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RSS playLatency- and Bandwidth-Minimizing Optimal Failure Detectors
White Paper Multi-node failure detectors, where the detector is tasked with monitoring N other nodes, play a critical role in overlay networks and peer-to-peer systems. Failure detectors are fundamental building blocks in distributed systems. [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News Enterprises looking to play the iPhone game may also be worried about the apparent scarcity of devices. The 3G iPhone goes on sale this Friday 11 July and the launch hype is already in overdrive - but is the device really going to take the... [10 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study Q is for Quad-play Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by... [10 Jul 2008]
Distributed Intrusion Detection and Attack Containment for Organizational Cyber Security
White Paper At the same time, these networks are being called upon to play a key role in processing, data storage, monitoring and control of critical infrastructures such as energy, transportation, and finance. The sheer number and sophistication of cyber... [10 Jul 2008]
Workload-Aware Load Balancing for Clustered Web Servers
White Paper Using actual traces from the 1998 World Cup web site, a detailed characterization of the workload demands is conducted and demonstrates how on-line workload monitoring can play a significant part in meeting the performance challenges of robust... [10 Jul 2008]
MPLS Plug-and-Play for Metro Ethernet Networks: Deploying a Carrier-Class MPLS Metropolitan Ethernet Network to Reduce Operating Expense and Network Complexity
White Paper This paper will focus on an opportunity to revolutionize the way Metro Ethernet networks are built by applying the concept of MPLS Plug-and-Play, a technology developed by Juniper Networks. MPLS Plug-and-Play offers carriers a way to reduce the... [09 Jul 2008]
State of Victoria Case Study: Torus Games
White Paper The game has multiplayer support for up to four players via Bluetooth wireless technology, and it allows fast-paced and action-packed competitive game play. Torus Games is an independent developer of video games. [09 Jul 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News The UK games industry needs to play a more active role in academia, helping to shape the syllabuses of university courses to ensure games development students graduate with the right skills for industry, a Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar... [08 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Managing Your Unified Communications Devices (Level 300)
White Paper Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) devices, such as Microsoft Office Communicator Phone Edition and Microsoft RoundTable, are plug-and-play devices; hence they have a number of infrastructure requirements for DHCP, DNS, and NTP, in addition to... [08 Jul 2008]
Ethernet Services and Service Delivery Technologies in the Metro
White Paper These include changes from legacy TDM to VoIP, from TDM leased lines to Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 VPNs, from TDM-based 2G and 2.5G mobile networks to data-centric 3G networks, and from simple best effort high-speed Internet access to advanced... [08 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment In contrast to many other pure-play dot-com ventures, silicon.com took the task of carving out a solid business model very seriously. silicon.com is 10 this week. That's a grand old age for a publication launched at the height of the dot-com... [07 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News Q is for Quad-play The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access... [07 Jul 2008]
Challenges and Opportunities for Transport Providers & Mobile Operators
White Paper Mobile operators are experiencing numerous challenges moving to Triple Play and 3G/4G. Although mobile backhaul transport providers have very different needs than mobile operators, their interests dovetail when it comes to efficient and optimized... [07 Jul 2008]
RIC-155GE Connects IP DSLAM Infrastructure Transparently Over Dedicated Leased SDH Circuits
White Paper The challenge was to enable broadband services, including ADSL 2+, and multimedia services, such as Triple Play, on an advanced, Ethernet-based DSL Infrastructure. Telefonica Deutschland is a German provider of integrated data and telecommunication... [07 Jul 2008]
The Ethernet Speaker System
White Paper The Ethernet Speaker (ES) system presented in this paper can be thought of as a distributed audio amplifier and speakers, it does not "Play" any particular format, but rather relies on off-the-shelf audio applications (e.g.mpg123 player, Real... [07 Jul 2008]
