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Virtual IT Engineer: November 2008
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Saturday, November 29, 2008. First Isnt Always Best. I just had to get this off my chest. Being first to market doesn't guarantee anything. Apple had the first desktop computers but Microsoft dominated the market with Windows. Eiger Labs' MPMan was the first mass produced MP3 player. But iPod's dominate the market. Stop racing to be first. Instead focus on developing remarkable products, exceptional customer service and fanatic customers. The rest will take care of itself. Friday, November 28, 2008.
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Virtual IT Engineer: June 2008
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Saturday, June 21, 2008. Hassle-free CRM Software Implementations. Customer relationship management (CRM) software is a centralized system for managing and tracking all your business information relating to your customers. Like all technology, a good CRM system must be well thought out and planned before integration into your infrastructure. Create a realistic timeline. Specify practical hardware requirements the CRM software, factoring in intermediate term growth in storage and processing needs. Any goo...
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Virtual IT Engineer: September 2008
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Sunday, September 28, 2008. You Have 2.8 Seconds to Impress. Apparently, Al Gore didn't realize that inventing the Internet would also eliminate attention spans. You have 2.8 seconds to capture someone's attention when they land on your webpage. If you fail to impress, inform and help your visitor to achieve their goals, you will lose them. The Internet has bred snobs. This doesn't mean your website must be enormously expensive, it just means you need to know the new rules. Wednesday, September 17, 2008.
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Virtual IT Engineer: December 2009
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Monday, December 21, 2009. Build Customer Loyalty with CRM. CRM best practices include building strong executive sponsorship of the program, having units implement CRM with support from IT, emphasizing accountability and decision making, and having clearly defined objectives and processes before applying the technology. Other CRM best practices involve making sure software is user-friendly, having defined data requirements, and actively managing vendor relationships. What Do Your Customers Need? Your bus...
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Virtual IT Engineer: October 2008
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Ray Kurzweil on the Evolution of Tech. Using This Recession Wisely. You don't have to be an economist to figure out that any decline in GDP always translates into a decline in technology spending. During the last recession (2001-2003), tech spending collapsed as companies around the country pulled the plug on new projects and slashed IT budgets. A new host of gadgets for the national wireless broadband networks. That will revolutionize data storage. Come standard on cell phones.
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Virtual IT Engineer: August 2008
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. Why ERP Is Better. Any company, regardless of market, requires an integrated solution for human resource management, project management, process management and accounting. The best Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems will allow leadership to make time critical decisions that directly impact profits. For example, Marvel Entertainment. Within months of the installation of Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics ERP system, Excalibur Electronics. In another example, T-Mobile. Deplo...
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Virtual IT Engineer: May 2008
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Saturday, May 31, 2008. 5 Techs Every Law Firm Needs. 1 High data availability and control. At the end of the day, a lawyer's work revolves around the access, creation and storage of documents. Once these documents were produced and stored by hand leading to enormous filing cabinets overflowing with paper. Now, most documents are stored electronically (though there still seems to be reams of paper everywhere! 2 Professional document creation. These communications must also be secure! You must not ever al...
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Virtual IT Engineer: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Get What You Want: 5 Ways to Win Every Negotiation. 1 You must be fearless when negotiating. You cannot let them bully, intimidate or frighten you. Remember, you hold all the cards because you can walk out whenever you want. There are plenty of other places for you to spend your money. I got the price I wanted and my wife drive home in her new car. He got a commission check and a chance to make up with his girlfriend. The point is, in every negotiation you have to wait for that ...
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Gplus forum: Imagining the future car of 2050
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Imagining the future car of 2050. The designs of tomorrow may already be sketched out in secretive R&D labs, but the designs of 2050 are an open slate. Here’s where automotive experts and analysts imagine the humble car could take us by. We already know that Google has tested autonomous vehicles in northern California. In a widely reported incident, one of the Toyota Priuses was actually in a fender bender. In addition to cars driving on their own, which is already showing signs of becoming a reality, th...
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Your Bill of Rights. Solid Carbide Router Bits. 101 Frugal Christmas Tips. Geff Boston - Friday, December 16, 2011. Okay, if you are like me you can use all the help you can get when it comes to creative ideas for Christmas gifts. I came across this article that is very useful and wanted to pass it along to any of you that might need some last minute ideas. Oh, and did I mention that this is a list of “frugal” Christmas ideas? That makes it even better! 101 Frugal Christmas Tips. 2 Insist in a Price Limi...