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City University London Builds High-Performance, Low-Cost, Scalable Infrastructure With One-Stop Support

The City University London wanted to build an infrastructure capable of scaling to provide 24/7 access for thousands of simultaneous users to CitySpace, City's online learning solution and most business-critical application. The challenge was to improve user response times and significantly reduce risk of downtime while lowering technology cost of...

Tags: Oracle Corp., City University, Online Learning, High-performance, City University London, E-learning, Training And Certification, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

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University uses WiMAX to become dedicated student ISP's

Northern Michigan University NMU has taken a bold step in converting their standard wireless infrastrure to WiMAX, a wireless Internet technology which makes ordinary Wi-Fi look like chalk on slate in comparison. WiMax in a nutshell uses airwave bandwidth beyond that of ordinary wireless networks and covers vast areas....

Tags: Network, Broadband, University Corp., Wireless, Northern Michigan University, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Q'n'A: Keeping the conversations flowing

I consider this blog not only to be a public facing view of my work and writings, but a mini-community. A symposium if you will, as I'm sure most of you guys wouldn't mind buying me a pint and sitting down to discuss many-a-topic I write. I...

Tags: Security, Research In Motion Ltd., Surveillance Camera, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-24

University students sends city of Canterbury to the dial-up age

With three universities, two colleges and multiple schools all arriving back at their desks at the same point in time, especially the migration of students flocking back to the city, has left my home, the historic city of Canterbury, with crawling broadband speeds. I don't often write...

Tags: Network, Student, Broadband, University Student, Canterbury, UKC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Chilling data from the Arctic

Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...

Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Modeling urban road networks

According to New Scientist, two physicists from France and the U.S. have developed a simple mathematical model which shows how urban road networks evolve. Their model shows that urban street patterns and leaf pattern formation follow similar rules. The researchers validated their theoretical model by analyzing real road networks in...

Tags: Network, Modeling, Road Network, Transportation, Research & Development, Networking, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-26

Urban food deserts in major cities

Canadian researchers at the University of Western Ontario have studied the evolution of food deserts in urban areas. Food deserts are areas where people have low or no access to food shops. In other words, they are neighburhoods with low average home incomes and poor access to healthy food. As...

Tags: Supermarket, Food, Food Desert, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Cruising in our cities

If you drive a car in many European cities, I bet you're not always happy to see the traffic lights stopping you. And you're not alone: environmentalists agree with you -- but for other reasons. As traffic flows account for about one-third of global energy consumption, better control systems for...

Tags: Network, Traffic Light, Transportation, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-18

British motorists face spy-in-sky monitoring

British motorists face spy-in-sky monitoringStick or carrot?The lack of vision being shown, can only be explained by an ulterior agenda.While the technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and is capable today of these "solutions", the question of rollout coverage needs addressing. For example, what do you do with foreign...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Benefits, motorist, monitoring

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Lonelygirl15 spinoff to be exclusive on Bebo

The production team behind Lonelygirl15, the video blog of 15 year-old Bree, that turned out to be a fake, are to launch a spinoff called "KateModern" which will be premiere exclusively on the social networking site, Bebo.From the press release:"KateModern" will expand from the original storyline to that of a...

Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, Bebo

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Picking the energy of crowds

When we walk, we produce energy which disappears into the ground. Would it be possible to harvest this wasted energy? According to Discovery News, an architectural firm in the UK wants to use crowds as a source of renewable energy. So far, the company is working on various projects with...

Tags: Claire

Blog posts 2006-06-28

Big brains for the police

Big brains for the policeSounds goodexcept if you ignore the results! This type of system has been used at US border crossings for years, and when stolen cars are driven into Mexico - they are let through! I was astonished to read about this! I don't remember the reason given,...

Tags: Big Brain

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

Negotiators clear hurdles to Net summit

Negotiators clear hurdles to Net summitTypical UN...What we need here is another committee, all in favor say aye.Huh? Ok, all in favor of forming a committee to study what sort of committe we need say aye.Huh? Ok, who wants to debate forming a committee to study forming the...

Tags: SECURITY, F-root server, Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-12-08

HP Makes It a Happy New Year for London's City University

The start of a new academic year should be an exciting event but for City University, London, it could be stressful and frustrating. The teaching process was often brought to a halt when increasing demand caused failures in the university's PC environment for students. To rectify the problems, the university's...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., City University, Environment, Servers, Hardware

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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Drives Efficiencies Through Innovative Technology

One of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in England, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides general and emergency services to Hackney and the City of London as well as specialist care in key disciplines. The trust wanted to streamline and automate financial management and purchasing. The challenge was...

Tags: Hospital, Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance

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