[However], it seems that the Postal Service is awfully late to the game. I think they need to be more creative and aggressive than their counterparts in the private sector. |
At the same time, Microsoft has not done well at extending its Communications Platform, nee Greenwich, so IBM has an opening here. |
Building this kind of personalized information in order to target customers is the real importance of directories, ... By having robust directories, companies can target specific individuals and offer the services those people want. |
Building this kind of personalized information in order to target customers is the real importance of directories. By having robust directories, companies can target specific individuals and offer the services those people want. |
Companies should ask themselves, what should we do? |
Customers benefit because the information about their wants and needs can be supplied to a large number of product and service providers. |
Enterprises are in a position to bargain for the rates and services they want and the customer service they demand. |
I have to think that many employers put the burden on an employee to make this work, ... They say, 'You figure it out' ... whether it's IT [or otherwise], it's basically adopt to us, which I think is a little off the mark. |
If your end goal is to reduce complexity in types of formats, you have to juggle -- you need to demand adherence to a set of standards, a framework, or a stack. |
Now is the time to re-evaluate the benefits of securely delivered e-mail. It is unfortunate that [the anthrax threat] needs to be a reason for people to reconsider or re-evaluate e-mail; it is a good [idea] on its own without these unfortunate circumstances. |
One of the things that has crept into the Microsoft discussion is usually Total Cost of Ownership. Microsoft likes to look at the long-term costs. They also like to look at the costs inherent in migrating from Microsoft to Linux, which is going to obviously be a complication. |
One of the things that Microsoft plays on is that consumers will benefit from this. If you're the only player in town then how good is that for the consumers? |
People need to be given a compelling reason to change from where they are now with Web browsers. In enterprise environment, for example, distributing browsers is costly and time-consuming, so you need a huge step up in functionality to go through the pain. |
Technologies are being developed at a faster and faster pace, and that disrupts companies and markets constantly. Companies will have to reinvent themselves, and they will have to do it in two years, not five. Things are better, but there will not be much of an opportunity for tech companies to sit on their laurels. |
Ten years ago when Microsoft came out with NT the worry was that there would be little choice at this point in time. But technology buyers have a great deal of choice. We still have multiple flavors of Unix. We have Sun with a mixture of open and commercial Unix, and we've got Linux. |