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- Atlantica (zip)
- My newest Jedi Academy map. Its main focus during original design was actually a small clan project but eventually it developed into a full-scale highly interactive map. The hidden Jedi enclave of Atlantica, on the planet of Mon Calamari, in the polar ice caps. Contains many interactive features including:Doc Ock...
- Tags: challenge, szico studios, virtual reality, workforce management, training and certification, emerging technologies, human resources
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Dress Shop Hop (exe)
- Help Bobbi make cool custom clothes! Featuring the desire to find that perfect outfit every time, Dress Shop Hop incorporates the plate-spinning fun of the Diner Dash series with the added challenge of using a set of wacky machines to make the exact clothing match. It's a fast-paced challenge to...
- Tags: Challenge
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- ERP & Lean
- The printing and packaging industry is facing a number of challenges which threaten the very existence of many well-established companies. Historically, the industry has been extremely cost conscious, priced its products based on a cost-plus philosophy, and has been slow to adopt new concepts and technologies, such as Lean Manufacturing...
- Tags: Industry, Challenge, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Roi/Tco, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Economist Intelligence Unit: Enterprise knowledge workers: Understanding risks and opportunities
- In this new information technology IT-enabled enterprise environment, workers manage and have access to a broad range of unstructured information and data. Although this creates new opportunities for the enterprise, it also poses new challenges and risks. This paper examines the nature of collaboration-intensive knowledge work, the challenges posed by...
- Tags: Risk, Challenge, SAP AG, Worker, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-11-09
- Running Scientific Data Centers: Five Underappreciated Challenges
- As data centers strive to add computational resources to meet the demands of their High Productivity Computing HPC applications, they encounter challenges that go well beyond their basic constraints. Tabor Research believes there are five primary challenges that are frequently underappreciated at the time of system acquisition, leading to inefficiencies...
- Tags: Data Center, Challenge, Tabor Communications, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-11-06
- Designing and Building Custom Machinery 50 Percent Faster: PCC Olofsson Meets Competitive Challenges With the Power of 3D Solid Modeling
- PCC Olofsson has built a reputation as an industry leader by successfully serving some of the most demanding customers in manufacturing, such as in the automobile industry. PCC Olofsson wanted to respond to competitors that quickly alter standard machines and meet the challenge of ever accelerating delivery schedules. The challenge...
- Tags: 3D, Siemens AG, Challenge, PCC Olofsson, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- An Executive Guide to Corporate Defence Management (CDM)
- In these changing times the constantly evolving challenges facing corporations are giving rise to ongoing turbulence in the corporate world, and there are indications of ominous times ahead. Defending a corporation requires far more than simply concentrating on security or legal defence, to help ensure survival contemporary corporate defence requires...
- Tags: Corporation, Challenge, Corporate Defence Management, Security
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Shangri La (exe)
- In this unique challenge, remove letter tiles from the screen by forming words. As you solve each puzzle, you'll unlock new doors and new challenges. Featuring a delightful storyline, 48 brain-bending levels, and gorgeous full screen graphics, Shangri La is a wonderful addition to any word game library.
- Tags: Challenge, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-08-01
- BMC Software IT Systems Management Express: Meeting Challenges in the Midsize Enterprise
- Midsize organizations face even greater challenges in managing end-user support than large enterprises. Certainly budget is a perennial challenge, but smaller IT shops may not be aware of the challenges coming in the next years that are associated with ensuring system stability, tying IT requirements to business unit requirements, and...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, Challenge, Systems Management, It Management, Strategy, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Mei's Cube Puzzles (exe)
- Looking for an educational, non violent game for your kids. A new challenge for yourself. Cube Puzzles are the answer. A beautifully designed selection of different kinds and levels of Cube Puzzles, on your computer. These puzzles are about to present you with a totally new challenge. They're simple, very...
- Tags: Challenge, MYCP, Mei, Cube Puzzles, Games, Productivity, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-02-02
- Mad Tracks demo (exe)
- Mad Tracks' is an arcade car game based on pull-back friction propulsion. It features numerous modes and challenges. Mad Tracks players battle in numerous challenges like races (Weakest Link, Red Light, Roller Coaster...) or mini games (snooker, table soccer, long jump, croquet, bowling, darts...). Once you master the art of...
- Tags: Challenge, Mad Tracks, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-01-12
- A Quantitative and Analytical Approach to Server Consolidation
- Over the past 20 years the IT infrastructures of most organizations have moved away from a reliance on centralized computing power toward distributed systems. While the benefits of a distributed approach are numerous and well understood, the associated management challenges are yet to be mastered. A significant part of the...
- Tags: Challenge, Server Consolidation, Asset Management, Servers, Hardware, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Ski Racing 2006 demo (zip)
- Ski Racing 2006 fulfills the expectations of both action-loving gaming freaks and simulation fans, who can expect the best in realism and authenticity. With stunning graphics, exactly reproduced tracks, and the involvement of 19 real athletes, the fun of racing and the challenge of World Cup competition has never been...
- Tags: Challenge, Ski Racing 2006, Professional Development, Games, Career, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2005-11-16
- Container-Free Testing With Mockrunner
- Unit testing is an essential practice for anyone seeking to develop better-designed, higher quality software. Testing the individual objects that make up the system provides a user with a much higher degree of confidence in both the design and general quality of the application. However, testing objects in isolation often...
- Tags: Challenge, Object, J2Ee, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software
- White papers 2005-09-13
- Six Challenges in Supporting End-User Debugging
- This paper summarizes six challenges in end-user programming that can impact the debugging efforts of end users. These challenges have been derived through the authors' experiences and empirical investigation of interactive fault localization techniques in the spreadsheet paradigm. Their contributions reveal several insights into debugging techniques for end-user programmers, particularly...
- Tags: Technique, Challenge, Association For Computing Machinery, Spreadsheet, Productivity, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-05-21
- WebCentral Case Study: Education Queensland
- Education Queensland delivers high quality education to more than 70% of all Queensland school students and ensures that the State's school system is well-positioned to meet the challenges of the future. One such challenge was the need to improve the management of user identities to enable a 'whole of life'...
- Tags: Education, Challenge, Queensland, Education Queensland
- Case studies
- Adopting ITIL for IT Service Management
- A Fortune 500 global financial institution with customers in over 150 countries was faced with multiple challenges in their IT service management processes due to lack of structure and miscommunications. The bank knew it needed to bring in a partner who understood that a real plan with a clear method...
- Tags: Information Technology, Challenge, Financial Company, ITIL, Service Level Management, It Services, Business Structures, Process Improvement, Financial Services, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Finance, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Dell Inspiron Mini 9
- We've known for some time that Dell was working on a Netbook-style laptop--the same kind of small, low-power, inexpensive system made popular by Asus and the Eee PC line. And even though there are not many surprises in the new Inspiron Mini 9, it's still an excellent example of the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Netbooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, Intel Corp., Mini 9
- Product reviews 2008-09-05
- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight
- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight
- Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, Chrome, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Suzanne Tindal ZDNet Australia, Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Flash, Google
- News items 2008-09-05
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