construction in comment and analysis
The Bloor Perspective: Nanotech, ID theft and whether to issue an RFP
Comment It estimates the construction cost at $10bn but says that such an elevator would reduce the cost of spaceflight by a factor of 400. Nanotechnology, they say, will be a $1tr market. They are probably right but it won't happen tomorrow. [14 Apr 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Counterintuitive networks
Comment You don't have to engage in the design and construction networks for too long to become aware of their many operational and economic quirks. You may think you know a bit about networking. Maybe you even think you understand networks, whether... [25 Feb 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The oil crisis of 2003
Comment In the US and the EU new nuclear plant construction is more or less zero - and I am not going to address the political and emotional aspects here as they pose a real, and very irrational, showstopper. [09 Jan 2003]
The Ovum View: IBM-Rational - a threat to the industry?
Comment So XDE plugs directly into the IBM WebSphere tool products so it operates within IBM's IDE, offering a single platform for design and code construction. Most industry watchers know IBM is ending the year with a multibillion dollar acquisition of a... [20 Dec 2002]
What's the fuss about... network infrastructure?
Comment Every decent construction needs solid foundations. This week Quocirca analyst Clive Longbottom looks at the questions users should be asking to make sure their core IT infrastructure is sound. Many years ago, there was the Monty Python film The... [13 Dec 2002]
What's the fuss about... mobile and wireless?
Comment This is true for a sales team communicating with a head office during a negotiation or a construction team hitting a snag on site and looking for advice from a chief architect. Of course you know everything is being unshackled from the desktop but... [25 Oct 2002]
What if... request for proposal documents were impartial?
Comment It is unrealistic to believe this will have no bearing on the construction and interpretation of RFPs, especially when the consultant concerned has invested huge sums in building a practice around a particular product. [02 Oct 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Breaking BT
Comment But if Ofcom is serious about finding a radical solution to the tardy technological progress of BT, it needs to look carefully at the construction of a communications equivalent of the Strategic Rail Authority. [24 Sep 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Microsoft - time to hide the profits?
Comment Over time, its construction materials will deteriorate and, if you fail to make repairs, the process will accelerate. The software business is a funny one. The most successful companies get us to pay for virtually the same products again and again. [23 Jul 2002]
How we use our mobile devices
Comment Intel has resumed Irish fab plant construction http://www.silicon.com/a52957 Suzi Kerridge reports on some research that is part social anthropology, part technology. Intel boffins aren't often found on the number 73 bus from London's Victoria... [30 May 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Sun's web services progress, Toys R Us e-turnaround and the software slump
Comment Additionally, Toys R Us is attempting to change its mass market image with some major construction and renovation projects. Sun Microsystems is pushing ahead with its Open Network Environment (ONE) that encompasses the company's vision of... [02 Dec 2001]
AI - it's been a long, long time coming
Comment Robots are already capable of construction, manufacturing, fire fighting and other dangerous and difficult work. AI the film opens in the UK today. AI the technology - standing for artificial intelligence - is taking much longer to deliver on... [21 Sep 2001]
John Lamb's week: IT visions that make your heart race
Comment This summer has seen a clutch of high profile construction projects go sour. NavisWorks is a collaboration software product for visualising and communicating extremely large designs in 3D during architecture, engineering and construction projects. [10 Aug 2001]
Developer portals: Life just got a little easier
Comment The method of component construction will allow systems to be adapted to clients' specific requirements. These sites have managed to survive the dot-com shake out but will they be ravaged by the competition? [24 Jul 2001]
Model Management: What have the Romans ever done for us?
Comment At one stage, construction required 200 cartloads of marble to be delivered to the site each day - a just-in-time performance which would tax even today's powerful computer scheduling applications. Sometimes dubbed the eighth wonder of the world... [19 Jun 2001]
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