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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up The report said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths need to be made in order to create the next generation of software developers. Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT... [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The analysts said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths needs to be improved in order to create the next generation of software developers, while better tax incentives for investment,... [03 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment Firstly, as IT is as much an applied art as it is a science, the practical elements that prepare students in other disciplines are absent in IT education. What can be done to better train students for the IT workplace? [12 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: What is intelligence?
Comment Recently I had a bit of a 'huh' (the most important expressions in science) moment when a mathematical analysis of a 'minimally intelligent system' produced the following: Written in a coffee shop on the corner of 1st... [08 Oct 2009]
New Curriculum Approach in Teaching Network Security Subjects for ICT Courses in Malaysia
White Paper This paper discusses a curriculum approach that will give emphasis on practical portions of teaching network security subjects in information and communication technology courses. As one is well aware, the need to use a practice and... [05 Oct 2009]
Workload Characterization of a Lightweight SSL Implementation Resistant to Side-Channel Attacks
White Paper Ever-growing mobility and ubiquitous wireless Internet access raise the need for secure communication with devices that may be severely constrained in terms of processing power, memory capacity and network speed. [04 Oct 2009]
National Ignition Facility & Photon Science Drives Research With Robust Data Infrastructure
White Paper NIF's scientists and engineers use highly powerful lasers to produce controlled thermonuclear fusion through a process called inertial confinement fusion. The laser system uses as many as 90 instruments - from cameras to mirrors, to... [02 Oct 2009]
Digital Signatures for Document Management in Life Sciences
White Paper A typical example of digital signature use within a life science Document Management solution is a situation in which a document must be signed by more than one signer. The originator of the document checks-in the... [02 Oct 2009]
Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics
White Paper This paper looks at one of the evolving crimes of the digital age; identity theft. It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust... [02 Oct 2009]
Proposal of Constructing PKI on Overlay Network
White Paper This paper presents the design of foundation PKI (fPKI), a PKI system constructed on an overlay network for an open source community.fPKI can provide an alternative PKI system to the current server-client PKI system. [02 Oct 2009]
Data Center Projects: Standardized Process
White Paper As the design and deployment of data center physical infrastructure moves away from art and more toward science, the benefits of a standardized and predictable process are becoming compelling. This paper presents an... [01 Oct 2009]
Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms
White Paper This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of cooling for wiring closets. Cooling for IT wiring closets is rarely planned and typically only implemented after... [01 Oct 2009]
Guidelines for Specification of Data Center Power Density
White Paper Describing data center density using Watts / ft2 or Watts / m2 is not sufficient to determine power or cooling compatibility with high density computing loads like blade serversThis paper describes the science and... [01 Oct 2009]
TNO Science and Industry Division Implements Sentinel RMS to Speed Development Time and Scale for Growth
White Paper TNO - the Netherland's Organization for Applied Scientific Research - conducts scientific research with the aim of strengthening the innovative power of industry and government. TNO S&I encountered difficulties with both the... [01 Oct 2009]
C-Lock Technology Streamlines Greenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring Processes to Help Save the Planet Using an SOA Solution From IBM and EIM
White Paper EIM), a Premier IBM Business Partner, fulfilled the vision of C-Lock Technology founders to provide science-based tools to accurately quantify, verify, document and market the atmospheric impacts of GHG management... [01 Oct 2009]
