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America’s Most Trusted Companies in Privacy

 

Traverse City, Mich. and San Francisco – September 16, 2009 – Comprehensive analysis of the privacy practices of America’s largest brands found eBay, Verizon and the U.S. Postal Service to be the winners of the 2009 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Award, commissioned by Ponemon Institute, an information security research company, and TRUSTe, the most widely recognized privacy trustmark company on the Web.

The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe conducted a two-stage survey to gauge the privacy policies and practices of leading consumer brands. First, the companies were rated as “most trusted” in an unaided survey of 6,486 adult-aged U.S. consumers. Second, an expert review panel at the Ponemon Institute judged the companies based on rigorous criteria, including the clarity and readability of privacy statements, notice, access to account information, cookie management, in- and out-of-network data sharing practices, as well as the availability of customer service staff.

According to the 2009 survey results, eBay is the Most Trusted Company for Privacy, proving that the e-commerce site can protect consumer privacy, all while handling massive volumes of sensitive data across the globe. Verizon earned the ranking as the second most trusted company, while the U.S. Postal Service, WebMD, and IBM rounded out the top five.

Verizon and the U.S. Postal Service became the very first telecommunications and government organizations, respectively, to crack the top three. Also of note, Facebook made its first ever appearance in the top 10, despite a tumultuous year for the social network’s privacy practices. This jump signifies Facebook’s commitment to implementing privacy practices that are approved by both their user community and privacy experts.

The rankings reflect a picture of today’s uncertain but evolving consumer reality, with long-standing brands making a strong showing alongside newer online properties, which ultimately comprised four of the top-ranked companies. IBM’s continued presence on the list shows the power and durability of its brand with both business and consumers.

2009 Award Winners
1 eBay	6 Procter & Gamble
2 Verizon	7 Nationwide
3 US Postal Service	8 Intuit
4 WebMD	9 Yahoo!
5 IBM	10 Facebook

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E-discovery of E-docs

E-discovery of E-docs – By Dennis McCafferty – 2009-09-16

Tracking documents across devices is a full-time job.

On any given day, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based American Document Management (AmDoc) assists its thousand corporate and government customers by tracking down their e-documents with the tenacity of a TV sleuth. Its customers are dealing with litigation and compliance cases large and small—from divorce proceedings to major corporate lawsuits—which means accessing e-docs is often key to a case’s outcome.

“With today’s wealth of electronic devices, so many documents are stored on laptops, cell phones, digital cameras and GPS systems that there could be enough [information] on each device to fill a 4-foot-long filing cabinet,” says Karen Unger, AmDoc’s president and CEO. “We find the critical files for our clients and get them organized, even if they’ve been deleted. We’re like a CSI for computers.”

Given that AmDoc’s business is based on content and documents, the company has taken its own advice by maximizing efficiency when it comes to generating and tracking its own sales reports. In the past, however, Unger and the sales teams often found themselves buried beneath solutions that required excessive personnel resources. There was also a glut of customer-related contracts to stay on top of manually, and contract-renewal deadlines were sometimes missed.

“We dealt with several vendors that offered automated solutions for these needs,” Unger says, “but when it came to the basic things we wanted—like finding out how many calls a salesperson made in a week—we couldn’t automatically retrieve it. That should be part of the basic package, shouldn’t it?”

AmDoc found a better way through a solution called QuickBase from Intuit. Unger no longer has to manually retrieve and send sales reports: An e-mail-based application now automates that process. There’s also a template that allows Unger to see whether sales tasks and goals are being met in real time, versus having to wait until the end of the quarter. This allows for quicker corrective action, if needed.

Similarly, reports relating to sales lead generation, calls and meetings are produced electronically for easier retrieval and oversight. Sales teams now save four hours a week on time that used to be spent manually producing these reports. The solution also sends e-alerts to staff members when customer contracts need to be renewed and when payments are due, so there are no more missed lease payments or contract renewals.

AmDoc is even expanding its use of QuickBase to serve its HR and inventory needs. “Now, when employees are hired, we’ll be able to track their hiring date, the date when their evaluation and raises are due, and when their tax status changes,” Unger says.

“With inventory, when a computer maintenance agreement is expiring, we’ll find out about it two months in advance. That way, we can budget for the renewal ahead of time instead of being hit with it by surprise.” —D.M.

Web-based applications that adapt to your business

INTUIT QUICKBASE

Web-based applications that adapt to your business. NO software to install – Free 30-Day trial Pricing starts at $249 per month for 10 users, $3 per month for additional users QuickBase is a powerful web-based application that gives you the ability to automate workflow and time-consuming tasks, provide visibility into activity levels, manage projects, or keep customer data up to date. There is a collection of templates already pre-built to handle most business needs. But QuickBase is adaptable to your business and your specific needs, to quickly create easy to use applicaitons. Sample QuickBase Applications Read more

Quickbase Case: ProPoint Graphics

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ProPoint Graphics specializes exclusively in PowerPoint and Flash presentation production on a project and ongoing basis. ProPoint Graphics has completed thousands of presentations for over a thousand clients of all sizes across most industries throughout the United States. The company meets the needs of its client base by delivering high-quality, professional presentations quickly and cost-effectively. ProPoint Graphics is a privately owned company and has successfully leveraged the right technology to maximize productivity among its employees, which include full-time, part-time and contract workers.

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QuickBooks Enterprise 8.0

SendToQuickBase for QuickBase – Product Demo

The gap between Outlook and QuickBase has been bridged for the first time with a single click of the mouse using SendToQuickBase. This new product from SoftTech allows Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar entries, tasks and notes to be easily saved into QuickBase. Upon saving, the information is automatically related to any existing QuickBase record such as a customer, sales lead, or project record.

What’s new in QuickBooks 2009

Check out the cool new features of QuickBooks 2009 that will help you work smarter, not harder. Go to http://www.quickbooks.com for more information.

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