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- Axmedis PDA Player (zip)
- A PDA player for AXMEDIS/MPEG-21 cross media content. It allows to play AXMEDIS content with inside any kind of image, audio, video, animations and also MPEG-4, HTML and SMIL. It has been developed for Windows Mobile 5 and 6. The pack also contains a set of AXMEDIS demostrative objects. In...
- Tags: Consortium, PDAs, Handhelds, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-07
- 3D-Xplormath-J (jar)
- 3D-XplorMath-J is a mathematical visualization application, i.e., a computer program for seeing and experimenting with a wide variety of mathematical objects or exhibits. A good way to conceptualize the program is as a Virtual Mathematical Museum that is an implementation in software of the collections of physical models of surfaces,...
- Tags: Consortium, 3D-Xplormath-J, Productivity, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-02-18
- AXMEDIS ActiveX and DotNet Players (exe)
- This installer provides two players for AXMEDIS MPEG-21 Cross-media Contents player for PC. The player skin can be customized according each one preferences and styles. Cache package contains AXMEDIS MPEG-21 demonstrative contents as well. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Player, Consortium, ActiveX, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-02-13
- With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards
- With so many tech vendors claiming their solutions to be green and looking for a leg up with customers wanting to be more power efficient with everything from their servers right up to their entire datacenters, one big problem in the industry is a lack of standards on how "green"...
- Tags: Data Center, Consortium, Grid, Standards, Organization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- 'Corner office' vs. 'ground floor' SOA
- ZDNet colleague Dana Gardner points out that "when the hype curve descends, advocacy takes over." That's what is happening with SOA as of late, as evidenced by the emergence of the SOA Consortium, which includes large enterprises and vendors on its membership roles.SOA Consortium Executive Director Richard Soley wants to...
- Tags: Vendor Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- SOA Insights analysts delve into SOA consortium's advocacy objectives with OMG CEO Richard Soley
- Read a full transcript of the discussion.When the hype curve descends, advocacy takes over. And so it is with the SOA Consortium, formed earlier this year to establish SOA as a business productivity benefit and to glean proven adoption paths and proof-points from primarily end-users and enterprises. The advocacy group's...
- Tags: Agile Development, IT Management, ITIL, Podcasts, SOA, SOA architect, Software Development, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- MA website sloppiness excludes blind users
- Blind people of Boston and their advocates are accusing the state government of not doing enough to make online budget information accessible to the visually impaired, reports the Boston Herald. Graphs, charts and other online devices that highlight the governors $26 billion budget plan arent any use to the...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Microsoft to launch new consortium aimed at Oracle users
- Microsoft plans to announce on February 26 the formation of a new group designed to focus on the needs of joint Microsoft and Oracle customers. According to Microsoft estimates, there are thousands of customers who use both Oracle and Microsoft technologies. The newly minted "Microsoft Technology Consortium...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, Corporate strategy, Office, SharePoint Server, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Latency Comparison Between HyperTransport and PCI-Express in Communications Systems
- Communication systems with real-time performance and ultra low latency have the potential to transform user experiences and create new business opportunities for network operators and service providers. From faster and more responsive games to converged voice, video and data services, communication systems will be the vehicle for new revenue streams...
- Tags: Consortium, HyperTransport, PCI Express, Chip-to-chip, Telephony, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-10-24
- Led by Harvard, Boston consortium launches job search site
- In collegiately dense Boston, colleges and universities are teaming up to fill open positions through a consortium website, the Boston Globe reports. The New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium is free to job seekers and includes opening for everyone from faculty to doctors, lab techs, administrators...
- Tags: Harvard University, consortium
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
- An Assured Environment for Collaborative Engineering Using Web Services
- This paper describes an application of the TrustCoM environment to support secure contract based collaboration between companies using managed web services. The application scenario describes a consortium of engineering companies that seek to upgrade a customer's fleet of aircraft to provide in-flight internet capabilities. The environment supports the consortium to...
- Tags: Web, Environment, Consortium, Web Service, Application Scenario, Internet
- White papers 2006-07-03
- 'Space-cooled' jackets down to Earth
- Several technologies used to design the space suits protecting astronauts are now being adapted to protect workers facing extremely hot and dangerous conditions. According to the European Space Agency ESA, these 'space-cooled' jackets are using three different technologies: special 3D-textile structure, cooling apparatus derived from astronauts' suits, and a special...
- Tags: 3D-textile structure, consortium, 3D-textile, Safe&Cool Project
- Blog posts 2006-03-04
- Spray-on computers
- Back in August 2003, I told you that spray-on nanocomputers were coming. Last week, the Discovery Channel gave us an update on this project of the Speckled Computing consortium, a collaboration between researchers from several universities in the U.K. They are building the Specknet, a network of small computers (5...
- Tags: sensor, Speckled Computing consortium, aura.The Specknet
- Blog posts 2005-11-28
- Slowly, telework making strides in DC suburb
- Telework is making headway in Virginia's Loudon County, a suburb of Washington that suffers from major commuting gridlock, according to the Washington Post. County officials are using software provided by the Telework Consortium, a nonprofit organization with a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Dept. ...
- Tags: Loudon County, consortium, Telework Consortium
- Blog posts 2005-08-24
- Globus Toolkit 4.0
- The Globus Consortium unleashed the version 4.0 of the Globus Toolkit (GT4), which is a key component for accelerating the adoption of enterprise-class grids. Developed by the Globus Alliance, the open source GT4 is the latest iteration rendered from a decade of development. The main enhancement from version 3.0...
- Tags: GT4
- Blog posts 2005-05-02
- An Introduction to the Network Centric Operations Industry consortium (NCOIC)
- The United States Department of Defense DoD is reacting to the challenges of the changing threats to American and allied security with a determination to change the culture of both the military establishment and the supplier community to address this new, largely asymmetric threat environment. The resulting NCO-enabled effort, cumulatively...
- Tags: Network, Consortium, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Defense, Channel Management, Networking, Marketing
- White papers 2005-03-01
- The Holy Grid cometh
- Ian Foster is one of rock stars if there is such a thing of grid computing. For the last decade, Foster-- Associate Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory and the Arthur Holly Compton Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago--and his cohorts...
- Tags: Foster, Globus Toolkit, grid computing
- Blog posts 2005-01-23
- The Linux Core consortium: Second time is a charm?
- A few thoughts on the recently-announced Linux Core Consortium LCC. Providing that none of the members of the LCC go rabidly litigious and anti-Linux, as SCO did shortly after joining the UnitedLinux effort, the LCC has a fair shot at long-term influence. It's encouraging that the group includes vendors that...
- Tags: Linux, Linux Core Consortium, consortium
- Blog posts 2004-11-18
- Sarbanes Oxley 404/409: Seven Things You Need to Know About IT Controls
- When sections 404 and 409 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 were written, they were originally designed to encompass financial controls only. Kept well within the realm of the internal audit staff, the rules were designed to ensure the accuracy of the financial reporting at each month end. What...
- Tags: Financial Reporting, Audit, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Consortium, Financial Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Planning, Finance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2004-10-13
- Global Integration Framework
- The discipline of managing information technology as a profession has advanced significantly in recent decades by a number of key movements in the development of best practices. The SEI has its CMM, the PMI has developed the PMBOK, and the OGC has brought forward ITIL. Each of these organizations, and...
- Tags: GIF, Consortium, Software Engineering Institute, Best Practice, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), ITIL, Software Development, Software/Web Development, It Services
- White papers 2004-08-29
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