ALSO CALLED: Benchmark Tests and Benchmarks DEFINITION: A benchmark is a point of reference by which something can be measured. In surveying, a "bench mark" (two words) is a post or other permanent mark established at a known elevation that is used as the basis for measuring the elevation of other topographical points.
In computer and Internet technology,
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SUMMARY:
This report analyzes why data from the full range of Last Mile connections gives companies a strategic advantage in the hyper-competitive online marketplace.
BOOK: Posted: 27 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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New Aberdeen research reveals that customer data quality is a sales and marketing leadership issue. Aberdeen found that over 70% of Best-in-Class firms are driven to improve customer data quality by competitive and profitability pressures ...
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 28 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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VeriTest has perfected technology that gives us an amazingly accurate "inside out" view of Internet service providers. These tests do what real enterprise organizations do, dialing up providers and accessing the World Wide Web.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 28 Dec 2004 | Published: 01 Dec 2004
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Benchmarking means a number of different things at VeriTest we're the world's largest independent developer of benchmark software and we perform benchmark tests of Internet service providers through our Internet Benchmark Service.
BENCHMARK TESTING DEFINITION (continued): … the term may have any of these meanings:
1) A set of conditions against which a product or system is measured. PC magazine laboratories frequently test and compare several new computers or computer devices against the same set of application programs, user interactions, and contextual situations. The total context against which all products are measured and compared is referred to as the benchmark.
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