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White Paper X.25 and related protocols are administered by an agency of the United Nations called the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In the 1970s, a set of protocols was needed to provide users with wide-area network (WAN) connectivity across... [02 Sep 2008]
HP reports strong third quarter
News There were fears leading up to the announcement that slowing demand for PCs in Western nations and a strengthening dollar could mean HP had peaked this year already. HP beat Wall Street profits estimates this quarter, lead by strong laptop sales... [20 Aug 2008]
Olympics a non-starter for office workers
News In a separate survey, conducted by Monster, UK workers proved to be less enthusiastic to follow events in the office than other nations. Office workers are set to snub the greatest show on earth in favour of knuckling down at their desks. [08 Aug 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News Matt Yardley, analyst at Analysys Mason, said that the move by BT will "remove some of the awkward questions about why are we languishing behind many other nations in the provision of high-speed broadband". [15 Jul 2008]
Japan WAM Supports Its Aging Population with Help from IBM
White Paper The population of Japan is aging at a rate unprecedented in other nations. It is expected that by 2010, 25 percent of the Japanese population will be over 65. There has been great concern about how the nation will establish proper medical care for... [03 Jul 2008]
Geospatial Portal Reference Architecture: A Community Guide to Implementing Standards-Based Geospatial Portals
White Paper The Geospatial Portal Reference Architecture provides the basis for an open, vendor-neutral portal that is intended to be a first point of discovery for geospatial content in the context of designing and implementing the Spatial Data... [03 Jul 2008]
Counter-trafficking Integrated Display System (CIDS): A GIS-Based Command & Control Environment for Coalition Nations
White Paper By using an industry standard GIS application, the value of public domain mapping data is leveraged and interoperability between the US and coalition nations is enhanced. As part of the U.S. Government's strategy to equip selected coalition forces... [03 Jul 2008]
Whitepaper: Benefits of Federated Identity to Government
White Paper Secure interoperability, based on identity management solutions, enables substantial cost savings, streamlined processes, and faster communication of vital information to the benefit of governments and citizens of all nations. [03 Jul 2008]
Occupational Status of Immigrants in Cross-National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis
White Paper Three groups of macro effects are distinguished: the impact of the country of origin, the role of receiving nations, and the influence of combinations thereof, called settings. This paper examines the occupational status of immigrants in a cross... [03 Jul 2008]
A Human Capital Concern: The Literacy Proficiency of U.S. Immigrants
White Paper During the past decade, an increasing number of empirical studies by economists, educational researchers, and other social scientists have documented the critical importance of human capital for the economic and social success of individual... [03 Jul 2008]
American Leadership in the Human Capital Century: Have the Virtues of the Past Become the Vices of the Present?
White Paper But at the start of the twentieth century even the world's richest countries - richer in per capita terms than many poor nations are today - had not yet begun the transition to mass secondary school education. [03 Jul 2008]
Development and Human Capital
White Paper Finally, recommended policies on the reversal of the status quo for developing nations will be given. In this paper, the commitment to the development of human capital, attainment of a skilled workforce, level of development currently achieved and... [03 Jul 2008]
A New Approach to International Terrorism
White Paper The inability to agree upon a formal working definition of international terrorism has prevented the emergence of an effective international counter-terrorism strategy among nations of the global community. [03 Jul 2008]
Symbol Scores at World Cup 1994 Soccer Games
White Paper World Cup USA 1994, the culmination of four years of intensely played soccer games by nearly all the nations of the world, had come to the United States to determine a champion. The challenge was to manage the logistics. [03 Jul 2008]
Transforming Coalition Warfare With Network Centric Capabilities
White Paper This paper identifies and summarizes various transformation initiatives that nations and coalitions are today considering and pursuing to meet the demands of tomorrow's strategic environment. A central theme throughout is that the often diverse... [03 Jul 2008]
