The News Review:
- DirectSat USA Selects Trimble Mobile Resource Management Solution
- Societe Generale Selects Misys Almonde Solution for Asset …
- mnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009: Huge benefit for the West
- Wall Street rally rests on data due this week
- Dell Launches New Server Management Products
DirectSat USA Selects Trimble Mobile Resource Management Solution
FXBusiness
“GeoManager features and benefits will enable DirectSat to boost their initiatives in safety customer service and cost-savings by easily and efficiently managing their fleets” said Rick Beyer vice president of the Trimble Mobile Solutions segment. “GeoManager features such as exception notifications and vehicle activity reports will allow DirectSat to reduce unauthorized stops and curb excessive idling and after hours vehicle usage. GeoManager provides an on-demand Fleet Productivity & Management (FPM) solution that integrates Global Positioning System (GPS) wireless and a standard Web browser into a mobile solution that helps manage mobile workers by allowing real-time two-way communication. Using GeoManager customers can map vehicles in a fleet find the nearest vehicle to send to a job dispatch text messages to workers log work hours or view and print detailed reports. GeoManager helps manage overall mobile workforce performance reduce costs and maximize customer satisfaction with field services. Trimble MRM solutions are designed to automate the management of mobile resources and to optimize the service delivery process for customers across a variety of industries. Trimble delivers MRM solutions on a global basis to vertical markets which include: Telco Construction Supply Field Service Transportation & Distribution and Fleet Productivity.
Societe Generale Selects Misys Almonde Solution for Asset …
FXBusiness
L) the global application software and services company today announces that the Retail Banking Division of Societe Generale has selected Misys Almonde to reinforce its risk margin simulation and monitoring capability. Societe Generale chose the Misys Almonde Asset Liability Management (ALM) and Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) solution to establish an integrated system that is able to both run simulations and report on FTP internal margin and Risk Management. The choice of Misys Almonde has been made after a highly rigorous selection process reviewing all the major software vendors in the ALM and FTP markets and included several weeks of functional testing on real production volumes. nly the Misys Almonde solution passed all the tests successfully both on functional and technical aspects. Misys Almonde combined ALM and FTP simulation as well as risk monitoring. It will provide the Societe Generale retail network with the ability to weigh the various risks according to their costs thanks to the additional use of the Misys ALM Portal.
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mnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009: Huge benefit for the West
Examiner.com
examiners_body img{padding:5px;}Monday afternoon March 30 2009 President bama will sign into law the. After much wrangling in the house and senate and major opposition by the American Motorcyclists Association and other off-road organizations this bill has finally made it to the president’s desk. It is a compilation of natural wilderness Acts to designate certain land as components of the Natural Wilderness Preservation System and it authorizes the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to participate in specified programs and activities concerning natural wilderness rivers boundary line adjustments and much more.
Wall Street rally rests on data due this week
The Associated Press
After three weeks of gains based on signs that the economy might be turning around investors will get a batch of reports that could provide more evidence of whether the recession is easing or not. Among the data: the government’s report on how many jobs were lost last month and the Institute for Supply Management’s assessment of the health of the manufacturing and service sectors. If the numbers come in better than forecast many investors are likely to keep buying placing further bets that a recovery might indeed be in its very first stages. But analysts say upbeat reports might not necessarily set off a huge advance. Wall Street faltered on Friday a sign that investors are buying with caution not abandon. “If we see upside on the data we might hold — or rally some more” said Doug De Groote a managing director at United Wealth Management a division of United Capital Financial Advisors.
Dell Launches New Server Management Products
PC World
Budgets are under pressure during the recession and Dell hopes the new products will help enterprises carry out more tasks through virtualized environments and reduce hardware acquisition costs said Brad Anderson senior vice president at Dell at a press event in San Francisco. Dell also aims to equip servers and storage products with features that could help reduce power and cooling costs. However the company’s main focus with the new products is to reduce system maintenance costs which can take up to 70 percent of IT budgets. The products should help make it easier to configure standardize and virtualize IT environments Anderson said.