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Mar 21

2013

What are the differences between OA and ITIL?

Posted by dianadai in Untagged

Many of you may question: What are the differences between ITIL Process Management system and OA (Office Automation) system in an enterprise?

In fact, the biggest difference is the level of these two systems are different, ITIL Process Management system lays at the bottom of IT management framework in enterprises.

Below are different hierarchies of IT management framework in enterprises:
BI, CRM...
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   ERP, Business processes,
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     Applications, OA, tax-reporting sys, etc.,
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       Infrastructure
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          Desktop Services
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            ITIL, Helpdesk
             =
Above illustrates where OA and ITIL lie in IT management framework.

To guarantee the quality of OA’s maintenance, and its constant service, enterprises need ITIL. The processes that OA uses don’t include processes related to ITIL, only ITIL tool can include these processes professionally, systematically and precisely.

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Mar 18

2013

Fusion-io Acquires Software Firm ID7

Posted by Bill Gerneglia in Untagged

Fusion-io the little known creator of flash-memory based hardware cards that are capable of turn ordinary servers into super-fast data-crunching machines has announced the acquisition of British software firm named ID7. ID7 is responsible for the creation and maintenance of special software that enables various computer storage systems to communicate with several standard interface technologies.

So what is the significance of the acquisition? ID7 just happens to be a major contributor to the open-source software project called SCST. This generic SCSI target subsystem for Linux (SCST) allows creation of sophisticated storage devices from any Linux box.

So these storage schemes for computers running Linux are used by the millions of Linux derivative operating systems

around the workd. That includes many of Fusion-io’s rivals, among them storage giant EMC, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard.

SCST is basically a must-have whenever you talk storage, and ID7 is the biggest contributor to it. What it means is that

everyone doing anything in the area of storage, or working toward any kind of software-defined storage scheme, will have

to deal with Fusion-io.

Financial terms are not being disclosed, but ID7′s team of software developers will join Fusion-io immediately.

Published by myITview.com

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Mar 15

2013

Siemens Champions the ‘Little Guy’ Online

Posted by Brian_Tervo in partner community, content syndication, content marketing, content marketing, brand fragmentation

Company A has the audience and company B has the product. By working together more product is sold, and on a larger scope than would be possible by working alone.

This is especially true when large companies have partnered with other large companies. Each parallel department knows the drill, the requisite online/offline collateral, and the urgency that comes with getting your message to market and with the familiar voice that will attract the right buyers.

However, what happens when a large company isn’t necessarily partnering directly with large companies? What happens when these partnerships follow the long tail, with multitudes of midsize and smaller ‘mom and pop’ sized partners who as a whole make up just as large of a value of the partnership of many of the big guys?

Will the needed resources multiply? How many languages are needed to make this a success globally? How can we get these smaller partnerships to get our content live on their site on the proper dates, along with any resulting updates? Do these small partners even have webmasters and means to make these timely updates quickly?

These were the issues facing Siemens Enterprise Communications. Working with over 2000 active partners globally, the Director of Marketing needed to get Siemens’s core messaging, such as new product information and promotions, out in a reliable, trustworthy and consistent manner to partners who are often understaffed, and also sell the competing products. There was frequent inconsistent use of brand materials including mocked-up graphics with missing content. Partners would take technical content and paste it on their site, but it would be out of date very quickly and add little value.

Getting the right message out through the sales channel is a common struggle, especially when companies rely on working closely with partners that have limited bandwidth. Siemens felt that it was not in control of the content its partners were using, nor how often, or if it was on message. Additionally, large numbers of partners featured no Siemens content on their site, even though it was their predominant vendor partnership. The program needed a single source of information to be pushed easily to all partners, in a multitude of ways – a solution with more than enough flexibility to meet internal and partner needs.

Siemens deployed a content syndication platform rolled out with a partner centric subscription program designed to make it easy for partners to enroll and receive only the Siemens content that the partners requested. That, coupled with the an email marketing tool that allows companies to push dynamically co-branded marketing email campaigns ‘through’ their partners to send out to their customers and relations, gave Siemens the toolset it needed to organize and unify its message to the channel.

Content syndication became a marketing department substitute for the smaller partners within the Siemens global program. Since implementation, the Siemens Digital Channel partner program is now enrolled in 33 countries and in 11 languages. There is no problem getting Siemens product information and promotions across various channels and languages, which helps make the most of the marketing budget.

Brian Tervo has more than 15 years of business leadership and operational experience in strategic areas including business development, strategic partnerships, reseller relations, product sales, and mergers and acquisitions for both startup and established software and managed service companies. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of TIE Kinetix North American Operations.

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Mar 01

2013

Employee Appreciation Day - Your Workforce, Your Friends

Posted by questback in SCRM, employees, CRM

Employee Appreciation Day – when managers at all levels reward their employees, and show appreciation for all of their hard work. Obviously, this holiday isn't very high on Marissa Mayer's list of 'things to celebrate,' as she basically told all of her work-from-home employees to get back to work… ASAP. Yes, it's Yahoo! and she runs the show, but she's not making friends anytime soon. Lately, fewer companies have opted out of running their organization with a heavy hand, instead befriending their employees by giving them options and listening to their feedback.

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Feb 24

2013

Cloud Computing Fact or Fiction?

Posted by Bill Gerneglia in Untagged

Cloud Computing - Fact or Fiction infographic by DeVryUniversity.

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Feb 21

2013

Wall Street Tech to Showcase ‘T5’ for BFSI on March 13, 2013

Posted by Bill Gerneglia in Untagged

Wall Street Tech Conference & Exchange to Tackle “T5” Technology-Related Trends Creating Opportunity, Challenge and Risk for BFSI Organizations

Wall Street Tech Conference & Exchange in Association with Forbes Magazine will explore “T5” – the five technology-related trends creating opportunity, challenge and risk for banking, financial services and insurance organizations, including…

- Outsourcing

- Computing

- Big Data

- Mobility and

- Security & Compliance

Wall Street Tech will be a one-day power briefing and the place to be for the top IT and Tech sourcing execs in the BFSI industry. What’s more, this groundbreaking symposium and power networking session is free to practitioners.

If you’re a BFSI CIO, CTO or Tech Sourcing Exec, you’re part of an elite group forecast to make billions of dollars in sourcing decisions this year alone. Wall Street Tech will help you make a smarter buy and prepare you to answer key questions from your team – or even your CEO:

- Big banks have gotten hacked. Are we secure?

- We’re outsourcing work and customer data overseas. Are we compliant?

- Our organization – and customers – are going mobile. Are we?

- Big Data is big news. Are we maximizing its potential?

- Work is moving to the cloud? Are we there yet?

Find out – without sitting in webinars or reading journals and alerts. Hear the latest insights from top experts, providers, global sourcing buyers, portfolio managers and decision makers from across BFSI. Discuss up-to-the-minute trends, case studies, best practices, lessons learned and top-priority sourcing issues arising in ITO, BPO and newer disciplines such as LPO. Network with leaders in the field. Build that Rolodex.

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