utility
RSS utilityBEA Makes Energy Reading Simpler and More Effective in Scandinavia
White Paper The challenge for the organizations was to identify and deploy an application infrastructure solution which would integrate information between the utility provider, meter collection system, contractors and operators. [08 Jul 2008]
Converged WiMax-Cellular Backhaul Networks Exploiting Wireless Ethernet Mesh Technology
White Paper WiMax provides high bandwidth data services and the promise of a highly standardized, cost effective implement implementation with "Global" utility. With the migration to high bandwidth IP-based services in the cellular access market, operators are... [08 Jul 2008]
Establishing an Integrated, Asset-Centric Corporate Management Framework
White Paper With the implementation of the mySAP ERP application in 2003 and 2004, Shanghai Power has successfully positioned itself to maintain its edge as a first-class utility enterprise in China. One of China's largest enterprises, Shanghai Municipal... [07 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Deploys EMC SAN for Data Centers and Reduces Costs by 50 Percent
White Paper With this storage utility, MSIT has reduced administrative and storage costs while providing its customers with faster and more reliable service. The Microsoft Information Technology Group (MSIT) was experiencing a rapid increase in the time and... [07 Jul 2008]
Top Law Firm Relies on Storage From Network Appliance and 3PAR
White Paper At the same time, they selected Egenera server blades with VMware to create a complete utility computing server-and-storage environment. One the top law firms in the United States represents clients in high-stakes litigation, complex financing and... [07 Jul 2008]
College Saves More Than £125,000 With Dell Consolidated Print Environment
White Paper The College deployed a third-party print management utility to control printing by students and employees. Colchester Institute is a major provider of further education, higher education and vocational training in Essex in the UK. [06 Jul 2008]
Utility Computing From Sun Microsystems
White Paper Utility computing is the latest milestone in the "Network is the Computer" vision that Sun announced 20 years ago. Through a utility-optimized technology platform, advanced metering and monitoring tools converging with N1 Grid technology, and the... [03 Jul 2008]
Tru64 UNIX: Porting Cluster Management Utility (CMU) HP-UX
White Paper This paper describes the successful experience in porting a specific type of software, the Cluster Management Utility (CMU), from Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX, and provides a reference or model for software developers porting similar applications from... [03 Jul 2008]
Performance Monitoring of Service Level Agreements for Utility Computing using the Event Calculus
White Paper Utility Computing (UC) is concerned with the provisioning of computational, on a per-need basis, to corporate businesses. Service-level Agreements (SLAs) - contracts between a provider and a customer - are a sine qua non in the deployment of UC. [03 Jul 2008]
Unisys Delivers Utility Computing to the Market With the New ClearPath Plus Systems
White Paper Unisys has begun to deliver the products and services that provide real substance to the company's 3D Visual Enterprise initiative. As information technologies mature, IDC expects to see more blueprints for industry solutions backed up by modular... [03 Jul 2008]
Keeping Current: Maxium Solutions Plugs in an IBM Solution That Delivers Power and Reliability for Local Utility Enersource
White Paper Enersource has increasingly depended on technology to become the diversified family of energy, technology and telecommunications companies. Providing backup was becoming unmanageable and cost prohibitive, and when Enersource introduced J.D. [03 Jul 2008]
EMS Field Technicians Stay Productive On Site with Wireless Solution from IBM
White Paper EMS needed to upgrade its systems so it could respond faster to utility companies’ requests for information and enable its field force to work more productively. A mobile field-service application was deployed that enables field technicians to... [03 Jul 2008]
Cisco Outdoor Wireless Network Serves Up Automatic Meter Reading
White Paper This paper describes how a systems integrator utilizes the Cisco Aironet 1500 Series to build a fixed data network that enables automated meter reading and other network applications for the local electric utility. [03 Jul 2008]
T-Systems and IBM Showcase Commercial Grid Technology
White Paper Looking to offer grid solutions as part of its Virtual Data Center--a portfolio of utility-like services--T-Systems decided to show potential customers how grid technology enables companies to meet the typical needs of the commercial data center. [03 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News U is for Utility bill Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. The total write-down of EPA2 assets since the project began in 2005 is £10.8m, comprising £5.5m in 2006-07 and £5.3m in 2007-08. [02 Jul 2008]
