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Microsoft: Walls will become computers of the future

News Gates said: "We're saying it will be absolutely pervasive. Speaking to a crowd of CEOs, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman, showed off prototype technology he said will allow home and office walls to become computers.

Tags: surface, microsoft

[15 May 2008]

Innovations in Pervasive Computing: Unwinding the Pattern Behind Today's Killer Apps

whitepaper Pervasive computing has greatly increased the use of small computing devices over the last 10 years. This paper discusses the nature of these combinations, and challenges one to come up with their own innovations in pervasive computing.

Tags: software engineering

[15 May 2008]

SOA Strategy: A Comprehensive Yet Flexible Suite for a Pervasive Architecture

whitepaper This paper looks at some of the advantages of implementing SOA with a suite strategy, and specifically focuses on the Oracle SOA Suite of products. Then by briefly highlighting the experiences of a major SOA installation, it shows how the suite...

Tags: infrastructure management, soa, suite, soa suite

[15 May 2008]

How to Disable a Software Bomb: Know the Procedure for Rehabilitating Risky System Software

whitepaper A software bomb can be a simple program or a pervasive system. A software bomb is a piece of software that lurks in one's system undocumented or unsupported, but is ready to "Go off" at any time. It's typically a piece of software written sometime...

Tags: software engineering

[15 May 2008]

Unified Communications and Collaboration in Insurance: Pervasive Capabilities for Where and How People Work

whitepaper In Insurance environment, business needs drive IT requirements. IT departments are constantly being asked to deliver more services to increase business efficiency - while at the same time, spending less money and using fewer resources to do it.

Tags: voice - data integration

[14 May 2008]

Develop P2P Applications With Device Discovery Technologies: Effective Approaches to Enhance Application Performance in a Pervasive Environment

whitepaper Device discovery technology is one of the primary technologies of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing. This paper illustrates how to use device discovery technology to enhance the performance of wireless applications in a P2P environment.

Tags: application development

[10 May 2008]

Deploying Application and OS Virtualization Together: Citrix and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

whitepaper As virtualization becomes more pervasive in the datacenter, organizations are deploying complementary types of virtualization technologies. Read this white paper to learn how blending application and OS virtualization using Citrix and Virtuozzo...

Tags: data center, virtualization, learn, os

[24 Apr 2008]

The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 1

whitepaper The new guide will examine how the pervasive problem of fragmentation affects a computer system and what approaches are effective in reducing these effects. Storing data on a disk has become less expensive and more convenient in modern times.

Tags: disaster recovery, automatic, disk, guide

[24 Apr 2008]

Changing the Way Industries Work: The Impacts of Service-Oriented Architecture

whitepaper This article addressees the overwhelming potential of SOA and predicts how soon it will become pervasive in the business world. SOA is ultimately about creating the means to innovate more rapidly. It has the potential to significantly change how...

Tags: infrastructure management, creating, industries, soa

[11 Apr 2008]

Low IT Database Cost-of-Ownership Study: 2001 Update

whitepaper This Executive White Paper updates Aberdeen's examination of the cost of ownership of the Pervasive Software’s Pervasive SQL 7 and the Microsoft SQL Server databases for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) as well as workgroups and departments...

Tags: database management, sql, pervasive, aberdeen

[10 Apr 2008]

Physical Registration: Configuring Electronic Directories Using Handheld Devices

whitepaper An important problem in pervasive computing is how to create and maintain manageable collections of pervasive resources appropriate for disparate and typically nomadic users. This paper describes physical registration, a new, human-centric...

Tags: portable computers, objects, physical, pervasive

[10 Apr 2008]

Workflow Management: State of the Art vs. State of the Products

whitepaper Despite the large number of workflow vendors and research efforts all over the world, despite all the rosy predictions about the workflow market, and despite all the hype about the workflow technology, workflow is still far from pervasive.

Tags: groupware - workflow, workflow, pervasive, aspects

[10 Apr 2008]

Accelerating Enterprise Resource Planning With Relevant Business Content

whitepaper In an age of pervasive and interconnected information, data silos threaten efficiency, profitability, and competitiveness. These silos exist as a result of applications that were developed to address specific needs or manage specific types of...

Tags: eai, integrate, erp, forms

[10 Apr 2008]

There's Nothing Like the Real Thing: Genuine Software Is a Win-Win for Customers, Microsoft and Partners

whitepaper There is no more pervasive or pernicious problem plaguing the software industry than that of counterfeit or pirated software operating systems and applications. Microsoft's genuine software programs - which are more than a year old - enable...

Tags: windows genuine advantage, mechanism, microsoft windows, intellectual

[10 Apr 2008]

Let the Mobile Games Begin, Part 2: J2ME and .Net Compact Framework in Action

whitepaper However, both have important places in the future world of pervasive computing. J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) and .Net Compact Framework follow different design philosophies and target different developer communities.

Tags: .net, java .net, platforms, java

[10 Apr 2008]

Perspectives on Grid Computing

whitepaper Grid computing has emerged as a dominant, pervasive metaphor in the past decade. Today it is virtually impossible to discuss high performance or scientific computing of any sort without reference to grid technologies.

Tags: high performance computing, grid, art, decade

[10 Apr 2008]

Department of Defense Sponsors Collaborative Work Portal for Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration R&D Program

whitepaper With familiar, pervasive Microsoft productivity tools, the solution provided immediate benefits, including a 20% reduction in operating expenses, allowing the DoD to efficiently discover new battlefield technologies.

Tags: application servers, dynamics, discover, certified

[10 Apr 2008]

Deploying Application and OS Virtualization Together: Citrix and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

whitepaper As virtualization becomes more pervasive in the datacenter, organizations are deploying complementary types of virtualization technologies. Read this white paper to learn how blending application and OS virtualization using Citrix and Virtuozzo...

Tags: parallel processing, virtualization, robust, learn

[09 Apr 2008]

Unified Communications and Collaboration: Pervasive Capabilities for Where and How People Work

whitepaper In global business environment, business needs drive IT requirements. IT departments are constantly being asked to deliver more services to increase business efficiency - while spending less money and using fewer resources to do it.

Tags: collaboration tools

[03 Apr 2008]

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Product Overview

whitepaper With significant advancements in the key areas of mission-critical platform, dynamic development, beyond relational data, and pervasive insight, the benefits of SQL Server 2008 are substantial. SQL Server 2008 provides the technology and...

Tags: application servers

[28 Mar 2008]

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