Trudy Discovers the Future: iPad Business Apps

 

iPad! It’s all anyone talks about! Frankly, I just didn’t believe any technology could ever be THAT cool. I was wrong. I received an iPad as a gift and I am determined to use every feature the device has to offer!

If you know Trudy, you know that everything I do is focused on making business easier – improving my bottom line; making technology simpler for my team. So, I am on a mission to leverage the iPad in the business arena. iPad is smaller than a traditional laptop or tablet computer, with the flexibility and features of a Smart Phone.

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dotCMS and Jimmy (the Marketing Guy) = A Great Pair!

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The internet is old news but one thing still confuses me. When we note a web site, we do the “.com” thing. When we say the name, we say “dot com”. When we talk about the Content Management System (CMS) dotCMS, we say “dot CMS”. I believe I have it straight.

No matter how you say it, dotCMS is one of the fastest growing open source CMS solutions in the world. It lets you manage open source portals, company web sites, and intranet applications and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist (or programmer) to do it! I like dotCMS because it has lots of features and CRM tools to help me communicate with customers. I can manage documents and content, produce feeds, news listings, blogs, and forums and use the built-in search engine to make my site easier to navigate.

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Let’s Start the Year Right with Business Mobile Apps!

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My goal for this year is to create business mobile applications to help our company meet its goals and remain competitive. I’m still humming holiday tunes, so here is an old favorite, with a business mobile app twist.

  1. On the first day of the fiscal year, my manager said to me, “We need mobile apps to break free”
  2. On the second day of the fiscal year, my client said to me, “Your apps do not run in 3D”
  3. In the third month of the fiscal year, my tech rep said, “I guess…we need mobile GPS”
  4. In the sixth month of the fiscal year, my marketers did state, “With FaceBook we must integrate”
  5. In the eighth month of the fiscal year, my team leader did say, “Our team needs a mobile app way”

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As Sweet As Blackberry Pie! Get a Taste of Success with Blackberry Mobile Business Apps!

 

When it comes to pies, I’m partial to blackberries! And, my tastes do not change when it comes to Smart Phones and hand held devices. The Blackberry® is my favorite! So, it is no surprise that I decided to go with the Blackberry® platform to design my mobile business app!

You might think that BlackBerry® is a messaging device, but the newest models incorporate other Smart Phone technology and can compete with other popular Smart Phone devices for flexibility and reach! Internet faxing, web browsing, multi–lingual messaging, auto–text with auto–correct and other text features like shortcuts, FaceBook and other social networking updates, and support for Google Messenger, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, and eBay.

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Forget Those Jittery Energy Drinks! Joomla Can Energize An Entire Company!

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Take it from Trudy! I have a lot to learn. When my colleague, Alex, told me he was using Joomla, I thought it might be a new energy drink. While you won’t find Joomla on the shelves of a grocery store, it WILL energize your company.

Joomla is an award–winning Content Management System. Let me explain why it is so special. It can be deployed on nearly any operating system or platform, which makes it pretty flexible and useful for CMS implementations. It also has a lot of tools for web designers and developers to efficiently create CMS sites and clients using Joomla sites easily manage their site after implementation is complete.

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Dare to Dream the Impossible Dream: Dependable, Skilled Software Application Development, Support and Maintenance Services at an Affordable Price

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Oh infinitely wise business person, you can get what you need in the way of software application development, maintenance and support services without selling your most prized possessions and taking out a third mortgage!You need an IT consulting partner that is professional, dedicated and proficient. With that ace in the hole, you can wallop the competition with flexible services that let you quickly supplement existing staffing, and ensure that your application development design and execution is cost-effective and executed by experienced software developers who have your best interests in mind – a team that wants you to succeed as much as it wants its own business to succeed! Can you imagine that? Yes, this kind of IT partner DOES exist!

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The Tale of Cynthia’s Dilapidated IT Infrastructure

 

My friend Cynthia cannot wrap her head around technology infrastructure. She knows that IT infrastructure is the foundation of all organizations. How does she know? Because the IT department tells her so! Beyond that, she doesn’t have a clue. Her IT staff and IT consultants told her that without an effective infrastructure her team can’t develop or exchange information, nor can it protect its competitive and proprietary data or build knowledge repositories to grow revenue and succeed in its market of choice.

Cynthia was scared out of her wits by these predictions of doom! She wanted to do something constructive about that old, creaky IT infrastructure. She hired a team of IT consultants with the skills and knowledge to remotely maintain and support her infrastructure.

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Pinch Me! Great IT Partners DO exist!

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I am demanding! I like smart people! When it comes to finding a technology partner to help me with IT tasks and provide a few extra hands to do the heavy lifting – well there is just no substitute for smarts! As long as I am making a list of characteristics, I would also add functional and domain expertise and business and market value. I want the right solution and excellent results at an affordable cost. I want a partner with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) standards, well-tested business processes, systems and models. I also want a team that will go the extra mile to deliver timely results while maintaining superlative quality. My partner has to have a customer centric approach and work toward a sustained relationship and mutually synergistic growth. After all, my project, time and money are really important to me. I need to know that my partner feels the same way.

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Windows Mobile Business Applications – Get with the Program!

 

The buzz about smart phones and business applications has expanded to the mother of all computer giants, Yes, folks, Windows mobile business apps are here and they can satisfy nearly every Smart Phone need and provide you with new product, marketing and sales opportunities. Opportunities for custom windows phone application development include complex graphical applications, 3D modeling, audio and video streaming on mobile platforms, interactive 2D and interactive 3D games, mobile interfaces for enterprise applications, content management system interfaces, enterprise business management applications for travel, and expense management, and creation of on–the–fly presentations. These interfaces can be designed as platform and device independent, so they are suitable for multiple mobile devices and will satisfy even cross–platform requirements. Users enjoy online and offline synchronization of data and integration of enterprise data sources and web services.

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You Say Volution, He Says Volition…I SAY VOLUSION! It’s eCommerce and it’s Here NOW!

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Volusion means twisting and turning. Volition means willing, choosing or resolving. Volusion is an eCommerce package that stops you from twisting and turning and helps you choose a solution that will resolve your problems. Clever, eh? Who said my sense of humor had failed?Volusion can give you a powerful online store, shopping cart and web store environment suitable for even the most complex online sales applications. Volusion offers a rich tool set and framework to efficiently create powerful, feature-rich ecommerce solutions and websites. The framework can also be used to create a simple shopping cart and its hosted, supported tools and environs provide numerous opportunities for an enterprise to engage in online sales. Volusion offers ready-made templates that can be quickly configured to support numerous sales activities.

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