tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:20:42 +0000SoftwareTech MarketingIT ServicesNetwork MonitoringRandom StuffNetwork GearService CatalogsSnarls and PurrsA blog about B2B information technology software, services, hardware and telecom.http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-4904209176912626574Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:48:00 +00002008-09-04T12:20:19.651-05:00SoftwareAvantstar's Quick View Plus is a slick file-viewing software utility that lets you view almost any type of file (well, 300 different formats or so anyway) without needing to have the native software application installed on your PC. So, if you need to grab a file off of shared drive or (most commonly) get a funky email attachment and you don't own the application used to originally create the http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/easiest-way-to-view-almost-any-file.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-4810768683621313620Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:00 +00002008-05-13T10:47:44.063-05:00SoftwareRecords management systems and enterprise content management (ECM) software applications are often assumed to be interchangeable, but are actually quite different. ECM software is designed for storing, organizing and retreiving electronic information: text files, documents, video, audio, images etc. Records management systems do the same things, but much more, because they also manage storage, http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2008/05/records-management-vs-ecm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-2936099774413157174Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-03-19T08:09:47.395-05:00SoftwareWhat's wrong with SQL? For starters, it's hard. SQL is fundamentally a difficult and not terribly productive query coding language. Graphical front-end tools can hide the complexity, but for detailed, in-depth queries, at some point coding will be required. And it's ugly.Second, it's slow. Or rather, the relational database it's accessing is slow. Standard queries can be optimized and performed http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2008/03/sequel-to-sql.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-5433706826218584391Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:17:00 +00002008-03-11T06:30:39.373-05:00SoftwareKinetic Data just announced it's offering a limited-use version of its Kinetic Survey Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) application for $1,000. This is a great opportunity for IT help desk directors to try out an EFM tool that can be used across the organization for a very reasonable price.Survey normally runs $20K and up depending on servers, users etc. but the limited use version (you can http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2008/03/enterprise-survey-tool-for-1000.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-819579764565895628Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:16:00 +00002007-12-01T08:26:48.432-06:00Tech MarketingFindTech Blogs from KnowledgeStorm is the simplest way to find a wide range of quality blog content on topics that matter to business and IT professionals. Visit FindTech Blogs to get perspectives on topics such as CRM, Security, Compliance and much more. Or, weigh in with your own opinions by commenting on posts or creating your own blog.Check out FindTech Blogs so you can:Tap into the Experts—http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/findtech-blogs-helps-find-blogs-on-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-3507953150473247238Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:46:00 +00002007-11-06T07:54:34.735-06:00Random StuffEver hear a new song on the radio and want to know who sings it? And maybe even buy it? Or, ever hear a radio ad while you're in your car and think "I should check into that" but you've mentally lost the phone number before you write it down?A new online service called Nabbit solves the problem. As explained in this Your Tech Weblog post, you simply sign up online for the free Nabbit service, http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/11/cool-new-tool-for-tagging-radio-content.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-4433657310866996040Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:46:00 +00002007-09-28T08:12:16.425-05:00SoftwareIf you look at lists of staffing software vendors on sites like Capterra or Recruiters Network, you may well wonder why the world needs another vendor in this space. Well...because may of these companies have been around for a long time. Their software is "robust"—which one of my bosses in a former life said is an acronym for "really old but ultimately stable techngology."But needs change and http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/09/yes-world-does-need-another-staffing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-1974194192362440637Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:10:00 +00002007-09-26T12:40:32.320-05:00IT ServicesThough a lot of technology companies now have blogs, I'm constantly amazed at the number who don't realize what a key driver blogging is for thought leadership (which enhances credibility and, indirectly, increases sales). There are a number of excellent corporate tech blogs out there of course, such as Dave's Blog, written by NetApp CEO Dave Hitz.Another outstanding tech blog I recently came http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/09/magenic-community-blog-excellent-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-5907286882129240206Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:15:00 +00002007-09-17T07:51:28.504-05:00IT ServicesIn a drive to reduce costs, IT companies have increasing turned to offshoring in recent years, to countries such as India and the Philippines. First went development, and later tech support. But while offshoring support has been popular among IT vendors, it has been less so among customers, who often have difficulty understanding the heavy accents of offsore support personnel.Now, some vendors http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/09/onshoring-support-new-trend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-3329503582046048294Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:59:00 +00002007-09-06T12:03:24.280-05:00Tech MarketingPer this article from the International Herald Tribune:"Adblock Plus, an easy-to-use free addition to the Firefox Internet browser that deletes advertisements from Web sites is still a niche product for the niche browser. But it is potentially a huge development in the online world, and not because it simplifies Web sites cluttered with advertisements."The article goes on to point out the dilemmahttp://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/09/fiefox-ad-blocking-plug-in-raises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-1775451472262497110Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:51:00 +00002007-08-13T12:19:57.102-05:00Service CatalogsFor anyone not familiar with it, ITIL (the Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a set of IT service guidelines put out by Britain's Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Like the Beatles back in the 60s, ITIL is a Brit export that's gone global; except that this time it's IT managers that are screaming rather than teenage girls, and they are screaming for very different reasons.For http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/08/american-itil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-7986195322244198268Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:24:00 +00002007-07-24T13:47:42.608-05:00Snarls and PurrsTime magazine's recently published list of the 50 Best Websites for 2007 is a mix of hits and misses. On the plus side, they included social tagging site StumbleUpon (an excellent choice, though Zimbio and Searchles, two of the best tagging sites, are overlooked), Netvibes and Stockpickr. Online backup service Mozy took the top spot; it's a very useful and reasonably priced service, but THE BEST http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/07/snarls-and-purrs-1-top-websites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-8874940164889573308Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:19:00 +00002007-07-24T13:48:05.202-05:00Network GearAs the cost of Internet connectivity has dropped, while the dependence of organizations on reliable connections has increased, more businesses (and schools, government offices, non-profits, etc.) are taking a hard look at strategies for redundant Internet access (also know as Internet high availabily systems or ISP failover).Businesses and other organizations are growing increasing reliant on http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/06/why-redundant-internet-access-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-1439723892179585702Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:39:00 +00002007-06-26T07:50:40.271-05:00Tech MarketingSlash7 has written a great post about the right way to promote technology products, Pimpin' Products Ain't Easy. She shows how pimpin' (no "g," that's important) is different from marketing (or at least what technology folks often view marketing as). Then she goes on to describe what pimpin' is and why it's important:"The act of pimpin’ products (as opposed to 'marketing') never involves any http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/06/slash7-on-pimpin-your-products.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-3997738969451686090Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:35:00 +00002007-06-22T16:42:24.562-05:00Network MonitoringeWeek recently published a piece titled "'Tiny Metal Box' Woos VARs and MSPs" on how Jumpnode is attracting VARs and MSPs to sell its network monitoring and remote access product. "Looking to bring appliance-enabled software services to smaller companies, Jumpnode Systems has created a reseller program and also began signing MSPs to use its appliance for monitoring and remote management."Jumpnodehttp://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/06/jumpnode-network-monitoring-featured-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-8069214154279337931Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:20:00 +00002007-06-22T16:42:10.382-05:00Network MonitoringSmallNetBuilder recently published an interesting article about the new Belkin Pulse network monitoring system. The piece starts with a primer on why network monitoring is important and the most important devices and services to monitor, followed by a comprehensive review of the Belkin offering, which is based on the Jumpnode AeS architecture.Author Doug Reid concludes by saying, “Pulse is http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/06/network-monitoring-with-belkin-pulse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942498822447555693.post-1976666227667194642Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:06:00 +00002007-06-22T16:41:52.652-05:00Random StuffWelcome to the TechMarketCentral blog, which will eventually be heavily populated with posts about B2B technology topics - software, hardware, services and telecom. My current interests include network monitoring, anything related to ITIL, VoIP, security and outsourcing among other topics, but will vary and likely expand over time. Hope you enjoy it.A little about me: I'm a technology guy with 20http://techmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2007/06/gotta-start-somewhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tomcat)0