Archive for January, 2007
Succeeding with Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management is a complex business function which covers the process of each part of the product manufacturing process (the ’supply chain’). Choosing the best supply chain management software is crucial for enterprises to be able to control and streamline their business. In business where the product margins are thin, the benefits of even […]
25% of US Uses IE7
After Internet Explorer 7.0 was released in October it has quickly climbed to claim a 25% market share in the US (largely due to it’s rollout via Windows Update). This makes it the second-most used after IE 6.0 in the United States, according to Microsoft’s IE Blog. Microsoft claims more than 100 million users have […]
Navicat for MySQL GUI Management
Anyone who has worked on web sites that use open source MySQL database will appreciate a good tool to manage and create your databases. WordPress is my CMS of choice for most pet projects, with Expressions Engine coming in as the tool of choice for most higher-end projects that demand a more robust feature set.
I […]
Friends Don’t Let Friends Mismanage Projects
Project plans lay out a defined series of steps to accomplish a goal. Most software development methodologies produce an undesirable goal—failure. A 60% failure rate is not just dumb luck, it is the natural consequence of the methodology. To change the outcome, we must change our methodology!
I’ve witnessed failed projects which did not achieve business […]
Copywriting and SEO
There are many Search Engine Optimization design factors which involve how your HTML is structured (e.g. H1 headings, meta tags, alt tags, etc.) But beyond this alphabet soup of technical factors, a lot of SEO comes down to good copywriting. If you have compelling content which by design contains key words and phrases which you’re […]
Adapt or Die
The rise of Internet technology has forced IT to adopt new methods that inherently combat the issues leading to failed projects. Delivering web systems rapidly to a geographically dispersed customer base is requiring dramatic changes to the way software is constructed and managed.
Today’s new economic structure is characterized by compressed business cycles. Companies are increasingly […]
Enterprise Support from Rimini Street
Enterprise support services traditionally will cost you an arm and a leg. Rimini Street annual support services can replace Siebel, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards maintenance and support services while providing 24×7, 30 minute emergency engineer response and premium support features.
They tought a 50% cost savings. If you use Siebel Support today, you might want to get […]
The Alternative Webmaster Glossary
There are a number of SEO and SEM related glossaries on the Internet, but this is the first one I’ve seen that is humorous. If you need to learn the difference between 404 errors and Latent Semantic Analysis, this is one place you can learn it and still have fun:
Bot: The term bot is used […]
NetSimplicity’s Asset Management
A new software solution from NetSimplicity: meeting room scheduling and asset management.
NetSimplicity’s product automates many day-to-day office administration tasks. It integrates with Microsoft Outlook and other tools to provide for the management and scheduling of rooms, equipment, assets and resources.
This software can replace personal calendaring software and spreadsheets to […]
Failed Projects Need Agility
“I don’t get it,” the project manager complained. We were debriefing after a project launch debacle, and tensions were running high. “We had our best people on the project. We authorized overtime. We even had outside consultants review our systems before we put the system into production. And now this!”
My boss was referring to the […]
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