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- Vendor
- An organization that sells something. In this publication, vendor refers to both manufacturers and distributors as long as they sell products to the general public.
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- Sometimes you feel like a NUT
- By supporting NUT, and assuring customers it can support whatever is in its data centers, OpenGear is now able to work with the top power management vendors, like Eaton. The two announced a partnership to deliver power management with NUT today. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Power Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Data Centers, Business Structures, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Data Center, Network, Vendor, Network UPS Tools, Productivity, Open Source
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- Each major section in BIT ends with a case study - this is the Cutter Mills case from 2001 illustrating the governance issues associated with appliance computing. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Paul Murphy, Cost, Supply Chain, Application, Marketing, Smart Display, PC, Information Technology, Production, Vendor, Project Manager, IBM AS/400, Product, Customer, Order, ERP, Supplier, Plan, Finance, Failure, Decision, Systems Management, Cutter Mills, Cutter, Changes, Bugtoaster, 4Cost Information, 5Estimates, Actuals, Cost Difference, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Supply Chain Management (SCM), UNIX, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Yes, vendors are vital to open source
- Fellow ZDNet blogger Dana Blankenhorn asks the question, "Are vendors vital to open source?" No, not at all. Unless you want steady improvements to the software, timely security fixes, ISV and hardware support, and distribution methods that allow users to actually download or receive FOSS on physical media. Then they...
- Tags: Vendor, F/OSS, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Ethics Policy
- Ethical behavior is something that most people practice everyday. It is on a rare occasion that an organization will need to enforce the Ethics Policy, but having one in place is a good idea. This policy outlines areas where interactions with vendors might be questionable. ...
- Tags: Vendor, Ethics, Business Ethics, Channel Management, Leadership, Management, Marketing
- Download resources 2008-10-23
- Vendor Relationship Policy
- This policy is designed to outline organizational and vendor conduct practices when working with your company. Certain practices or engagements by vendors which pose a conflict of interest between the vendor and organization cannot be allowed. All potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed at the time the...
- Tags: Vendor
- Download resources 2008-10-23
- Observations from the HR Technology show
- Quick Trends in HR The HR Technology show is probably the most important HR technology event of the year. It attracts a significant number of vendors (approximately 225 by my count) and buyers. I spent a couple of days covering the latest (11th) HR Technology show...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, Vendor, Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- 2008 has been very very good for the Linux Foundation
- IT departments are increasingly software-writing shops. What vendors call customers are, increasingly, collaborators. Vendors are just the tip of the industry iceberg. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Industry, Vendor, IT Department, Strategy, Linux, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, UNIX
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Paradox SBS (msi)
- Paradox SBS offers an efficient, easy to use application for the creation of purchase orders for small and medium sized organizations, using multiple suppliers or vendors. With each vendor activated having a unique set of items or materials. The application includes a number of useful features including multiple vendors or...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Vendor, Supplier, Purchase Order, Paradox Software, EDI, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-12
- A fresh model for software maintenance
- It is clear that the homogeneous application of round sum percentages applied to software maintenance pricing is a dead business model. Nowhere is that more clearly illustrated in the recent kerfuffle over SAP's forced price rise for its maintenance services. SAP has put up a spirited defense but on the...
- Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position
- Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
- Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?
- Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...
- Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents
- It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren't taking social software seriously. They can't. Not even if they...
- Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Value Chain, Vendor, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Sam, Austin Ventures, Dan, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Handheld devices sink 53.2% in Q4 2007
- According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 683,004 units in Q4 2007, marking a 53.2% decrease from Q4 2006 and a 6.0% decrease from Q3 2007. For the full 2007 year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 mln units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 mln units shipped during...
- Tags: Vendor, Handheld Device, Handhelds, Hardware, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Compare IP PBX systems from leading vendors like Cisco, Nortel and Avaya
- This Comparison Guide features the leading PBX systems from established vendors like Siemens, Cisco, Avaya and Nortel as well as cutting edge systems form new vendors like Shoretel and Fonality. The Enterprise IP PBX market is rapidly changing to keep pace with the rapid technological and business...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Vendor, IP, PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., Avaya Inc., VoIP-News, Telephony, VOIP, Operational Planning, Networking, Telecommunications, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-02-12
- Security breakdown? Nah, just marketing hype
- Sean Hargrave over at the Guardian seems concerned about security research firms paying hackers for exploits before they are even reported to the responsible vendor. My reaction to this issue has been: "So what, big deal". Various vendors have made defending against so-called...
- Tags: Concept, Marketing, Vendor, Exploit, Security, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- How smart is SMART?
- Most disk drives include a feature named SMART - Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology - intended to tell you if your drive is dying. Can you rely on it? Sadly, no. Here's why. What is SMART? SMART is a protocol for passing information from a disk...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Data, Vendor, Protocol, SMART, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- Vendor Value: Rating the top tech companies
- CIO Insight published its annual Vendor Value survey, with Red Hat coming out on top. A total of 472 respondents from companies ranging from $5 million to over $1 billion in revenues completed the survey in September 2007. More than half said they were the top IT executives at...
- Tags: Vendor, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- ROI Lost: IBM Puts the Screws on a Loyal Customer
- If you ever thought that the contents of the contract you sign with your IT vendor isn't the most important part of your technology strategy, read on. And if you ever thought that your vendor would never do anything to overtly screw you, you also need to read this blog....
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Mainframe, Vendor, Customer, ROI, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Workstream prefers virtualization to multi-tenancy
- Among the product announcements at last week's HR Technology conference in Chicago was a major relaunch from Nasdaq-listed SaaS vendor Workstream. The unveiling of its flagship TalentCenter 7.0 marks the company's emergence from a period of much behind-the-scenes work. "We really went invisible for the past sixteen months while we...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Virtualization, Environment, On-demand, Vendor, Human Capital Management, VMware Inc., Workstream, Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
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