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- ABB Robotics Customers Increase Productivity With Flexible Customization Technology
- ABB Robotics provides global manufacturers with automation technologies. One of these technologies is RobotStudio, the programming software for robotic systems. For years, ABB Robotics used Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications for customization technology in RobotStudio. But the company wanted to give customers a more flexible, reliable, and easily managed toolset...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Robotics, Microsoft Corp., ABB, ABB Robotics, Robots, Microsoft Development Tools, Emerging Technologies, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- Software as a Service: The Next-Generation Software Application Delivery Model for ISVs
- This paper defines Software as a Service, including what is driving ISVs to adopt this model and how they are implementing it. This paper also describes the benefits of SaaS for end users and ISVs. Finally, this paper explores the ideal role of a service provider in enabling...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, NaviSite Inc., ISV, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Hosting Software-as-a-Service on a Windows Platform
- Host your software and reach more people! Entering the rapidly growing software-as-a-service arena will provide you the opportunity to increase your market size and grow your revenue. This webcast will cover how to host your applications on a Windows-based infrastructure. Learn how the benefits of hosting on Windows, including the...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Windows Platform, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts
- Ultracapacitors and the Hybrid Electric Vehicle
- Due to the recent increase in worldwide gasoline prices, as well as ongoing public and governmental pressure for a more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient means of transportation, automotive manufacturers are developing product lines that incorporate true alternatives to the gas-powered drive trains that are the hallmark of the industry....
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Systems Integrator Builds Affordable, Flexible Mobile Robot
- CoroWare provides solutions and systems integration and offers a number of specialty areas, including robotics. When CoroWare executives saw the market potential for affordable mobile robots based on standardized components, they needed to move fast to get a working prototype to an industry trade show. The company chose Microsoft Windows...
- Tags: Robotics, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., CoroWare, Robots, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- 1300Ttimes Gets Golfers to the Tee on Time
- When TeeBook Global's co-founders and directors designed an innovative, Web-based booking system for golf clubs, they planned to eliminate all those delays waiting in queues at pro shops or sitting on the phone waiting for someone from the club to arrange a booking. So TeeBook Global created 1300Ttimes to help...
- Tags: Queue, Nuance, Intel Corp., 1300Ttimes, Speech Recognition, Portals, Corporate Governance, Web Technology, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Case studies
- Delivering IP-Based Voice Services With SIP
- In recent years there has been a lot of innovative work done to define clarifications, bug fixes, tweaks, and extensions to SIP. Notable examples include the IETF clarifications of procedures for transferring calls, and new requests for comment RFCs and drafts to support the administration and attendant features common to...
- Tags: Voice Service, SIP, IP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Is on Demand CRM Really Important?
- There are many reasons to embrace on demand or Software as a Service SaaS when considering CRM solutions. The rapid time-to-value is very compelling, and, for many companies, sidestepping the backlog of constrained IT organizations can mean being able to start using a solution this year versus having to wait...
- Tags: BearingPoint Inc., CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Marketing
- White papers
- tazti Speech Recognition Software for Windows Vista (zip)
- tazti Speech Recognition for Vista operating system is a Web 2.0 style application that enables you to log in to and navigate FaceBook and MySpace by talking to your PC. Turn on and operate the iTunes music player by talking to your PC. Search the bookmarks in all the browsers...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Speech Recognition, Desktops, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
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- The Value of Speech in the Contact Center
- Think touch-tone self-service is enough for the customers? Think again. Today's self-service technologies can do more than they used to...a lot more. This webcast shows how BrightHouse Networks is using speech recognition to automate routine calls, reduce call transfer rates by 50% and dramatically improve customer service; why customers prefer...
- Tags: Aspect Software Inc., Contact Center, Call Centers, Speech Recognition, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Roi/Tco, It Operations, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts
- SIP and Application Internetworking
- SIP combines the features of the Advanced Intelligent Network from the telecom world for fixed and mobile telephony, with Internet features for email, Web, transactions, and entertainment. This paper discusses both signaling and application internetworking of SIP with different networks. Firstly it involves the architectures, mechanisms or protocols when internetworking...
- Tags: SIP, Network, Helsinki University, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Future Is Bright for Caribbean Paradise - Thanks to a Wireless Solution From IBM
- The challenge was to develop new wireless e-business services for Orange Dominicana's growing customer base in order to increase revenue. Orange Dominicana chose to deliver its various voice services to its mobile subscribers via the telephone by using VoiceXML technology. The VoiceXML technology handles the telephone dialogue by using speech...
- Tags: Orange PCS, Phone, Wireless E-business, VoiceXML, IBM Corp., E-business/E-Commerce, Wireless, Speech Recognition, Telecommunications, Wi-Fi, Internet, Emerging Technologies
- Case studies
- BIPT Wins Sunshine State With IBM-Based Solution
- Headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, BIPT develops integrated, end-to-end insurance solutions for today's insurance marketplace. BIPT saw the need for an innovative way to process policies, and developed its first Internet-based solution on Lotus Domino. TiVA provides the property and casualty insurance industry with a Web-based, comprehensive policy and claims administration...
- Tags: Software As Services, IBM Corp., TiVA, Software As Services Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Insurance, Financial Planning, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Case studies
- Pay by Touch Teams With IBM to Roll Out Biometric Payment System
- Headquartered in San Francisco, Pay By Touch is the pioneer of a patented biometric-authentication payment system. With identity theft on the rise, consumers have never been more cautious about sharing their financial information. So, a payment system that offers consumers a higher level of convenience, speed and increased protection against...
- Tags: Team, Payment, Software As Services, IBM Corp., Software As Services Application, Software As A Service (SaaS), Identity Theft, Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Security, Finance
- Case studies
- Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100?
- Today, there is finally general acceptance that nanotechnology is feasible, but there is still considerable confusion about what form it will take and what it will be capable of. One major example is self replication. To mention "artificial self replication" is to conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from The...
- Tags: Replication, Zyvex, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Nanotechnology and Medicine
- Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level. Today's surgical tools are, at this scale, large and crude. From the viewpoint of a cell, even a fine scalpel is a blunt instrument more suited to tear and injure than heal and cure. Modern...
- Tags: Zyvex, Tool, Cell, Nanotechnology, Productivity, Emerging Technologies
- White papers
- Nanotechnology: The Coming Revolution in Manufacturing
- For centuries manufacturing methods have gotten more precise, less expensive, and more flexible. In the next few decades, we will approach the limits of these trends. The limit of precision is the ability to get every atom where we want it. The limit of low cost is set by the...
- Tags: Limit, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- White papers
- Nanotechnology, Biomolecular Electronics
- Biopolymers and biomimetic polymers have several materials properties of interest to the industrial sectors of electronics, optics, pharmaceutics. The materials have applications in the design and construction of nanoscale integrated circuits, of laminated structural elements (smart sensor interiors in automobiles, planes and trains), of microsensors that can be embedded in...
- Tags: NIST, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
- White papers
- Westar Energy Customer Service Shines
- Westar Energy is a Kansas based electric utility company. It faced the challenge to save money and maintain excellent customer service while bringing outage reporting services back in-house. The Nortel Media Processing Server 500 is a full featured, cost-effective, solution with advanced speech recognition capabilities. This resulted in automation of...
- Tags: Customer Service, Nortel Networks Corp., Westar Energy, Nortel Media Processing Server 500, Speech Recognition, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Spyware and Bots - The Latest Network Security Risks
- Spyware, Adware, and Bots are becoming the greatest security concerns for enterprises. Spyware and Adware gathers confidential and sensitive information and sends it outside the enterprise compromising your security. Bots are programs that are covertly installed on a targeted system, allowing an unauthorized user to remotely control the computer for...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Network, Network Security, Enterprise Network, Robots, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Emerging Technologies
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