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RSS dot-comOnline shopping reaches £4.8bn
News Online shopping revenues in the UK rose, month-on-month, by 11 per cent to £4.8bn in July. According to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index the amount spent online rose, despite a shrink in disposable income, to the equivalent of £79 for... [20 Aug 2008]
Analysis of Next Generation PON Architecture for Optical Broadband Access Networks
White Paper This paper has proposed a next generation hybrid WDM/TDM based PON architecture. The paper has analyzed the role of WDM in access networks, the challenges and strategies to enable smooth and economical migration from current TDM-PONs to future WDM... [04 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up Ahh, such innocent days, when the dot-com era was starting to bubble and fizz… This week the Round-Up is weaving its words of wisdom while nursing a sore head after a week of hard partying to celebrate 10 years of silicon.com. [11 Jul 2008]
silicon.com old school
Comment That's a grand old age for a publication launched at the height of the dot-com madness, says Julian Goldsmith. In contrast to many other pure-play dot-com ventures, silicon.com took the task of carving out a solid business model very seriously. [07 Jul 2008]
Happy 10th birthday, silicon.com
News Launched back on 6 July 1998 with a party at London's Natural History Museum - a dig at the print dinosaurs it has now replaced - the publication weathered the storms following the dot-com boom to take its place as the leading destination for... [07 Jul 2008]
Government: The Mirror Image of Information Management
White Paper There are laws that require - mandate - government agencies to dot their "i"s and cross their "t"s. The REAL consequence for government agencies is regulation and law. It's all stick, and little carrot. [03 Jul 2008]
Ethical Hacking: The Security Justification
White Paper For dot.com companies time-to-market is vital, security is not perceived as a marketing advantage, and implementing a secure design process an expensive sunk expense such that there is no economic incentive to produce bug-free software. [03 Jul 2008]
ERP Printing Expedites Operations
White Paper In the past, customer service representatives would take an order, print the "pick slip" on a dot matrix printer, and walk (sneaker-net) the order over to the warehouse order bin. A midsize label converter shipping orders to 300 or 400 separate... [03 Jul 2008]
Fact Sheet: Rail and Transit Security Initiatives
White Paper The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Transportation (DOT) and other federal agencies have taken significant steps to enhance rail and transit security in the last two years in partnership with the public and private... [03 Jul 2008]
E-Procurement in the Public Sector: Story, Myth and Legend
White Paper This paper describes the phenomenon of e-procurement in the public sector, which is steeped in story, myth, and legend, much of it arising from the smoke and mirrors of the dot.com era. It is sometimes difficult to separate where the sales pitch... [03 Jul 2008]
New Airport Security Law Will Impact Ports
White Paper Although the bill is mainly focused on making improvements to airport security, it establishes a new office within the Department of Transportation (DOT) to handle transportation security. On November 19, the President signed the Airport and... [03 Jul 2008]
WiMAX Defined
White Paper Wi-Fi, based on the 802.11 standard, once claimed only a sparse, polka dot pattern of hot spots around the globe, but that pattern is becoming denser by the day, much faster than wireline broadband technologies could ever match. [03 Jul 2008]
Hazardous Materials: Enhancing Rail Transportation Security for Toxic Inhalation Hazard Materials; Notices
White Paper The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are examining the need for enhanced security requirements for the rail transportation of hazardous materials that pose a toxic inhalation hazard. [03 Jul 2008]
Spyware Explained
White Paper The dot com crashes of the late 90's brought about a revolution in internet advertising. Banner advertising companies where going broke because internet users where getting sick of the annoying animated gifs. [03 Jul 2008]
KVM Switch Solutions: Global Market Assessment
White Paper The current growth rate for this market contrasts dramatically with the 25%+ growth rates seen during the dot.com and telecommunications boom, when levels of technology investments were highly unusual. [03 Jul 2008]
