Automating

"Open the box, open the box!"Introduced in version 7.7 of Siebel CRM, ADM (Application Deployment Manager) has been significantly enhanced in version 8.0. The purpose of ADM is to assist developers and administrators to deploy changes made to the Siebel Repository, the physical UI files, Actuate report files and – last but not least – the administrative data of a Siebel CRM application from on

We’ve got some major changes in the pipeline to the way you view your company plan and generate automate, progress reports against this plan. This is something up and coming that we want your input on, so let us know your thoughts. Here are the initial design concepts we’ve done. (click on them to zoom). We’ve [...]

Summary Agile communities consider stories “done” when the acceptance tests (also called story tests) are shown to the customer. Originally, this was a manual process, but in recent years, several frameworks have been created to automate this process, providing acceptance testing all the benefits of automated unit testing. One of the most popular of these if called FIT, created by War

Exploring Expect: A Tcl-based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs (Nutshell Handbooks) (Paperback)By Don Libes Buy new: $23.0752 utilised and new from $10.15 Customer Rating: First tagged “unix” by Michael Ernest “JavaRanch Sheriff” [...]

The pattern followed by successful entrepreneurs in real estate or any industry is to begin by learning the process hands on and taking responsibility for every operation, then to automate and delegate every part of the process so that it happens with less and less help from the entrepreneur. All real estate investors wear [...]

The gmail blog published some 9 reasons as to why users should start archiving. People started to wonder why they should even bother, part of the concern due to them feeling the job repetitive. But it need not be. You can automate the process of archiving emails using filters!After you enter into your mail account, find the “create filter” option near the search box, and click it.The rest of the process is very simple that even a layman can figure it out, anyways, I will go through it. Now, you should have a yellow display asking you to “create a filter”. Here you define the criteria for the filter. I am going to enter “reports at sitemeter dot com” in the text box opposite to from, since I want to archive any mail sent from this mail address to me. Here I don’t want the repo

Social Poster is a new online application that creates an easy regimen for you (as per your criteria) to submit your article to many different social networks. You can specify to include social networks with or without dofollow links, eliminate websites by category and language, or choose Pligg based networks. You can of course select from [...]

Recently I was asked to write some code that would automate the conversion of word docs to pdf from a web upload.  At first I figured it would be an easy task.  I first tried to use the office.dlls, and everything worked…  I then read a best practise.  Do not use the Office.dlls on servers [...]

Making a sale can be a time consuming process. There are, however, many steps in the process that can be automated in such a way that they save time and make it easier to close the sale too. More: continued here

Do you run certain reports every day, week, or month (agent performance, question performance, etc.)?It's easy to use our automated report scheduler and have the report run automatically according to your schedule. You can then have the report print to paper, create a .pdf or attach to an email. Need to send weekly progress or team reports to the boss? This can be automated and delivered to their email address on a weekly basis (or of course, any frequency you prefer).How do I create custom reports in VO 3.0?Besides being packed with many standard performance and agent reports, using Virtual Observer's Custom Report Writer, you can design your own reports that will display the data you are looking for in the specific way you want to present it.> Select "Reports" from the main menu> Select

I have written several posts in the past regarding regular computer maintenance. Keeping a regular maintenance schedule is important if you would like to protect yourself against viruses and spyware, as well as maintaining the computer performance. My latest post title Regular Computer Maintenance provided a tutorial on performing some standard maintenance on your computer.In addition to the information provided in that post, there is an automated way of virus and spyware scanning as well as defragging your hard drive, all without you having to worry about it in the future. This post explains how to accomplish this.The ToolsBefore we begin to automate the maintenance tasks it is important to first introduce the tools that will help us. We will be using a virus scanner, spyware scanner, and a defrag program. The tools I have chosen are all free, and can be run from the command line, or a DOS prompt.The tools are:Virus Scanner - AVGSpyware Scanner - Spybot - Search & DestroyDefrag Pr

Attorneys representing Polaris IP filed a claim of patent infringement in U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas against AOL(link), Amazon, Borders, Google, IAC, and Yahoo with regards to Texas-based Polaris IP and their automatic message routing patent. The lawsuit charges the companies with implementing systems that "comprise interpreting electronic messages with rule base and case base knowledge engines" as described in the patent held by the plaintiff, "Automatic message interpretation and routing system." The lawsuit seeks an injunction against continued infringement but it is more likely that the plaintiff is hoping the companies will want to settle for a large sum of crisp cash instead. The method and system detailed in the patent describes a way "for automatically interpreting an electronic message including the steps of (a) receiving an electronic message from a source; (b) interpreting the electronic message using a rule base and case base knowledge engine; and

I’ve been doing WordPress plugin development for a little while now. I finally got around to setting up a development environment for this purpose. I wanted to have all of the version 2 releases available for testing so I went to the WordPress site to see how many there were. Seventeen. Hmmm, this could take a while. Setup the database, unzip the WordPress install, create the configuration file, use a browser to run the installation… you see my delima. Well, being a software engineer I decided there had to be a better (translates quicker and lazier) way of doing this. Database All WordPress installations need a MySQL database setup to function, right? Initially I figured I’d have to setup seventeen databases for this batch. I’d also have to create new databases for future releases. Wait a minute! WordPress supports multiple installations within the same database. Problem solved. I create my development database and tucked the connection settings aside for later

Wouldn’t you like to automate the tedious daily tasks of system administration? Automating UNIX and Linux Administration will show you how, by exploring existing tools and offering real-world examples. Parts of the book are Linux-specific, but most of it applies to a UNIX system, including multiple variants of UNIX. Author Kirk Bauer briefly overviews tools and technologies—and assumes preliminary knowledge about editing a configuration file or mounting a file system. (more…)

testany standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc • the test was standardized on a large sample of studentsthe act of testing something the act of undergoing testing • he survived the great test of battle trying something to find out about itautomationthe act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware • automation replaces human workers by machines the condition of being automatically operated or controlled • automation increases productivityequipment used to achieve automatic control or operation • this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment What is test automation?I just read some marketing literature from some leading test automation tool vendors. According to one of the vendors, their tool supports the following: Novice testers can create robust and easily maintainable tests that mimic real-life use of an applica

In this day and age everything can be automated, and that means that you are able to do more business. However, it’s very important, and even more so when you are on the internet, to keep your customers in the loop. To do this, all you need to do is keep your sales process automated [...]