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Spending money to save money makes sense in the context of large capital assets, including facilities, fleet, plant equipment,
and even computers. A lack of preventative maintenance affects the shareholders of all companies. Aging assets and reactive
maintenance can be financial drains. A complete preven (...)
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... capital assets, including facilities, fleet, plant equipment, and even computers. ...
preventative maintenance program consisting of better business practices and ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Is business intelligence (BI) an application that pays off? We have all heard mixed results but a 2003 extensive study on
on-line analytical processing (OLAP) states that BI usually pays off over 60 percent of the time , explains where the value
is found, and describes what’s required to get the pay (...)
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... to distinguish data warehousing activities from on-line transaction processing, which is the use of computers
to run the on-going operation of a business. ...
Published:
2004-10-09
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The documents, spreadsheets, databases and other files on the personal computers used to conduct business are corporate assets.
It cost money to create them and that investment should be protected. Additionally, companies have both competitive and legal
obligations to assure that such data is kept priv (...)
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The documents, spreadsheets, databases and other files on the personal computers used to conduct business
are corporate assets. It cost money to ... ...
Published:
2000-04-18
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Based on a survey of finance executives from across Canada, this white paper offers perspectives of senior financial managers
on the widespread use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets in the workforce. It also determines what finance
executives see as the drivers and benefits of the use of (...)
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Enterprise Mobility: Executive Perspectives on Mobile Business Applications. Source: SAP. Document Type:
White Paper Description: Based ...
Published:
2011-08-08
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Today’s Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP) market is a complex of interrelated services and provider capabilities.
This article traces the history of the service providers, and explains how each arose at points when markets developed around
particular core technologies. The historical evidence su (...)
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Today’s Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP) market is a complex of interrelated services and provider capabilities. This
article traces the h...
Published:
2000-12-13
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IBM has decided to combine its entire desktop PC line under one name. The NetVista brand, until last week the name for IBM’s
thin clients and appliance desktops, will now cover the whole range, including newly-released models for home and business. (...)
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IBM has decided to combine its entire desktop PC line under one name. The NetVista brand, until last week the name for IBM’s
thin clients and appl...
Published:
2000-09-27
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IBM debuts an extremely competitive business network appliance with its new NetVista PCs. Now if it can just fix that direct
Web site... (...)
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... the availability of its new NetVista all-in-one and legacy-free computers, two new ...
New networking and security features make them easier to do e-business. ...
Published:
2000-05-24
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Abstract:
IBM debuts an extremely competitive business network appliance with its new NetVista PCs. Now if it can just fix that direct
Web site... (...)
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computers in business:
... the availability of its new NetVista all-in-one and legacy-free computers, two new ...
New networking and security features make them easier to do e-business. ...
Published:
2000-05-24
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Abstract:
See how modern computing devices can support the expansion of mobile solutions for SCM and how the clouds will help you achieve
total portability. Mobile computing is changing the way companies manage their entire business. The development of ultra-portable
computing devices is geared to support a sle (...)
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computers in business:
... users. Cloud Power By far, the cloud is the medium that will put tablet computers on
the fast track to business mobility. While ...
Published:
2011-02-09
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Abstract:
Product architecture is going to do much more than simply provide the technical functionality, the user interface, and the
platform support. It is going to determine whether a product is going to be able to accommodate increasingly evolving user
requirements. (...)
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computers in business:
Product architecture is going to do much more than simply provide the technical functionality, the user interface, and the
platform support. It is...
Published:
2006-09-18
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... Therefore, he switched to teaching computers to play chess at first, then to teaching
computers to improve business processes. Well ...
Published:
2009-06-04
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Abstract:
As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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computers in business:
As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
Published:
2004-12-24
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... worldwide, including medical devices, automotive, aerospace, plastics, and consumer packaged goods (eg,
appliances, electronics, computers/business machines). ...
Published:
2009-04-15
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Interconnection between vendors, suppliers, customers and employees through ERP and CRM tools, has become a competitive edge.
Like ERP and CRM infrastructures, a Public Key infrastructure has become an enabler of business objectives. PKI provides a
systematic approach to information security. (...)
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computers in business:
... Secure Desktop Environment Desktop computers and laptops have become home to ...
This leads organizations who want to conduct sensitive business electronically to ...
Published:
2003-12-24
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ERP first developed as a form of inventory control and later grew to link disparate bodies of information together from across
the enterprise. Now, ERP enhancements include SCM, CRM, and e-commerce features, just to name a few. However, where is this
technology going? What does it mean now? (...)
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ERP first developed as a form of inventory control and later grew to link disparate bodies of information together from across
the enterprise. Now...
Published:
2005-05-17
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HP is leading the way by taking action and implementing Bluetooth technology into a wide array of product offerings. (...)
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computers in business:
... so that printers or scanners can communicate with desktop computers (at short ...
the palm-top Jornada, the OmniBook laptop offering and the business line desktops ...
Published:
2000-05-17
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Abstract:
The right balance of automated processes with paper records and manual, human interaction is necessary to keep costs under
control with a flexible yet controlled set of procedures. The strategic software category, governance, risk management, and
compliance, is poised to help. (...)
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... is not about computers, but rather it is about processes that involve many elements,
one of which is computers. ... while the business process management (BPM
...
Published:
2008-07-23
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Abstract:
See how modern computing devices can support the expansion of mobile solutions for SCM and how the clouds will help you achieve
total portability. Mobile computing is changing the way companies manage their entire business. The development of ultra-portable
computing devices is geared to support a sle (...)
Excerpt related to
computers in business:
... users. Cloud Power By far, the cloud is the medium that will put tablet computers on
the fast track to business mobility. While ...
Published:
2011-02-09
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Abstract:
Web-based software has come of age: it is more robust and stable, and combined with the increased speed of the Internet,
businesses have reaped tremendous benefits. Still, Web-based systems may not be the answer for every business. (...)
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Web-based software has come of age: it is more robust and stable, and combined with the increased speed of the Internet, businesses
have reaped tr...
Published:
2007-11-02
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Abstract:
Compaq Computer told financial analysts it plans to start selling more of its computers directly to customers, and this time
the company says it means it. (...)
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... The move to sell computers in the same way as rival Dell Computer should cut ...
The company is also betting big on iPaq, its simplified business PC that started ...
Published:
2000-03-01