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Beyond Broadband - A Quiet Revolution

whitepaper The benefits of the Internet, both for businesses and the consumer are widely documented. When people talk about 'broadband', however, most are talking about Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), which is still essentially a consumer technology.

Tags: bandwidth issues, consumer, asymmetric dsl, talk

[11 May 2008]

Global Brand Implements New Infrastructure to Increase Availability, Productivity

whitepaper Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. Its brands include Flora, Bertolli, Dove, Lux, Pond's, Persil, and Domestos - brands that are locally popular and globally recognized.

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Twinhead International Streamlines Supply Chain and Cuts Order Processing Time by 50%

whitepaper Taipei-based Twinhead International manufactures and markets notebook computers for the consumer and industrial sectors. Income from industrial products commands around 30 - 40% of the company's operating revenues.

Tags: erp

[11 May 2008]

User Identity Propagation in Web Service Implementation

whitepaper Implementation of Web services requires multiple levels of security, including communications security, secure access to the Web service endpoint, and identity propagation between service consumer and implementation.

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Publish/Subscribe Interactions in WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB

whitepaper In the context of publish/subscribe, the publisher or producer of a message or event does not know about any potential subscriber or consumer of that message or event. The well-known publish/subscribe interaction pattern supports one of the key...

Tags: java

[11 May 2008]

Wireless Digital Picture Frame Retrieves Live Information From Windows Vista Computers

whitepaper To differentiate their product from a standalone digital frame, which simply reads photos from memory cards or USB keys, OEM i-mate designed a connected, services-oriented device intended for the high-end segment of the consumer electronics market.

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

Enabling Mobility With HP Innovation and the HP Integrity Platform

whitepaper Content needs to be created just once and delivered in the optimal format for any device the consumer wishes to use. The ability and willingness to move or change is about mobility. Mobility is a catalyst for these changes as traditional ways of...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[11 May 2008]

PCI Data Security Standard: SSO - Strong Authentication - Physical/Logical Security Convergence

whitepaper Despite the best efforts of organizations to protect customer data, consumer fraud and identity theft have hit new highs. During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based commerce, as well as a drastic increase in...

Tags: security standards

[09 May 2008]

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News BT is talking convergence again - the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. This is not the telco's first foray into the world of consumer mobility. The new service - BT Total Broadband Anywhere - furnishes...

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps

News Every Blu-ray disc player - the consumer and industry standard for high-definition content delivery - includes Java technology. Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with a series of keynote...

Tags: ria, java, sun

[08 May 2008]

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS)

whitepaper Hand-in-hand with card acceptance comes the responsibility to safeguard and protect all transaction and consumer data. Accepting credit and debit cards is a fact of life at campuses nationwide. Unfortunately, education institutions because of their...

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Developer Security Best Practices

whitepaper Information security should therefore be of the utmost concern when developing computer applications that handle, process, or store consumer information. The importance of strong security cannot be overvalued for any successful business.

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Cingular (the New AT&T)

whitepaper The intersection between today's consumer and today's technology is a moving target - and e-mail users are a primary example of today's unpredictable Internet consumer. Cingular, the new AT&T is the largest provider of wireless services in the...

Tags: voice - data integration

[04 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Customer Story: TD AMERITRADE

whitepaper It also signals an opportunity for online brokerages like TD Ameritrade to expand their consumer base by attracting these investors. TD AMERITRADE has been providing brokerage services since 1975. When the market's opening bell rings, it signals...

Tags: sales - marketing

[03 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Customer Story: Nissan

whitepaper The consumer-geared potential for that progressive technology goes far beyond gaming - it opens doors for people who use the Internet every day to search and map. Nissan is the third largest japanese automobile manufacturer.

Tags: gps - gis

[02 May 2008]

A Guide to Provisioning, Billing and Nurturing Users of Web Applications and On-Demand Solutions

whitepaper Broad-based acceptance of consumer-oriented, on-demand services A confluence of factors is driving customers to adopt a new generation of web-based, on-demand business applications. The emergence of these Sofware as a Service (SaaS) solutions is...

Tags: business strategies, demand, saas, end users

[02 May 2008]

O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal

News Mike Fairman, head of O2 broadband, told silicon.com: "As with our consumer products, all of our customer service is 24/7 UK-based and free to call and that's the same for business. Mobile operator O2 UK has launched a business broadband service...

Tags: broadband, smes, o2

[01 May 2008]

Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season

Comment Who is the real loser, asks lawyer Sian Croxon - the trademark holder, the consumer or the law itself? Trademark protection vs consumer choice. If you're like me, you've never given much thought to how search engines work - you're happy to enter...

Tags: keywords, google, search engines, trademarks

[30 Apr 2008]

iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...

News While the BlackBerry has traditionally focused on the enterprise market and the iPhone was initially marketed as a consumer device - analyst Gartner recently dubbed the latter 'ready for business', following moves by Apple to license Microsoft's...

Tags: smart phone, blackberry, iphone

[30 Apr 2008]

Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive

News Only the Business and Ultimate flavours of Vista come with downgrade rights, meaning consumer machines can't be sold in a similar fashion. Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are...

Tags: xp, vista, hp, dell

[28 Apr 2008]

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