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SQL Server Compact 3.5

whitepaper A new generation of applications is on the horizon for businesses and consumers. This is driven by market changes such as a growing mobile workforce and its need for productivity even when not "Connected" and an explosive growth of new devices such...

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Directory Publisher Provides Access to White and Yellow Pages on the Desktop

whitepaper Customer Profile SEAT Pagine Gialle is an international group operating in the telephone directories marketplace offering telephonic assistance and multimedia communication for businesses and consumers.

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

Why Do Developers Need an Enterprise Service Bus?

whitepaper It helps consumers find providers and handles the details of communication between them. An Enterprise Service Bus is a broker that supports synchronous and asynchronous service invocation. It also enables data transfer and event notification...

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

Connecting to External Information Sources With WebSphere MQ

whitepaper IBM WebSphere MQ (hereafter called "MQ") is often used to provide a secure, reliable, and scaleable connection between information providers and information consumers. This paper shows how to use WebSphere MQ to connect internal business...

Tags: voice - data integration

[11 May 2008]

Symantec's Mobile Center of Excellence: Advanced Protection for Mobile Endpoints

whitepaper As a result, lost phones are a real problem for companies and consumers alike, exposing both to data disclosure on multiple levels. Mobile devices play an increasingly vital role in today's business, and they frequently contain a wealth of...

Tags: cellular equipment

[11 May 2008]

Working With the Enterprise Service Bus and Mediations, Part 1: A Guide to Create, Deploy, and Test Mediations

whitepaper Mediations are part of the smart infrastructure that enables better application integration by processing in-flight messages as they are being delivered from producers to consumers. This paper introduces the concept of mediation in the context of...

Tags: systems integration

[10 May 2008]

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News Buckley said BT is also targeting another kind of convergence - the collision between work and home life - as boundaries continue to blur and consumers appropriate services they previously used for and at work, and make use of them for managing...

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search

News The company has struggled to make headway in search, particularly in the area of being the place that consumers go for general web queries. The company said in a statement: "Live Search is on a fall/spring release cycle, and we will gradually roll...

Tags: live search, yahoo, microsoft

[08 May 2008]

The Merchant-Acquiring Side of the Payment Card Industry: Structure, Operations, and Challenges

whitepaper In addition, the presenter discussed two recent developments: the emergence of data security standards and the new public structure of payment networks, which have drawn the focus of lawmakers, policymakers, and consumers to the merchant-acquiring...

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

Hewlett Packard Connects With the MSN Video Audience

whitepaper HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. Study showed simultaneously serving two HP ads on MSN Video Player did well to support HP as "Unique" in the minds of...

Tags: streaming media

[03 May 2008]

Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks in order to tap into the huge numbers of consumers using the sites. Analyst house Gartner says social networking sites are starting to attract a broader spectrum of consumers with the...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

More Than 3,000 Users Migrate to New IT Landscape in Seamless, Rapid Transition

whitepaper Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) provides life assurance, banking, mortgage, and investment services to consumers and businesses in Ireland. The company has grown through a number of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a fragmented IT landscape.

Tags: customer support services

[02 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Customer Story: Nissan

whitepaper Companies like Nissan are betting that while eye-catching graphics are generally a great way to get consumers' attention, they can go beyond the flash to provide a service. Nissan is the third largest japanese automobile manufacturer.

Tags: gps - gis

[02 May 2008]

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

News Vodafone said it has seen growth in consumers' appetite for email, IM and social networking via mobile broadband, along with the likes of Google search and user-generated video site YouTube. The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile...

Tags: mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

[01 May 2008]

Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season

Comment As a result, advertisers whose brands are trademarked terms will now need to purchase the keywords related to their brands to ensure consumers who search on their brand terms are not diverted to competitors and vice versa - the increased...

Tags: keywords, google, search engines, trademarks

[30 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer

News Ballmer said most consumers are choosing to buy Vista, the current version of Windows. The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30...

Tags: vista, xp, windows, microsoft

[24 Apr 2008]

Lab Service Helps Banking Solutions Provider Surpass Key Benchmark Results

whitepaper Corillian provides online banking solutions to major financial institutions across the United States, helping them offer services that consumers can use to pay bills, check account balances, transfer funds, and more.

Tags: customer support services

[24 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology actually is when it comes to what consumers buy, according to Gartner. At Gartner's co-located mobile & wireless and enterprise & networking conferences in London...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment Apple certainly isn't the first manufacturer to realise the importance of third-party development on a phone but it might prove to be one of the critical moves that captures the hearts and minds of consumers and indeed the developer community.

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

UK online spend up 50 per cent this year

News UK consumers spent £13bn online in the first three months of this year, the equivalent to £213 for every person in the country. Compared to figures for the first quarter of 2007, the spend marks an increase of 50.5 per cent, according to the latest...

Tags: consumer electronics, alcohol, online retail

[22 Apr 2008]

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