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CAD Systems Apparel design Aria Systems Inc. Cyberware Exact Software Co. Inc. Gallery Industries Gerber Technology Inc. Infomax Corp. Investronica inc. Investronica Sistemas Ioline Corp. Lectra USA Inc. NedGraphics Inc. [...]

Use of postponement strategies by Alpha Software, Gamma Equipment, Beta Biotech and Europe Delta Telecom to manage their supply centers in Europe more efficiently is discussed. Additional information on the implementation process of postponement strategies is also included.

As the software market has continued to shift from traditional channels to new distribution channels, one of the biggest resulting changes at many software manufacturing facilities has been in their [...]

Any reseller who listened to the press, the analyst community and the stock market in the past few months would be forgiven for believing that the relational database industry is […]

Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) is more than just another TLA (Three Letter Acronym). It holds the promise for the future of distribution for software publishers, and is seen as a [...]

If forecasts are accurate, in only two years, booksellers and video stores will offer retail's largest selection of CD-ROM titles. Music chains and entertainment megastores will amass enough titles to […]

There is an increasing treasure trove of CD-ROM gems coming from ever more aggressive and creative publishing houses. Converting that treasure into sales transactions has become one of the most […]

CD-ROM publishing has been compared to that of book publishing, where new authors often think of submitting their manuscripts to the top trade houses, in the hope of wealth and […]

Driving the first uses of CD-ROM in the computer industry was the UNIX marketplace, an early adopter of the technology. One important motivating factor was that CD-ROM allowed UNIX software […]

To many small- to medium-sized U.S. companies, the prospect of exporting their product is a daunting one. Marketing goods in a foreign country, setting up distribution channels, handling export documentation, [...]

Although dealing with narrow delivery windows, Fred Boehler, director of supply chain for bookstore chain Borders Group, generally has a bit of leeway in terms of time on both inbound [...]

Fueled by the unexpected success of selling ringtones to cell phone users, mobile service operators are opening the doors to an anticipated flood of sales for games. Before grabbing pick […]

Byline: Tim Greene Microsoft says that in some countries where its Surface Pro 2 tablet is not yet available, it never will be; the Surface Pro 3 will have to [...]

Byline: Tim Greene Microsoft will ship the business model of its Surface tablet for Windows 8 on Feb. 9, later than the widely rumored Jan. 29 release date and about [...]

For Steve Koenemann, president of Network Performance Inc. in Colchester, Vt., NT sales are rapidly becoming a mainstay of his business. Two years ago, the network integrator was exclusively Novell. […]

Chains, independents and college stores hone their strategies to build sales for computer software by emphasizing second-tier and special interest titles Once thought to be a natural fit for computer […]

Electronics Boutique's new West Chester, PA, distribution center essentially serves as a stock room for each of the retailer's 527 stores. Each store's inventory is replenished nightly from the center. A paperless pick-to-light system allows the center's employees to perform this function with nearly flawless accuracy. The pick-to-light system is described., Each day, the materials handling professionals at Electronics Boutique face a challenge that would intimidate most of their colleagues in the distribution field. Every day of the week, the company's [...]

It appears the Internet's explosive growth will turn electronic software distribution into a pervasive reality. That promise has distributors scratching their heads and wondering how to place their bets on […]

Resellers, eager to stake claims in an emerging business, are rushing to set up electronic stores that sell and deliver software over the Internet. So far, corporate users who have […]

The returns policy in the CD-ROM industry is a far-reaching problem. As the CD-ROM market's once-disparate sectors - professional software and consumer products - proceed along the path to an […]

McAfee extended its mobile-data-protection software to provide iPhone users with remote tracking, remote wipe and backup capabilities. WaveSecure will be available through the iTunes App Store for $19.95, McAfee said [...]

Now that Microsoft's Windows Phone 'Mango' update has reached the release-to-manufacturing milestone, the company's hardware partners need to ensure the enhanced software can play nicely with their next-generation devices. The [...]

Microsoft has opened an early access program for the 'Mango' release of its Windows Phone operating system, making a beta of the OS and new tools available to developers. On [...]

Microsoft opened an early access program for the 'Mango' release of its Windows Phone operating system, making a beta of the OS and new tools available to developers. On June [...]

Oracle has donated the code from the open-source Hudson project to the Eclipse Foundation in a move the company hopes will reunite the fractured set of developers supporting the Java [...]

Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (Visual Studio SP1) along with some new Feature Packs for .NET developers. In a March 7 blog post, [...]

The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial. Windows Embedded Compact 7 is the latest [...]

Businesses should prepare to plan their Windows 7 SP1 deployments, even if they are not in a position to run Windows 7 yet. Microsoft has released the first service pack [...]

Oracle announced on Nov. 3 an application programming interface to manage private clouds and to address cloud interoperability. As more companies shift applications to the cloud and private clouds become [...]

Microsoft released Office for Mac 2011 on Oct. 26. For the first time, the Mac version of Microsoft's productivity software includes Outlook for Mac. Otherwise, the old stalwarts of Word, [...]

Microsoft has decided to spin out its dynamic language implementations, IronRuby and IronPython, and put them into the hands of the open source community at large. In an Oct. 21 [...]

All Intel solid-state drives will now ship with Intel data-migration software, a set of hard-disk data transfer utilities, Acronis said Oct. 6. Developed by Acronis, the easy-to-use utilities detect the [...]

Microsoft made its new Windows Live Essentials 2011 available for download Sept. 30. The software suite offers services for photo sharing, blogging, e-mail and document productivity. However, it is available [...]

Microsoft released its Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 earlier this week. The HPC (high-performance computing) server is designed to help businesses, government and academia leverage capabilities for powerful analysis. Windows [...]

As it promised two weeks ago at VMworld 2010, VMware on Sept. 13 starting shipping VMware View 4.5, the company's first enterprise-class desktop virtualization package to bring virtual desktop functionality [...]

Microsoft released Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing on Sept. 1. After months of updates and rumors, this is the milestone that anticipates that most final of final steps: actual product [...]