participation
RSS participationPerception Differences About Participating in Distance Education
White Paper This paper presents a factor analysis of the 46 motivating and inhibiting factors for distance education participation and an analysis of interaction between responses and level of participation in distance education, gender, age, faculty rank and... [23 Jul 2008]
Addressing Heterogeneity and Scalability in Layered Multicast Congestion Control
White Paper This paper designs SIM, a protocol that integrates three distinct mechanisms - Selective participation, Intra-group transmission adjustment, and Menu adaptation - to solve the general multicast congestion control problem. [11 Jul 2008]
Addressing Heterogeneity, Scalability, and Privacy in Layered Multicast Congestion Control
White Paper This paper designs SIM, a protocol that combines three distinct mechanisms (Selective participation, Intra-group transmission adjustment, and Menu adaptation) to provide a general solution for efficient fair scalable privacy-preserving multicast... [11 Jul 2008]
Go Green with Ease: Five Steps for Small Businesses
White Paper With employee awareness and participation, even the busiest SMB can adopt simple "green" strategies that require little to no additional equipment or labor expenditures. Smart information technology (IT) strategies can reduce the environmental... [10 Jul 2008]
A Load Balancing Mechanism With Verification
White Paper The paper proves that this mechanism is truthful and satisfies the voluntary participation condition. This paper investigates the problem of designing load balancing mechanisms with verification for heterogeneous distributed systems. [10 Jul 2008]
A Truthful Mechanism for Fair Load Balancing in Distributed Systems
White Paper It proves that this mechanism is truthful and satisfies the voluntary participation condition. This paper considers the problem of designing load balancing protocols in distributed systems where the participants (e.g.computers, users) are capable... [10 Jul 2008]
Algorithmic Mechanism Design for Load Balancing in Distributed Systems
White Paper It proves that using the optimal allocation algorithm the output function admits a truthful payment scheme satisfying voluntary participation. Computational Grids are large scale computing system composed of geographically distributed resources... [10 Jul 2008]
Kuveyt Turk Bank Eliminates Paperwork and Accelerates Human Resources Processes
White Paper Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank aims to bring diligence to the interest-free banking system, and to research new fields of investment. Kuveyt Turk wanted to cut the administrative burden on the Human Resources (HR) departments by empowering staff... [07 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Extending BI With SQL Server 2005: Emerging Best Practices for Large Scale Enterprise BI Applications (Level 300)
White Paper The webcast draws examples from Panorama's participation in Project REAL. Business Intelligence (BI) applications can be counterproductive to the organization if they are not secure from hackers and spies. [05 Jul 2008]
Applying Wireless Technology to Teaching Environment
White Paper This paper presents an online virtual environment to increase student participation in a classroom teaching situation. The presented teaching environment allows students to give anonymous real-time feedback for the teacher. [03 Jul 2008]
Novell Case Study: HealthMarket, Inc.
White Paper When the HealthMarket Exchange first went online it already had more than 175,000 physicians listed with the expectation that by fall 2000 it would have participation from over 3,000 hospitals, 40,000 ancillary facilities, and 5,000 alternative... [03 Jul 2008]
Patterns of Participation in Two Communities of Practice: Community of Engagement Vs. Community of Reference
White Paper This paper begins a characterization of participation patterns in on-line communities, examining records from two communities of practice that used a web-based collaborative environment for storing documents and discussions. [01 Jul 2008]
Making Security Monitoring a Part of Your Best Security Practices
White Paper Companies that desire to develop a security monitoring practice will need to follow a practice development method and will benefit by having an organizational structure that encourage broad participation from all potential stakeholders. [30 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Ventures. [18 Jun 2008]
Delivering on the Promise of eLearning
White Paper Finally, it offers practical suggestions for creating digital learning experiences that engage learners by building interest and motivation and providing opportunities for active participation. eLearning is re-emerging as a solution for delivering... [30 May 2008]
