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SAS Data Integration Server Performance on IBM Mainframe Running z/OS

whitepaper The test executed on z/OS builds and loads a star schema data mart. SAS and IBM have begun a series of performance test efforts of SAS products on z/OS. The SAS Data Integration benchmarking scenario results highlighted in this paper.

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Microsoft users surf the skies from the web

News Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets. The program, which was developed by Microsoft's research arm, marries together images from the...

Tags: google sky, space, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

Star Technology Services Integrates Its Business on an Enterprise Resource Planning Application

whitepaper Star Technology wanted to deliver, maintain, and enhance a world class business infrastructure to enable Star to achieve and exceed its corporate objectives and develop an integrated system which supports Star's requirements and proposed business...

Tags: erp

[14 May 2008]

Employees at Middle East Construction Business Access E-Mails Round-the-Clock

whitepaper United Arab Emirates-based ETA Star Group manages construction projects across the region. Many employees who travel extensively lacked e-mail access when working away from the office. With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, they can reach inboxes...

Tags: application servers

[13 May 2008]

Using CARS to Improve Quality: A Compuware Application Reliability Solution Business Case Paper

whitepaper Compuware recently hosted a one-of-a-kind roadshow, "The Four Courses of Quality," in five-star restaurants across the country - in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Tags: infrastructure management, dining, class, events

[09 May 2008]

Hotel Streamlines Accounting Systems, Simplifies Management

whitepaper With 19 four-star hotels in cities throughout the United States, Millennium Hotels and Resorts prides itself on its exceptional customer service. Its 10-year-old implementation of Great Plains Dynamics, on the other hand, was delivering less than...

Tags: customer support services

[24 Apr 2008]

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 1 of 3): High-Performance Data Warehousing (Level 300)

whitepaper This webcast covers new technologies like partitioned table parallelism, star join query enhancements, and Grouping Sets. The attendee will learn how to incorporate the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to provide a high-performance data...

Tags: application servers

[14 Apr 2008]

Idtechex Case Study: Hong Kong Octopus, Hong Kong

whitepaper The client is Creative Star, a joint venture company. The Hong Kong 'Octopus' intermodal transport ticketing system was launched by Creative Star, a joint venture company formed by the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR...

Tags: finance, card, star, kong

[10 Apr 2008]

Focal Communications Is Wired for Success: With the Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 Series

whitepaper The Hi-Star switched, cross-bar architecture of the Lightning 9960 was the ideal solution for Focal Communications. The revolutionary Hi-Star switch actually prevents bottlenecks and disruption in service by offering 64 internal paths-if one fails...

Tags: tape drives - libraries, paths, star, lightning

[10 Apr 2008]

Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art

Photo Former Seinfeld star and Celebrity Poker Showdown winner, Jason Alexander, checks out Microsoft's Surface technology at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats into art using code from various malicious...

Tags: supercomputer, robots, viruses, military

[27 Mar 2008]

Pipeline Operator Enhances Efficiency and Service With New Web Application Platform

whitepaper Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline uses a custom-built Web application to help it provide outstanding customer service. By deploying Windows Server 2008 with Internet Information Services 7.0, Southern Star has improved application performance and...

Tags: application servers

[23 Mar 2008]

Microsoft mobile - king of open world?

News The star of application-rich mobile phones, Apple's iPhone, has been met with criticism from the open source community and even confusion by major software developers like Adobe. The world has been turned upside down for Linux developers, thanks to...

Tags: mobile, linux, iphone, microsoft

[20 Mar 2008]

STAR INFORMATIC & ORACLE Spatial Customer Success Story

whitepaper With help from STAR INFORMATIC and its Web-enabled GIS software solutions, Elia created both an electronic Document Management System (DMS) for storing and maintaining its maps and technical drawings and a GIS to enable users to view the agency's...

Tags: document management

[04 Mar 2008]

Sounddogs.com Use Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 as a Vital Part of Their E-Commerce Solution

whitepaper Located on the Columbia/Tri Star Pictures lot in Los Angeles, CA, Sounddogs.com has created sound effects for such feature films as "Very Bad Things," "Jack Frost," "The Cable Guy," and "The American President.

Tags: desktop systems - pcs

[20 Feb 2008]

Offshoring - not just about the costs

Comment A star of the second day of Nasscom's three-day run was Francois Enaud, CEO of Steria, who spoke about the importance of India and outsourcing with a passion and a directness that impressed. Offshoring to India is often discussed in terms of staff...

Tags: india, bpo, skills, offshore

[18 Feb 2008]

Gem Services Launches Online ERP System in Six Months With Help From Expert Consultants

whitepaper Founded in 1998, GEM Services is a rising star of the semiconductor packaging and testing industry. To further extend its reach, GEM Services knew it had to enhance internal control. Establishing robust management systems and strengthening its...

Tags: erp

[08 Feb 2008]

Hanover International PLC Uses Technology More Effectively

whitepaper Hanover provides four-star business and conference hotels throughout the UK, and to date has 15 properties with a total of 1,788 bedrooms. In the fast moving and highly competitive hotel and leisure industry, one of the major success stories in...

Tags: erp

[08 Feb 2008]

Photos of the month - January 2008

Photo And talking of CES, we brought together some of the stars from this year's consumer tech extravaganza including Microsoft's Surface technology and this projector resembling Star Wars' R2D2. A video was played showing Gates asking various...

Tags: speech, picture, credit, history

[30 Jan 2008]

Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...

Photo Not quite a pop star with a tech exec, but at the annual 3GSM mobile industry gathering in 2006 R'n'B crooner Craig David (pictured) entertained the audience in a 'fireside chat' interview after singing one of his songs.

Tags: ces, bill gates, credit, trade

[22 Jan 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 18.01.08

Round-Up The star of the show was the MacBook Air, a laptop so thin you could slice bread with it. Think ID Cards crossed with Star Wars. This year, the pre-show rumours were largely right, which is always a little disappointing for those looking forward to...

Tags: iphone, mac, apple, macworld

[18 Jan 2008]

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