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Backbone: The part of a network that handles the major traffic. It employs the highest-speed transmission paths in the network and may also run the longest distances. Smaller networks...; Full Backbone Definition >>

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Consolidated Future-Ready IT backbone Integrating Disparate IT Systems and Applications for Cartus Corporation: Cartus' exponential growth and acquisitions brought a large set of heterogeneous applications and systems that needed to be integrated to allow ease of data management and monitoring. Cartus wanted a consolidated system that would have the flexibility to accommodate new applications and IT infrastructure in the future. MindTree Consulting leveraged...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Backbone, Information Technology, Cartus, Strategy, Data Management, Management; Case studies 2008-01-31
911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone: 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone911 - Who Cares !What a silly thing to say !!! The accuracy of 911, or rather the lack of it, has almost nothing to do with the 911 backbone. The nature of the Internet,...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, backbone, Public Safety Act, VoIP; Discussion threads 2007-10-15
911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone: A bill winding through the U.S. Congress would go along way to making E911 calls over VoIP lines more efficient. I am referring to the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act. If passed and signed into law, VoIP providers would be able to obtain direct access to...; Tags: Backbone, Phone, E911, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-13
Microrobots made from heart muscles: We have imagined for a long time that microrobots will be able one day to monitor or repair our biological systems -- but with limited success (check A robot that travels through the body for example). Now, South Korean scientists have built robots small enough to roam the human body...; Tags: Backbone, Robot, Cell, Heart Muscle, PDMS, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-02
Short Clip: Technology is the backbone behind new emergency system: Col. John Hayes, the CIO of the Air Force Reserve Command, explains how a new emergency notification system would use IP and voice networks during a terrorist attack or natural disaster. by Andrew Mager; Tags: Backbone, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Telecommunications, Networking, Business Operations, Government, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-06-05

Partial Topology in an MPR-Based Solution for Wireless OSPF on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Using reduced topology within link state routing has proven to be an efficient way to decrease routing overhead while still providing sufficient route quality. There are various ways to achieve topology reduction, based on different ways to form a backbone in the network - this backbone usually originates from the...; Tags: Backbone, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications; White papers 2007-03-15
University Delivers Credential Synchronization to Heterogeneous Systems, Drives Innovation: American University of Beirut (AUB) is a prestigious Middle Eastern university with a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. The university and its affiliated teaching hospital use a variety of application and operating systems, and the IT staff needed a way to give users easy access to all systems, exchange data...; Tags: Innovation, Backbone, University, Interoperability Backbone, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Leadership, Strategy, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Software, Enterprise Software, Management; Case studies 2007-03-06
White paper: Providing a Messaging backbone for SOA Connectivity: Today, you likely have a disparate, widely distributed, increasingly complex enterprise-computing infrastructure. One that's made of different kinds of systems-located in and managed through different departments and geographic locations. A flexible, robust messaging backbone can enable you to quickly connect new applications and use existing ones cost-effectively, while minimizing risks...; Tags: Backbone, SOA, Messaging, Groupware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-03-01
Implementing Real Time Port Scan Detection for the IP backbone: Port scanning is prevalent in today's Internet and often has malicious intent. Although many algorithms have been proposed for different aspects of the scan detection problem, the paper has seen few system discussions in the literature. Furthermore, the few existing systems are designed for enterprise gateway level Intrusion Detection. Targeting...; Tags: Backbone, IP, Sprint Communications, Choice, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2007-02-06
Nortel Network Case Study: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Optical backbone: Founded in 1899 as Allentown Hospital, today Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN) is one of the largest and oldest teaching facilities in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network recognizes the wealth of new modalities and technology available to support advancements in patient care including PACS (picture archiving...; Tags: Backbone, Digital Imaging, Hospital, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Healthcare, Data Centers, Vertical Industries, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-01-01
Let's put Net neutrality to bed: Engaging the George: George Ou, another blogger here at ZD Net, persists in insisting that the Net neutrality position is deeply flawed. I'm responding to his comments on another post in this new posting because we have, at last, come to the nut of the dispute. The infrastructure works...; Tags: QoS; Blog posts 2006-07-07
The Scottish Crop Research Institute Eradicates Bottlenecks in Its backbone Network by Matching Data-Intensive Applications With Gigabit Performance: Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) is the leading center in the United Kingdom for research on barley, potatoes and soft-fruit crops, as well as temperate, subtropical and tropical crops. Traffic bottlenecks and poor performance on its aging, coax-based Thin Ethernet network infrastructure were impeding the productivity of the Information Technology...; Tags: NETWORKING, backbone, network design, fiber-optics, Intel Corp., network, information technology; Case studies 2006-05-04
Enhanced backbone Net Synthesis for Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: This paper presents an enhanced mobile backbone network topology synthesis algorithm for constructing and maintaining a dynamic backbone structure in mobile wireless ad hoc networks. The scalability and efficiency of backbone-based routing in ad hoc networks depend on the overhead introduced by the formation of a connected backbone network and...; Tags: Algorithm, Backbone, Mobile, Network, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing; White papers 2006-01-18
Converged IP/MPLS backbone Networks for 2G and 3G Voice Services Integration: This paper describes how IP/MPLS technologies support the emerging VoIP infrastructure in mobile networks to facilitate the convergence of 2G and 3G mobile voice services, including the evolution of the VoIP network from the split architecture in 3G Release 4 to the introduction of the IP-enabled media gateway, and how...; Tags: Backbone, Mobile, MPLS, Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., 2G, Integration, 3G, Network Technology, Cellular Phones, Networking, VOIP, Wireless, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2006-01-01
Old software weakening Net's backbone, survey says: Old software weakening Net's backbone, survey saysISPs, get a clue!Most ISPs have severely underpowered and/or misconfigured name servers. This often leads to their clients (business, mostly) setting up their own name server, which *will* make "the internet" seem faster (although if not done right leads to problems laid out in...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, server, Old Software, Internet Service Provider, backbone, survey; Discussion threads 2005-10-25
Construction and Maintenance of a Mobile backbone for Wireless Networks: The paper studies a novel hierarchical wireless networking approach in which some of the nodes are more capable than others. In such networks, the more capable nodes can serve as Mobile Backbone Nodes and provide a backbone over which end-to- end communication can take place. The approach consists of controlling...; Tags: Backbone, Mobile, Network, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Node, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Wireless, Networking; White papers 2005-10-01
Technology backbone Enables Automated Workflow and New Way of Working: The Municipality of Cascais implemented a new technology backbone on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with an intranet and document management and workflow application based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Documents are now generated, distributed and tracked digitally across all municipal departments, and the system is used for all interactions -...; Tags: Backbone, Microsoft Corp., Workflow, Technology Backbone, Documents, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Document Management, Content Management, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Databases, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies 2005-10-01
Evaluation of a Wireless Enterprise backbone Network Architecture: IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology is mainly used as an access network within corporate enterprises. All the WLAN access points are eventually connected to a wired backbone to reach the Internet or enterprise computing resources. The aim of the project discussed in this paper is to expand WLAN into...; Tags: Enterprise Computing, Backbone, Network, WLAN, Network Architecture, Hyacinth, Mesh Networking, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless; White papers 2005-08-17
PrimalDual Based Distributed Algorithms for Vertex Cover With Semi-Hard Capacities: Capacity constraints arise naturally in distributed computing and computer networking. E.g., the scatternet-formation problem of ad hoc Bluetooth networks asks for a small dominating set where each node in the set dominates at most 7 vertices. More generally, a small dominating set can act as the backbone of the routing...; Tags: Algorithm, Backbone, Network, Association For Computing Machinery, Telecommunications, Networking; White papers 2005-07-17
VeriSign to put more backbone into the Net: VeriSign to put more backbone into the NetThey shouldmake it so those DNS servers ONLY work with IPv6! Maybe THAT would be a big enough reason to make the switch.; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, VeriSign Inc., backbone; Discussion threads 2005-05-20