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RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing

Comment We have to be realistic about the history of this technology. BlackBerry-maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida. One of the announcements causing the biggest stir was the BlackBerry Bold...

Tags: mike lazaridis, touchscreen, blackberry, rim

[16 May 2008]

InfiniBand - Industry Standard Data Center Fabric Is Ready for Prime Time

whitepaper The recent resurgence in IT infrastructure investment has been very timely for the adoption of mature InfiniBand fabrics and today's more realistic positive market perception is based on real world deployments.

Tags: data center

[16 May 2008]

Why next-gen videoconferencing can mean more travel

Case Study The system also has directional sound - another vital factor in creating a realistic environment, he said. While high-end videoconferencing can play a role in reducing the costs of corporate travel - financial and environmental - the most notable...

Tags: travel, teliris, videoconferencing

[24 Apr 2008]

Flexibility the key for women in IT

News Flexible working seems to be more dream than reality for women working in IT who claim a lack of realistic options is harming their work/life balance. Research by womenintechnology.co.uk - quizzing 200 women - found 55 per cent said they were...

Tags: it, working from home, work, flexible working

[18 Apr 2008]

Gartner Research Report: Program and Portfolio Management Maturity Model

whitepaper It explains how to assess your current maturity level, how to set realistic goals, and what steps you'll need to take (both long- and short-term) to improve the effectiveness of your PPM activities. Many IT executives are looking to establish a...

Tags: infrastructure management

[16 Apr 2008]

How will your deal weather a downturn?

Comment When resources are tight, it is important that end-user organisations have a clear and realistic view on what can or can't be achieved. A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would not go amiss, suggests lawyer Margaret Harvey.

Tags: contracts, downturn, suppliers, outsourcing

[10 Apr 2008]

At the Forefront of Educational Excellence, Republic Polytechnic Uses VMware for Innovative Problem-Based Learning

whitepaper As part of the PBL pedagogy, the school wanted to create a realistic environment for training its students. Republic Polytechnic (RP) is Singapore's newest polytechnic school and first educational institution to fully adopt the advanced Problem...

Tags: disaster recovery, machines, students, physical

[10 Apr 2008]

Total Cost of Ownership for IntelŪ ItaniumŪ 2-Based Systems

whitepaper As competitive pressures mount, companies seeking to increase the value of their IT investments have begun moving beyond straight-line comparisons of hardware costs to a more realistic examination of the full range of costs associated with...

Tags: asset management, seeking, operation, investments

[10 Apr 2008]

How Spyware Fits Into Defense in Depth

whitepaper What are their potential for damage or information leakage and how realistic is it to maintain or create a policy and procedure for coping with these programs? Defense in Depth describes a layered approach to securing information and resources, as...

Tags: security management, spyware, programs, malicious

[10 Apr 2008]

Specifying Agent Interaction Protocols With Standard UML

whitepaper The practical use of the method is demonstrated with an example on how to specify a realistic agent interaction protocol. This paper demonstrates how the Unified Modeling Language (UML) can be used to describe agent interaction protocols.

Tags: uml, agent, uml, interaction

[10 Apr 2008]

Automation Cuts Project Scheduling Time in Half for Benefits Provider

whitepaper Being able to easily develop reports with a variety of views gives the organization better visibility into how time is spent and provides realistic data for more accurate planning. Retirement Systems of Alabama was juggling many competing...

Tags: methodology, projects, alabama, microsoft solutions framework

[10 Apr 2008]

The Instantly Responsive Enterprise: The Marriage of BPM and CEP

whitepaper Four realistic scenarios show how, together, they can facilitate decisions, prevent policy violations, and more. In this free white paper, learn how two proven but separate business process technologies, Business Process Management (BPM) and...

Tags: service level management

[01 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...

Comment I am sorry, as a country we are led/managed by people who have no realistic understanding of our electronic information and most valuable asset. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week?

Tags: vista, skills, nhs, e-crime

[20 Mar 2008]

Massively Parallel Processing for Monte Carlo Ray Tracing

whitepaper The image synthesis technology especially used for the movie, can synthesize the realistic image, that real or CG is not understood. It is important that a point sampling algorithm uses the Monte Carlo ray tracing in a realistic image synthesis.

Tags: parallel processing

[19 Mar 2008]

Financial Controls and Disaster Relief: Oxymoron or Realistic Objective?

whitepaper Controls and accountability mechanisms help to ensure that resources are used appropriately. Nevertheless, during a catastrophic disaster, decision makers struggle with the tension between implementing controls and accountability mechanisms and the...

Tags: disaster recovery

[11 Mar 2008]

A Preliminary Feasibility Study of the LARPBS Optical Bus Parallel Model

whitepaper This paper assesses the realistic and practical nature of the LARPBS optical bus parallel model with respect to recent available optical technologies. Current and future parallel processing systems require high bandwidth interconnects to satisfy...

Tags: interfaces - buses - i-os

[04 Mar 2008]

SMOOTHVISION

whitepaper With the introduction of ATI's SMOOTHVISION anti-aliasing, high quality anti-aliased graphics can now be achieved while maintaining a high level of performance, enabling computer games to look more detailed and realistic.

Tags: data visualization

[29 Feb 2008]

Rippling Reflective and Refractive Water

whitepaper One of the classic challenges of real-time computer graphics is to generate realistic looking water. For example, techniques used to render ocean water may not produce realistic looking puddle water. With this in mind, the shaders presented in this...

Tags: graphics applications

[28 Feb 2008]

Radeon X1800 Shader Architecture

whitepaper Complex shaders with more instructions and more inputs translate into more realistic and interesting effects. The software engines that drive today's latest games and other 3D applications are built around the concept of shaders.

Tags: programming languages

[28 Feb 2008]

iPhone making business users smile

News Alastair Behenna, CIO at Harvey Nash, said: "It is a very interesting launch product and once it has settled into use the price should become more realistic. O2 may be concentrating its iPhone efforts on consumers but research suggests it shouldn't...

Tags: iphone, smart phone, blackberry, cio jury

[26 Feb 2008]

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