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Reducing the Complexity of Sub-Band ADPCM Coding to Enable High-Quality Audio Streaming From Mobile Devices

The number of consumer audio applications demanding high quality audio compression and communication across wireless networks continues to grow. Although the consumer is increasingly demanding higher audio quality, devices such as portable media players and wireless headsets also demand low computational complexity, low power dissipation and practical transmission bit-rates to...

Tags: Complexity, Mobile, Mobile Device, APTX, Media Players, Wi-Fi, Digital Music, Wireless And Mobility, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2009-09-29

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

MSDN Webcast: Coping With Complexity: Best Practices for User Experience Design (Level 200)

One of the design principles for great user experience is that a user interface should feature as much as necessary and as little as possible. Why? Because software applications and Web sites have become more complex and a lot of this complexity is passed onto the user interface. It is...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Complexity, Best Practice, Channel Management, Marketing

Webcasts 2009-07-08

Model Driven Development - A Model Driven Approach to Software Development for Systems

The embedded marketplace for developers has undertaken a radical upheaval, driven by economic and technical forces that are unyielding and destined to change the embedded landscape. Profound changes can be seen in COTS availability, new bus architectures; high speed interconnects and design complexities. These in return are causing a "Ripple-down"...

Tags: Software, Complexity, IBM Corp., Model-Driven Development, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software/Web Development, Management

Webcasts 2008-11-20

Separation of Distributed Real-Time Embedded Concerns With Theme/UML

Model-Driven Engineering MDE addresses plat-form complexity by abstracting platform-independent models for subsequent transformation to platform-specific models. This facilitates the design of a single system model and the subsequent generation of multiple model transformations targeted towards specific platforms. However, the increasing complexity of Distributed Real-time Embedded DRE systems complicates the development...

Tags: Complexity, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2008-08-01

Controlling Software Complexity: The Business Case for Static Source Code Analysis

Because of the increasing role software plays in almost every facet of our lives and businesses, developers are under constant pressure to perform. They are challenged to deliver increasingly advanced applications on stringent timetables. Compound this with the growing complexity of applications themselves, add distributed or outsourced development teams, and...

Tags: Business Case, Software, Complexity, Coverity, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2007-11-01

Complexity and false hope

It's hard to simplify complexity. Sometimes, this painful reality causes managers to grasp at straws and wallow in denial, seeking the allure of easy, yet ultimately pointless, solutions. The following Geek and Poke cartoon precisely captures this unfortunate, yet all too common, phenomenon: ...

Tags: Complexity, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-10-27

Complexity sucks...Simplicity rocks

Want to skillfully avoid IT project failure? Then simplify. IT failures are often accompanied by a complex set of organizational, political, and technical dynamics. When conflicting agendas and lack of consensus arise out of this complexity, the project is at risk. In fact, unless this complexity is...

Tags: Complexity, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-10-27

Integrien deepens analytics, betters interop and userability in Q4's Alive 6.0 release

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Integrien Corp. The movement of IT and systems management to the end-to-end business service value level has been a long time in coming. Yet the need has never been higher. Enterprises and on-demand application providers alike need to predict...

Tags: Complexity, Performance, Analytics, Systems Management, Integrien, Run Book, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Planning, It Services, Network Administration, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Networking, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-24

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise

For well over a year now we've seen reports and announcements from a major industry analyst firms and others tracking the movement of Web 2.0 ideas into the enterprise. Gartner, Forrester, McKinsey, and many others have all weighed in on the trends or made recommendations, sometimes cautious and sometimes...

Tags: Software, Web, Web 2.0, Complexity, Product, Tagging, Business, Wikipedia, Enterprise, Syndication, User Experience, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Ever Wonder Why Upgrades Are So Damn Hard?

It’s no secret that every vendor needs its customers to upgrade early and often. While much of this requirement is centered around support costs â€" vendors have trouble banking all those big maintenance bucks they’re earning if they have to support too many older versions of the software â€" long-term...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Complexity, Tool, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2007-08-17

Reference Frame Optimization for Multiple-Path Video Streaming With Complexity Scaling

Recent video coding standards such as H.264 offer the flexibility to select reference frames during motion estimation for predicted frames. This paper studies the optimization problem of jointly selecting the best set of reference frames and their associated transport QoS levels in a multipath streaming setting. The application of traditional...

Tags: Complexity, Optimization, Engineering

White papers 2007-06-01

Advanced PROC REPORT: Doing More in the Compute Block

One of the unique features of the REPORT procedure is the Compute Block. This PROC step tool allows the use of most DATA step statements, logic, and functions, and through the use of the compute block one can modify existing columns, create new columns, write text, and more! This provides...

Tags: Complexity, SAS Institute

White papers 2007-05-14

Managing complexity & achieving security

Securing networks from the outside are a prime concern in the business world. However, Rob Meinhardt of KACE explains how complexities inside the network also can pose a major problem for organizations.

Tags: Complexity, Network, Networking, security

Whiteboards 2006-04-06

Complexity 0.5.2 (Mac)

Complexity is a simple mac os x cocoa application. it calculates the prime factors of a positive integer the user specifies. Complexity is part of a bigger upcoming mathematical program suite. Complexity v0.5.2 is still a beta product. you are encouraged to send feedback, bug reports and comments to: stupidfish23@mac.com.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Complexity, stupidFish Programming, Development Tools, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2002-03-14

Additional Resources

Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Seamless Communication: Simplicity, Efficiency, and Transparency Achieved Through Integrated Wireline and Wireless Services

Reduce costs, minimize complexity and improve worker productivity by integrating your wireline and wireless services. Respected consulting firm IDC examines the benefits, challenges and the choices available today that will allow you to successfully bridge your wireless and wireline services. Find out how you can simplify...

Tags: Sprint Communications, Worker, Wireless Service, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-11-20

MSI Factory 2.1.1009.0 (Windows)

MSI Factory is the first visual setup builder to fully leverage Microsoft's next generation Windows Installer XML WiX compiler technology for creating 100% pure MSI format installer packages in a faster and more intuitive way. What makes MSI Factory different is our unique file-centered design view. Software developers aren't forced...

Tags: Microsoft Indigo, Compiler, Microsoft Windows, Indigo Rose Software, MSI Factory, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Users should be smug, and why the Apple iPhone makes you feel smarter

Manufacturers build complexity into their gadgets, but few take pains to hide it -- leaving users confused, bewildered and angry. Why? by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Manufacturing, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Easy File Editor 2.3.6 (Windows)

Automatically edits any number of files chosen by a user-supplied list, searches the plain text or regular expressions, maintains the data stack of what was found so far and allows composing new data from it. Files can be modified and renamed using all available data pieces. This program is good...

Tags: Easy File Editor, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-19