This website provides informative insights and solutions on a wide range of business topics. Reports were written by leading professionals at companies nationwide, to provide readers a practical, hands-on perspective. Condensed versions appeared in BusinessWeek magazine. All reports may be viewed or downloaded without charge, however usage of this site is only permitted only in accordance with the stated terms and conditions.
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A best practice whitepaper describing an answer for real time inventory, accountability, and security for protecting intellectual property and privacy information on computer and data media in compliance with federal and state laws. The AXCESS solution is based on Active RFID technology and successfully installed in a number of data centers, record departments and enterprise IT operations. The whitepaper includes ROI and best practices on two customer case studies.
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Payroll outsourcing is gaining in popularity as businesses look for ways to improve efficiency. Increasingly, companies are investigating online payroll applications to meet their needs. Before making a selection, there are nine key considerations.
Payroll 1 is a national provider of payroll processing and payroll tax filing services. Headquartered in suburban Detroit, Payroll 1 has offices across the country and offers its proprietary online payroll solution, Payroll 1 Online.
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The growing need to protect people, assets and property has led to an increased focus on security in the workplace. While many facilities currently have security systems in place, innovative technologies are advancing the employment of networked systems to the area of physical security.
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A successful franchise is a network of interdependent business relationships that allows a number of people to share a unique brand identification, a successful method of doing business, and a strong support system The franchisor provides the brand, the system and the support; the franchisee provides desire, management skills, and capital.
FranChoice provides consumers with free guidance and advice to assist with the selection of franchise opportunities that best matches individual interests and financial qualifications. Our goal is to find the "perfect match" for who you are and what you want to do.
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This report explains the positive results utilizing a PEO will have on a business’s bottom line, including the various mandatory responsibilities a business owner has and the hard dollar and time consuming effects they have on an operation. The reader will understand how contracting with a Professional Employer Organization alleviates the burden of employer/employee duties enabling the business owner the ability to focus solely on growing his or her business to its full potential.
The PSP Group is a full service Professional Employer Organization offering businesses solutions in payroll, human resources, tax compliance, benefit administration, and much more. The PSP Group is the proud recipient of 2005 and 2006 finalist status for “Best Customer Service”.
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What locations are at highest risk of attack within the U.S.? How close is “too close” to a potential terrorist target? What security measures are most important to deter potential attacks? Risk Management Solutions has developed a computer model of terrorism risk for the U.S., allowing companies to quantify potential risk and prioritize resources for security enhancements, disaster planning, and insurance purchasing.
Risk Management Solutions is the world’s leading provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management. Its quantitative models for natural hazards and terrorism risk allow companies to structure insurance and risk transfer solutions, and design risk mitigation strategies.
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Anyone using a portable or desktop computer has the potential of encountering a hard drive “crash.” Some crashes, or hard drive failures, allow some level of costly data retrieval, while others are disastrous, wiping out every last bit of data on the hard drive. By backing up the hard drive, users can safeguard their important files, priceless digital photos and music easily and quickly, and rest assured that if the computer hard drive fails, they’re protected against losing everything.
CMS Products is the developer of award-winning BounceBack™ data backup and disaster recovery software and manufacturer of the ABSplus line of data backup and disaster recovery solutions, data security solutions and data storage solutions for notebook and desktop computers.
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Just as HTML revolutionized the business world by making Web applications easy to create and control, VoiceXML is positioned to do the same for voice applications. Learn more about VoiceXML, its benefits, how it can save you money and how voice application hosting can take away the stress of operating and maintaining an in-house telephony platform.
CPT International Inc. is a telecom services provider. Their flagship offering, Voice Harbor, provides standards-based hosting services for VoiceXML, speech, multi-modal and traditional telephony applications. Voice Harbor brings flexible call capacity, predictable costs and rapid deployment.
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There is a lot of pressure to get new software production ready as fast possible—with fewer errors. Moreover, software test automation tool vendors would love to sell you their tool to do just that. But achieving faster cycle times and fewer defects isn’t that simple.
SNS Technologies is a leading software testing company based in Austin, Texas with offices in Pune, India and London. Its testing services improve software quality, reduce testing costs, and speed time to market. For more information contact, Raj Ghosal, Sales Manager, 617-314-6533 or 512-692-6156.
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Web based project management software offers huge benefits compared with traditional desktop installations. Imagine software where the only system requirement is Internet access! Software as a Service (SaaS) allows organizations to access software from anywhere and on any device that connects to the Internet. This option fits the budget and flexibility needs of many firms, especially for those who need to manage projects on the go.
@task is the leading provider of web based project management software. It’s customers include Apple, CBS, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, GE, Amazon.com and more. @task is the easiest to implement and most compatible and customizable full-featured project management software available.
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Choosing the right technology partner should be the singular focus for independent retailers wanting to succeed in today’s challenging marketplace. What constitutes a great partner? Innovative technologically advanced partners with retail experience, offering an all-inclusive approach will guarantee retailers to achieve business success through their point of sale systems. Ultimately, retailers who find that synergistic relationship will thrive where others will experience frustration and fail.
Business Automation Consultants, Inc. (BAC) specializes in providing solutions in all facets of retail technology and network services to retailers. Among BAC’s offerings are Retail Pro, the world’s leading POS software; and Microsoft Retail Management System (RMS).
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To thrive, companies need an affordable, integrated business management solution – a single system that automates processes and delivers a reliable picture of operations based on up-to-the-minute information. A single integrated ERP, CRM and financial system should be easily tailored to fit your specific business needs today, and adjusted to meet changing needs over time, and implemented in weeks rather than years, with an attractive TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and measurable ROI.
The Navigator Company has more than 10 years of experience in the implementation of enterprise systems for over 700 client companies in the western U.S. A premier business partner for SAP Business One, they offer small and medium businesses profitable technology solutions and a proven ROI.
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A successful change initiative, whether a technology acquisition, a reorganization or a shift in personnel, depends upon preparing and involving everyone affected early in the process. Change is unnerving , but understanding its predictable cycle avoids the damaging negativism that undermines productivity. This article discusses (1) leadership (2) training and (3) communication, the start of the path to win-win solutions that reflect the concerns of management, users, customers and suppliers.
Christopher Technology Consulting facilitates change initiatives, vendor / system selection, business recovery planning, contract negotiation and intra/inter departmental communication. It offers decades-long experience in fitting information technology to the needs and goals of the enterprise.
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The report discusses the use of Arbitration and Mediation to provide effective dispute resolution. ADR techniques save time, money and relationshps.
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An overview of the different security authentication technologies available, the benefits they supply, and how they integrate to protect and secure employees, corporate data and customer information. Whether entering a building or logging onto a computer, an employee must be able to demonstrate three-factor authentication: (1) What you have, (2) What you know, (3) What you are. Three–factor authentication provides a strong barrier to identity cards being used by unauthorized individuals.
Sagem Morpho develops, manufactures and integrates multi-biometric products/services including fingerprint terminals for high security physical/logical access control.
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A full-service managed hosting provider can help you deploy and mange IT systems faster and at a lower cost than using internal resources. Outsourcing to a hosting provider allows you to focus on what you do best – serving your customers and building your business – while the provider does what they do best– managing and supporting IT systems around the clock with a full team of experts.
FusionStorm -- "Making Technology Work" -- is a leading national provider of IT products, professional services, support contract services and 24x7 managed services for enterprises of all sizes.
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Search Powered PLM approach solves immediate, high value business issues necessary to strategic success. Web-based software gives immediate access to all of the product data content needed to quickly make superior business decisions and rapidly respond to business demands. Search engine automates discovery from content such as technical documents, CAD, PDM and ERP across the corporate intranet. Because it works with existing data, companies deploy rapidly and see business results right away.
Product Sight - Search Powered PLM™ is the fastest way to leverage product data content and win competitive advantage. Unique search technology is specialized for product data and automates discovery from content such as technical documents, CAD, and ERP.
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When environmental, health and safety, and quality are integrated into a single management system within an organization it is referred to as an Integrated Management System, or IMS. IMS helps companies to substantially improve environmental performance, increase safety in the workplace, boost quality and create significant efficiencies and savings. This case study examines the savings experienced by twenty manufacturing organizations that implemented integrated management systems.
Earth Tech is a leading global provider of construction, engineering and consulting services for the transportation, water/wastewater, facilities and environmental markets.
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Small businesses are faced with a difficult task when it comes to selecting a telecommunications system. Often, the economics of investing in a business phone system that is feature-rich and scalable precludes them from purchasing these powerful tools. Today, VoIP technology is allowing small businesses to secure the features and functionality of a sophisticated PBX phone system for a fraction of the cost by using the Internet to route calls and deliver advanced calling features.
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), a leading VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service provider, offers Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone service for business. Since its establishment in 1987, 8x8 has been awarded 68 U.S. patents for voice and video communications technology inventions.
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With banner headlines about identity theft and corporate data security breaches in the news, it’s not just IT professionals who are worried about data security. Customers and clients are nervous too – and with good reason: increasingly sophisticated criminals are actively working to steal confidential customer data from corporate computer systems.
ACE USA is the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, headed by ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), and is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company and A+ (Strong) by Standard & Poor's.
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The convergence of image capture and bar code scanning technologies can dramatically improve prescription processing time and electronic document storage in retail pharmacy and healthcare markets. This industry white paper discusses how new data capture technologies and software integration can improve conversion of paper prescriptions to electronic format by 900% over conventional document scanning, and improve operational efficiencies in today’s retail pharmacy.
BarCode ID Systems is an enterprise mobility specialist, providing comprehensive data automation solutions for manufacturing, distribution, healthcare and retail environments. We offer complete system design and implementation, installation, service and training for the expanding mobile enterprise.
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The world’s top manufacturing companies are saving billions of dollars through Six Sigma quality management programs. Leading manufacturers are moving to new enterprise program and project management software tools that enable real-time tracking and reporting of vital quality metrics, such as process cost reduction, cycle-time improvement, materials cost savings, data reusability, key employee yield, and average project duration.
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The article describes the increasing affordability of the latest technology for the small and medium sized businesses, guidelines managers should use to take advantage of it, and apply these tools to support business success.
Brandywine Computer Group, Inc. is a professional, full service systems provider, offering high-value, high-return products and services in the ERP, Supply Chain and CRM markets, targeted at Small and Medium Business’.
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Online technology has revolutionized business communications. This report explores the electronic equivalents to handwritten signatures, certified mail, and other authentication elements needed for contracts, legal correspondence, and compliance-related documentation. Learn how platforms like Inscrybe from Authentidate are not just analogous to, but superior to, traditional methods, including how and why these technologies are superior to their paper equivalents.
Authentidate Holding Corp. is a worldwide provider of software and web-based services that enable enterprises and individuals to securely conduct the trusted exchange of electronic content.
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The movement towards a utility computing model is gaining momentum as virtualization technology takes hold in the enterprise. As a strategic business initiative, utility computing has proven to offer dramatically enhanced IT availability and performance. As a practical matter, it’s difficult to achieve. While virtualization technologies have proliferated at the infrastructure level, the business-serving, mission-critical applications have been left behind.
Trigence is the leading provider in application virtualization for Windows, UNIX and Linux environments. Its Trigence AE encapsulates and liberates applications from underlying OS and server-level dependencies so they can be moved, managed and deployed efficiently throughout the enterprise.
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The ideal Asset Management Solution for Process Facilities. Effectively manage assets and reduce costs through with a functional and user friendly Risk Based Inspection (RBI) program.
Visions Enterprise is produced by Metegrity Inc., a leading developer of lifecycle asset solutions. With a special combination of expertise, tools and software, Visions Enterprise has proven results and is considered to be the leading standard within the RBI inspection market.
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Today’s lower costs and higher capacities have allowed solid-state disk (SSD) technology to become a viable solution for guaranteeing optimal performance and reliability. This report offers a synopsis of the underlying problem with mechanical hard drives and reviews the benefits of utilizing SSDs to keep up with increasing business demands. Learn how to easily manage increasing transaction rates and maintain database performance during peak period server demands with Solid Data’s trusted SSDs.
Solid Data is the leading global provider of solid state disk (SSD) storage systems with over 3,700 systems installed in over 30 countries. Its patented SSD technology increases the performance of transaction-oriented databases and applications, while lowering total cost of ownership.
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UWB signals have been used for decades in Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) applications. When UWB signals are employed in a GPR system the sensor is moved in order to detect and map underground stationary objects. When used in security devices, the sensor is stationary and easily detects motion.
UltraVision Security Systems, Inc. (UVSS) builds on 35 years of UWB technology developed by its parent company Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. the world leader in ground penetrating radar systems.
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Manufacturing and distribution plants using internal combustion forklifts have shied away from electric vehicles because of the lost productivity, environmental risks, and safety hazards caused by battery changing. Typical issues associated with electric operations include operator downtime, back injury, acid spillage, and uncontrolled hydrogen gassing. PosiCharge, the most advanced of a new breed of industrial chargers, eliminates these concerns with the latest in fast charging technology.
PosiCharge(TM) is the leading manufacturer of smart-charge systems, with thousands of charge ports in Global 500 facilities. Our technology applies dynamic charge algorithms to optimize battery performance.
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Today, IT organizations spend millions to address configuration change and compliance assurance, often treating them as independent management disciplines. In this report, readers will learn how, by integrating configuration change and compliance, IT organizations can reduce labor costs, increase staff productivity and lower compliance assurance costs.
BladeLogic is a provider of data center automation software that enables organizations of any size to manage large-scale, distributed server and application environments more efficiently, resulting in dramatically reduced data center operating costs, improved responsiveness, and enhanced security.
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For today’s project managers, the world is our playing field. Whether you’re developing software, managing a financial team or manufacturing faucets we more often than not work with a global team. For good or bad – that’s the reality. Many business leaders have dispersed their project teams around the globe and managing this trend requires the right technology to tie project players together so they can work effectively as a team.
Alexsys Corporation is an innovator in software solutions designed to automate the management of tasks and business processes associated with any kind of organization.
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Marketers burdened with complex sales and marketing material distribution requirements have often not taken advantage of the best practices and technology advancements implemented in other areas of the business. In order for marketing to progress, marketers need to quickly embrace new on-demand web-based technologies that can provide cost-effective process improvements and help recover budget dollars currently wasted on non-optimized operations or non-revenue generating activities.
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Historically security has been seen as overhead and not expected to improve the operations of the organization. Security professionals gave little attention to Return on Investment (ROI) and focused more on the trade off between convenience and safety. With the deployment of a smart card centric security system, business leaders are able to not only improve the security of the organization, but also improve employee productivity, efficiency, and reduce organizational costs.
Pro-Tec Design assists clients in the evaluation, selection, and deployment of security technology. We specialize in the design of non-proprietary, industry leading solutions that leverage existing infrastructure and maximize return on investment.
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Upon reading this report and the free whitepaper, the user will have an understanding of what the common Operational Risk solutions and implementation essentials are, relating from regulatory acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach, Blihley, HIPAA, CA SB 1386 and Basel II.
Adaptive Business Consulting specializes in working with senior management in Strategic Planning; Operational Risk Planning; Security Forensic Assessments & Remediation; and Business/Technology Alignment.
