functionality
Parking in the West End goes contactless
News From next year, parking meters in the West End will accept contactless payments from motorists with wave and pay functionality built into their debit or credit cards. Card issuers MasterCard and Visa already offer cards... [29 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment The warnings would have alerted me to the fact that the particular graphics card would only work with reduced functionality due to its vintage. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his initial installs of... [23 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The revamped platform - along with a new 24-hour live betting service - went live in February and can be plugged into third party websites to provide them with the same gaming functionality which they can then tailor for... [23 Oct 2009]
Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option
White Paper The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS offers an alternative Server Core installation option that creates a minimal environment for specific server functionality. Although this installation option can present... [15 Oct 2009]
Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition A Technical Overview
White Paper Not only are there broad disparities in technologies, data structures, and application functionality, but there are also fundamental differences in integration architectures. Integrating data and applications throughout... [15 Oct 2009]
Rule Enabling Applications With Oracle Business Rules
White Paper This paper will explore how business rules are developed and how Oracle Business Rules rules enable additional application functionality for applications during the application development lifecycle. Business decisions... [15 Oct 2009]
Using Oracle In-Memory Database Cache to Accelerate the Oracle Database
White Paper Caching data using IMDB Cache is superior to other caching techniques as it brings full relational functionality, incremental scalability coupled with location transparency, stellar performance, and automatic maintenance... [15 Oct 2009]
Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2
White Paper This white paper provides a technical overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 with an emphasis on the features and functionality that can be implemented to provide the highest availability and... [15 Oct 2009]
IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented
White Paper Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on... [14 Oct 2009]
Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart DSLAMs and MSANs
White Paper There are many misconceptions about the role of the DSL Forum's Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), better known as a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) or Broadband Services Router (BSR). The BSR has evolved significantly from its... [09 Oct 2009]
WAN Optimization - A New Approach
White Paper The client-server paradigm is shifting to a Web-based application delivery model, which is in turn requiring that all users - whether at the headquarters or at the remote branch office - obtain "Anytime, anywhere, always"... [09 Oct 2009]
Mark Zuckerberg
AS Profile During the past 12 months, he has masterminded the launch of a new log-in system for non-Facebook sites (Facebook Connect), improved the site's search functionality and ushered in a new Twitter-like update system. [08 Oct 2009]
Aster nCluster In-Database MapReduce: Deriving Deep Insights from Large Datasets
White Paper This white paper examines a data analytics tool that brings together the expressive flexibility and performance of the MapReduce framework with the rich functionality and familiarity of ordinary SQL, enabling developers... [06 Oct 2009]
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
White Paper The tier classification model provides an academic and objective benchmark that helps describe and compare the functionality, capacity, and cost of data center infrastructures. Today, a number of companies are either... [06 Oct 2009]
Storing More Intelligently: Tiered Storage Solutions for Security Data
White Paper Fortunately, there are proven strategies and solutions for optimizing costs, performance, and functionality, and such solutions can be readily applied to the management of security information. Off late storage... [05 Oct 2009]