World Cup
RSS World CupWorkload-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... [25 Jun 2009]
Protocol-Based Classification for Intrusion Detection
White Paper Evaluation was done over a benchmark dataset used KDD CUP'99. A lightweight network intrusion detection system is more efficient and effective for real world requirements. Higher performance may result... [20 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
News Well, if you know there are major events coming up, such as the World Cup, you might think to order in some extra crisps and beers for the couch potatoes out there. 'Business intelligence'? Is this just... [08 Jun 2009]
Tech-world wonders, cyber art and Windows 7...
Photo Photo credit: Nasa silicon.com's Tim Ferguson travelled to Portugal to see how 2004 European Cup winner, FC Porto, uses video security and networking technology at their Estádio do Dragăo ground in Porto. [11 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.04.09
Round-Up Another among the most notable was The Guardian, which had a spoof story announcing it would become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, described it as "radically democratised news... [03 Apr 2009]
China Unionpay Supports Bankcard Transactions for More Than 200 Financial Institutions Globally
White Paper China Unionpay (CUP) replaced a large mainframe application with an open system developed using Oracle WebLogic Suite and Oracle Tuxedo as well as processed approximately 13,556 transactions per second in a trial run,... [03 Apr 2009]
Photos: Future safety tech on display
Photo The Pulse demonstration uses the 2010 Ryder Cup, which will be held near Newport, as an example for the kind of event the technology could be used to keep an eye on. It shows a suspected criminal (with a red trail) being... [15 Jan 2009]
Akamai Helps MSN Deliver More Than 65 Million Video Streams Around the World for Record-Breaking Live Earth Event
White Paper While MSN had historical data from previous large-scale live events - such as LiveAID, the NCAA Final Four, and the FIFA World Cup - there was nothing to compare to the scale of this worldwide concert... [09 Jan 2009]
e-TF1: Popular French TV Station Handles Huge World Cup Traffic With Juniper Networks
White Paper The company needed to cost-effectively support spikes in Web site traffic due to World Cup. The most popular television station in France, TF1 offers a wide range of family-oriented programmes. TF1... [11 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up Back in July 1998 when Billie Piper ruled the singles charts, The Corrs and Beastie Boys ruled the album chart, and France was about to stuff Brazil in the World Cup final, silicon.com was born into a... [11 Jul 2008]
Happy 10th birthday, silicon.com
News Just a week later France defeated Brazil 3-0 to win the 1998 World Cup.silicon.com's editor Steve Ranger said: "It's a great milestone for us to hit. Happy birthday, silicon.com - your favourite business... [07 Jul 2008]
Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover
News Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa. Photos: Introducing - the world's... [23 Apr 2008]
Tennis federation rallies web presence
Case Study The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. The ITF runs the annual Davis... [12 Mar 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club, winners of the Heineken European Cup in 2000 and former home of England 2003 World Cup Winners Ben Cohen and Matt Dawson, suffered a major data... [21 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV
Cheat Sheet Moreover, if there's a large number of people in the same mobile cell attempting to watch the same thing - say a World Cup football final - the signal quality can degrade. The nascent... [22 Nov 2007]
