TechRepublic Resources
- Cracking Open the Sony PlayStation Portable
- Follow along as we disassemble Sony's popular hand-held gaming system--the PlayStation Portable. by Anthony Sullivan
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, cracking open, geekend, off topic, Screw, Screen, Battery, Ribbon Cable, Engineering
- Image galleries 2008-04-22
- Pan-European Contact Center Brings Sony Closer to Customers
- Sony Europe has worked with HP Services to develop a pan-European customer-care infrastructure based on Cisco IP Contact Center products. Already connecting 100 agents at Sony contact centers in Belgium and the Netherlands, the virtual infrastructure enables customers to access expert, local-language support for all Sony consumer brands and also...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Contact Center, Sony Europe, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Metreon Case Study: Netopia's Hot Spot Unwires Sony's Metreon
- Sony's Metreon, San Francisco's "mallternative" in the South of Market neighborhood, attracts a crowd as diverse as the city it calls home. Visiting conventioneers from the adjacent Moscone Center, tourists of all ages and nationalities and curious Bay Area locals all flock to the modern San Francisco landmark to experience...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Netopia Inc., Business Services, Wireless LANs, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Wireless
- Case studies
- Sony of Canada Taps mySAP CRM to Launch Holiday Marketing Campaigns
- The holidays are the biggest selling season of the year. During this time - during any important selling season, for any type of business - it's crucial that consumer-products companies keep their customers continuously informed of promotions, product introductions, and marketing messages to stimulate sales. Sony of Canada wanted to...
- Tags: Sony Corp., mySAP, mySAP CRM, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- Accenture Case Study: Sony
- Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) was preparing its launch of the latest version of the games console, PlayStation2 (PS2). Europe is the world's largest market for games consoles and the company wanted an on-line, direct-to-consumer presence in Europe to coincide with a Fall 2000 launch. But SCE Europe only had scattered...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Accenture Ltd., Sony PlayStation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Europe, B2C, Games, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- Sony Division Increases Market Share With Embedded Operating System
- Sony Semiconductors and Electronic Solutions (SES) became a leader in the machine-vision industry with its XCI-SX1 Smart Camera. Historically, the camera operated on a Linux-based platform. However, research showed that customers wanted a platform based on the industry-standard Windows environment. Working with Windows Embedded Partner FDS Research, SES created a...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Platform, Operating System, Industry, Windows XP Embedded, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- Digital Broadcasting Success at Sony DNSE
- Sony DNSE, headquartered in Basingstoke, UK, develops digital TV transmission and reception equipment. One of the key objectives was to achieve clear and unambiguous communication across multiple sites involved with the project. Sony DNSE wanted to make sure that teams in different countries could all agree on the software design...
- Tags: Sony Corp., ARTiSAN Software, Broadcasting, Productivity, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Case studies
- Sony Reduces Database Costs With MySQL
- Sony International (Europe) GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany runs one of the most modern electronic measuring facilities in the world. Originally, the testing records were all paper-based, making it a very time-intensive to submit testing requests and look up certificates. To solve this problem, Sony created an extensive workorder system (FIS)...
- Tags: Sony Corp., MySQL, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Sony Ships It With RFID: Zebra, Symbol, Mieloo & Alexander and SAP Implement Successful RFID-Solution
- Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (SLE) in Tilburg, The Netherlands, is the European distribution centre of Sony Europe. The consumer electronics industry is highly competitive, and Sony Supply Chain Management is constantly looking for ways to advance its operation and to move ahead of the competition, in support of Sony's strategy...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Zebra Technologies Corp., SAP AG, Consumer Electronics Industry, RFID, Supply Chain, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Microsoft Online Customer Story: Sony
- Sony wanted to forge a connection between film fans and current information on upcoming releases, so it went in search of a platform that could offer a high level of interactivity and a real sense of community. To accomplish this goal, Sony turned to Microsoft and the Windows Live Messenger...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Construction, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-14
- Sony PSP Video converter (exe)
- Sony PSP Video converter is a powerful easy-to-use software which helps you convert your popular Movie to file for playing on SONY Playstation portable easily and quickly! Watch your own Videos on your PSP anytime, anywhere. It features superb video & audio quality and fastest conversion techniques available on the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Video, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sharkvideopage, Sony PSP Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-02-27
- When will Blu-Ray hit your data center?
- Sony has finally won a format war and redeemed itself from the Betamax debacle in the 1980s. The immediate impact will certainly be in the consumer market, but it won't be long before the technology makes it into computers and data centers. The win was also impressive given the weight...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Data Center, HD-DVD, Amazon.com Inc., Blu-ray, Backup Tape, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Data Centers, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- How do I... Create an image mask when using Sony Vegas?
- Sony Vegas is an image editing and manipulation application geared toward the average amateur editor, but it is still a very powerful and capable tool. Creating what is commonly known as a mask in Sony Vegas requires the use of an applet called Cookie Cutter. Steven Warren shows you how...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Mask, Sony Vegas, Productivity
- Download resources 2008-02-11
- Format war officially over as Toshiba drops HD-DVD
- Well, all of us who have been speculating about when HD-DVD would be a dead format have our answer -- right now. Reuters is reporting that Toshiba, HD-DVD's biggest supporter, will stop manufacturing HD-DVD hardware. At least the death of HD-DVD was relatively quick. It took just...
- Tags: Sony Corp., HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., Reuters Ltd., Blu-ray Drive, Hd Dvd, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton
- Blog posts 2008-02-16
- How do I... Create an image mask when using Sony Vegas?
- I received a call recently from someone wanting to know how to create an image mask using Sony Vegas. Since I am a huge proponent of Sony Vegas, I embraced this opportunity. The question was actually a very good one because the creators of Sony Vegas decided...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Palette, Cookie, Mask, Sony Vegas, Cookie Cutter Tool, Productivity, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Photos: 'Surf's Up' for Sony
- Sony Imageworks earned their Academy Award nomination with innovative wave-rendering technology. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, sony imageworks, Sony Corp., TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-02-04
- Photos: Sony's new flagship SLR
- Company unveils prototype of top-end camera that features an unusually large sensor--the size of a full frame of 35mm film. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, sony, slr, camera, Sony Corp., TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-02-01
- EOCP Driver for Sony Eyetoy USB Camera (9)
- Automated Installing Drivers and capture program that allows you to use the Sony EyeToy USB Camera on Computer. It comes with three video capture programs and the drivers to run them. The entire project is released under the Open-Source GNU GPL. Version 0.9.311007 fixed bug to do with VID&PID id...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Driver, Camera
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
- Sony develops tech for wireless data transfer at 560 Mbps
- TransferJet, the close proximity wireless transfer technology developed by Sony, will enable a high data transfer rate between mobile devices. A snippet from EE Times: Ko Togashi, deputy general manager of Sony's network software development dept., told E.E.Times, "We reversed the basic principle in which this...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Mbps, Ultrawideband (UWB), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Retrospective: 10 security blunders
- Every year gets its share of major, jaw-dropping security blunders. This is a retrospective for the 21st century so far, with special attention on 2007. 2007 News While one of the following links is actually from early 2008, they all refer to issues...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sears Roebuck & Co., Air Traffic Control, Rootkits, Aerospace & Defense, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Manufacturing, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
