VSM Retailers Meeting & Training Seminars
January 2nd, 2012 (05:59 pm)
Argus is holding a series of meetings throughout the month of January to educate businesses owners and managers about the Visit South Madison Project. At these meetings, we will help you set-up and manage your listing page and show you how to list products & services for sale on the Visit South Madison website. You will also have an opportunity to have your business featured in the daily email and to participate in the Visit South Madison Gift Card program. We hope you can join us.
If you have any questions please contact Daniel Guerra Jr. Email: dguerrajr@argusinvent.com | Voice: 608-240-0524
[contact-form 404 "Not Found"] Comments are closedArgus Virtual Classroom software debuts at RSNA 2011
December 3rd, 2011 (09:24 pm)The arrival of the Argus Virtual Classroom software is here. Argus CEO Daniel Guerra Jr. debuted the software with AltusMedical Co-Founders Bob Timm & Elizabeth McDonald.
iPad Apps Reach 100,000
July 2nd, 2011 (10:41 am)iPad Apps Reach 100,000: TouchPad, PlayBook Under Gun Can HP’s TouchPad, RIM’s PlayBook, or any other tablet touch Apple with its deep developer support?
Comments are closedPresentation: Social Media and the Facebook Open Graph
June 21st, 2011 (04:13 pm)
Argus CEO Daniel G. Guerra Jr. at IB Extreme Networking September 2010
Dan Guerra Jr., Argus CEO will speak on Social Media and the Facebook Open Graph. Here’s an outline of the presentation:
Why should I care about Social Media
Popular Social Media Platforms
What is the Open Graph concept?
Why should I care about the Open Graph
How can this impact the user experience?
Is this something that should be in my Website? How can I be successful in adding this to my site?
Integrating the Open Graph into your website
What value does Social Media bring to me? Should I be using it?
We’ll be meeting at Murfie, a local startup offering a marketplace for trading CDs and mp3s. As always, the meetup starts at 6pm, presentation at 6:30.
Please keep your RSVP up to date–if you can’t make it, let someone else take your spot. Please RSVP to Ben Seigel
Update: Here is link to the presentation.
Comments are closedRIM PlayBook Gets Facebook App, Video Chat
May 2nd, 2011 (02:01 pm)RIM PlayBook Gets Facebook App, Video Chat
BlackBerry World kicked off with Research In Motion introducing key applications that will be made available for the PlayBook tablet later this month.
13-year-old victimized by false Facebook page
April 24th, 2011 (02:37 pm)SOS: 13-year-old victimized by false Facebook page
This story appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on Sunday, April 24th.
Commentary: It is this kind of inexcusable behavior that ruins the online experience for everyone.
Comments are closedAdobe Flash Attacks Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilit
April 12th, 2011 (06:59 pm)Adobe Flash Attacks Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability No patch is yet available against threat targeting government workers that uses malicious Flash inserted into Microsoft Word documents.
Comments are closedWhy Dell Is Wrong About The iPad
March 31st, 2011 (01:58 pm)Eric Zeman
Speaking in an interview with CIO Australia, Dell executive Andy Lark said, “Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.”
Lark believes that the high cost of the iPad (because, you know, peripherals are necessary) will cause business technology managers to stay far, far away from it as an enterprise computing tool. “An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse, and a case [means] you’ll be at $1,500 or $1,600; that’s double of what you’re paying. That’s not feasible,” said Lark.
The first obvious problem here is Lark’s math. The cheapest iPad costs $499. Let’s say you add a $30 mouse, $70 keyboard/stand, and a mid-range case for about $50. That totals $649, which isn’t anywhere near “$1,500 or $1,600.” Even if you add those peripherals to the most expensive iPad, you’re still only at $979.
By way of comparison, the Motorola Xoom costs $600 on contract. Peripherals, such as cases, stands, and keyboards are extra. If Lark doesn’t think that the PlayBook, TouchPad, Galaxy Tab — uh, the Dell Streak 7 — and other tablets aren’t going to also have peripherals that add to the cost, he’s kidding himself.
But this bad math isn’t the real reason Lark is wrong.
A company called SmithBucklin, which is a professional services company, just announced that it is giving its employees the iPad 2 both as a reward and as a way to enhance productivity. They’ll each be given a 32-GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi (but can upgrade to a different model for an additional fee). They’re also being given $50 for accessories.
Oh, by the way, SmithBucklin has 600 employees. Apple just scored an enterprise sale with a rough value of $360,000.
SmithBucklin isn’t alone. Wall Street firms have already been eyeing the iPad as a productivity booster, as are other financially minded companies.
Case in point, I attended an open house run by Intuit recently. Nearly all the personal and enterprise applications and services on display by Intuit and its partners were available on the Apple iPad.
You know what I didn’t see at any of the demo booths? Dell products.
I’ve seen iPads by the dozen at every major trade show I’ve attended in the last 12 months. They weren’t being used by teenagers for gaming. They were being used by professionals who need a portable computing product.
Like it or not, Dell, the iPad is already in the enterprise.
Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone
March 31st, 2011 (09:32 am)Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone - Google’s Android will be in first place, but Microsoft’s WP 7 platform will come in second with 20% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015, according to IDC.
One commentSalesforce.com To Buy Radian6 For Social Media Monitoring
March 30th, 2011 (11:30 am)Salesforce.com To Buy Radian6 For Social Media Monitoring - Radian6 makes tools to monitor and analyze comments from 150 million websites, social media sites, blogs, and discussion forums.
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