Dave Greenfield

7 Super Storage Technologies—and How They Could Backfire by Dave Greenfield Green StorageWhat it is: The use of storage technologies to reduce the amount of power consumed by enterprises. Why its important: Companies are going green in their servers and in their data centers, so why not in their stor What could be wrong about […]

With the economic downturn (to put it mildly), IT organizations are looking to reduce their capital expenditures while implementing technologies that increase organizational productivity. Many companies are evaluating unified communications to meet these goals, but the costs involved can seem prohibitive, especially for small and midsize businesses. The good news is that many providers are […]

Network Authority and Strategic Technology Analytics modeled what a midsize organization might face in migrating its switching infrastructure. Included in this design was the adoption of VOIP (voice over IP), the requisite in-line power infrastructure needed to deploy that technology and 1000BaseT. According to Infonetics Research, 29 percent of medium-sized organizations used VOIP products and […]

As forward-thinking organizations plan their 802.11n high-speed wireless deployments, they would do well to first consider their Ethernet switching infrastructure. eWeek-working with Strategic Technology Analytics and Michael Fistler, principal at Network Authority, a network consulting and integration company-set out to gauge the costs of a network switch upgrade as companies look to deploy technologies such […]

Community and collaboration tools are coming to CRM. During the past six months, Salesforce.com and Oracle have delivered new features and products that allow organizations to identify the hottest ideas faster, improve team productivity and enhance large organizations’ ability to deliver more personal customer service. The tools shed light on the likely direction this industry […]

Inside Oracle On Demand Release 15 By Dave Greenfield Inside Oracle On Demand Release 15 – Home Page Summary Oracle CRM on Demand Release 15 provides a home page summarizing the major events, tasks and reports relevant to the user. Inside Oracle On Demand Release 15 – Home Page Sidebar The sidebar on the home […]

Putting Virtual Worlds in Business Perspective Putting Virtual Worlds in Business Perspective – Active Worlds Delivery model: Hosted; stand-alone; serviceTarget audience: Consumer and enterpriseSituated behind firewall: YesNumber of users: Thousands of organizations have purchased the Active Worlds softwareCollaboration tools: VOIP; IM; streaming video; HTML shared but rendered in 2-D portion of browser; presentation software and […]

When considering a virtual-world deployment, it’s important to take the following steps: 1. Define your objective. Marketing or consumer-facing applications often demand a service, such as Second Life or There. Large enterprises should consider the security and control of behind-the-firewall deployments or, at least, a hosted service closed to unauthorized users. 2. Evaluate virtual worlds’ […]

The battle for the 3-D Internet has begun. And the spoils are nothing less than the online economy of tomorrow. Virtual-world proponents such as IBM and Linden Labs, the maker of Second Life, are adapting online gaming technology to business requirements. Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft are leveraging their mapping services for a similar goal. All […]

Its a Virtual World After All Its a Virtual World After All – Over There There’s cartoonish graphics lack the realism of Second Life’s, but its ease of use and activities make for a popular hangout. Its a Virtual World After All – Seeing In Second Life Offices within Second Life can display different content […]