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Now Playing: Looking Back - Nostalgic nuances in networking nuglets (prime and proffer)
Topic: Growth Charts
I'm posting this on Yahoo so readers will have other things to read besides the juvenile antics being perpetrated by Al and his cohort kalafella aka tepe on Raging Bull VCSY. You'll see the thing played out over there, I'd rather not sully the place with trashy things and intentional ignorance.
To wit:
One of the things in Rapid Robert's 50+ reasons to buy VCSY. This was back when it was about 47. No, I won't post them in their entirety... all at once.
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=186098
The press release BY VERIZON on the importance of web hosting by NOW Solutions 'emPath' is noteworthy for another reason, IT IS THE FIRST CLIENT OF VERIZON. The list is rapidly growing NOW.
"Verizon Business Powers 'Software-as-a-Service' Business Model for NOW Solutions Inc.
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=VCSY&read=173593
"NOW Solutions Rolls Out Web-Based HR Software Suite, Supported by Verizon Business Data Center Services With Built-In Security and Reliability
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Business Data Center Services are supporting NOW Solutions Inc.'s rollout of a new Web-based human resource management software service designed to help businesses perform key personnel functions including payroll, performance reviews and benefits administration. Verizon Business services are providing round-the-clock access and a secure, robust environment for delivering NOW Solutions' new delivery model of its emPath(R) portfolio of human resource software services.
The NOW Solutions software is now built on an increasingly popular model known as software-as-a-service (SaaS) in which the applications are hosted by the vendor, rather than the customer, and delivered as a service over the Web to help control set-up and operational costs. When delivered as an SaaS service, the emPath human resources management system (HRMS) helps to minimize the strain on companies' internal information resources and infrastructure capacity."
AND, InfoWORLD even mentions NOW Solutions in their story about Verizon:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2007/01/how_verizon_saa.html
"The fact that Verizon Business Data Center Services, a division of Verizon Communications, announced a hosting contract with Now Solutions, a software as a service [SaaS] provider for human resources solutions, probably went unnoticed by most people."
http://www.canadianprivacyinstitute.ca/clients.html
"Canadian Privacy Institute
The Canadian Privacy Institute offers information, tools and education alternatives to help meet the practical challenges of the privacy and security of information.
A private organization, the Institute is an information resource to all organizations conducting business in Canada."
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/partners/index.html
"HP OpenVMS Systems
Following is a list of featured OpenVMS partners. This list includes partners that have ported their applications to HP Integrity servers (Integrity ready) and partners that have submitted certification letters (Integrity certified).
For a comprehensive list of all known OpenVMS applications, see the OpenVMS Application Status Report."
And, HP updated their website for their PARTNER NOW SOLUTIONS, and 'emPath'.
(more at URL)
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