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D-Link’s Pitch: We’re Cheaper Than Cisco
D-Link Systems Inc. wants to sell more to businesses that have tighter purse strings these days.The Fountain Valley-based maker of networking gear, part of Taiwan's D-Link Corp., is pitching its routers and other products as a cheaper way for budget-conscious businesses to expand their networks.The company's selling point: We're cheaper than Cisco.D-Link's less expensive prices could appeal to small and midsize companies that have seen their businesses slow this year, crimping their ability to spend on technology.They also appeal to resellers-tech shops that sell and install computer gear at businesses-which keep more of the profits on D-Link sales.Targeting businesses is a bit of a switch for D-Link, which is better known for selling to consumers and home-based businesses."We have two different models we are running now, two different faces," Chief Executive Steven Joe said. "D-Link is well known in the consumer sector, which we started here in Fountain Valley a dozen years ago. But we've actually been involved hi the business sector for 22 years."D-Link's Taiwanese parent got its start selling to businesses through resellers, according to Joe.The Business Journal estimates D-Link's local operation, which has some 300 workers, sees about $1 billion in sales a year.The bulk of D-Link's U.S. revenue comes from switches, routers, modems and network adapter cards sold at electronics stores and by online retailers.Products aimed more squarely at businesses -- network switches, extra data storage and security cameras -- are a small, growing part of D-Link's sales, Joe said.The company's main competitor for consumers is Jjvine-based Cisco-Linksys LLC, an independently run division of Cisco Systems Inc. that sells through electronics retailers.For sales to smaller businesses, D-Link also competes with Linksys but more so with Cisco itself, as well as with Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com Corp."As for the technology, we've been working on it to meet business...
Apps Bring Web 2.0 to Your Old-Fashioned E-Mail
Email is truly the elder statesman of the Internet, and Twitter is undoubtedly the golden child. Email has been there since the beginning, while Twitter hasn't been with us for a full 2 years yet. But there has been a lot of talk lately about the death of email (rumors that may turn out to have been greatly exaggerated), thanks to messaging on social networking sites. Yet, Twitter's popularity continues to climb in spite of a few recent stability issues (to put it politely). Basically, Twitter is a Web 2.0 darling, while email is about as Web 1.0 as you can get. This month, we'll look at a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that brings a little bit of Web 2.0 (and some analytics) to your email and an AIR (Adobe integrated runtime) app that could very well be "Outlook for Twitter."Xobni (www.xobni.com)What is it? A plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that automatically provides contact information and easy access to emails and attachmentsWho cares? Overwhelmed Outlook users and the forgetfulHow does it work? Xobni adds a sidebar to the right side of the Outlook window that provides a search field and contact information. Xobni indexes your email and searches across all folders. Unlike Outlook's default "Look for" function, Xobni actually displays a snippet of text with the query term highlighted.But Xobni really focuses on the contact information. Whenever an email is selected in Outlook's reading pane, Xobni displays the name of the sender and his or her phone number, which it extracts from email text. If you've never received an email with the person's phone number, a link to send a preformatted email requesting the sender's phone number is provided. There's also a link to send an email scheduling a meeting with that contact.Xobni also graphs all email interaction with that contact,...
Android Market is Google’s competitor to the Apple iPhone store
I was sent a link to the Android Community site this morning that led to the Android Developers blog post on the upcoming Android Market that looks to rival the Apple iPhone store for Android-powered devices. They decided to call it a market rather than a store to try to give it that "open" feeling for developers to provide content. There are several screenshots for you to check out too, including the one to the left. The Android Market will let users find, purchase, download and install content on their devices. The content does not appear to be screened by Google since you just need to register, upload and describe your content to get published. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a ...
More Silly Search Engine Size Stories
Since Yahoo disclosed the jump of its index size to just over 19 billion (!) documents, I've been following a series of interesting posts at the Technologie du Langage blog from Jean Véronis, professor of Information and Technology at the University of Provence. In great detail (and in English), Véronis recounts, with good link references, the index-size story starting with Yahoo's announcement. He then systematically and persuasively refutes both the allegations of database size and the research methodology of a US study comparing database sizes of Google and Yahoo. On the US study, Véronis concludes, "I find it amazing how...
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