| Factiva SalesWorks from Dow Jones Offers New JavaScript-based Web Service Capability
NEW YORK, July 25 -- Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) announced today a new platform capability that offers a range of flexible integration options for Factiva SalesWorks(TM), a comprehensive collection of company, industry and executive news and information designed specifically to help salespeople increase productivity. The improved integration options are currently available in beta to Factiva SalesWorks customers. Organizations will benefit from shortened development cycles and the ability to quickly configure business information to deploy to a portal, intranet or CRM, or as a widget, to meet their specific business requirements. The new simplified integration capability leverages Web 2.0 technologies, which allow organizations to focus less on complex Web Services development and more on implementing critical sales intelligence throughout the enterprise.
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Rangers on rack as sectarian chanting mars win
SECTARIAN chanting by Rangers fans at yesterday's SPL opener in Inverness threatens to derail the club's season before it has even started after the introduction of new rules banning the singing of offensive songs in Scotland. The Ibrox club are facing a possible fine or even being stripped of points after supporters spouted a series of hate-filled songs and slogans throughout the televised game at the Caledonian Stadium. .
Wednesday | 1 August, 2007
The public network is getting interesting again. In the early '90s, the buzz was about the Internet's rise and the advent of frame relay. Today, it's about PBT, T-MPLS and next-generation networks, such as Verizon's FiOS and BT's 21CN. Wade through all the acronyms, and it becomes clear that carriers and network equipment providers are focusing on injecting more intelligence into public networks. That is making them more reliable and responsive, as well as capable of handling a variety of business-critical applications. On tap are managed services for security, storage, collaboration, disaster recovery and other business essentials. It comes down to this: "If carriers have a simpler, more flexible and more manageable network infrastructure, then enterprises get a better quality of service because it is deliverable," Distributed Networking Associates president, Steve Taylor, said.
AMR Research Furthers Leadership in Performance Management Research with New Hire
Today, AMR Research further solidified its commitment to innovative and forward-thinking performance management research by hiring Dave Kasabian to the firm's enterprise strategies team. As a research director with over 20 years of industry experience, Dave will provide research and best-practice analysis in performance management strategies, processes, and technologies. Dave's knowledge and experience will further strengthen AMR Research's well-respected group of enterprise strategies analysts, which includes Lee Geishecker (formerly of Gartner) and John Hagerty. .
Panorama Puts Spotlight on Proactive BI
Canadian business intelligence software maker Panorama Software has pushed the latest version of its "proactive" NovaView software into beta phase. Branded as NovaView Spotlight, the software comes with a proactive twist that basically embeds key metrics into business processes via desktop applications like Microsoft Outlook and Office. The aim is to create a "smart personal dashboard" in an Outlook or Office task pane that allows knowledge workers to hone in on relevant business data for decision making. Panorama said the system avoids complex BI tools and expertise since it uses existing and well-understood Microsoft technologies. NovaView is built on Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services. "It's the first application to take key insights and metrics and proactively push them to information workers without bombarding them with large reports," said Eynav Azarya, CEO of Toronto-based Panorama.
CommScope and Axis Communications Form Alliance
RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CommScope, Inc. (NYSE: CTV), a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, in support of the delivery of intelligent building solutions to its customers, has announced an alliance with Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market. Today, one of the more pervasive trends in the security industry is convergence, according to Mark Peterson, senior vice president, Global Marketing, Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankEnterprise');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>Enterprise, CommScope. "In order to be more diligent and efficient with security programs, many companies are merging physical security departments with IT departments," he said. "In addition, many organizations are planning to add more intelligence to buildings, where data, building automation and safety and surveillance systems all converge on a single infrastructure platform.
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