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RSS rigAnadarko Petroleum Optimizes Exploration and Production With Precise Project Management
White Paper Since the cost of operating a rig can approach $1 million per day, the pressure to make sure every asset produces value each day is intense. Anadarko's deepwater projects take place in as much as 9,000 feet of water, and... [30 Apr 2009]
From Drilling Oil for Exxon Mobil in the Caspian Sea to Building a Dream Home, SmartDraw Saves Time and Money
White Paper This was a very difficult drilling rig project and they hired Bill back to work with Exxon's other partners to develop specifications for the job, Bill remembers. During his 30-year career at Exxon Mobil, Bill Dixon... [15 Apr 2009]
Shipcom Uses IBM WebSphere Application Server to Bring the Benefits of a Full Enterprise Solution to Oil and Gas Rigs and Other Remote Sites
White Paper At the "Edge of the enterprise" such as on oil and gas rig platforms, access and visibility are needed to an entire ERP system to ensure, for example, on demand delivery of critical supplies to keep production flowing... [12 Nov 2008]
MacBook Air to get Intel Penryn chips?
News The MacBook Air's performance doesn't really compare to that of the rest of the MacBook lineup, but it was designed to be thin and light, not as a gaming rig. Apple's MacBook Air could be getting a fresh new look -... [15 Aug 2008]
Petroleum Company Improves Real-Time Information Sharing With Rigs
White Paper Belayim Petroleum Company wanted to reduce costly downtime by improving the quality and speed of decision making through real-time, media-rich access between rig personnel, headquarters, and remote experts. [05 Mar 2008]
Shell's outsourcing plans face legal threat
News Shell is apparently arguing the previous redundancy package with the larger payout terms only applied to offshore oil rig staff and not IT workers, something Amicus is disputing. Shell is facing the threat of legal... [07 Jan 2008]
The KillerNIC - Is It Worth It?
White Paper In the ongoing efforts to squeeze every possible performance improvement out of their computing rig, most folks focus almost exclusively on the two heavy hitters in their system when it comes to generating Frames Per... [06 Jul 2007]
Data centre in a box
Comment Other possibilities include remote sites that need local processing power such as high-performance computing for seismic modelling on an oil rig, or simulating fluid load on supertankers. But what are the real benefits? [18 Jun 2007]
Cisco squeezes 'industry first' out of asset-tracking
News He added that Location Solution's telemetric capabilities would be particularly useful in locations where environmental concerns are crucial, such as on an oil rig. Cisco has bundled wi-fi chokepoint and telemetry... [23 May 2007]
Cheat Sheet: M2M
Cheat Sheet Those working in dangerous environments including oil rig workers or social workers visiting unsafe areas can carry devices to alert people if they are in trouble or enable them to be located if they go missing. [09 May 2007]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News Cyber crooks who rig websites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert has said. Increasingly the actual code, often JavaScript, used to attack PCs is hidden in Flash... [19 Apr 2007]
Phishing hole found in IE 7, says developer
News An attacker can rig the message by creating a malicious link. Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cyber crooks launch phishing scams. An attacker can use an error... [15 Mar 2007]
Cyber attackers exploiting Word flaw
News An attacker could rig a Word file in such a way that he would gain complete control over a vulnerable PC when the file is opened, Microsoft said in an advisory. A yet-to-be-patched security hole in multiple versions of... [06 Dec 2006]
Photos: Inside Big Blue's new RFID centre
Photo According to IBM, one global petroleum company is already using this product to track the whereabouts of staff on an oil rig. In the event of an emergency, each staff member can be located or the system can be used to... [22 Mar 2006]
Big rig gig for back-up firm Asigra
News Should one of the rig's computer systems fail we can remotely retrieve the data from the last back-up almost immediately. Remote back-up software company Asigra has announced a deal that will see its software used by a... [10 Jan 2006]
