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RSS athensLoad Balancing for the Numerical Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations
White Paper This paper simulates the performance of a load balancing scheme. In particular, it studies the application of the Extrapolated DiFfusion (EDF) method for the efficient parallelization of a simple 'atmospheric' model, which involves the numerical... [10 Jul 2008]
PEGASUS: Competitive Load Balancing Using Inetd
White Paper As it is proven by practice, load balancing techniques are the only tools that network service provider have, in order to support and handle scalable network load. This paper presents PEGASUS, a novel framework that provides load balancing in... [10 Jul 2008]
Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News The Future Firecrest programme has seen 3,000 computers installed at FCO offices in London and Milton Keynes, with new machines and infrastructure planned at FCO sites in Athens, Tbilisi in Georgia, and The Hague from late summer 2008. [07 Jul 2008]
SIDS - A System for Enterprise-Wide Intrusion Detection
White Paper This paper presents the design and implementation of SIDS, the Simple Intrusion Detection System. The main focus in the design of SIDS was to try to overcome the design shortcomings that hinder most currently available intrusion detection systems. [05 Jul 2008]
A Distributed Intrusion Detection Prototype Using Security Agents
White Paper Intrusion Detection is the problem of identifying unauthorized use, misuse, and abuse of computer systems by both system insiders and external intruders. Intrusion Detection Systems provide in depth packet analysis and application awareness and can... [01 Jul 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Serious games
Comment I am pleased with where we are because if you look back at the Athens Olympics we're better prepared than we were at the same point before those games. Just 46 days remain until the start of the Beijing Olympics. [23 Jun 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News The IT team has made a few changes since the Athens games - for example hardware is all now preconfigured before it goes to the venues. With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to... [13 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment First drafted on flight BA633 from Athens to London and finished on BA093 to Toronto a week later. And so the biggest security prize to date goes to Athens. Unfortunately, Athens staff were thrown off the scent by the enormity of their find and... [29 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Athens and roam ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ ZX... [24 Apr 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study The Olympics is a hugely high profile event with 3.9 billion people estimated to have watched at least 15 minutes of the last Olympic Games in Athens. Preparations for the Beijing Olympics in August are nearly complete and for Atos Origin, it's the... [16 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays
Comment Written while flying from London to Greece on BA632 and dispatched from a free wi-fi service in Athens. Just over a year ago I undertook the complete renovation of an old house. It is now largely complete and, of course, bristles with technology: a... [16 Apr 2008]
Busy Airport Becomes an Agile, Secure, Unified Enterprise With Sun Portal and Communication Products
White Paper Athens International Airport has established a reputation as one of the most efficiently run airports in the world. Handling around 1.2 million passengers a month, the airport depends on state-of-the-art technology to ensure safe, efficient... [16 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment Copy dispatched via a free wi-fi hotel service in Athens. Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. If I could be God for a day there are many things I would put right for humanity and planet... [14 Apr 2008]
Athens International Airport (AIA) Boosts Productivity
White Paper Athens International Airport is Greece's brand new state-of-the-art facility that was under construction for 51 months and opened to the public on March 28, 2001. While the Athens Airport was under construction, the airport manager researched and... [02 Apr 2008]
Deploying (and Developing) Free Software for Network Administration
White Paper The Network Operation Center of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) is responsible for the system and network management of the main servers and the moderately-sized but rather complex network of the University. [04 Mar 2008]
