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- Allied Aerospace, a Manufacturer of Wind Tunnel Models and Other Flight Systems, Uses NX to Shrink Cycle Times
- Allied Aerospace is the only non-government entity in the world that operates wind tunnel test facilities capable of simulating everything from sea level static and low subsonic speeds to tri-sonic (just below hypersonic, or orbital) speed. Allied Aerospace is constantly looking for productivity enhancements to meet demands for faster turnaround....
- Tags: Siemens AG, Aerospace, Allied Aerospace, CAD, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Software, Manufacturing, Management
- Case studies 2007-01-01
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- Oracle catches another minnow; Buys Primavera
- Oracle said Wednesday that it is acquiring Primavera Software, which makes project portfolio management software. The purchase of Primavera--terms weren't disclosed statement--highlights how Oracle is content to acquire smaller firms instead of big bang purchases like BEA at the moment. On Oct. 1, Oracle...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Project Portfolio Management, PPM, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?This is not new ....... I worked on the project that was supposed to repair the Hubble, which was adapted from another "robotic satellite repair" project.In the end of the day, the cost of development and execution turned out to be more than double...
- Tags: Robots, Network technology, satellite, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- Nanotechnology-based flexible actuators
- In 'Nanotube paper flexes on demand,' nanotechweb.org reports that French researchers are using multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNTs reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol PVA to develop ultra-lightweight actuators for aerospace applications. The scientists have developed a paper-like sheet which bends when the material is electrically stimulated. As said one of the lead...
- Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Polymer, Aerospace, PVA, Membrane Filtration, Nanotechnology, Aerospace & Defense, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Honeywell Strengthens Security, Improves Efficiency With New Productivity Software
- Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International, manufactures and provides integrated avionics, engines, systems, and services to the global aerospace industry. In an effort to further strengthen security and ease maintenance and support, the company is deploying a standardized set of applications to each employee's computer. To take advantage of...
- Tags: Software, Security, Honeywell International Inc., Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush
- Does Joe Biden have more in common with Metallica's Lars Ulrich than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? CNET colleague Declan McCullagh has a superb analysis of Dem. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has an interesting (read: depressing) voting history when it comes to tech issues. ...
- Tags: George W. Bush, Declan McCullagh, Digital-rights Management, Presidential Candidate, RIAA, Vice, Encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Federal Government, Professional Development, Peer To Peer (P2P), Security, Government, Career, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista
- The Linux computing crowd smells blood and wants to make a run at Microsoft's Vista operating system. Coinciding with LinuxWorld, IBM, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat issued a joint statement promising "Microsoft free" desktops across the globe. I doubt it...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Predictive markets: Can they work for the enterprise?
- Predictive markets: Can they work for the enterprise?"questions may not crafted well ..."This is the nub of it. The question in 'real' markets is simple and has a quantitative answer: "what is the right price for this?"The question in derivatives markets is more complex, but still allied to cold, hard...
- Tags: Predictive Market
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Green light for hacker's extradition
- Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Green Light, extradition, hacker
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Green light for hacker's extradition
- The British hacker who broke into thousands of Pentagon and U.S. government computers may soon be extradited to the U.S. Britain's top court, the British House of Lords, refused to block the extradition Wednesday, according to an AP report. U.S. officials say he broke into military networks,...
- Tags: Network, European Court, Hacker, Computer, Intrusion, McKinnon, McKinnnon, Productivity, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls
- Seeing as how patent reform has died on the vine, several tech and telecom companies are taking matters into their own hands, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scared by the NTP v Research in Motion case, in which the BlackBerry maker came perilously close to folding...
- Tags: Patent, Troll, NTP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...
- Tags: Tech Giants, patent troll, patent, software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass
- Verizon, Google, Cisco, Ericsson and HP are joining a group designed to buy up intellectual property before other parties acquire it to launch lawsuits. The Wall Street Journal is reporting this group of tech giants--dubbed Allied Security Trust--is designed to thwart patent trolls and prevent stand-offs like...
- Tags: Patent Troll, Allied Security Trust Effort, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- UAVs will study Californian smog
- The California Energy Commission is funding a research effort named CAPPS, short for California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study. CAPPS will use autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles AUAVs to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds over Southern California. The goal is to study smog and its consequences as...
- Tags: Southern California, Researcher, Pollution, Aircraft, Global Warming, UAV, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Aerospace Firm Moves From Mainframe to Microsoft SQL Server, Saves Time and Money
- L-3 Vertex Aerospace has more than 11,000 staff at 300 locations around the world to service 3,500 aircraft, including 89 distinct types, primarily for the U.S. government. Bidding on new contracts requires drawing on millions of rows of accounting and inventory data, which had been stored on an IBM 3090...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, L-3 Vertex Aerospace, Mainframes, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcement
- Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcementYeah, a BIG surprise to me too!Esp. when you overhear last weekend conversations that they're 'hangin in there' at Sat. morning soccer games Moms will talk and talk in Ashburn... Leak, lose-lips or freedom of speech - whatever. Move...
- Tags: America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft
- As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...
- Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Battle Of Tiles (exe)
- Battle Of Tiles is a turn based fantasy simulation role playing game SRPG. You can handle large party (up to 70 tiles) very easily with the auto battle system. Buy the enemy tiles, arrange battle formation and raise the allied tiles! - You can have up to 70 tiles in...
- Tags: Tile, Bimboosoft
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?
- Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer?You're so funnyFor such a doomed company, their stocks are soaring higher than ever."only works when you can eat or harm other companies"Same for Google : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_acquisitionsFor such an un-innovative company, I guess you've never seen Live Image and Video...
- Tags: Branding, Financial accounting, strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Promises, promises: A look at Waste Management's case against SAP
- Waste Management's lawsuit against SAP for a "complete failure" of a $100 million software implementation boils down to promises. What did SAP promise Waste Management? And how much responsibility does Waste Management bear for believing those promises? As background, news surfaced last week that Waste Management filed...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, Waste Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
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