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- Metaphor Conversation Manager (zip)
- Metaphor is speech application development toolset for both speech novices and experts. .NET developers can now use C# and Visual Studio for building high quality speech applications at the level of the call flow and business process. The IDE hides the low level complexities of building speech applications but has...
- Tags: Metaphor, Metaphor Solutions, C#, Software Development, .Net, Operational Planning, Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2005-09-27
Additional Resources
- Adult and Distance Education Management: An Application of the Metaphor "Organizations as Organisms"
- This paper discusses the metaphor "organizations as organisms" as conceived of by Garith Morgan in the books Images of Organization and Images of Organization: The Executive Edition. It applies the metaphor to adult and in particular distance education management and organizations in an attempt to conceptualize the incredibly complex reality...
- Tags: Distance Education, Metaphor, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Star Trek as net neutrality metaphor
- Thanks to the estimable PvPonline for both the above strip (click on the image for a full-size version). PvP also recommends this little gem of a video, which illustrates what net neutrality means to the average Trekkie...er, Web consumer. If Trek...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- MSDN Webcast: Building Production Speech Applications for Non-Speech Experts (Level 300)
- The attendee of the webcast will learn how to build, debug, deploy and install production-quality speech interactive voice response applications quickly and efficiently using tools and methods familiar to a person. This webcast introduces the Metaphor tools, which work on top of the Microsoft Speech Software Development Kit to manage...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, IVR, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Metaphor Tool, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Productivity, Digital Media, C#, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Webcomic: Why you should never use the GOTO command
- Software development best practices tend to get discarded when you're on deadline -- or just lazy -- but xkcd warns us of the dangers of a hastily employed GOTO command via a Jurassic metaphor. If only it really were this hazardous to write crappy code, we wouldn't have...
- Tags: Goto, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Super States (exe)
- In this software educational game, the locations of the 48 contiguous states are taught in an interactive fashion. The user drags each state with the mouse to its proper location, using a jigsaw-puzzle metaphor. Identifying the state is also part of the fun. The state's capital is also displayed and...
- Tags: State, User, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-08-10
- VideoStore3000 (exe)
- The Ultimate Personal Video Database software for Video/Movie buffs. Includes a broad variety of features, is easy and fun to use. The program operates a fast Database, and uses a tab metaphor for instant access to different types of Movie/Video information.
- Tags: movie, video, database
- Software downloads 2007-03-30
- Roles as a Coordination Construct: Introducing powerJava
- This paper discusses the role metaphor to coordination. Roles are used in sociology as a way for structuring organizations and for coordinating their behavior. In this model, the distinguishing features of roles are their dependence on an institution, and the powers they assign to the players of roles. The institution...
- Tags: Role, Institution
- White papers
- Using SharePoint Solutions to Deliver Server-Side Solutions
- At first glance one might wonder why there's a feature in SharePoint Technologies called "Solutions." The Solutions framework seems to be a direct competitor with the Microsoft Windows Installer technology - and its MSI file format - but it isn't. Where the Windows installer is targeted toward client-side application installation,...
- Tags: Solution, Microsoft SharePoint, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-05-30
- BizTalk Server 2002 Publish and Subscribe Toolkit (exe)
- The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Publish-Subscribe Toolkit is an abstraction layer built upon the standard BizTalk objects also called artifacts, such as receive functions, channels, ports, documents, and organizations. Instead of requiring applications to deal with the underlying artifacts, the Toolkit provides a simplified way to create them using a...
- Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Publish-Subscribe Toolkit, Web Services, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-06
- Directory Opus (exe)
- Directory Opus is the complete File Management and Explorer Replacement Solution for Windows. Directory Opus goes beyond the simple file manager metaphor, and offers you a complete replacement for Windows Explorer and many other utility programs for handling FTP, ZIP, viewing files and images, running slideshows and more. It provides...
- Tags: Directory Opus, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2005-12-21
- MemoryMiner (dmg)
- MemoryMiner is an application used to organize and share digital media using a simple, yet powerful metaphor, namely "People, Places and Time." At its core, are a simple set of tools for treating photos as individual frames in a type of endless story board. A variety of other digital media,...
- Tags: Frame, MemoryMiner, Digital Media, Corporate Governance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2007-01-10
- GIF Movie Gear (exe)
- GIF Movie Gear makes building GIF animations easy. The intuitive interface of this animator uses a filmstrip metaphor to show all the frames at once, and all aspects of the animation (transparency, timing, and order.) can be controlled using drag and drop and the toolbar. The application's useful features include...
- Tags: Application, GIF, Animation
- Software downloads 2006-04-28
- Informal Learning: Extending the Impact of Enterprise Ideas and Information
- Forward-thinking organizations are turning to enterprise learning in their quest to be better informed, better skilled, better supported at the point of need, and more competitive in their respective marketplaces. It is clear that as enterprise learning becomes a central part of strategic business alignment, the anytime, anywhere promises of...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Productivity, E-learning, Training And Certification, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-04-05
- ViSSh: A Data Visualisation Spreadsheet
- This paper describes a data visualisation system which uses spreadsheets as its user interface metaphor. Similar systems implemented in the past were hampered by the contradiction between an imperative formula language and the declarative spreadsheet framework. They have analysed spreadsheets from a data visualisation point of view, and built a...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, University Of Cape Town, Productivity
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Digital Media & Signage Solutions in the Financial Services Sector
- This paper provides insight into digital media solutions. This involves an examination of current market trends and explaining how digital media solutions can alleviate many of the pain points experienced by Financial Services organizations. Building on this theme, the paper also provides an overview of the roadmap for successful implementation,...
- Tags: Financial Service, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Novell Case Study: Siemens IT Solutions and Services
- Siemens IT Solutions and Services is an internationally leading provider of IT solutions and services. As a leading IT services provider, Siemens IT Solutions and Services wanted to minimize its operational costs, while continuing to provide customers with high-performance, scalable solutions. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the company reduced its...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Siemens AG, Information Technology, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Open Source, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Management
- Case studies
- Delivering Digital Repositories With Open Solutions
- Libraries and information organizations are in need of solutions to manage and preserve the diverse and rapidly increasing digital content that is being placed in their care. Through the use of new open solutions including application software, Sun hardware, operating systems, storage solutions and consulting services, these organizations are now...
- Tags: Solution, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Rethinking the Java SOAP Stack
- This paper examines the current SOAP APIs in Java, and in particular the Java API for XML-based RPC, commonly known as JAX-RPC, which is effectively the standard API for SOAP on the Java platform. The authors claim that JAX-RPC, and indeed any SOAP API that relies upon a perfect two-way...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, Web Services, Java, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-05-17
- Embarcadero Technologies Case Study: Optical Solutions
- Optical Solutions designs, manufactures, and markets the only true Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH Passive Optical Network PON, for voice, video and data to Service Providers worldwide. Software in Optical Solutions' products is embedded, and because it operates behind-the-scenes, customers expect it to work hassle-free. Optical Solutions also recognized a huge opportunity in...
- Tags: Embarcadero Technologies, Optical Solutions, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, UML, Telecommunications, Networking, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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