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Podcast-Ready Network Prepares UC Berkeley for Next-Generation Campus

whitepaper This increased podcast production by faculty; enhanced student study time and organization, enabled public access to class-room lectures via podcasts and assured that network is ready for next-generation campus.

Tags: multimedia

[04 Mar 2008]

IP Infrastructure Gives Foreign Exchange Market Leader Room to Grow

whitepaper It included: a Nortel CS 1000E in the New York headquarters to support fully-featured IP telephony; Communication Server 1000 is a server-based, full-featured IP PBX, providing the benefits of a converged network plus advanced applications and...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[10 Jan 2008]

Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?

Comment Why make the possibility of a class-attack more likely than it already is? Whilst this variety of different mechanisms may appear to give extra security - security through obscurity - and to provide room for useful innovation; the overall effect is...

Tags: vista, data, id cards, hmrc

[13 Dec 2007]

Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center

whitepaper While well understood protocols exist for monitoring physical devices such as UPS systems, computer room air conditioners, and fire suppression systems, there is a class of distributed monitoring points that is often ignored.

Tags: sarbanes oxley, monitoring, data center, points

[29 Nov 2007]

Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center

whitepaper While well understood protocols exist for monitoring physical devices such as UPS systems, computer room air conditioners, and fire suppression systems, there is a class of distributed monitoring points that is often ignored.

Tags: monitoring, data center, sarbanes oxley, protocols

[29 Nov 2007]

Experimental Evaluation of Topology Control and Synchronization for In-Building Sensor Network Applications

whitepaper Because it is often infeasible to locate sensors and display devices near power outlets, two protocols were designed that allow energy conservation in a large class of sensor network applications. This paper describes several applications deployed...

Tags: network design, sensors, class, conference

[13 Nov 2007]

Dear silicon.com... McInternet, FON in the UK, safety first, e-fraud...

Comment But when you have a large class of kids all waving test tubes of alcohol about in a room with Bunsen burners and only one teacher between them and 1st degree burns I can appreciate the schools dilemma.

Tags: bt, wi-fi, fon

[11 Oct 2007]

Photos: The future of videoconferencing

Photo He said: "TelePresence alone needs 15Mbps per site with class of service, and that's the challenge for us. The TelePresence package includes converting the room, the desk, the networking and three 65-inch high-definition screens - all supplied by...

Tags: hp, cisco, videoconferencing

[26 Jul 2007]

NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless LAN Solutions: Hotel Guests Enjoy Secure Wireless Roaming

whitepaper NETGEAR provided high-end, business-class products with features that enabled the Crowne Plaza to deploy a completely wireless, highly reliable, convenient solution with whole-building coverage. As travelers increasingly rely on their portable...

Tags: wireless lan, connectivity, hotel, netgear

[26 Jul 2007]

Videoconferencing cuts $150m off Cisco's travel bill

News We were installing lots of bandwidth into all of our centres anyway so we can leverage that but TelePresence alone needs 15MB per site with class of service, and that's the challenge for us. TelePresence uses three 65-inch HD displays in a...

Tags: john chambers, videoconferencing, telepresence, cisco

[25 Jul 2007]

Phased Output Strategy and Cost Savings Put Laredo Independent School District at the Head of the Class

whitepaper The Laredo Independent School District (ISD) has come a long way from its inception as a single room schoolhouse more than a century ago. Under pressure to cut costs and extricate itself from day-to-day monitoring and maintenance of its output...

Tags: printers - plotters, output, lexmark, testing

[24 May 2007]

Fair Wi-fi: Are hotels really fleecing guests?

Comment Wi-fi usage in four star business-traveller class hotels is typically around 10 per cent and Luke Mellors, former CIO of The Dorchester, now CIO of bookings agency Expotel, makes a strong case for saying the minority shouldn't expect to be...

Tags: blanket wi-fi, fair wi-fi, citywide wi-fi, hotel

[05 Mar 2007]

Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center

whitepaper While well understood protocols exist for monitoring physical devices such as UPS systems, computer room air conditioners, and fire suppression systems, there is a class of distributed monitoring points that is often ignored.

Tags: monitoring, data center, sarbanes oxley, regulations

[26 Feb 2007]

London hotels charging 'top dollar' for wi-fi

News Of those business-traveller class hotels we contacted, only four offered free wi-fi access, while the majority are charging - a practice recently branded a "rip-off" by readers of silicon.com. Based on 20 business-traveller class/5 star hotels...

Tags: citywide wi-fi, wi-fi, hotel, hotels

[07 Nov 2006]

Leader: Videoconferencing stepping up a gear

Leader Fortunately, this particular class of product lives up to the hype - even with a hefty price tag. This publication writes 'class of product' rather than talking about TelePresence in isolation because it will inevitably always be compared with HP's...

Tags: telepresence, halo, cisco, hp

[24 Oct 2006]

AirTransNote: Augmented Classrooms With Digital Pen Devices and RFID Tags

whitepaper The system promotes an augmented class-room, enabling interactive lectures in regular classrooms using natural styles. AirTransNote augments activities in classrooms by sharing student notes written on regular paper using wireless communications.

Tags: students, notes, controller, classrooms

[09 Feb 2006]

How helping hands from the IT industry are giving something back

How helping hands from the IT industry are giving something back

News The kids from her class went to a videoconferencing centre so they could talk to her. In each room there is access to a laptop and a web cam. Seven-year old Julie was scared. Her face had changed shape because of a complicated illness and she was...

[15 Dec 2005]

Photos: How HP goes "beyond videoconferencing" with Halo

Photo This is not a videoconferencing tool - it's in a separate class. An HP Halo room (the whole product and service comes very much from HP) looks a lot like some traditional videoconferencing facilities.

Tags: halo, hp

[13 Dec 2005]

Intel's Otellini announces new chip design

News At the opening keynote at Intel's autumn 2005 developer forum on Tuesday, chief executive Paul Otellini announced a new chip architecture and a new class of computer. You can't have a PC running in your living room that sounds like a 747 jumbo jet.

Tags: otellini, intel

[24 Aug 2005]

Schools look to learning powers of computer games

News Three UK secondary schools are piloting the use of computer games in the classroom. The research project, dubbed Teaching with Games, which is to begin in September, will explore whether consumer computer games, such as Medal of Honour, are...

Tags: computer games, schools

[10 Aug 2005]

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