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Taking it to the ... Web. Starbucks wants your ideas.

Starbucks understands that consumers talk in a myriad of ways. And one of them is through feedback. Oh sure, they have had comment cards in their stores forever. Have you ever filled one out? Have you ever seen someone fill one out? As...

Tags: Web, Idea, Customer, Starbucks Corp., Food & Beverage, Portals, Marketing Research, Sales Tools, Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing, Sales, Tricia Liebert

Blog posts 2008-04-16

John L. Scott Agents Close Deals Faster With T-Mobile Wireless Internet Access at Starbucks

John L. Scott Real Estate in Seattle, Wash., is one of the largest independent residential real estate companies in the United States. Known widely for its innovative uses of John L. Scott and its agents have benefited from numerous technology advances over the years. Still, the need for documents, frequent...

Tags: Internet Access, Hewlett-Packard Co., Agent, T-Mobile, Starbucks Corp., Seattle, Real Estate, Business Operations

Case studies

Starbucks Reduces Costs and Prepares for Growth With Server Upgrade

Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world. In order to simplify its complex server environment, while still supporting its growth plans, Starbucks decided to implement a new domain structure and upgrade to Active Directory Domain Services in the 64-bit edition of Windows...

Tags: Auditing, Starbucks Corp., Server Upgrade, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-03-17

Work travel: Just getting there

For my next couple of posts, I should rename this blog "View from Outside the Cubicle" since I will be talking about what to expect when you travel away from your cubicle for work. Which is what I did last week when I traveled to Las Vegas for the 12th...

Tags: Flight, Starbucks Corp., Conference, Food & Beverage, Blogging, Manufacturing, Internet, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-02-22

AT&T upgrades 3G network and takes over Starbucks Wi-Fi

AT&T reported last week that it will be upgrading its wireless network to "3G services" to an additional 80 US cities for a total of 350 by the end of 2008. The upgrade process will encompass more than 1,500 new sites, and cover the "top 100 US cities". ...

Tags: Network, 3G Network, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Steve Stroh

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Make sure your customers can find you

I had a great meeting at the University of Maryland the other day. They're pleased with my work, and find my suggestions valuable. Being in a good mood as I was leaving, therefore, I decided to stop at a Starbucks before driving back to Philadelphia.Not knowing the town...

Tags: Free Tech Support, General, Help, Helpdesk, support, Customer Relations

Blog posts 2007-06-11

What do Star Trek and Starbucks have in common (with Apple)?

What do Star Trek and Starbucks have in common? They both used to be cool, perhaps edgy, and maybe even revolutionary. What killed them both? Over-extension of the brand. Put more simply: NextGen, good; Voyager, bad; 100 Starbucks, good; 10,000 Starbucks, bad. That, according to opinions-aplenty sci-fi author David Louis...

Tags: Brand, Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp., Star Trek, Branding, Marketing, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-03-05

What do Star Trek and Starbucks have in common (with Apple)?

I NEVER GOT TIRED OF STAR TREKStar Trek left for some reason then came back because of a popular demand.It could come back today and still be popular.We could loose these ultra violent or these psych/reality programs on TV and I wouldn't miss them.A good product lasts forever.

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Starbucks Corp., BALTHOR, Star Trek

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Securiosity

Securiosityblog rootTime's getting even tougher for VetsVeterans have been notified that their free 1 year of credit monitoringfrom the government has been revoked. After a laptop containinginformation on 26.5 million veterans was stolen, the BushAdministration granted veterans 1 free year of credit monitoring tohelp them watch out while the data...

Tags: Vertical industries, E-mail, Nathank@..., Tully, government, vet, Starbucks Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-21

Starbucks Supports Corporate Marketing Programs and Strategies With MapPoint Web Service

Starbucks had included a store locator on its starbucks.com Web site since 1999. But the service, maintained on a separate Web site by an outside vendor, was slow and expensive to update, and it lacked flexibility. So, Starbucks migrated to the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service to take advantage of MapPoint...

Tags: Strategy, Web Service, Starbucks Corp., MapPoint, Web Site Development, Marketing Research, Web Services, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2005-03-01

Google wins patent for search results page design

coolI wonder if I could patent my haircut?Sorry FrylockAs I understood the article, your barber could, theoretically, but not you. You are the purchaser of your barber's design.It does make you wonder what they will come up with next.Sure you couldApparently yes, so long as you design it, document...

Tags: Frylock, patent, barber, patents, off-topic, Google Inc., Starbucks Corp., search result

Discussion threads 2006-12-14

Starbucks and Intermountain Healthcare 'lose'? sensitive employee data

article rootMessage was edited by: The Trivia GeekIt doesn't have to be difficult to be more secureMy company encrypts all laptops as a matter of policy, and enforces a strong password on them. Its not perfect but its much better than no encryp

Tags: security update, security, JamesRL, laptop computer, Starbucks Corp., job

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

Starbucks and Intermountain Healthcare "lose" sensitive employee data

Last week was a bad one for personal privacy. Starbucks and Intermountain Healthcare announced shameful lapses of basic data security. According to a November 3, 2006 Starbucks’ press release, “four retired (no longer in regular use) laptops have been identified as missing from the Starbucks Corporate...

Tags: Intermountain Healthcare, laptop computer, Starbucks Corp., Uncategorized

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Starbucks coupon gets out of hand when forwarded by e-mail

Interesting story today comes from Seattle. During a coffee run this morning, my co-workers and I noticed a peculiar sign on the cash register of Starbucks. It read something to the effect of "Starbucks email coupon will not be honored due to severe email distribution."Here's the article, courtesy of the...

Tags: E-mail, Starbucks Corp., coupon

Discussion threads 2006-08-31

Partnership makes hotspots widely available in brand-name venues

To boost business and customer service, a partnership is putting high-speed wireless connectivity in coffee shops and airline terminals. For the corporate user, it means enhanced connectivity anywhere, anytime--greatly expanding today's mobile workplaces.A unique partnership among retailers, a hardware vendor, a software maker, and a telecom enterprise is the driving...

Tags: Wireless LANs, partnership, Carl Weinschenk, HotSpot, Starbucks Corp., T-Mobile, wireless, Wi-Fi, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Technical articles 2002-11-25

Control of corporate wireless connectivity up for grabs

By Tim LandgraveThe technology industry is used to dealing with the uncertainty caused by opposing forces. Corporate planners have lived through the Microsoft vs. IBM battles of the 80s and early 90s, Web applications vs. enterprise applications (client/server, mainframe, or Windows) in the mid 90s, and countless other skirmishes. One...

Tags: cell phone, e Advantage, network, telephone, wireless

Technical articles 2003-06-03

Admin Diary: California Virus Fighter (Friday)

Will our Golden State admin, powered by Starbucks, survive his virus encounter? Will he reap his just reward? Check out California Virus Fighter's Friday installment and learn how his company reacts to his hard work.6:30 A.M.My pre-arranged wake-up call awakens me.Get caught up on this week's Admin Diary entries:Read Monday's...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Guest Contributor, virus, Starbucks Corp., server

Technical articles 2000-01-28

Additional Resources

Stellent Case Study: Georgia System Operations Corp.

Recently, Oglethorpe Power Corp., a $1 billion power company, faced a daunting information management challenge. To prepare for deregulation and improve operational efficiencies, the corporation split into three different companies - Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp. and Georgia System Operations Corp. (GSOC) - and the GSOC IT department was...

Tags: Stellent, Content Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Case studies

Wireless Access

Does anyone know of a way, in Windows XP, to allow access to only a specific wireless AP? IE: We want them to be able to connect to our APs but not go down to Starbucks and grab an internet connection there. I would love to keep them off everyone...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, wireless access, dwleggett@..., Associated Press, network, wireless

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

Manufacturing Systems Case Study: GAL Manufacturing Corp

GAL Manufacturing Corp. operates from a 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility in the shadow of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The family-run business designs and manufactures the most complete line of elevator products available today.

Tags: Oracle Corp., GAL Manufacturing Corp., Manufacturing

White papers 2006-09-20