World Cup
RSS World Cupe-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]
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... [10 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]
Competing for the World Cup in Business ? Qualifying as Players, Winning as Teams ? How Powerhouse Firms are Leveraging e-business Infrastructure
White Paper A wide gap separates teams who win consistently from those who do not. Does your team have what it takes to win? This paper highlights the success stories of 'Powerhouse Firms' in 21 major industries and includes conclusions about the... [03 Jul 2008]
Symbol Scores at World Cup 1994 Soccer Games
White Paper World Cup USA 1994, the culmination of four years of intensely played soccer games by nearly all the nations of the world, had come to the United States to determine a champion. Symbol... [03 Jul 2008]
Competing for the World Cup in Business - Qualifying as Players, Winning as Teams - How Powerhouse Firms are Leveraging E-Business Infrastructure
White Paper This document provides an up-to-date view of dynamic area and gives the benefits of the "lessons learned" and "best practices" of champion organizations. Learn what it takes to qualify to play on a team that ranks as a contender, and... [03 Jul 2008]
Sybase Technology and Professional Services Score Big at World Cup ‘98
White Paper The 1998 World Cup’s 64 matches between 32 countries were seen live by more than 2.5 million spectators. As the Official Software Supplier to the World Cup, Sybase... [03 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]
495 Million Reasons Why World Cup 2003 Proves a Big Hit for International Rugby Board
White Paper With a worldwide television audience of 3.5 billion, the Rugby World Cup (RWC) was the world's biggest sporting event in 2003. It is the showpiece of the International Rugby Board (IRB)... [05 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]
Fifa kicks off improved web services
News Fifa's head of new media, Charles-Henry Contamine said: "It's basically the operational tool with which we manage the World Cup when it's going on.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Although the next... [03 Aug 2007]
Television 2.0 cometh
Comment We probably won't know the scalability questions have been answered until a few multimillion-viewer households successfully make it through the World Cup or Super Bowl Sunday without a system meltdown. [04 Jul 2007]
