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How To Run A Successful Beta Program

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Industry : IT Products, IT Services
Functional Area : Application Software, Productivity & Performance
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Often, customer beta programs are one of the most critical factors in the success or failure of a product. Yet many times they are not well-planned and are executed at the last minute with a lack of resources and focus. An effective beta program can provide you with valuable information,but how?. This is what we are going to discuss about like wether your product is truly ready to ship, what features should be in the next release and how satisfied customers will or won't be with the product. If done right, it can also set you up for critical launch and marketing deliverables such as success stories, customer quotes and references for the press. As a Product Management professional who is responsible for the overall success of your product, it is important that you ensure that the beta programs you run are comprehensive and effective.

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Google has just released the first beta of there new web browser, called Chrome. Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. It has one box for everything: Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Will give you thumbnails of your top sites; Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Download: Google Chrome
Radhakrishna Marar  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
Hi, Google has come out with new beta version of Google Chrome after removing the beta tag from the google in Dec 2008. The best thing about this new beta is speed — it's 25% faster on our V8 benchmark and 35% faster on the Sunspider benchmark...
 
 
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Well what are the new features that Adobe has come up with The much-anticipated software, now called the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), is expected to introduce a new class of hybrid applications that meld the web with the PC. A free AIR software development kit to be released on Monday is aimed at developers building those applications. Also on Monday, Adobe plans to release the beta of Flex 3, its software development tool that can now be used for writing AIR applications in addition to Flash and HTML-based web applications. AIR is one of a growing number of browser plug-ins coming onto the market. Others include Microsoft's Silverlight and Google Gears . Each serves a slightly different...
 
 
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By Wolfgang Gruener    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 15:28 Chicago (IL) – Mozilla will release Firefox 3.0.9 as a regular maintenance update for the browser next week, but the company will also roll out the fourth beta version of a much more enhanced version, which will include the TraceMonkey Javascript engine. Previously developed under the Firefox 3.1 name, version 3.5 b4 will be made available in the coming week as well. According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.5 b4 will go into a code freeze tomorrow afternoon with QA scheduled to begin Friday morning. If everything goes to plan, users will be able to download what is generally believed to be the final beta of this browser version as early as April 2...
 
 
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