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- Peoplesoft Enables Real-Time HR Transactions for Verizon
- Verizon Wireless wanted to eliminate information silos and streamline HR processes. The company upgraded to PeopleSoft Human Capital Management HCM, including the new collaborative self-service applications, with the goal of enabling real-time HR transactions.
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies
- Verizon Business Drives More Informed and Agile Decisions With Business Intelligence Solution
- One of three operating units of Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Business delivers advanced IP, data, voice, and wireless solutions to large business and government. The challenge was to improve and streamline sales forecasting and reporting; enhance ability to interpret data to drive more informed decisions; and enhance regulatory visibility. The...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Oracle Business Intelligence, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Government, Databases, Enterprise Software, Wi-Fi, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Wireless
- Case studies
- Verizon Business Uses CA eHealth Solutions in Private IP Reporting Service to Better Serve Converged Customer Environment
- Verizon Business' Private IP service has become its fastest growing service, with triple-digit growth for four years running. Verizon Business quickly recognized the opportunity to drive additional growth by offering its Private IP customers proactive network management tools. In particular, Verizon Business began offering detailed network performance reporting functionality through...
- Tags: Environment, Verizon Communications Inc., IP, Computer Associates International Inc., Verizon Business, E-health, It Services, Productivity, Portals, Networking, Healthcare, Internet
- Case studies
- No Longer an Island: Datacom Leverages Verizon Net Conferencing Powered by Microsoft Office Live Meeting to Collaborate With Clients, Employees
- Geographically isolated in New Zealand, Datacom needed an appropriate solution to effectively and efficiently communicate with its sister offices and clients. Voice conferencing alone was not a comprehensive enough solution and flying people around the globe for face-to-face meetings proved far too costly. Datacom required a solution that was cost...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- Touchpaper Leverages Verizon Net Conferencing Powered by Microsoft Office Live Meeting to Keep Global Communication Loud and Clear
- Touchpaper is one of the most established and respected international providers of IT Business Management ITBM solutions. Internally, Touchpaper needed a tool that would allow them to educate and train its globally dispersed sales and reseller staff on the latest software updates and service offerings and the ability to hold...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Clear, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Touchpaper, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- Cisco and Verizon Help Provide Transport Infrastructure for Renovated "Virtual" Pentagon
- After September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Defense accelerated new Continuity Of OPerations COOP plans for the Pentagon. The events of 9/11 provided increased focus on new disaster recovery goals. By creating a "Virtual Pentagon" and using networking, IP, videoconferencing, mass storage, and data transmitting technology, a continuity of...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Pentagon
- Case studies
- Dominion and Verizon Use Mobile GIS and GPS to Conduct Joint Use Pole Survey
- Dominion Virginia Power and Verizon, two large companies providing power and phone service to their clients, share thousands of poles in their combined service territories in an effort to reduce the number of poles placed in the field. In 2001, Dominion and Verizon contracted with ESRI business partner Timmons Group,...
- Tags: Mobile, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Survey, Pole, GPS, GIS, Software Development, Handhelds, Marketing Research, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Marketing
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- Verizon Improves Directories With Business Intelligence
- This webcast explains how Verizon improved it's Directories with Business Intelligence.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Webcasts
- Accenture Case Study: Verizon
- Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon has been faced with several challenges over the last two years that led to the need for a new ordering solution. The Federal Communications Commission imposed mandates...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Verizon Communications Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Integration, EAI, Federal Government, Middleware, Investment, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Government
- Case studies
- PeopleSoft helps Verizon for Enterprise System Management
- Verizon Wireless needed to quickly roll out its PeopleSoft HRMS and Financials systems to hit the ground running. PeopleSoft Global Services provided the expertise and rapid implementation to get Verizon's PeopleSoft system up and running.
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Enterprise Systems Management, Organizational Structure, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Verizon Achieves Rapid Recovery of NYC Phone Service After September 11th Tragedy Using Viper Application
- A Fortune 10 Company, Verizon Communications is one of the larges providers of wired and wireless telecommunications in the United States. After the September 11th tragedy, Verizon was faced with the enormous task of restoring telephone service to thousands of people and businesses in New York City as quickly as...
- Tags: Recovery, Verizon Communications Inc., Supply Chain, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Top 10 IT headlines for May 6 -- IBM reshuffles, Yahoo plummets, Google puts pressure on Verizon
- Top 10 headlines Yahoo stock plunges after Microsoft backs off New York Times Google to Verizon: Don't shirk open access responsibilities CNET IBM reshuffles its executive deck CNET Could Sprint ditch Nextel? Makes sense CNET Apple gets top marks for tech support TechWeb...
- Tags: Google Inc., CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp., Blogging, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Big winners in the airwave auction- Verizon and AT&T
- In the auction of the airwaves, two big winners came out on top, leaving Google phone in the dust. Verizon and AT&T combined to account of $16 billion of the 19.6 billion bid in the spectrum being vacated by the shift to digital by television broadcasters. ...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Auction, Wireless, Martin, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Will the iPhone ever be a true unified communications device?
- Many have hailed Apple's iPhone as having revolutionized the mobile phone industry, and it has certainly made an impression. Other cell phone vendors are now coming out with devices that include one or more of the features made popular by the iPhone, such as extra-large screens and more support for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Unified Communications, Apple Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension (xpi)
- Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension is designed to check how many minutes you have used on your Verizon phone. Features, use Firefox's password manager to manage retrieve and save your Verizon Web site user name and password; optionally take a phone number specified by the user in case you have...
- Tags: Phone, Password, Firefox Extension, Verizon Communications Inc., Winston Huang, Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension, Telecom & Utilities
- Software downloads 2007-01-09
- Sanity check: The 700 MHz auction will tip the wireless balance, but in which direction?
- It is one of the most talked about pieces of air in the history of civilization, and for good reason. The 700 MHz spectrum of radio waves currently being auctioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC will have a major impact on the future of mobile phones and the...
- Tags: Mobile Internet, Google Inc., Mobile, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Wisdom, Spectrum, Auction, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- The Verizon flagship LG Voyager phone needs some focus
- The Voyager by LG is the flagship phone from Verizon Wireless this holiday season. With a full QWERTY keypad, a touch screen interface, Web browser, V Cast Music and other multimedia capabilities, and the VZ Navigator application, it is Verizon's answer to the Apple iPhone. In other words, the Voyager...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Keyboard, Phone, Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., LG Electronics Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile Communication, LG Voyager, Mobile Communication Device, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Monitors & Displays, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Verizon defends program of redirecting typo traffic
- Verizon is standing by its program of redirecting typo traffic, saying that its program is designed first and foremost to assist its customers in their Web searches. Excerpt from Netowk World: But while Verizon insists that its redirect program is a tool that helps users find...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Channel Management, Search, Marketing, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
- Verizon switches to 40 Gbps on its major backbone
- To meet the growing demand for high speed access, Verizon Business is quadrupling the standard speed on its backbone network circuits connecting major U.S. cities to 40 Gbps. The most common standard for deployed high-speed circuits is 10 Gbps. Excerpt from Verizon's press release:...
- Tags: Backbone, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Gbps, Networking, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Verizon switches to 40 Gbps on backbone
- Verizon switches to 40 Gbps on its major backboneMoving from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps is a huge increase. The question remains though - is it even adequate to keep up with our ever-increasing appetite for bandwidth? Do you reckon you will even notice the speed boast?As a...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, paulmah@..., backbone, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
