Archive for August, 2007
To go green in jet fuel, Boeing looks at algae
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Once reluctant to believe that alternative energy made any sense in jet airplanes, Boeing now ponders how to take the biofuels revolution off the ground.
The world’s largest airplane maker is working with fuel developers from around the world to find the holy grail of alternative fuels: one that will shrink jet flight’s substantial environmental footprint […]
The Future of the Workplace: No Office, Headquarters in Cyberspace
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Future of the Workplace: No Office, Headquarters in Cyberspace
Some Companies Don’t Care Where Workers Are as Long as They Get the Job Done
By BETSY STARK
ABC NEWS Business Correspondent
Aug. 27, 2007 —
Imagine a work world with no commute, no corporate headquarters and perhaps not even an office in the physical world at all.
For Bob Flavin, […]
Advantive News: Grameen Foundation launches Village Phone Direct
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Grameen Foundation has engaged Advantive to design and develop a new web portal to promote its Village Phone Direct program to microfinance banks around the world. Requirements for the project include the ability to maintain a strong fit with the visual branding of the main Grameen Foundation website, a password-protected membership and discussion forum section, […]
Advantive website 2.0 launches today.
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Advantive has been working with its new creative team to launch a new website at http://www.advantivecorp.com. The website uses WordPress blogging platform as a system for managing the content and layout of the website. With a little customization (< 1 day) we were able to re-skin the default wordpress template with a completely new design. We plan […]
Highrise - Web 2.0 CRM
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Advantive has been doing a trial adoption of a hosted CRM technology called Highrise (http://www.highrisehq.com), from the makers of BaseCamp. It’s a web 2.0 contact management system, with the capability to tag people with your own categories, set follow up reminders that are emailed or texted to your mobile phone, and email correspondence directly into your contact […]