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- CIM
- (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM.
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- Customer Information Manager (zip)
- CIM is the professional management system for Customer Support, Call Center, and Help Desk. Allows you to add call logging, customer details, product details, and backup system. Provide concurrent users so that application can install more then one computer. Customize reports are also available, you can email to customer service...
- Tags: Detail, CIM, Help Desk, Call Centers, Backups, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), E-mail, Product Marketing, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-03-24
Additional Resources
- BOE Saves US$1 Million in Hardware Costs Through More Efficient Resource Utilization
- Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. BOE wanted to monitor six database systems underlying the Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM system and support continuous operation of the LCD production line as well as make better use of existing hardware to avoid excessive investment in new resources to run applications and databases....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Resource Utilization, BOE, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- CAD/cim and the SAB software selection
- CAD/CIM and the SAB software selectionSun RaysIf Sun Rays offer good OpenGL performance then I don't see why they couldn't be used. A lot of CAD/CAM work is all Unix based anyway, and sticking a Unix workstation of every desk is expensive. Also, some of the software may...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., SAB Software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- CAD/cim and the SAB software selection
- This is a guest column by frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht. It's part of the SAB software discussion and represents exactly what I'd hoped to spawn with this whole imaginary company business: an interesting dialogue. That said, here's Erik: Innovative information technology can be a critical means for...
- Tags: Software, Core Competency, Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Product, Manufacturing, SAB, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soon
- Industry executives are downplaying concerns about a growing schism between rival open source virtualization factions but a market battle between Xen and KVM appears increasingly likely, and imminent. At the San Francisco, Calif. conference this week, Qumranet, a Santa Clara, Calif-based commercial startup that funds KVM, told ZDNet that the company's first...
- Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Xen, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- Best Practices for Installation of Microsoft Windows on Dell Servers With Broadcom NetXtreme Devices
- Broadcom drivers on Dell PowerEdge servers support both the NetXtreme and the NetXtreme II family of adapters. The device drivers for the two device families are very different in their architecture, but both devices are supported by common management applications such as the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite BACS, SNMP, and...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Broadcom Corp., Window, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Dell Server, Servers, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-12
- TeleSpectrum Improves IT Service Management Efficiencies With Remedy
- TeleSpectrum is one of the largest providers of customer interaction management CIM services in North America. TeleSpectrum's help desk was using an internally developed ticket tracking system that had not kept pace with the company's business needs. Built on an Access database, it was cumbersome to use, and modifications required...
- Tags: IT Management, Databases, Remedy Corp., BMC Software Inc., help desk, database
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI): Support for the Common Information Model
- Dell OpenManage Systems Management products can play a significant role in managing costs throughout the life cycle of a networked client computer. The core of Dell's client management capabilities is provided through the Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation OMCI software agent. Using standard interfaces, OMCI exposes key system parameters that enable...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell OpenManage, Real Estate, Roi/Tco, Business Operations, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Agentless Management of Windows Infrastructure White Paper: How HP Storage Essentials Provide Non-Invasive Management of Windows Based Servers
- HP Storage Essentials, the industry's leading storage area management solution, is built using open industry standards such as CIM, and takes advantage of WMI in Windows environments to deliver comprehensive management of applications, servers, storage network components, and direct attached storage DAS, network-attached storage NAS, and storage area network SAN...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Management of Mainframes and Unsupported Hosts: How HP Storage Essentials Provides Non-Invasive Support for Mainframes and Hosts Without cim Extensions
- The enterprise IT organization is responsible for delivering and maintaining the infrastructure and services that enable businesses to compete effectively and respond quickly to changing market requirements. Most enterprises have experienced fast-paced growth of storage capacity. The range of storage area network SAN and network attached storage NAS products offered...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mainframe, Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Hardware
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Dell claims an A on blade strategy report card
- Dell claims an A on blade strategy report cardDid you look at their management software?Dell may have cheap hardware, but they are significantly behind their competitors in management software. They seem to have figured out they need to make strides in the 'Enterprise' arena, but they have a...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, strategy, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Dell Computer Corp., blade
- Discussion threads 2005-07-06
- Importance of an Open System Architecture in the Semiconductor Industry
- The semiconductor industry has historically been an extremely dynamic, high-growth industry, with new device technologies being brought to market every day. That environment has prompted the rapid emergence and maturation of many application-specific processing tools and software solutions to meet manufacturing and time-to-market requirements. This paper describes the underlying architecture...
- Tags: System Architecture, Northrop Grumman Corp., Semiconductor Industry, Semiconductors, Hardware
- White papers 2004-09-22
- Simple SAN
- Learn how you can centralize the management of your storage resources with new open storage-area network SAN management software, so administrators can view and manage the entire environment from a "single pane of glass." You can reduce complexity and total cost of ownership TCO by implementing the first open, CIM-compliant...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., SAN, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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- Windows Management Instrumentation and Simple Network Management Protocol
- The Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation WMI technology is the Microsoft implementation of the Distributed Management Task Force DMTF Web-Based Enterprise Management WBEM initiative that extends the Common Information Model CIM to represent management objects in Windows-based management environments. The CIM, also a DMTF standard, is an extensible data model for...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., SNMP, WMI, Network Administration, Networking
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