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Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Although the research found a few cases where government departments have improved their contract costs since 2007, most are still overpaying. The research conducted by Compass Management Consulting found many outsourcing suppliers price their... [20 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News But an RBS spokesperson said: "This research simply doesn't reflect our experience, it's an unreliable snapshot and RBS didn't even feature in their previous table for quarter one of this year. A fifth of UK spam is now generated within the UK... [12 Aug 2008]
HP ProCurve buys networking specialist
News According to market-research firm Dell'Oro, HP is the number-two player in the worldwide market for Ethernet switches and ports, after Cisco, which is the clear number one. Haas was appointed chief executive of ProCurve in June, after the previous... [12 Aug 2008]
A Review of Traffic Grooming in WDM Optical Networks: Architectures and Challenges
White Paper Most previous research on traffic grooming is mainly based on the ring network topology. Traffic grooming is an emerging topic that has been gaining more research and commercial attention. This paper reviews most of the recent research work on... [18 Jul 2008]
Robust Bandwidth Extension of Noise-Corrupted Narrowband Speech
White Paper The paper shows that by exploiting previous research in mel cepstrum feature enhancement, one can create a unified probabilistic framework under which the feature denoising and bandwidth extension processes are tightly integrated using a single... [11 Jul 2008]
A "Range-Bandwidth Per Joule" Comparison for UWB and OTDM Waveforms
White Paper As a result of the research around Orthogonal Time Division Multiplexing (OTDM) modulation, some conclusions have been obtained. This technical paper is based on another previous paper from Multispectral Solutions, Inc, published in 1998 and... [10 Jul 2008]
Digital Government Worldwide: An e-Government Assessment of Municipal Web Sites
White Paper The research and methodology goes beyond previous research by utilizing 92 measures that were translated into the native language of each city. This paper evaluates the current practice of digital government in large municipalities worldwide. [03 Jul 2008]
Applying Intrusion Detection Systems to Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper The research of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) is a mature area in wired networks, and has also attracted many attentions in wireless ad hoc networks recently. Nevertheless, there is no previous work reported in the literature about IDS... [03 Jul 2008]
Building Groupware on THYME
White Paper This paper provides evidence for the utility of the THYME framework for both research and classroom activities. One of these projects was rebuilt as an experimental platform for another research group. [03 Jul 2008]
IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 9.4 Boosts Revenues, Improves Business Efficiencies
White Paper This white paper reports the results of this research initiative and shows how IDS 9.4 is enabling companies to drive enterprise-wide efficiencies. With Version 9.4, IBM IDS is faster and more powerful than any previous version of IDS - including... [03 Jul 2008]
SLA Admission Controller for Reliable MPLS Networks
White Paper Previous research on optimal SLA admission control is discussed, especially the modeling of the admission control problem as a type of Knapsack problem and control architectures developed on this principle. [03 Jul 2008]
Query Expansion on a Corporate Intranet: Using LSI to Increase Precision in Explorative Search
White Paper Previous research has taught us that the typical nonprofessional information seeker on the World Wide Web submits very short queries resulting in low-precision results. It shows that this behaviour is repeated also by intranet users and therefore... [03 Jul 2008]
Advanced Reaction Using Risk Assessment in Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Previous research works have pro-posed methods to automatically select possible countermeasures capable of ending the detected attack. Current intrusion detection systems go beyond the detection of attacks and provide reaction mechanisms to cope... [03 Jul 2008]
The Role of Large Players in Currency Crises
White Paper The second part of the study presents evidence on the correlation between exchange rate movements and major market participants' net currency positions, and delves into a comparative analysis of several recent crises episode in Thailand, Hong Kong... [03 Jul 2008]
Estimating Time to Develop Interactive Courseware in the 1990s
White Paper Many of these individuals lack previous ICW experience. A method for estimating the time required to design, develop, and evaluate ICW products was prepared and evaluated by 20 ICW experts from industry and the government. [03 Jul 2008]
