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Rick Bell

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Manager, Technical Solutions, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

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May 19, 2011

Rick Bell and 1 other person answered this question

Which do you prefer: a standalone HR software, or a HR module integrated into an ERP app?

IN line with the previous response, there is no better or worse as a rule. The answer depends on each organziation and how sophistcated their HR requirments are AND how well they can and do integrate application architectures. They won''t admit it, but many executives ... more

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May 19, 2011

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Will there be dramatically greater adoption of Google Docs with the launch of offline capabilities?

Spike, yes. Triple their market share for office productivity year 1, no. For Microsoft, they have to look at their poorly defined cloud strategy and react again. Google seems to lead Microsoft off of sheer influence in the marketplace and it's visionary position. Even if ... more

Information Technology

May 19, 2011

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There's a rumor that Cisco might sell LinkSys and WebEx. Would this be a good strategy for Cisco?

Given the recent outlook for Cisco and worries that other players are making ground in Cisco's core business (infrastructure), it may be beneficial at this time to strip these units off now. Linksys is an absolute yes to me now. WebEx is a yes with ... more

Information Technology

May 19, 2011

Rick Bell and 10 other people answered this question

Why is Microsoft buying Skype?

These answers cover the main points of why to me. I would just emphasize that the recognition by enterprise providers that Unified Communications, which currently per Gartner is led by Microsoft, includes voice in its road map. Microsoft has some PBX and call routing capabilities ... more

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July 5, 2010

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Are mainframes still relevant, and if so, in what contexts?

Mainframe technology, maybe now more than ever, is relevant in tomorrow's IT environment. One way is with Linux virtualization. With IBM zVM, we have seen the elimination of hundreds of distributed servers running J2EE applications and enterprise RDBMS systems and have them replaced by virtual ... more

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