A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation.
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- Can Dell compete on cost anymore?
- There was a time not long ago when Dell was the de facto choice for Windows PC purchases. Their products were pretty good and, most importantly, their extraordinary size allowed them to sell very inexpensive computers. I had a CDW rep tell me a few years back that...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Words from the Woz
- Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Apple puts on back-to-school full court press
- Apple has always been a big player in the education market and this year it appears to be grabbing more share by selling Macs with iPod discounts among other moves. Let's connect a few dots: AppleInsider reports that RBC analyst Mike Abramsky is projecting...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments
- Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynth
- PhotoSynth, Microsoft's photo-stitching technology from the company's Live Labs division, is out of beta and is now a version 1.0 shipping product. If I had to choose the six things that most surprised/impressed me about PhotoSynth, this would be my list. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip
- One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?
- This week, Microsoft renewed their union with Novell, to the tune of an additional 100 million dollars in commitment to buy more SUSE Linux support certificates that it can sell to its customers. Dang, Ballmer, for that kind of cash, you can get your vows renewed...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
- Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret
- Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- ModelSheet: good in theory, needs more work
- Modelsheet is pitched as a product that is supposed to make the development of complex models much easier than the default 'Excel way.' In theory it removes a number of the steps necessary to ensure data accuracy and template integrity. However, there are usability issues that need urgent attention. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- What SaaS can teach us about customer service
- In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here's how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of...
- News items 2008-08-20
- Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?
- Adobe's product security incident response team PSIRT says it is investigating possible solutions to the clipboard hijack attacks spotted on Flash-based advertisements on high-profile Web sites. A barebones note on the PSIRT blog simply acknowledges the issue and promised more information after the investigation but, by mentioning...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Hyperic gets on Google's cloud
- Hyperic CloudStatus is now available to users of Google AppEngine cloud. The program was already available to users of Amazon's Web Services cloud. Hyperic principal engineer Jon Travis said the integration with Google is even "tighter" than with Amazon, but the two clouds serve different customer...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- The news on Intel's Nehalem; chips with integrated GPUs up next
- Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was expected. Nehalem isn't a single product, but a family of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing
- Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approves
- Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approvesAndroidIt has been a very big week for Android and all of the consumers who have been waiting for the product to arrive. Let's see if Google can deliver or if the public will be unimpressed once it finally arrives.http://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/google-android-all-hands-on-deck/
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers
- Salesforce.com said Wednesday that it will acquire InStranet, which provides knowledge management software for call centers, and integrate its technology with its existing CRM customer service and support offering. Simply put, Salesforce.com is acquiring traditional enterprise software for $31.5 million and turning it into a service in an effort to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process
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- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- HP ultraportables get new Intel chips, 80GB SSD
- HP has added three new ultraportables to its laptop lineup. All three have 12.1-inch wide-screen displays. Two of them, a 3.2-pound model with a built-in optical drive and a convertible tablet, are part of the new EliteBook line targeted at business users. The third is an HP Compaq model designed...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- More photos and a video of the Palm Treo Pro are revealed
- Last week Palm inadvertenly posted some details on the Treo Pro device and then removed the information. This morning I had an email from a news alert site I subscribe to that stated Palm Unveils Treo Pro Smartphone that linked to photos and a video, but by the time I...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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