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CRM rivals dismiss Microsoft's hosted efforts
News Speaking to ZDNet UK this week, Jim Steele, head of worldwide operations for on-demand CRM company Salesforce.com said that although it never pays to ignore a well-funded rival, Microsoft was more of a threat to traditional players.
[November 26, 2004, 8:30]
Santa’s Secret Software Solutions
Blog In higher demand than ever at a wide selection of shopping malls and plazas across the land, the new on-demand “Santa-As-A-Service” solution will mean that grottos everywhere can supply personal appearances to children as when times are busiest.
[December 21, 2007, 19:50]
IBM wins £3bn outsourcing deal
News IBM has been a leading proponent of what it calls "computing on demand. IBM's global strength and computing capabilities, delivered 'on demand,' will help us create significant value for our clients, shareholders and employees," Thomas B.
[December 31, 2002, 9:34]
Safety Inventory Analysis: Why and How?
White Papers Traditionally, the analysis of safety inventory levels has focused primarily on demand and demand uncertainty, while supply uncertainty and inventory accuracy aren't typically addressed explicitly in the analysis of safety inventory.
[August 30, 2006, 1:00]
Chips may slump into spring 2002
News Citing weak demand and continuing inventory issues, Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Edlestone lowered estimates on seven semiconductor companies Wednesday. The PC sector will also continue to slump, he predicted, saying that although demand should...
[May 31, 2001, 6:28]
Linux takes diverse routes to business success
News The dot-com boom may be over, but the demand for Linux is still strong in business -- a fact not lost on the computing giants present at this week's Linux Expo UK in London. This is all driven by customer demand, the companies said, although they...
[October 11, 2002, 16:08]
Dell: PC demand 'seems to have stabilised'
News Dell hinted on Monday that the worst may be over regarding the lull in demand for its products. Dell will hold its annual shareholders' meeting on Friday morning in Austin, where chief executive Michael Dell and Gladden will no doubt be questioned...
[July 14, 2009, 11:54]
Survey: LAN take-up slows Down Under
News The research, entitled Trends in Australian SMEs Demand for Networking 2004, focuses on the present condition of the networking market, LAN usage and the uptake of remote access for employees within an organisation.
[May 21, 2004, 10:20]
Safety Inventory Analysis: Why and How?
White Papers Traditionally, the analysis of safety inventory levels has focused primarily on demand and demand uncertainty, while supply uncertainty and inventory accuracy aren't typically addressed explicitly in the analysis of safety inventory.
[August 30, 2006, 0:00]
London's data centres bursting at the seams
News A survey released on Wednesday said that rack space in London is now at a premium, and Web-hosting firm Globix has just launched a high density hosting service to meet growing demand. Blades, created to allow more muscle to be packed into existing...
[March 2, 2005, 14:15]
Service Overlay Networks: SLAs, QoS, and Bandwidth Provisioning
White Papers The authors advocate the notion of Service Overlay Network (SON) as an effective means to address some of the issues, in particular, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), plaguing the current Internet, and to facilitate the creation and deployment...
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
AOL's Parsons: Beware of pirates
News He flagged interactive TV and video on demand as areas of development. Consumers are choosing new forms of digital media to get their entertainment because they enjoy the control and convenience the technology affords; the industry has to answer...
[April 9, 2002, 10:14]
Analyst, Broadcom slate Intel
News That revised expectation is still counting on a pickup in demand over the next three weeks. Analyst Ashok Kumar dropped the stock to "buy" from "strong buy," citing weakening demand for the chipmakerÂ’s products.
[September 6, 2000, 8:21]
MPEG-4 standard struggles for traction
News The company closed its domestic operations last month, according to iVast executives, who said they let go about 35 people from engineering and operations.iVast continues to employ about 22 people in the United States as part of its international...
[February 23, 2004, 10:10]
City opportunities beckon for IT workers
News One in four IT contractors now works in banking — and with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and more mergers on the way, there is likely to be continued demand this year. The continuing boom in mergers and acquisitions and...
[January 4, 2007, 8:08]
MICROS-Fidelio Doesn't Gamble on Future: Launches First-Class HP and Oracle Platform to Fuel Business Growth
White Papers HP Adaptive Infrastructure and Oracle Grid Computing technologies ensure that MICROS-Fidelio can offer its customers 'On-demand' processing of information either on-site or via its own data centers. MICROS-Fidelio wanted to meet the needs of its...
[July 30, 2009, 1:21]
Salesforce attacks SAP over delayed SaaS rollout
News The analyst told ZDNet Asia that low awareness of the on-demand software model is posing a challenge for SaaS providers such as SAP, as businesses struggle to understand the benefit of deploying such infrastructures.
[May 21, 2008, 9:46]
Oxlo Systems: Catalyzing the "Last Mile" of the Automotive Demand Chain
White Papers Now, they're focusing on the "Last mile" of the automotive demand chain - where vehicles are sold and serviced at retail - as an opportunity to streamline processes, improve communication and customer service, and improve the bottom line.
[January 11, 2008, 0:01]
Oracle hire reinforces software services drive
News The 15-year HP veteran will report directly to Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison as executive vice president of Oracle On Demand, a division of the company that sells monthly subscriptions to hosting and maintenance services for Oracle's software.
[September 16, 2004, 10:25]
Parata Systems Improves Customer Satisfaction and Reduces Costs
White Papers Parata turned to Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand hosted Customer Relationship Management solutions to provide the technological background required to support the ramp-up of its internal support and service organization.
[December 14, 2006, 0:00]
