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Remote Content Storage and Those Mean Ol' Copyright Blues (re: Cablevision DVR Decision)

Dennis D. McDonald
Content Management, Copyright, DRM, Enterprise 2.0, Remote Hosting, Risk Management, SMRM, , Strategy, Web 2.0, Web Office
Ed Felten, in Judge Geeks Out, Says Cablevision DVR Infringes, provides an overviw of how technology played into a recent court decision on a case where Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. was pitted against Cablevisions Systems Corp. (2007 WL 867093). The issue:

What I've Learned Using a Hosted Web Based Sales Force Automation Tool

Dennis D. McDonald
Collaboration, Management Tools, Remote Hosting, Sales Management
I’ve used Salesmetric (www.salesmetric.com), a hosted, web based sales lead tracking system, for a couple of years. (The provider calls it a “sales force automation” tool.) In this report I describe my experiences using it and some of the things that I have learned. Overall I’m very pleased with the system. I have learned a lot about this type of tool and what that might say about using other hosted, web based tools with groups of users spread around the country.