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RSS windRetail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment An icy wind is blowing through the high street. The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could be retailers' saviour, says Julian Goldsmith. Just as the weather is starting to turn, the economic climate is... [13 Mar 2008]
Photos: Red Bull Racing's F1 factory
Photo Red Bull Technology uses sophisticated computer aided design (CAD), wind-tunnel analysis and complex computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications to develop the car. The complexity of the bodywork design can be seen and illustrates how the use... [10 Mar 2008]
Red Bull F1 racing up the grid
News Using a combination of computer aided design, wind tunnel analysis and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) the team uses a supercomputer to deal with the data produced. The Red Bull Formula One (F1) team is using grid computing to boost development... [07 Mar 2008]
Growing Energy Utility Chooses Virtualization Solution to Drive Agility and Cut Costs
White Paper Following a recent drive to acquire and build new facilities, Spanish utility Iberdrola reached its goal of becoming the world's top producer of wind-generated electricity. However, this period of rapid growth and expansion into global markets has... [29 Feb 2008]
Understanding ZDI: Separating Fact From Fiction
White Paper Recently, concerns have resurfaced over whether or not 'Paid for' security research is in the best interest of the industry - citing that information surrounding software flaws could wind up in the hands of criminals. [28 Feb 2008]
Ultracapacitors Improve Reliability for Wind Turbine Pitch Systems
White Paper Today's advanced wind turbines are three-bladed, variable speed turbines. On a pitch controlled wind turbine the turbine's electronic controller checks the power output of the turbine several times per second. [27 Feb 2008]
Power shortages squeeze London's data centres
News We expect that we will wind down our London data centres over the next few years. Power supply issues and soaring lease costs in London are being blamed for forcing companies to look outside the M25 when building new data centres. [27 Feb 2008]
Microsoft Open Value Subscription Licensing Puts the Wind in Rokas' Sails
White Paper Since building the first private wind farm in Greece in 1998, Rokas has secured a considerable market share in Greece's energy sector, with an installed capacity of 193.3 megawatts. In addition, the company continues to expand in the design... [17 Jan 2008]
Allied Aerospace, a Manufacturer of Wind Tunnel Models and Other Flight Systems, Uses NX to Shrink Cycle Times
White Paper Allied Aerospace is the only non-government entity in the world that operates wind tunnel test facilities capable of simulating everything from sea level static and low subsonic speeds to tri-sonic (just below hypersonic, or orbital) speed. [14 Jan 2008]
Optimizing the Design of Large Steel Structures
White Paper The company deployed users like working with UGS Femap software with UGS NX Nastran software generates fast solutions and supports environmental loading (wind) and Femap data used in reports to inspection agencies. [14 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.01.08
Round-Up Then have to fire the remaining rockets manually 600 feet into the air in the howling wind and rain above a braying, booing crowd. In January 2007, Microsoft underwhelmed the world with the public launch of Windows Vista. [04 Jan 2008]
Road to Reliable, Available VoIP & IP telephony
White Paper Without the proper physical infrastructure in place, you could wind up reducing the reliability and availability of your phone systems. Businesses across the country are embracing voice-over-IP to reduce their long-term networking costs and gain... [12 Dec 2007]
High Bitrate Modem Architecture (WIND-FLEX) Wireless LAN: The MAC, the Scheduler and Their Performance
White Paper A novel Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) currently developed in the WIND-FLEX project(Wireless Indoor Flexible High Bitrate Modem Architecture, European IST Programme, IST-1999-10025, EU Fifth Framework Program, and suitable for small-office... [05 Dec 2007]
Google pours money into renewable energy
News Engineers and energy experts are being drafted in to lead the R&D work which will start in earnest next year, initially focusing on solar thermal power, wind power and geothermal systems. Google is to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in... [28 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.11.07
Round-Up But as another philosopher (Bob Dylan) once crooned: "You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows". At some point before he went mental and started talking to horses, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche came up with the idea of... [16 Nov 2007]
