Jun25
What is Cloud Computing and why should business people care? Find out more by reading my ABJ Entrepreneur column....
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Friday, 25 Jun 2010 09:18.
Apr26
Find out how to demystify “business intelligence” for small businesses by reading my column for the ABJ Entrepreneur entitled: “5 ways to make better business decisions.”
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Monday, 26 Apr 2010 01:24.
Apr6
Why do organizations conduct employee performance reviews? This question has been pestering me for some time now.
We had implemented a comprehensive employee performance review process at Catapult Systems almost since day one. But why? When I started the company back in 1993, I just assumed that it was a necessary component of having employees. After all, I had always had performance reviews ...
Posted by Sam T. Goodner on
Tuesday, 6 Apr 2010 02:42.
Nov14
"CEOs don't care about SharePoint." I say that with a little tong and cheek. But seriously, we don't care…! SharePoint is just a tool. CEOs, the rest of your executive team, and business people in general - we don't care about tools. We don't care about cool features or technical functionality either. Telling a CEO about features and functionality in SharePoint is like Michelangelo tr...
Posted by Sam T. Goodner on
Saturday, 14 Nov 2009 05:36.
Aug3
I just got my first taste of Internet access on an airplane, and I'm already addicted. I was flying from Dallas to Tampa on American Airlines when I happen to notice a flyer I'd never seen before in the seat back pocket in front of me. The flyer advertised a new service on American Airlines: in-flight Internet access.
While I didn't have an urgent business need to get online, I simply h...
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Monday, 3 Aug 2009 10:44.
Jun25
We just found out that Catapult Systems won a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Award. WOW..! We've been trying to win one of these awards for years.
Catapult's specific award was for "Custom Development Solutions, Web Development – Partner of the Year" for one of our Houston clients called Wisenbaker Building Services. If you're interested, you can view a short video tes...
Posted by Sam T. Goodner on
Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 04:43.
Jun12
Everyone has heard the term "unified communications," but few understand what it really means. Unified communications (UC) generally refers to the ability to simplify and integrate all forms of business communication into a single user experience. This may include phone, video, e-mail, voicemail, fax, instant messaging, presence, web conferencing and desktop sharing. Unified com...
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Friday, 12 Jun 2009 09:28.
Apr6
Server virtualization is a hot topic these days (even if you haven't heard of it before). While IT professionals have been familiar with the concept for some time, it is still relatively new and obscure for most business people.
Historically, computer servers have been dedicated to running a single operating system (OS) and typically serve a single function on a network like running a dat...
Posted by Sam T. Goodner on
Monday, 6 Apr 2009 11:27.
Jan5
Windows 7 will be a Success
The next release of Windows, codename Windows 7, will be a huge success for Microsoft when it is released in June 2009. Companies who held off on Windows Vista will begin planning efforts to upgrade from 2000/XP to Windows 7. This is only the second time that Microsoft will release both client and server operating systems at the same time - the other was when Wind...
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Monday, 5 Jan 2009 04:48.