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Green Data Center Storage Part II: Sustained Cost Effectiveness in Transitioning Times

whitepaper It discusses data and disk types and how to match data and disks effectively within information life cycles. This is the second part of a three-part paper on Data Center Power and cooling. In addition, it examines data growth problems and how they...

Tags: storage management, data center, cooling, disk

[02 Apr 2008]

Training Simulations and Metrics in Second Life

whitepaper Today effective Second Life (SL) educational simulations are rare. An experiential simulation often works as a better learning tool than a traditional "Lecture + textbook + exam" trio. Those that exist are often closer to replications than...

Tags: learning management systems

[27 Mar 2008]

Vital Images Solution Costs Less Than Traditional Medical Tests, Helps Save More Lives

whitepaper For the typical patient arriving in an emergency room with chest pains, it takes 20 hours to arrive at a diagnosis, when every second can mean the difference between life and death. Sartor and her doctors faces six million cardiac patients...

Tags: programming languages

[28 Feb 2008]

Ultracapacitors Improve Reliability for Wind Turbine Pitch Systems

whitepaper Thus aerodynamic efficiency and reduced loads on the drive train is assured, providing reduced maintenance and longer turbine life. On a pitch controlled wind turbine the turbine's electronic controller checks the power output of the turbine...

Tags: manufacturing

[27 Feb 2008]

Cisco's Second Life: Welcome to Cisco Island

whitepaper Cisco joins Second Life, the world's fastest growing virtual community, with two islands designed to enhance customer engagement.

Tags: customer support services

[06 Jan 2008]

With Cisco Unified Communications, Warner Pacific Insurance Services Has Improved Client Service and Reduced Teleworking Costs

whitepaper With operations throughout California and Colorado, Warner Pacific Insurance Services provides insurance agents and brokers with tools, resources, and support to represent a wide selection of medical, dental, vision, life and other specialty...

Tags: unified communications, cisco, insurance, unified

[09 Dec 2007]

Cerner Corporation's Wireless Rx

whitepaper Adding a wireless component to a traditional local-area network (LAN), or creating a stand-alone WLAN, involves a number of challenges, particularly in the health care arena, where network downtime can literally mean the difference between life...

Tags: wi-fi (802.11), care, corporation, health

[22 Nov 2007]

Always Connected: Eyes on the Road - A Better Perspective

whitepaper There has been an accident, a life is at stake, and every second counts. This webcast shows how an 'always connected' view makes all the difference.

Tags: high availability, connected, view, stake

[02 Nov 2007]

How to Become an Accomplished Architect in Second Life

whitepaper Building and scripting are two very important skills in the MMOG Second Life. Building is the process by which one creates complex 3D structures. Scripting is the process of using a script language to allow those 3D structures to perform tasks, in...

Tags: graphics applications, structures, perform, tasks

[11 Jul 2007]

Joint Power-Distortion Optimization on Devices With MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Codec

whitepaper To prolong the battery life, a typical wireless video encoding and streaming system should have the capability of dynamically adjusting its encoding parameters based on the remaining battery supply. The second one is, given a fixed power...

Tags: streaming media, video, optimization, optimized

[08 May 2007]

Easy Custom Tags With Tag Files, Part 1

whitepaper The first is the new javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTag interface, which simplifies the life-cycle of a tag handler. The second feature simplifies the whole process of writing tag extensions entirely.

Tags: custom, tags, tag, jsp

[15 Dec 2006]

Easy Custom Tags With Tag Files, Part 2

whitepaper The first is the new javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTag interface, which simplifies the life-cycle of a tag handler. The second feature simplifies the whole process of writing tag extensions entirely.

Tags: custom, tags, files, tag

[15 Dec 2006]

SAS Helps Students Gain Hands-On Business Experience

whitepaper Few years ago, SAS partnered with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to establish the program, which offers students from its Business and IT faculties the opportunity to gain real-life work experience using SAS solutions.

Tags: knowledge and data management, sas, program, students

[16 Nov 2006]

Getting the Most Out of Your Change Control System Measuring Software Quality

whitepaper In this paper, software measurement is used to gain a deeper and broader understanding of software product quality, starting early in the life cycle and continuing until successful completion. CM tools that support the entire CM process will have...

Tags: configuration, continue, software development, cycle

[15 Nov 2006]

The Emergence of Talent Management: An Old Idea Gets New Life

whitepaper If talent management is going to take off this time, it's the second reason-corporate receptivity-that will be the catalyst. And it's an idea that didn't even originate in this decade. Why the renewed interest?

Tags: it hr - staffing - training, decade, vendors, interest

[27 Jul 2006]

HP and Vodafone: Bringing Leading-Edge Server Technology to the Forefront of the Telecommunications Industry

whitepaper To achieve this, it needs to understand its customers' needs and wants in order to develop services that enable New Zealanders in their everyday life. Vodafone New Zealand is the country's leading mobile telecommunications carrier, providing second...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, hp integrity, vodafone, telecommunications

[24 May 2006]

10 things you should know about saving money on computer hardware

whitepaper This download provides 10 real-life examples of how TechRepublic contributors and members are making the most of their hardware budgets. After personnel, equipment is often the second largest expense for an IT department.

Tags: cost control - risk mgmt., equipment, hand, money

[16 May 2006]

Indiana Public Schools Provide Students With Individual Access to Intel Processor-Based Desktops to Enhance Learning and Build Life Skills

whitepaper At the beginning of 2004, in order to implement one of its new projects, Infobolsa needed the ability to handle 2000 messages per second and storage capacity of 6 GB per day in order to guarantee real-time content availability to its customers.

Tags: blade, blade server, capacity, clients

[05 May 2006]

Capgemini Case Study: La Federation Continentale

whitepaper La Federation Continentale is a life insurance company and animates the indirect distribution of independent insurance brokers all over France. The first one was entirely based on Siebel's rapid technology implementation, the second was the...

Tags: insurance, crm, siebel, capgemini

[26 Apr 2006]

Wireless: Coming Next to a Handset Near You

whitepaper As Wireless pervades nearly every aspect of life, there are two principal trends which impact higher education. Second, campuses have thought of wireless access as something to be brought to a building or exterior contiguous space.

Tags: generation, education, lans, life

[21 Feb 2006]

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