives put in place to transform their organization, but sometime the transformation has many steps and requires their infrastructure to be ready. Let’s see what the good folks at read more…

Protect your PBX From Hackers and Phreakers!

Posted on May-22-2011 by

Protect your PBX From Hackers and Phreakers! Theft of long distance service, telecommunications services and toll fraud come in many different forms. Understanding your telecommunications system and the techniques used by the criminals are key to limiting your vulnerability to this type of crime. 1. Learn about your telecommunications system: • know the safeguards, the read more…

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