obsolescence
RSS obsolescenceRecession-Proof Your IT
White Paper The "Hard costs" - equipment, software, personnel, maintenance, utilities, training, etc.are interrelated with "Soft costs" that are challenging to quantify, including downtime, lost data recovery, and obsolescence. [01 May 2009]
How To Predict Which IT Innovations Will Succeed
White Paper IT products do not have a natural obsolescence. Thus, IT vendors must rely on innovation to periodically relaunch the hardware, software, and service markets. Both technology vendors and users constantly face the dilemma... [18 Mar 2009]
A Data Mining Based Approach to Electronic Part Obsolescence Forecasting
White Paper Part obsolescence dates (the date on which the part is no longer procurable from its original source) are important inputs during design planning. Most electronic part obsolescence forecasting algorithms... [19 Sep 2008]
Vista finds a home on 1,300 Canterbury Uni desktops
News He said: "A lot of universities will migrate probably for start of term '09 and I think a lot of that is to do with the obsolescence of XP. Canterbury Christ Church University has moved to Microsoft's Windows Vista... [15 Sep 2008]
Avoid the Run-Around: Smarter Facilities Management in Law Firms
White Paper Are paper documents heading toward obsolescence in law firms? Hardly. In fact, despite the persistence of the "Paperless office" myth, the use of paper documents continues to grow exponentially. Researchers at the School... [04 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Back to the future
Comment And so much of the technology we use is doomed by its own in-built obsolescence - or relies on the intangible wireless - that I fear little will remain. We've abseiled down buildings, walked the tracks of the London... [24 Jul 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment And in many cases, the IT topics that are taught are vulnerable to rapid obsolescence and are therefore of reduced long-term value. Confused IT skills policies in schools and colleges are part of the problem. [09 Jul 2008]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment So the attraction of handing the capital cost and obsolescence problem to a specialist such as IBM or CSC starts to look very attractive indeed. Multinationals have led the way in outsourcing their data centres to... [04 Feb 2008]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News The public sector is scared of open source, according to Cox, who said rules that restrict the use of open source in schools are building obsolescence into the UK education system by ensuring children do not become... [13 Sep 2007]
New High-Performance, Integrated Storage Solution Makes Waves in Cardiology Pacs
White Paper While recording cardiology catheterization procedures on CDs and capturing echocardiology ultrasounds on VHS tape had once been effective method of storage, technology obsolescence and legislative directives are changing... [19 Jul 2007]
NIS+ Obsolescence and Migration From NIS+ to LDAP
White Paper To prepare for this obsolescence, environments using NIS+ will need to be evaluated to understand the directory services needs and determine an alternate directory services solution as appropriate for the environment. [08 May 2007]
The Future of Ethernet I/O Virtualization Is Here Today
White Paper Programmability allows the NetXen Intelligent NIC to be deployed nowadays to meet current requirements for server virtualization without running the risk of obsolescence. Server virtualization is one of a number of... [01 Apr 2007]
Understanding Optimization
White Paper With the release of Oracle Database 10g, the RBO's obsolescence is official and the CBO has been significantly improved yet again. Since its introduction in Oracle7, the Cost-Based Optimizer (CBO) has become more... [11 Oct 2006]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The oldest gadget still wows
Comment It's a reminder of a less disposable age, where built-in obsolescence didn't come as standard. Dr Who's got his sonic screwdriver and Batman's got his utility belt. But accountants? All they need is a calculator. [13 Sep 2006]
RFID Technical Challenges and Reference Architecture
White Paper RFID can provide great value in terms of track and trace, pedigree tracking, forecasting, obsolescence reduction, pharmaceuticals recalls, and efficiency in the entire supply chain infrastructure. Radio Frequency... [30 Jun 2006]
