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- Allstate Canada Upgrades Its Desktop for a More Stable and Secure IT Environment
- For the past 50 years, the Allstate Insurance Company of Canada has provided Canadians with home, auto, and personal insurance. In late 2002, Allstate Canada decided to upgrade its aging IT infrastructure to assist its large and geographically dispersed workforce. With a goal of improving software performance, stability, and network...
- Tags: IT Environment, Desktop, Information Technology, Allstate Corp., Microsoft Corp., Allstate Canada, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
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- Allstate Deploys Portal and Collaboration Solution to Increase Investment Results
- The Allstate Corporation relies heavily on Allstate Investments, LLC to manage its corporate investment portfolios and report pertinent data to its investment officers. Without a way of coordinating its resources, Allstate Investments was making investment decisions with immense capital exposure using information that often took days to obtain. With millions...
- Tags: Collaboration, Allstate Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Internet
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- COBIT and IT Governance Case Study: Allstate
- Allstate is based in Northbrook, Illinois, USA, and offers a wide range of protection and savings tools that work together to achieve financial security. After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in the US, Allstate began using COBIT to evaluate IT governance and control, obtain benchmarks for assessing automated controls embedded...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Allstate Corp., Strategy, Management
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- Leading Insurance Company Test Lab Turns to Virtual Machines to Improve Efficiency
- Allstate, one of the leading insurers in the United States, was adding hundreds of servers to its data centers each year. If that rate of increase continued, even with the average server using typically less than 10 percent of its CPU capacity, the company would have required additional facilities. To...
- Tags: Insurance, Virtual Machine, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
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- Accenture Case Study: Sears Canada
- Sears Canada is a leading player in the Canadian retail industry. Sears Canada knew that a major U.S. retailer was preparing a major expansion into Canada and they wanted to ensure that their cost structure would allow them to compete and win in their changing retail environment. Challenges facing Sears...
- Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Accenture Ltd., Supplier, Sears Canada, Channel Management, EDI, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Government of Canada Google Gadget (gg)
- Introducing the Government of Canada and ebay.ca search bar gadget. Access information on Canada, its government, and federal programs and services in english or french. Got a beef, contact your local MP through email directly. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Search Bar, Google Inc., Government Of Canada, Sidebar Gadgets, Government
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Choice Hotels Canada Makes Room for Customer Loyalty
- Choice Hotels Canada is the largest hotel chain in Canada with more than 270 properties open or under development. Choice Hotels Canada needed a tool to standardize and verify the contact information for close to 200,000 people in its loyalty program. The company chose DataFlux solutions running in real-time to...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Canada, Choice Hotels Canada
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- Amazon Canada Search (gadget)
- Amazon Canada Search is a simple and stylish gadget that will allow you to search the Amazon Canada Web site from the desktop or Vista Sidebar. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Gadget, Amazon Canada Search, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Technology, Desktops, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- Travelocity Canada (gg)
- Introducing the Travelocity Canada and Amazon Search bar, Travelocity Canada is the webs most popular online travel agency, Book travel for less with specials on All Inclusive Vacations, airfares, hotels, cruises, and car rentals. Travelocity gives it's the best possible price by comparing prices automatically for it's users. This version...
- Tags: Travelocity, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- ebaY Canada Search Gadget (gadget)
- Besides looking great, ebaY Canada Search Gadget allows you to search ebaY Canada directly and easily from within Windows Vista sidebar. It's been optimized with the end user and speed in mind for the world's most popular auction site. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: eBay Inc., Gadget, Bob, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- Bell Canada Signs Seven-Year, Contract With Large Canadian Financial Institution for a Fully Outsourced Internet Protocol-Based Contact Centre Solution
- Bell Canada is Canada's national leader in communications with 28 million customer connections across the country. To provide the integration of multiple channels providing customers with an improved and consistent call experience, and to provide location flexibility and extendibility by leveraging the existing IP network infrastructure allowing agents' the ability...
- Tags: Financial, Outsource, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Bell Canada, Outsourcing, Network Technology, Networking, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
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- Canada Screensaver (zip)
- Canada is the world's second largest country by total area, and shares land borders with the United States. The population density, 3.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (9.1/sq mi), is among the lowest in the world.
- Tags: Kilometer, Wallpaper Screensavers
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- Neoware Systems Case Study: Air Canada
- Previously, Air Canada relied on an aging technology infrastructure based on multiple communication standards and limited green-screen terminals that were not upgradeable. Air Canada has standardized on Neoware thin client appliances at its passenger, cargo and operational facilities, as well as reservation centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The...
- Tags: Deployment, Thin Client, Air Canada, Neoware Systems, Thin Client Appliance, Thin Clients, Hardware
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- Dell Revs Up Automotive Sales at Ford
- Ford Motor Company of Canada is one automotive company that is on the leading edge of DMS deployment. The i-Connect team planned to eliminate old hardware and supply each dealership with a minimum of one new desktop and server. Ford Canada sent a request for quote RFQ to hardware companies...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dealership, Sales, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware
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- Wireless connection for a laptop when travelling
- I just purchased a laptop to take with us when we travel throughout Canada & the U.S. What kind of air card can I purchase that will give me the best access? We will be in a lot of rural areas, rarely urban. Is there a difference in the...
- Tags: skibber@..., card, laptop computer, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Webcast: How Secure is Your Organization? Really?
- Recent security breaches at high-profile companies in Canada are raising alarms for executives and directors throughout Canada and the world. A new survey by Canadian Security Magazine and IBM Canada indicates that Canadian organizations, from small to large, are not as secure as they need to be. ...
- Tags: Webcast, IBM Corp., Marketing Research, Digital Media, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-04-18
- Toyota Canada Reaps Huge Return on Investment in HP Virtual Classroom
- Toyota University, with a staff of 21, handles product education for technicians, sales staff, and parts and service staff for 240 dealerships spread across Canada. Toyota Canada Inc. had an immediate need to implement some company-wide training. So the company needed a solution that offered robust features and yet still...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ROI, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Canada, Sales Strategy, Roi/Tco, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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- Petro-Canada Integrates IT Platforms and Deploys an Enterprise Portal to Create a Unified Enterprise
- Petro-Canada is "Canada's gas station," with a network of nearly 1,600 retail and wholesale outlets across Canada. The company wanted to offer a unified workplace for 5,000 corporate employees across 1,400 locations and connect gas station franchisees to a single unified CRM system SAP for retail operations. Petro-Canada wanted to...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Enterprise Portal, Information Technology, Canada, Petro-Canada, Application Servers, Portals, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management
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- Pitney Bowes Case Study: Aviva Canada Inc.
- Aviva Canada Inc. is one of the leading property and causality insurance groups in Canada, with annual written premiums of close to $3 billion. To manage the extensive volume of mail and shipments, Aviva Canada was using several different and independent shipping systems, each linked to a different carrier with...
- Tags: Pitney Bowes Inc., Aviva Plc., Aviva Canada Inc., Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
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- change windows xp keyboard using rundll32.exe
- I am trying to change the default keyboard while being logged on using a batch and a answer file.usin this command rundll32.exe shell32,Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,,/f:"c:local.txt"local.txt[RegionalSettings]LanguageGroup=1InputLocale = 0c0c:00001009my problem is, i want to install french canada canadian french keyboard only , but every time i run the batch it...
- Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Windows XP, emond.f@..., canadian french keyboard, french keyboard, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2007-03-15
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