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Convert a GUID to a standard format so it can be used as part of an element name
Oct 26, 2012
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function ConvertIdToElementId(iid) {
    return iid.replace(/-/g, "_").replace("{", "").replace("}", "").toLowerCase();
}

SDec 19, 2012

According to a recent McKinsey Report, 72 percent of companies ...

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According to a recent McKinsey Report, 72 percent of companies use social technologies in some way, but very few unlock its full benefits. McKinsey says that “companies will go on developing ways to reach consumers through social technologies and gathering insights for product development, marketing, and customer service,” but that “twice as much potential value lies in using social tools to enhance communications, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within and across enterprises.”

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SDec 03, 2012

Four different units to manage size in CSS

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In CSS, you’re given four different units by which you can measure the size of text or a property value of a HTML element as it’s displayed in the web browser. 

  1. Ems (em): The “em” is a scalable unit that is used in web document media. An em is equal to the current font-size, for instance, if the font-size of the document is 12pt, 1em is equal to 12pt. Ems are scalable in nature, so 2em would equal 24pt, .5em would equal 6pt, etc. Ems are becoming increasingly popular in web documents due to scalability and their mobile-device-friendly nature.
  2. Pixels (px): Pixels are fixed-size units that are used in screen media (i.e. to be read on the computer screen). One pixel is equal to one dot on the computer screen (the smallest division of your screen’s resolution). Many web designers use pixel units in web documents in order to produce a pixel-perfect representation of their site as it is rendered in the browser. One problem with the pixel unit is that it does not scale upward for visually-impaired readers or downward to fit mobile devices.
  3. Points (pt): Points are traditionally used in print media (anything that is to be printed on paper, etc.). One point is equal to 1/72 of an inch. Points are much like pixels, in that they are fixed-size units and cannot scale in size.
  4. Percent (%): The percent unit is much like the “em” unit, save for a few fundamental differences. First and foremost, the current font-size is equal to 100% (i.e. 12pt = 100%). While using the percent unit, your text remains fully scalable for mobile devices and for accessibility.

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SNov 19, 2012

Block the access to the SaaS application by defining restricted IPs

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The restricted IP list is a group of comma-delimited IP and IP ranges. The users accessing the SaaS application from the IPs defined in the restricted IP list will get an authentication error. Here is a sample of  a restricted IP list , 123.24.1.33,123.24.1.50-123.24.1.110

The Super Administrator or the user has permission to update the current SystemSite record is able to define a global restricted IP list. 

The Organization Administrator or the user has permission to update the Organization record is able to define a organization level restricted IP list.

A complete restricted IP list is the combination of the restricted IP lists from SystemSite record and the current organization record.

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SNov 07, 2012

Chose Right Video Formats

Tags: Knowledge Management, Video ManagementT


File Type

File Extension

Distribution

Strengths

Weaknesses
MPEG-4 video MP4 Web, Local, Mobile, CD, DVD Excellent quality
Small file size
Plays on most desktop browsers and newer smartphones and tablets
Broad adoption and support for this format
Best format for sharing
Not supported by all browsers if the Flash player is not installed
Windows Media Video WMV Web, Local, CD, DVD Plays in Windows Media Player on most Windows PCs
Excellent quality
Small file size
Requires Windows Media Player or Silverlight player
Does not play natively on Macs
Limited mobile playback support

QuickTime Movie

MOV

Web, Local, CD, DVD

Plays in iTunes or QuickTime player on Windows
Native video format for Macs
Cross platform

Requires iTunes or QuickTime player to be installed on Windows
Limited mobile playback support
Audio Video Interleaved AVI Not intended for distribution Vendor neutral format
A good format for use with video editors
Standard format
Not a good choice as a sharable format
Specific audio and video codecs required if played on another machine
MP3 Audio MP3 Web, Local, CD Excellent audio quality
Small file size
Standard format
Audio only format

QuickTime M4V Video

M4V
Sync with iPod, iPhone, and iPad via iTunes Compatible with older video-capable iPods and iPhones Small dimensions
Being replaced by MP4
Animated GIF GIF Embed in email or web page Small file size
Can be embedded into an email or other places where an image can be used.
Cannot include audio
Poor visual quality
Limited to 256 colors
Limited to short durations

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SOct 31, 2012

How to exclude an attribute from cloning.

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PrimeObjects Platform has a generic clone feature that allows user to clone any record. During a clone, the value of almost every field of the source record will be copied to the target record. The Primary Id field (e.g. ContactId field in the Contact entity), OwnedBy, OwnedOn, CreatedBy, CreatedOn, ModifiedBy, ModifiedOn, SNO, TimeStamp and a few other fields will be updated automatically during the clone by default. In some cases, we may not want to have some fields cloned for example because it is a field can't have duplicated value, e.g Invoice Number. 


The developer or the people who work on customization can either turn off the Allow Clone field on the attribute form of the specific attribute.
Or run the following SQL Statement.
UPDATE Attribute SET  AllowClone=0  WHERE  [EntityId] = @EntityId AND Name=@AttributeName


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SOct 26, 2012

Convert a GUID to a standard format so it can be used as part of an element name

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function ConvertIdToElementId(iid) {
    return iid.replace(/-/g, "_").replace("{", "").replace("}", "").toLowerCase();
}

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SSep 03, 2012

Brand, Market, Sell and Support SaaS Applications

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PrimeObjects team believes that having a right and solid SaaS software product is just the beginning of running a successful SaaS business.  From marketing, sales to customer services, SaaS is different from a traditional licensed software product. Our product team and consultant team work hard to keep adding new features to help our clients run a healthy and successful SaaS business.  


SaaS application has on-going weekly or monthly releases with bug fixes, patches and new features. The ideas and feedbacks flood into the system from customers and partners right after they sign up the service. The response, fixes and improvements have to be done quickly. The marketing strategy has to be adjusted smartly to match the short release cycle and unexpected bad or good feedbacks. Sales team have to get used to handle massive tiny orders and shorter sales cycles. Customer service team  have to work harder to keep customer satisfied otherwise they may walk away the second hour or next day. Billing system has to handle massive online transactions and same day refund. Operating a successful SaaS business is completely different from traditional software business and online ecommerce business. PrimeObjects builds or integrates more and more features and best practices  in the following areas to help SaaS provider handle all kinds of these challenges. 

1. Product Management for SaaS Providers
2. Project Management for SaaS Providers
3. Customer Service Management for SaaS Providers
4. Sales Management for SaaS Providers
5. Marketing Management for SaaS Providers
6. E-learning solution for SaaS Providers


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SSep 02, 2012

Integrate Enterprise Collaboration Management & Build Enterprise 2.0 inside Your SaaS Application

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Enterprise 2.0 aims to help employees, customers and suppliers collaborate, share, and organize information via Web 2.0 technologies. Andrew McAfee, Harvard Business School Professor, describes Enterprise 2.0 as "the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers".

Why an organization need integrate Enterprise 2.0 into their SaaS Application

Align shared goals among diverse team.
Businesses are more "Global" and "Virtual" than ever before. Geo-diverse companies want to improve productivity and efficiency by overcoming time-zone. linguistic and cultural barriers. 

Fostering Innovation
Harness great ideas from across the business is vital to the modern enterprise.
Enterprise 2.0 tools enable ideas to flow across the organization in a self-sorting model.

Creating collective knowledge out of everyday communication
Email silos and locks all knowledge created by communication into separate inboxes. Enterprise 2.0 tools enable communication and knowledge creation in one seamless experience. 

Capture the elusive tacit knowledge
Studies suggest that around 25-50% of communication between knowledge workers remains tacit and uncaptured. From the whole enterprise perspective, these unreachable pieces of information are knowledge leaks. Contextual conversations in Enterprise 2.0 systems encourage getting the conversation online & create a tangible corporate memory of reusable knowledge.

Finding & discovering relevant information at the right time
With Enterprise data doubling every 2 years, finding the correct information at the right time becomes an ever increasing challenge. Enterprise 2.0 enables centralization of all unstructured content and help us solve the following challenges
1. Duplicated information is created all the time.
2. Large costs of lost opportunity due to inaccessible information.
3. Increased call center / support costs

Identifying experts in your organization
Enterprise 2.0 help business build an internal tenant management system that constantly identify experts based on people’s activity and peer ratings.

Enterprise 2.0 platform gives organization the following advantages
1. Gather and distribute knowledge quickly.
2. Capture structured conversational knowledge 
3. Faster Decisions
4. Faster pace of innovation
5. Connect with relevant people




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SSep 01, 2012

Enterprise 2.0 tools enable ideas to flow across the organization in a self-sorting model.

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SAug 31, 2012

Integrate Knowledge Management Platform into SaaS Application

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Knowledge management (KM) refers to a range of practices used by organizations to identify, create, represent, and distribute knowledge for reuse and learning across the organization, to improve performance, gain competitive advantage, and grow innovation. PrimeObjects team believe Knowledge Management is never a standalone topic or product. We include knowledge management features as mandatory components in our SaaS Platform. When knowledge management deeply integrate with the LOB (Line-of-Business) features in a SaaS application, it makes the SaaS Application more powerful, productive and complete.

Some of the most common reasons that makes having a knowledge management solution imperative:
  1. Volumes of unorganized unsearchable knowledge.
  2. Knowledge transfer is time consuming.
  3. Email overload due to knowledge transfer by email.
  4. Secure sharing of sensitive knowledge among limited people
  5. Loss of knowledge when people leave or hardware devices fail.
  6. Ongoing security and backup of knowledge.

Benefits of Knowledge Management:
  1. Facilitate and manage organizational innovation
  2. Leverage the expertise of people across the organization
  3. Benefit from 'network effects' as the number of productive connections between employees in the organization increases and the quality of information shared increases
  4. Manage the proliferation of data and information in complex business environments and enable users to rapidly access useful &relevant knowledge resources
  5. Facilitate organizational learning
  6. Manage tacit knowledge and intellectual assets such as the expertise and know-how possessed by key individuals for re-use

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