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The global travel and tourism industry contributed up to 7.6 trillion US dollars in 2014. Isn't it amazing?
Traveling has been the first love for many. Unfortunately, the major perception about traveling is that it is expensive. Generally the perception is right. But it is wrong too.
Wondering how?
Simple! Traveling can be expensive if you planning wrong. Forexample, you plan to visit a country which outperforms your currency in value. Let us assume you live in Pakistan and plan your trip to Unites States, the exchange rate is around PKR 1 = USD 0.0095.
That means you need a good sum of money at the very first stage. How about a trip to Sri Lanka? The exchange rate is PKR 1 = 1.40 LKR. Isn't it quite affordable?
Currency difference is not the only reason but is certainly a major reason. And you just have a wrong beginning. At least if you intend to choose an affordable trip. There are many other such factors which can affect the trip affordability.
A solution to make your trip affordable is learning "travel hacks". Wondering what are travel hacks? A simple definition of travel hacking can be to make your trip affordable or even free. It is can be done through availing points through credit cards, planning at the right time when to book flights and a lot more.
The other definition of travel hacking can be "giving your trip higher value for lesser amount spent". Sound much better I guess!
Talking about travel hacks, the best travel hacks can be explored through three ways.
Google Search Engine
Social Media Platforms
Travel Bloggers
Let us take all these 3 ways in account.
Using Google Search Engine
Search engines have turned out to be the most influential source of information. Google is indeed the most dominating search engine globally. You can learn exciting travel hacks through Google. Let me share some interesting way to do so.
A) One simple way is to go on Google and type phrases like "travel hack tips" or "travel hack guide". This will open up some great results.
B) The previous key phrases will help you get some good travel hack guides but you may require more specific results. For example the resulting travel hack guide might be suitable in general but inappropriate for that particular country where you intend to go.
C) Assume you are planning a trip to Pakistan. You can try searching on Google like this; "travel hacks + Pakistan" OR "travel hack Guide + Pakistan".
D) You can further dig on city level by adding city name. The phrase will change like this "travel hacks + Karachi" OR "travel hack Guide + Karachi". The purpose to break down your search to city level is that every city has its own dynamics. Some of the travel hacks for metro city might not be suitable for a hill station.
E) You can further do get info about saving money on booking hotels or guest houses. For example you plan to stay in a guest house in Karachi, you can try searching "guest house booking + discount + Karachi" or "discount deals on Guest houses + Karachi". Remember adding the words "how to" will help you to explore more guides which can be helpful to learn more about getting discount deals.
Social Media Platforms
Social media platforms are an awesome place to interact with people and learn from them. Facebook and twitter are two places where you will find lot of travel groups and profiles respectively.
The active groups and twitter profiles can be helpful.
Facebook Destination Pages and Groups
On Facebook you can join country based groups like Facebook page "Pakistan" or city based groups like "Lahore" or "Islamabad".
Tip: Post a message on these groups to get more info about tips to save money whiles your visit. You will see plenty of people who will help you to get great ideas on saving money by commenting on the post.
Using Twitter Smartly With Hashtags
Fortunately or unfortunately Twitter doesn't have groups or pages. This might be little tricky for many. However, you can search travelers on Twitter with help of twitter search and contact them requesting for guidance on learning more about travel hacks.
Most probably you will be directed to their already-created guides until and unless you do not have any specific questions. Another great option is you can use hashtags to attract travelers to guide you on quality resources for travel hack.
If you have any specific question, even there hashtags can be helpful to get you answered too.
In addition, you can also follow popular travel blog websites on social media platforms. Their pages get regularly updated. Question them about travel hacking with respect to specific destination. If they have ever traveled or have knowledge, they will help you.
Start Following Travel Bloggers To Learn From The Practical Knowledge
Travel bloggers have practical experiences. Even if they haven't visited the destination you plan to, their knowledge of similar destinations or info through any peer blogger can be helpful for you.
Remember they are the best source to guide you in learning more about travel hacks and making your trip affordable. Do follow them. And do question them. Twitter has been my first preference when it comes to connecting with influencers in any niche.
Just in case you are unable to figure out how to search travel blogger influencers on twitter. Check out the Twitter advance search option to find top influencers. Type "Travel bloggers" in search bar and click on "account" on the resulting page. This will lead you to top travel bloggers. Start interacting with them.
Travel hack is an essential part of travelers today. It has proved the belief of "traveling is expensive" wrong. Smart travelers have been effectively using travel hack to make trips affordable.
You can learn travel hacks easily as there are plenty of resources. The two types of travel hacks you can learn are general travel hacks and specific destination related travel hacks. Top travel bloggers and influencers can act as guiders.
Google and social media platforms are another key resource to learn the tricks through lot of people. The more you explore the better and easier it will be for you to make your trip affordable.
Excellent post, keep up delivering the goods!


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Rob Douglas: Godspeed to the Boyers
June 14, 2013
A little less than a month ago, as I was heading out on a Saturday morning to one of my favorite spots in the valley, I received a call from this paper's editor, Brent Boyer. As soon as he said, "I have some bittersweet news," I sensed that Brent had called to tell me he was leaving the Steamboat Pilot & Today.
I wish my intuition had been wrong.
As most everyone knows by now, Brent and Megan Boyer — along with the most photogenic little girl since Shirley Temple, their daughter, Avery — are headed off to Boise, Idaho, where Meg was recently named vice president of sales and marketing for the Idaho Statesman. While not as well known to readers as Brent, Meg held several editorial and managerial positions at the Pilot & Today since joining the paper in 2003. Most recently, Meg was the director of advertising.
Given how talented both Meg and Brent are — Meg was recognized by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2012 as one of 25 rising stars in the newspaper industry, while under Brent's leadership the Pilot & Today was named the best newspaper in its circulation class by the Colorado Press Association six times in the last eight years — it's not surprising that life is presenting them with exciting new challenges outside of the Yampa Valley.
Personally, I am thrilled for the Boyers.
Professionally, I will miss working with Brent.
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Given the often contentious nature of our working relationship — entirely due to my, let's just say, mercurial personality — I suspect Brent will question the veracity of that last sentence.
For the past 15 years, I've had the opportunity to work with a number of different editors and program directors while expressing my opinions about current events and public policy issues in print and on talk radio at several different media outlets.
I've never worked with anyone better than Brent.
As an editor, Brent has a unique ability to challenge a writer to find the key point that cuts to the heart of an issue. Particularly when it comes to matters of import in Steamboat, Brent's perspective was always insightful and helpful in identifying those key issues — issues that might otherwise have gone unrecognized and unaddressed.
Brent's assessment of how those issues would play out here in the Yampa Valley was unmatched. Because of his ability to understand how public policy issues would unfold here in the 'Boat, Brent was able to play devil's advocate on any topic as a means toward sharpening the focus of any column.
From my selfish perspective, Brent provided the one thing anyone in the opinion business wants above all else — the latitude to express those opinions without outside interference. I will forever be grateful for the number of times Brent defended my work — even when he was repeatedly pressured by partisans of one faction or another who wanted my column buried or terminated.
From a community perspective, I know firsthand how much Brent cares about everyone here in the Yampa Valley and how, at times, unjustified criticism of how he managed the paper stung even more because of how much he does care. I have long believed that it is far more difficult to be the editor of the Pilot & Today than of the Denver Post. Discomforting and tragic issues and events often reverberate to a much larger degree in a small community like Steamboat than in a city the size of Denver.
To his credit, Brent never shied away from covering those difficult stories and incidents because he believes in the unique and important role that a free press plays in American society. In short, Brent is an excellent journalist and his skills as editor have set the benchmark here in Steamboat.
I hope everyone in this special valley will join me in wishing the Boyer family good fortune as they start their new life in Idaho. It's never easy to uproot from a community you love — and where you fell in love — but sometimes you have to trust your instincts and charge ahead into the unknown.
Godspeed Brent, Meg and Avery.
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Virgil Helm was born in Gatesville Texas in 1943. He was raised on a farm located near Coryell City, a small rural town located on the eastern side of Coryell County. He attended public schools in Gatesville and graduated in 1961.
After high school, Helm attended Tarleton State College for two years. He transferred to Texas Tech University in 1963, and received the Bachelor and Master degree in Rangeland Resources Management from that university.
After graduation from College he began working with the USDA/Soil Conservation Service in 1964. The agency name was changed to the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 1993. He worked in several work locations in the state of Texas and retired from that agency in 2002.
In 2002 Helm was elected to the DeSoto City Council, representing Place Two. He served two terms and was not eligible to serve another consecutive term due to term limits. Helm decided to run for another term on the Council in 2014. He ran un-opposed and began serving the third term on the council in May 2014.
Helm is married and has three grown sons. He also has two granddaughters. He attends Duncanville Church of Christ.
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I have a java webapp with both struts 1 and struts 2. Inside the app there are several Struts 2 namespaces and Struts 1 modules. For example:
/public (Struts 1 module)
/accounting (Struts 2 namespace)
/auditing (Struts 2 namespace)
/receipts (Struts 1 modules)
In my web.xml, the Struts 1 and 2 filters are specifically mapped to the correct namespace/module. For example,
Inside my Struts 1 area, I have a request to have a Struts 1 action forward to a Struts 2 action. I tried the following:
<action path="/myRedirect" forward="/checkAccountRecords.action" module="accounting" />
However, this results in the following stack trace:
The Struts dispatcher cannot be found. This is usually caused by using Struts tags without the associated filter. Struts tags are only usable when the request has passed through its servlet filter, which initializes the Struts dispatcher needed for this tag. - [unknown location]
I know that this could be fixed by mapping the Struts 1 parts of the website through the Struts 2 filter, but this causes problems for our specific website and I would like to avoid doing that.
I also tried the action without the module:
<action path="/myRedirect" forward="/accounting/checkAccountRecords.action" />
I got the folowing error:
can't find /receipts/accounting/checkAccountRecords.action (file not found)
I also tried the following action mapping:
<action path="/myRedirect" forward="../accounting/checkAccountRecords.action" />
I got the following error:
Path ../accounting/checkAccountRecords.action does not start with a "/" character
So is there anything left that I could try? How do I get a Struts 1 action to return a redirect to a Struts 2 action?


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Blake Richardson
Molecular Microbiology Graduate Program
Mentor: John Schoggins Ph.D.
Hometown: Chandler, Texas
I really became interested in research during college when I earned my undergraduate research experience through a joint program between UT Dallas and UT Southwestern called the Green Fellowship. This program allows undergraduates to spend a full semester of college in a research laboratory working full time on an independent project. Once I had spent a few weeks in lab, I knew that this was something I was really interested in and had finally found what I had been looking for in science/research.
I chose UTSW because of the experience I had during my undergraduate research here. I liked the diversity of research happening on campus, and the amount of overlap between departments.
"Faculty in the program span a wide range of research interests, so there is no lack of creativity or diversity in the program, which makes microbiology a very exciting place to be."
In the Schoggins lab we are interested in identifying roles for interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) that have not been characterized. Specifically, I am characterizing a gene found to be strongly antiviral toward flaviviruses, a genus of mosquito-borne viruses including dengue virus, yellow fever virus, and West Nile virus. I have determined that my protein is blocking the formation of viral replication complexes, and that this block may be occurring in a manner dependent on one of the viral non-structural proteins.
The microbiology graduate program is very multidisciplinary, which means that I can use a wide variety of methods to answer my scientific questions. In addition to having a wide array of resources, I feel that I receive a lot of individual attention as a graduate student. Faculty in the program span a wide range of research interests, so there is no lack of creativity or diversity in the program, which makes microbiology a very exciting place to be.
Chelsea Stamm
Molecular Microbiology Graduate Program
Mentor: Michael Shiloh, Ph.D.
Hometown: Louisville, Ohio
Awards/Fellowships: Molecular Microbiology Training Grant, Dean's Discretionary Award for Outstanding Service to the Graduate School, American Association for Immunology Young Investigator Award, PEO Scholar Award, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
I had a fantastic chemistry teacher in high school who got us all excited about our experiments and discovery. Then I attended the College of Wooster which is one of the top schools in the country for mentored undergraduate research and I was fortunate enough to study under James West there for three years.
My project studies proteins that are secreted from the bacterium to understand how they may modulate the host cell physiology to promote infection and bacterial survival.
"The faculty range from young to established and the kind of mentorship you will receive is outstanding."
While interviewing at UT Southwestern the atmosphere felt very collaborative rather than competitive. When I looked to the Microbiology department compared to the other schools I was considering, there were more people doing interesting work that I wanted to be a part of.
I think the Molecular Microbiology program at UT Southwestern is one of the top programs in the country because program-wise, the administration really cares about the students and the quality of education we receive is top-notch. They are always trying to improve the program. And more importantly the faculty that we have access to work and learn under are really strong. There's such a variety of really strong research here.


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Proposed Rule
Document Details
Published Document
Forest Service, Agriculture; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
Proposed Rule: Notice of availability of supplemental information and reopening of the comment period.
On December 8, 2004, we, the Federal Subsistence Board, published a proposed rule to revise and clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal Subsistence Management Program in coastal areas in southwestern Alaska. This rulemaking is necessary in order to exclude numerous saltwater embayments within National Wildlife Refuge boundaries that were never intended to fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. We are now reopening the comment period for this rulemaking action because of newly available maps of the specific embayments in southwestern Alaska to be excluded from the jurisdiction of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. If you have already commented on the proposed rule and have no additional comments to make as a result of viewing the newly available maps, then you do not need to resubmit your comment(s), as they will Start Printed Page 51000be fully considered in the final determination.
We must receive your written public comments on this proposed rule no later than October 21, 2005.
Please submit comments electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. See "Viewing Documents" and "Public Comment" under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for information about viewing the maps and electronic filing of your comments. You may also submit written comments to the Office of Subsistence Management, 3601 C Street, Suite 1030, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.Start Further Info
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Steve Kessler, Regional Subsistence Program Leader, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907) 786-3888.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Federal Subsistence Management Regulations (50 CFR 100.3 and 36 CFR 242.3) currently specify that they apply on "all navigable and non-navigable waters within the exterior boundaries * * *" of the parks, refuges, forests, conservation areas, recreation areas, and Wild and Scenic Rivers. This includes, within National Wildlife Refuge boundaries, hundreds of thousands of acres of saltwater embayments that were not withdrawn prior to Statehood and thus where the current regulations exert jurisdiction. During the early interagency discussions relative to inclusion of fisheries management in the Federal Subsistence Management Program, there does not appear to have been any intention to specifically extend Federal jurisdiction to various embayments where there was no pre-Statehood withdrawal of submerged lands and waters.
On December 8, 2004, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (69 FR 70940) that, if finalized, would revise and clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal Subsistence Management Program in coastal areas of southwestern Alaska to exclude those various embayments where there was no pre-Statehood withdrawal of submerged lands and waters. During the comment period, which closed originally on January 24, 2005, and was extended until April 1, 2005, one commenter indicated that in order to make meaningful comments, the public needed to know which specific bays would be affected and needed access to maps of the affected areas. We agree and are making maps available for review and are reopening the comment period to accept comments on the maps as well as on the proposed rule (69 FR 70940).
Areas To Be Excluded From Federal Subsistence Management Program Jurisdiction
Under the proposed rule, all of the following areas have been identified for exclusion from jurisdiction under the Federal Subsistence Management Program. Maps are now available for these areas.
Within the Alaska Peninsula or Izembek National Wildlife Refuge boundaries:
Wide Bay
Agripina Bay
Kujulik Bay
Chignik Lagoon, including Mallard Duck Bay and Schooner Bay
Mud Bay
Anchorage Bay
Lake Bay
Castle Bay
Warner Bay, including Ross Cove
Devils Bay
Kuiukta Bay, including Portage Bay, Windy Bay, Foot Bay, Fishhook Bay, and Herring Lagoon
Mitrofania Bay, including Fishrack Bay
Ivanof Bay
Boulder Bay
Fox Bay
American Bay
Albatross Anchorage
Pavlof Bay, including Canoe Bay, Jackson Lagoon, and Chinaman Lagoon
Long John Lagoon
Dushkin Lagoon
Bear Bay
Cold Bay, including Lenard Harbor, Nurse Lagoon, and Kinzarof Lagoon
Morzhovoi Bay, including Littlejohn Lagoon
Traders Cove
Bechevin Bay, including Hotsprings Bay
Herendeen Bay, including Mine Harbor
Port Moller, including Mud Bay, Right Head, and Left Head
Within Togiak National Wildlife Refuge boundaries:
Tvativak Bay
Kulukak Bay
Metervik Bay
Within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge boundaries:
Kangirlvar Bay, including Toksook Bay
Hazen Bay
Hooper Bay
Kokechik Bay
Viewing Documents
To view maps, go to the Office of Subsistence Management Web site at http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/home.html. If you do not have access to the internet, you may contact the Office of Subsistence Management at the address and phone number shown at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and we will send the maps to you.
Public Comment
Electronic filing of comments (preferred method): Please submit electronic comments and other data to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please submit as either WordPerfect or MS Word files, avoiding the use of any special characters and any form of encryption.
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the rulemaking record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. In some circumstances, we would withhold from the rulemaking record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish for us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
William Knauer drafted this document under the guidance of Thomas H. Boyd of the Office of Subsistence Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Taylor Brelsford, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Greg Bos, Carl Jack, and Rod Simmons, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service; Warren Eastland, Pat Petrivelli, and Dr. Glenn Chen, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Steve Kessler, Alaska Regional Office, USDA-Forest Service provided additional guidance.Start Signature
Dated: July 25, 2005.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
Dated: July 27, 2005.
Steve Kessler,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 05-17080 Filed 8-26-05; 8:45 am]


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NaviNet Open Foundation consists of a series of layers: a platform, a set of network services, a suite of reimbursement-related and clinical applications, and a set of tools that customers can use to configure and customize the system. NaviNet's creation of a "smart" next-generation payer-provider healthcare communications network that connects Big Data informatics systems developed by health plans, delivery systems, and software vendors to the heterogeneous provider community enables the sharing of critical real-time intelligence and rapid innovation in response to the quickly changing demands of healthcare reform.
The NaviNet Open Foundation supports all NaviNet Open Solution offerings. It features event-based architecture that, along with complex event processing, allows NaviNet to "listen" for discrete and relevant events across the network and respond in real time with critical information needed by provider users. Static and interactive reports, along with alerts and notifications, are part of the Foundation. NaviNet Open APIs allow integration with third-party systems and applications— this is the hallmark that makes us Open. Health plans may also use the platform for developing their own applications, either using their in-house IT resources or working with NaviNet's Professional Services organization. Third party developers will also be able to license access to the platform and the NaviNet network for producing applications of interest to providers and consumers.
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Where it happened: My Room
Langauge: English
Sex: Male
Rating: 9
Category: Straight
OK, so I have a really HOT step-sister. I had been Masturbating over just plain fantasies with her for a while. Until one day everyone was out and she was watching TV downstairs. I went down for a drink and saw her in short shorts and a bikini top. I felt like cuming right there and then but I quickly made a hasty dissapearance. Later that day she went into the bathroom to have a shower. I thought of how good she might look naked with water pouring down on her beautiful breasts. She spent about 10 minutes in the shower and when she got out I zipped up and made my way to the bathroom. On my way i heard her shout in pain…."Ow!". I made for her room and saw her clipping her finger nails on her bed. She was facing me. Still in her towel. I could see right up the towel. Her pussy was gorgeous. Recently shaved and then she said to my amazement: "Want a closer look?"
At that point she started at me grasping my throbbing cock. I panted with anxiety as she undone the towel and revealed her amazing body. "What do you think?"
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The bad news is that "listening" is often only skin deep -- a technological facade of promises that ends up being unfulfilled. Interactive technology that has been designed and installed to strengthen brand relationships is, in many cases, actually weakening them.
The second "mystery shopper" study conducted by the University of Colorado's Integrated Marketing Communications Graduate Program found, once again, that more than half of interactive contacts with 200 U.S. companies were only fair or downright poor.
What is extremely depressing is the response to these results. When presented to marketing executives (some of whom are from companies in the sample), the majority say they are surprised we got as many "good" responses as we did.
The study was done by contacting companies using their advertised Web site addresses or 800 numbers (100 of each). Measurements were based on the ease/difficulty of contacting the company, nature and thoroughness of the reply, friendliness of the interaction and company follow-up. A stratified sample included goods and service companies as well as business-to-business and consumer companies.
A contact was rated "good" when the request or complaint was quickly, thoroughly and politely satisfied. A contact was rated "fair" when the request or complaint was satisfied only after an extensive wait, dealing with an untrained customer service representative or encountering some other minor problem.
Contacts rated "poor" were those that failed to respond at all, where there was an excessive delay in responding, where the response was canned and unrelated to the problem or inquiry, where the customer service representative was extremely rude or unhelpful, or where the Web site was nearly impossible to navigate.
Of the 200 total contacts, only 42% were rated good, 20% were rated fair and 39% were rated poor. Overall, online responses were worse than the responses to phone contacts. Of the 100 contacts made online, only 35% were rated good (45% rated poor).
When separated into goods and services, service companies surprisingly had fewer good responses than manufacturers. There was little difference, however, between how consumer and business-to-business companies responded.
Another subgroup (of 28) made up of telephone, cable and Internet companies -- those that specialize in communications -- performed worse than the total sample. Of the 28, 43% of these contacts were rated poor.
Only a third of the 800-number calls were answered by a human. Of those answered by humans, however, 59% were rated good. A frequent problem with phone contacts was unfriendly, automated voice-response systems.
Although most executives despise dealing with AVR systems when calling other companies, these same executives are increasingly allowing AVR systems to be used in their own companies. The reason: They save money.
What is overlooked, however, is that AVR systems can also send negative brand messages. Some of the more irritating problems found in the study when a company had an AVR system were:
* Too many menu levels, which tells callers, "This company's time is more important than yours";
* Menus that don't cover all options and offer no alternative to talk to a human;
* No option to return to the head of a menu (caller is forced to redial);
* No message regarding length of expected hold time;
* A recording on the AVR system so old or damaged it is difficult to understand;
* A caller disconnected without explanation halfway through a menu.
Although the ability to speak with a human increased the likelihood of a more satisfactory customer experience, this was no guarantee of a good customer experience. Critical problems encountered when talking to customer service representatives included:
* Unfriendliness, rudeness or a customer service representative obviously rushing to meet a call-handling quota;
* CSRs who were not empathetic (in one case, one of the survey project's interviewers called a major insurance company with what happened to be an actual question about a claim and was made to feel by everyone she talked to that she was at fault);
* CSRs not properly trained and therefore unable to respond intelligently;
* CSRs not given the authority to make a decision;
* Extensive on-hold times without being told how long the hold would be (one interviewer was forced to listen to the same company promo message 114 times).
When contact was made (or attempted) via companies' Web sites, some problems found were:
* 15% of companies contacted simply didn't respond at all (in one case, a global computer company's Web site had an elaborate explanation regarding who would be receiving the inquiry but no response was ever received);
* Two-thirds of the e-mail responses received took more than 24 hours to generate a response;
* Some sites were extremely difficult to navigate;
* Some sites were not interactive, having no mechanism that allowed for e-mail to the company;
* E-mail responses were canned (not personalized) or did not speak to a particular problem or inquiry.
It seems poor interactive performance is the result of companies not budgeting and training for the back end of interactivity. It is easy and no longer that costly to have a site designed and placed on the Web, and it is similarly easy and not that costly to have an in-bound 800 number.
The reality is, however, there's more to interactivity than technology.
There need to be enough people to interact with customers promptly. These people need to be trained so they can answer questions quickly and thoroughly. They must be empowered to make decisions, make adjustments and approve repairs or replacements. The technology for handling the interaction must be user-friendly, not just a way for the company to save money (as with AVR systems ).
Most companies fail to recognize that an advertised 800-number and Web site address create an expectation. They are perceived as invitations that say to a customer or prospect "Contact us. We want to talk with you!" But these expectations aren't being properly managed when over half the contacts, from a customer's perspective, are only fair or poor.
At the root of the problem is that, while companies have finally been convinced they need to listen to customers and prospects, the majority don't know what to do after they listen. If you don't believe me, the next time you hear someone say their company really listens to customers, ask them what their company does after it listens. If they say they satisfy the customer, ask them how they know this for sure.
As I conduct seminars and give speeches on integrated marketing, I ask participants if they have made a mystery shopper call or e-mail to their own company in the last year. Consistently, fewer than 20% have done so.
To fully leverage the investment in interactive technology and strengthen rather than weaken brand relationships, companies should:
* Make sure there is sufficient budget to hire and train enough staff to quickly, thoroughly and politely process contacts before promoting a Web site or 800-number;
* Design their interactive systems to be user-friendly, not just to save the company money;
* Have an ongoing mystery shopper monitoring system that includes periodic calls made by marketing executives;
* Capture in a customer database each critical contact so that subsequent contacts with these customers can have the knowledge of past contacts.
Findings of this study seem to indicate once again that the most uncommon thing in business today is common sense.
Mr. Duncan is associate professor of integrated marketing at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and founder of the Integrated Marketing Communications Graduate Program at the university. Survey tabulations were done by graduate


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Volunteers raised £23,000 for the 8ft (2.4m) Portland stone obelisk, the first memorial dedicated specifically to members of the Dorsetshire Regiment.
Former soldiers and descendants of World War I servicemen attended the ceremony near the village of Authuille.
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Three hundred and fifty soldiers from the Dorsetshire Regiment, known as "the Dorsets", died on the first day the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916.
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Reporting from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Tuscaloosa's emergency shelter is a crowded but welcoming place — a clean, repurposed community center in a leafy park far from the debris piles, full of smiling volunteers and fresh-faced church members handing out blankets, Bibles and baby diapers.
Still, it's getting old for tornado victim Benjamin Alford and his family. They've been here three nights, sleeping on cots in a basketball gym. His wife is pregnant. There is no privacy. And as of Saturday morning, they had no idea where to go now that the storm had destroyed their rental house.
"It seems like every day you get more stressed out," said Alford, 36. "The longer you're in here, the more agitated you get."
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Somebody mentioned that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was lumbering into action, and that trailer homes might be coming. Alford's stepdaughter shook her head emphatically: "Unh-unh," she said. "What if another tornado comes?"
Alford added: "I don't want to live in no trailer."
Three days after tornadoes devastated swaths of the southeastern U.S., killing at least 346 people, officials were assessing the toll on their housing stock and weighing options for quickly providing shelter to thousands left homeless.
They also are aware that their decisions could trigger a rerun of issues faced by Gulf Coast communities after Hurricane Katrina, when temporary trailers and prefabricated replacement housing were criticized for their flimsiness and contribution to blight.
But there were more pressing issues Saturday, with untold numbers of residents displaced or lacking basic services. The American Red Cross reported that 1,100 tornado victims woke up Saturday in emergency shelters, 700 of them in the neediest areas of Alabama. While some victims sought out the public shelters, many others have been taken in by churches, relatives and friends.
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Richmon Edwards, 80, has been living with his wife in a Tuscaloosa motel that has a waiting list with dozens of names. He's been told he can't return home.
Edwards knows this dance well. A New Orleans native, his home there was mostly destroyed by Katrina in 2005.
"I lost everything I had to Katrina, so I came here," he said. "Now I lost everything here."
The number of residents left homeless across the region is unclear. In Tuscaloosa alone, an estimated 5,700 structures were damaged or destroyed by the tornado that ripped across 5.9 miles of the city Wednesday.
On Saturday, armies of volunteers took to the streets in Tuscaloosa and elsewhere, cooking food and delivering water and clothing. Government and utility crews rushed to restore power and plow debris. Cadaver dogs again sniffed through piles of wreckage, hunting specifically for individuals reported missing.
Longer-term housing solutions will probably come from contractors eager for work in the sputtering economy. Solutions will also come from FEMA, which has already delivered a small amount of assistance for rentals and repairs.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox, in an interview with "PBS NewsHour," warned of a "humanitarian crisis" if a quick fix wasn't forthcoming.
At a meeting Saturday with his City Council, Maddox raised the thorny housing issues that await them.
The city, he said, has provided FEMA with potential trailer park sites; contractors, meanwhile, want to put up prefabricated houses as fast as possible. Both issues became major post-Katrina controversies for Gulf Coast residents, many of whom didn't want cheap housing stock in their neighborhoods.
"I don't think any of us would like to see substandard housing built in our areas," Maddox said. "But then, how do you tell someone you're not going to be able to have a home?"
FEMA officials — perhaps mindful of the agency's public relations drubbing after its poor post-Katrina performance — have taken pains to show that they're on the move. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate toured Alabama with President Obama on Friday, and plans to do so again Sunday, joined by other top administration officials in a trip that will also take them to Mississippi.
FEMA liaison officers have deployed in five states, and affected residents are already able to register their damage online or over the phone. The agency is working with the states to determine whether they will need temporary units such as trailers.
"While hazards, such as high winds and tornadoes, could potentially affect any type of housing or other structure, FEMA will work closely with the state, local governments and residents over the next months to help them in their recovery and to help prepare and protect against future losses," said spokeswoman Rachel Racusen.
In Alabama, the volunteer effort served to buck up spirits. In Tuscaloosa's hard-hit Alberta City neighborhood, volunteers grilled hamburgers and handed out bags of donated groceries and sacks of ice to anyone who asked.
Baumhowers Wings, a restaurant in Birmingham, had sent a truck. Volunteers from the nearby Mercedes-Benz dealership could be seen helping out around town.
But there was also frustration and fear.
On Saturday afternoon, a mother walked to a medical station with a wailing baby and was swarmed by volunteers, who offered medical attention, diapers and formula. The baby was soon calmed.
But the mother was not. She said she had been without power and gas for days in her apartment, feeding her family with Burger King and living by candlelight. She declined to give her name because she is an illegal immigrant.
"The kids are so scared," she said in Spanish.
Sixty miles away in downtown Birmingham, Kendra Coleman, 27, and her husband and three young boys were holed up in an auditorium that had been converted into a shelter.
The family's apartment collapsed in nearby Pratt City, forcing them to walk away with just their coats and Coleman's purse. They'd spent three nights in the cold, cavernous building, and they'd had enough.
But Coleman said that when she called FEMA on Friday, she was told she would have to wait 10 to 14 days.
"They said, 'We'll call you and set up and appointment,' " she said. "I said, 'That's fine, but what am I supposed to do until then? I need beds. I need water.' "
The family tried to return to its neighborhood to collect a few belongings, but was turned away by police. At the shelter, Coleman said, they were not permitted to shower. Her boys were beginning to tire out.
"They tell me, 'Momma, I wanna go home,' and I just want to cry," she said. "Because I have no idea where home is anymore."
Bermudez reported from Birmingham and Linthicum and Fausset from Tuscaloosa. Times staff writer Carol J. Williams in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Busy professionals can now access prevention education trainings online offered by the leader in the field. Botvin LifeSkills Training, the top-rated substance abuse and violence prevention program, recently added the LST Online Provider Training for the High School-program to their list of services. The Middle School provider training has already proven to be a huge success among participants.
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point, David R. Gillham's CITY OF
WOMEN. Examining the cover on the left, there's really not much to be
learned as to what the novel is about. At first glance, it looks like a non-descript
romance novel, plain and simple. There's no way to know when or where the book
is set and there's certainly nothing to indicate that the novel is Berlin Noir.
More importantly, there is nothing that
signifies the historical happenings it references. And that last bit is the
real tragedy.
OF WOMEN is no pot-boiler. It becomes a frantic
page-turner at the end, but, starting out the novel takes its time and the
reader benefits from this. Gillham matches Philip Kerr at his best when it
comes to recreating the city of Berlin. As we are introduced to Sigrid, a
German woman in a loveless marriage, and her world, we are slowly immersed in
the Berlin of 1943. The city springs up around us with all its grime and
oppressiveness as the women left at home struggle to survive while their sons,
husbands and brothers go off to be butchered.
The plot itself is
deceptive. Sigrid has had an affair with a Jewish man who is in hiding from the
Gestapo. The affair is over but the memories linger and it's easy for the
reader to begin believing that CITY
OF WOMEN will be an intense character study of love found and love
lost. It is, and it's an extraordinary one. But the novel has some big tricks
up its sleeve. Pining for the past in a movie theater one evening, Sigrid is
met by a breathless girl who has found work in the building Sigrid lives in.
The girl is hiding from the Gestapo and needs Sigrid to cover for her when they
are confronted. Sigrid does so but the girl, Ericha, won't tell her what it's
all about. From here the novel returns to Sigrid moving zombie-like through her
life with her mother-in-law and the increasing frequency of the RAF's bombing
campaign of the city. A pregnant SS women moves into the building after the
previous occupant commits suicide in the wake of being denounced. Sigrid finds
a new lover and things continue on.
Until the novel takes
the first of many unexpected turns and the tension ratchets up. Sigrid soon
learns that Ericha is involved with an underground railroad protecting and
assisting Jews and others hunted by the Gestapo. Plagued by her conscience,
Sigrid joins this group and readers are treated to a riveting read as the novel
suddenly explodes into action. Twist, turns, double-crosses, close shaves and
melancholy abound in what is one of the best historical novels I've had the
pleasure to read.
I say this not only
because of the plot that keeps you guessing right up until the end, but also
because Gillham's incredibly vivid characterizations go hand in hand with his
recreation of the looks and feel of war-torn Berlin. The main characters come
across as three-dimensional human beings with complex motivations. There are
good people doing the right thing for both the right and wrong reasons. You
have bad people doing likewise. Nothing is cut and dried, black and white in
this complex and accurate depiction of what motivates us as human beings. Taken
altogether, CITY OF WOMEN has
it all.
But the book is not
quite done yet. The novel also sheds light on an aspect of life under Nazism
that the average reader may not be aware of. The railroad depicted in the novel
existed. Hundreds of Berliners, "Good Germans", risked their lives to
save those considered "undesirable" by the government. They could not
look away any longer and put their lives on the line to do something to fight the regime. Research has shown that by the
end of the war, there were more Jews still alive in Berlin than any city in
Germany. This fact has been lost in the mists of time as the occupying forces
too easily (and who can blame them then?) tarred all Germans with the same
CITY OF WOMEN shines the spotlight
on the forgotten heroism of those Berliners and does it with style, skill and
sheer storytelling. The novel is one of the best Berlin Noir books I've had the
pleasure to read and I hope readers will seek it out. HBO could do wonders with
the book should they ever choose to adapt it. The tale will keep you in your
seat and keep you reading. Bravo, Mr. Gillham!
Monday, July 8, 2013
A Review of
Phillip Kerr's A QUIET FLAME
The fifth Bernie Gunter mystery, A QUIET FLAME, picks up where the previous Bernie Gunther novel, THE ONE FROM THE OTHER, left off. In that book, Gunther is forced to ally himself with Nazis fleeing to Argentina and in FLAME we see him setting up in that tropical nest of vipers in 1950. He's got a false identity and is looking for a fresh start and as much peace as a man such as himself could hope for despite the company he's forced to keep.
However Gunther is not going quietly into that good night. Posing as Dr. Carlos Hauser, he soon comes under the attention of Argentinean dictator Juan Perón and his wife Evita who seek his perceived medical skills. Gunther has no choice but to reveal his real identity, which presents its own problem. Turns out the Buenos Aires police have a problem as well: a dead girl. The case bears striking similarities to one Gunther investigated in Berlin back in 1932. Given that so many Nazis have fled Germany to hide in South America, the idea is that the murderer who eluded Gunther in the 30s may be alive and well in Argentina like so many of his ilk. And so Gunther is back in harness and, oh, he's got cancer, too.
From here the novel moves back in forth between Berlin 1932 and Buenos Aires 1950 as Gunther tries to put the threads of both cases together. In the process we're treated to Kerr's uncanny eye for immersive, period detail, spot-on characterization and Gunther's ever-present and welcome cynical philosophizing. All of this makes for a great read, providing a window into the past. You start sweating as soon as Gunther steps off the boat into the tropical heat of Argentina. The Berlin sections are comparatively short but effortlessly drop you into the volatile time period as the Nazis are poised to seize power. My only knock is that the plot suffers slightly with all of these trappings and, ultimately, can't measure up to the skill Kerr has used to resurrect the past and how enjoyable it is for the reader to revisit this insidious, yet, endlessly fascinating time. A love interest with a case is thrown at Bernie to spice things up and is one of the better Gunther relationships in the series. Her case revolves around her missing relatives and points at a sinister chapter from the period.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
A Review of Rebecca Cantrell's A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS
A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS is the fourth in Rebecca Cantrell's Hannah Vogel series set in Berlin of the 1930s. In this outing, the year is 1938 and we find Vogel, a reporter, in Poland to cover an event. With her adopted son in tow, she stumbles upon a Nazi secret: thousands of Jews of Polish heritage have been expelled from Germany and are being held by the Polish government in appalling conditions. Trying to do something about this gets her arrested by the Gestapo who try to smuggle her across the border. Her old lover, Lars, saves the day but they are forced to hide out in Berlin while they plan to leave for good.
But you can't keep the intrepid Vogel down. She wants to know who betrayed her to the Gestapo while investigating a murder and the case of a missing child. These plot elements should be the ingredients for a tense thriller that bookends with the Polish deportations leading Herschel Grynszpan to assassinate Ernst vom Rath and Krystallnacht which was the result. Sadly, the novel does not live up to the historical setting.
A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS is the second Vogel story I've read. I began with the first in the series, A TRACE OF SMOKE (to be reviewed here soon) so I came to the material with some expectations. In picking up the novel, I'd hoped that between books #1 and #4, the writing would have improved but this is not the case with A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS. Vogel is still more concerned about her love-triangle romance and her adopted son than the tide of history and this gets as old in this offering as it did in the first. The novel is researched but period details rarely appear in the sparsely written, screenplay like text. History truly takes a backseat to romantic triangles and motherhood. The title is misleading as well since Krystallnacht doesn't actually begin until the last 20 or so pages. There is an intriguing murder plot but this is left to the ol' "sudden revelation" near the end to break the case. Not surprising really as Vogel's love life is always more important than the rise of Nazism.
Cantrell is bringing
Berlin Noir to, what I am guessing, is a mostly female readers and for that she
is to be applauded for trying to bring the genre to a broader audience. As a reader
who, admittedly, is no fan of the Romance genre, I find the novel lacking and
the subject matter much better handled by others. That said, however, if
Romance fiction is your cup of tea, then I think A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS will
satisfy while providing a superficial overview of one of the most turbulent,
and interesting, periods in human history.
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Open Thread: Friends and Family and Everyone Else
Here's a place to talk about the relationships in your life whenever you want.
I've mentioned how much I hate feelings, right? Even at 4.5 years of sobriety, my reaction to the onset of an unpleasant feeling is similar to suddenly realizing there's a tarantula on my face. GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME, with some possible arm flailing.
It just doesn't seem fair that you can be walking along, minding your own business, then something bad happens and boom -- you're totally ambushed by this horrible FEELING that takes over and doesn't let go until it's good and ready, for days, even weeks sometimes! It's been almost two weeks since the incident I'm writing about and I've still got these damn feelings reverberating around in the aftermath. Like, can I live?
Initially, I didn't want to exacerbate the situation by writing about it, but I've eaten so many donuts since this happened and I still feel horrible, so I'm taking a shot at processing it the way I best process things: by talking to my best friends the xoJane commenters.
So here's what happened:
I went to an event a few weeks ago where I expected to see a lot of former colleagues and people working in my industry. At first it was great. I was totally excited to to be OUT! At NIGHT! like some kind of wanton childless woman and I was buzzed on Diet Cokes. I saw lots of people I knew and everything was going pleasantly until I rounded a corner and found myself directly in front of one particular group of women.
One of the women in the group was someone that I had once been very close to, who cut me off without explanation a few years ago. I'm so dense it actually took me a few years to realize that she wasn't responding to my sporadic emails because she DOESN'T LIKE ME ANYMORE, not because she's just so busy.
Since I was a pretty unsavory person up until I got sober 4 years ago, I figured I'd probably done something shitty to cause the rift, even if I couldn't remember exactly what. I sent a sincere email explaining that I wasn't sure what had happened between us, but that if I'd done anything to offend her, I'd love to know what it is and to try to make amends for it. I thanked her for what a good friend she'd been to me and for the positive influence she'd had on my life. She sent back a one-line email that made it clear she wasn't interested in talking to me further, and I figured I just had to write that relationship off for now.
I probably would have been too scared to approach this woman if she'd been alone. But since she was standing in a group with 2 other women I knew, I figured it was safe to direct a civil hello toward the whole group.
NOTHING. Not a word. They iced me out completely. I may as well have been invisible.
Like an idiot, I pressed on and placed my hand on the shoulder of one of the women I thought I was friends with to get her attention.
"Hey, how ARE you?" I blathered cheerfully. "I haven't seen you in a million years."
She looked uncomfortable and answered my queries in monotone without making eye contact. I still didn't get it, and kept attempting to force small talk, filling her in about the goings-on in my life and asking about hers. She mentioned she had become a mom since I'd last seen her, so I asked to see a picture of her child. (You know how I feel about pictures of people's babies.)
For a moment she grasped lamely at her clutch as if she was going to get her phone out, then tucked it back under her arm, looked me in the eye and said, "You know what? I really can't be bothered to get it out right now."
This time I got the message.
I glanced over at the other two women in the group, still patently ignoring me, said "OK. Bye," and beat a hasty retreat. I left the party shortly afterward.
But the whole incident hasn't stopped bothering me. I let it ruin the rest of my evening, then I woke up the next morning feeling like I'd been run over emotionally by a truck.
I still don't know if I did something to warrant their dislike, but I can't imagine much that a friend could have done to me that I wouldn't deign to have a civil two-minute conversation with them if they approached me at a party. I mean, these are grown women with children.
And honestly, after having done everything in my power to set things right, I'm beginning to suspect I didn't do anything at all. That the issue is instead with my public persona, or what I write, or the fact that one of them interviewed for the job I currently hold. Their behavior is childish and irrational, so maybe the reasons for it are too.
Mostly I'm just shocked that this kind of thing is still happening in the adult world. I know I'm probably still reeling from it because of my past -- I was severely bullied as a child, and those girls treating me that way put me emotionally right back in the place of being systematically tortured for a decade by kids who pelted me with half-empty soda bottles and followed me home yelling "Lardass!" I truly believed I left that kind of behavior in middle school.
I guess I was naive. Has anyone else ever been blatantly mean-girled by other adult women? Should I become one of those woman who is all, "This is why I'm not friends with girls!" Just kidding, those women creep me out -- my female friendships have saved my ass a million times over. But how do you just get over it when something upsetting happens? I HATE FEELINGS!!!


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The next "new" thing in information technology for distributors is 50 years old. Called "software as a service" (SaaS), its providers claim it lowers distributors' information technology costs by replacing the distributors' computers, IT staffs and software with off-site data processing the distributors access online. In a SaaS world, only PC terminals and printers would be needed on-site. In these tough times, getting the benefits of a new system without paying for one is welcome news — especially for small and mid-size electrical wholesalers. But is this reincarnation of an old form of outsourcing, sometimes called "utility computing," really worth pursuing? What are the pros and cons?
Before mini-computers and software packages came on the scene in the late 1970s — well before PCs — most distributors could not afford to buy hardware and then create their own software. But they could get the benefits of data processing by subscribing to "service bureaus." There was even one used by many electrical wholesalers. In that original version, a wholesaler mailed copies of documents such as invoices to the service bureau, which key-punched cards and loaded them into a room-sized computer for processing. Reports were printed and mailed back to the electrical wholesalers. A subscriber paid a small fixed monthly fee and paid for the resources used — number of transactions processed, amount of data stored, number of pages printed and so forth.
When low-speed data communications became cost-effective, wholesalers bought terminals and printers, did their own data entry and printed their documents and reports overnight. When data communications became much faster, subscribers were able to do instant online inquiries into such data as stock status and accounts receivable.
Low cost mini-computers and packaged software drove data processing service bureaus out of business because it became more cost-effective for distributors to have their own systems.
Back to the Future
The Internet and advances in computing power have now brought back a form of service bureau. Today, the world is wired together by fiber-optic cable, which has enabled almost all wholesalers to access websites anywhere and instantly transact business. Computer speed and storage capacity are thousands of times faster and larger than in the days of mini-computers. A very fast and large computer can be located anywhere in the world and be used by many wholesalers.
Online payroll services are one example of SaaS. The provider has the computer and software in its data center and subscribers have terminals and printers. As of now, there is no SaaS focused on or dedicated to electrical wholesalers.
SaaS works like the online service bureaus of old, or like the on-line payroll service described above. Each subscriber logs into the SaaS provider's website to access the software's functions. Most relevant to distributors are providers with modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that handles most of the distributors' business functions. Subscribers usually pay a small set-up fee, plus a certain amount per month per user, for a set of business functions such as order entry or inventory management, regardless of the amount of resources used (with some limits).
System Costs
The SaaS concept is applicable to wholesalers of all sizes, though most SaaS providers aim at small to medium-size distributors, who find the initial and ongoing costs of having their own systems to be prohibitively expensive. Initial costs for an in-house system include one or more computer servers, networking equipment, a software license, training and education, and conversion of data from their old computer system.
Ongoing costs include a maintenance contract for the server(s), a contract for vendor-provided software support and updates, one or more in-house people to answer users' questions, perhaps annual software license payments, and data communications circuits for branches. Leases are available, but the monthly payments are usually still unaffordable.
SaaS Costs
The cost of using a SaaS provider can be much less than owning or leasing because the SaaS business model assumes that many wholesalers will share the same computer and software and will subscribe for many years. This sharing enables a provider to spread its cost over a larger, longer-term base and charge subscribers smaller amounts than they would pay to own or lease a system. Even the down payment, if any, is usually much less than the cost to initiate a lease. As SaaS providers like to brag, they provide subscribers with more resources than any wholesaler but the very, very largest could afford, at PC prices. Some SaaS providers do not require more than a one-year contract, which allows a wholesaler to cancel the service without losing a lot of money. This is not possible with a purchased system.
Some Concerns
Although the savings from using a SaaS provider can be substantial, this is a new concept for wholesalers, so here are some things to check out before signing up:
If a SaaS provider does all of a wholesaler's data processing, that wholesaler's business would be totally dependent on that provider. If that provider suddenly went out of business, how would the subscribing wholesaler do business? How would the wholesaler get its data back?
How secure from hackers is a subscriber's data? Even with exotic data encryption, hackers can figure out how to read secured data. What stops an unauthorized user from logging into the service like a legitimate user and viewing data — or worse, damaging it? Passwords aren't effective in small distributorships.
Monthly fees can increase quickly if users are added. Fees also increase when a subscriber starts using a new module, such as activity-based costing, that was not included at the start of the arrangement.
Some providers do not own the software they use, but license it from the software's author. That license can be terminated by the author under certain circumstances, which would leave subscribers with zilch. The contract between a SaaS provider and the author of the software used by the provider could allow the author to increase the license fees or limit subscribers' use of the software.
True SaaS software was created specifically to be used by multiple subscribers. But some SaaS providers use software that was created for one company and then modified to support multiple users. This can lead to unexpected bugs that don't occur when the software is used by only one company. The author of the latter kind of software may or may not be the SaaS provider, and if it isn't, the author may not be obligated to fix problems caused when multiple companies use the software, and SaaS personnel may not know how to do so.
Some providers of SaaS for distributors may require that all user companies use the software as is. They won't make modifications, and subscribers can't make modifications because they don't possess the source code.
Part of the cost reduction claimed by SaaS advertising is achieved by replacing expensive leased data communication circuits with access over the Internet. Use of the net is cheap, but the net is not totally reliable. If access becomes temporarily unavailable, how would a subscriber run its business?
The support people at a SaaS that didn't create its own software may not know the software as well as the author. When subscriber personnel call with questions, SaaS personnel may have to call support people at the author company, thereby delaying a response.
With these thoughts in mind, any distributor should be better prepared to make the decision about whether using software based on a SaaS model will be the right solution for their company.
Dick Friedman is an authority on information technology for electrical wholesalers, with more than 25 years of experience. His firm does not sell systems or software, or provide computing services. They make unbiased recommendations about replacing a system with an SaaS, or using an SaaS as the first form of data processing; or replacing one system with another. Dick is a contributing author to EW and consults with readers. Call (847) 256-3260 for a free consultation, visit www.GenBusCon.com or e-mail him at [email protected].


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