Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Convergence
- (1) The intersection of red, green and blue electron beams on one CRT pixel. Poor convergence decreases resolution and muddies white pixels.
- Full Convergence Definition >>
ZDNet Resources
- Converged Solutions white paper from Stratecast/Frost & Sullivan
- In the communications industry, convergence refers to the integration of communication - voice, video, and data - onto a single (IP-based) network. From convergence, more advanced and efficient means of communication emerge. This paper from Stratecast describes the attributes of a true customer-centric convergence solution. From...
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Convergence, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2008-06-06
- Convergence Analysis of Iteratively Detected Time Hopping and DS-CDMA Ultrawide Bandwidth Systems by EXIT Charts
- This paper presents a novel analysis on the decoding convergence of Time Hopping TH and Direct Sequence DS Code-Division Multiple-Access CDMA Ultrawide Bandwidth UWB systems when communicating over multipath Nakagami channels. The analysis is based on the Extrinsic Information Transfer EXIT chart where the UWB systems are serially concatenated pulse-position...
- Tags: UWB, Analysis, Convergence, Ultrawideband (UWB), Wireless
- White papers 2008-04-15
- Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City
- Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- BPM, SOA, and Web 2.0 Convergence: Business Transformation or Train Wreck
- Government and commercial organizations are driven to accelerate change, being agile enough to quickly adapt to evolving markets, policies, regulations, and business models. While the convergence and maturation of technologies and methodologies provides opportunities for agility and business transformation, this same convergence introduces new questions of risk surrounding security, inefficiencies,...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, BEA Systems Inc., BPM, Business Transformation, SOA, Convergence, VOIP, Mergers & Acquisitions, Benefits, Telecommunications, Networking, Investment, Finance, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-01-01
- The Convergence of Ethernet and Ethernot: A 10-Gigabit Ethernet Perspective
- Off late, a vast number of interconnect technologies such as InfiniBand, Myrinet and Quadrics have been introduced into the System-Area Network SAN environment; the primary driving requirements of this environment being high-performance and a feature-rich interface. Ethernet, on the other hand, is already the ubiquitous technology for Wide-Area Network WAN...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Environment, SAN, Convergence, Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), InfiniBand, Network Technology, WANs, Networking, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- New SSD from Intel points to serious UMPC expansion
- New SSD from Intel points to serious UMPC expansionThis will enable a host of portable deviceThe UMPC/MID market will surely benefit from this. I would just love to carry a thin, 1/2 pound handheld, 5 inch screen that runs the full internet. This helps get us there.It's just a...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), INTERNET, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Intel Corp., boundry, convergence, ARM, ultramobile PC, mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Enterprise Fixed Mobile Convergence: Deploying Dual Mode Devices and Other Options
- Because today's workforce spends much time away from a fixed workspace, the ability to bridge communications between the traditional office desk and the mobile world has become critical for today's IT professional. This webcast discusses about fixed-mobile convergence: what it means, what the benefits are, and how a business can...
- Tags: Mobile, Unified Communications, Convergence, Workforce, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- Enabling Mobility With HP Innovation and the HP Integrity Platform
- The ability and willingness to move or change is about mobility. Mobility is a catalyst for these changes as traditional ways of doing business and divisions across segments - media, network, and device companies - are changing as the industry converges. Lifestyle convergence is apparent to all - the boundaries...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Mobility, Convergence, Lifestyle Convergence, Device Convergence, Network Convergence, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Ethernet: The Drive for Convergence
- Convergence of networking technologies is a long held requirement for IT managers. The benefits gained by having a single infrastructure for data networking, storage networking, and inter-processor communications provide improved Total Cost of Ownership TCO. This is due to the use of common hardware for multiple network traffic types as...
- Tags: Ethernet, Network, QLogic Corp., Convergence, Roi/Tco, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2007-10-22
- Week in review: Where's the Apple iKiller?
- Week in review: Where's the Apple iKiller?iKiller? Not likelyWhen discussing the iKiller one wonders: "why is it so hard to beat Apple?" After all, just a few years ago they were on the brink of keeling over? How come they are now a force to be reckoned with, distinguishing themselves...
- Tags: VOIP, Ther, Apple iKiller, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Microsoft and Nortel Give Customers a Head Start in Communications Convergence
- Companies are looking for ways to improve their communications infrastructure to shorten sales cycles, improve customer service, and drive overall business performance. Responding to this need, Toronto-based Nortel, a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and Microsoft established the Innovative Communications Alliance to help customers move from stand-alone communications methods to unified...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Unified Communications, Data Networking, Microsoft Corp., Systems Integration, Convergence, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Travel and Procurement: The Convergence
- According to a recent Aberdeen Group survey, companies that don't use an integrated travel and entertainment (T&E) expense management service, like Concur Travel & Expense, are falling behind in almost every measure of financial management. Aberdeen refers to these companies as "laggards" and presents figures showing that...
- Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Procurement, Convergence, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Avaya, Cisco, Nortel tech chiefs on enterprise IP telephony apps in the oven
- I'm sitting here in the audience at VoiceCon in San Francisco, checking out the CTO Roundtable.Line-up: Mun Yuen Leong, CTO of Avaya; Phil Edholm, CTO & VP, Enterprise Network Architecture, Nortel, and Hank Lambert, CTO, Cisco.Each are talking about network management-related IP data and voice R&D, what's in the labs,...
- Tags: Telephony, CTO, Mobile, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, IP Telephony, IP, SOA, Cisco Systems Inc., Avaya Inc., Convergence, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- SOA and SaaS convergence points to new market demand for 'integration-as-a-service'
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Cape Clear Software.Take SOA and SaaS to their natural maturation and adding more interoperability and integration into the online services mix becomes inevitable. When standardized services come from a variety of sources, then a variety of means to connect them makes more...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Podcasts, Internet, Enterprise 2.0, datacenters, convergence, Cape Clear, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- PCI Data Security Standard: SSO - Strong Authentication - Physical/Logical Security Convergence
- During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based commerce, as well as a drastic increase in credit and debit card usage in the physical storefront. Despite the best efforts of organizations to protect customer data, consumer fraud and identity theft have hit new...
- Tags: Credit Card, PCI, Debit Card, Single Sign-on, Imprivata, Authentication, Convergence, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Security, Sales
- White papers 2007-07-02
- UPS uses wireless tracking via SMS to extend shipping locations to today's mobile set
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: UPSAs wireless communications technology becomes embedded in the lifestyles of consumers -- led by the younger generations that have always known it -- small businesses are seeking ways to catch the mobile wave.Gaining an advantage with younger shoppers online and off can...
- Tags: Web Technology, Podcasts, Mobile, convergence
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Small and Medium Enterprise Business Communications in the UK
- The term "convergence" is much overused, and applied to many similar but differing scenarios involving various mixes of products, services and technologies. Whatever the benefits, the common factor in most 'convergence' scenarios until recently has been that the market and technology infrastructure has not been there, nor a clear picture...
- Tags: Orange PCS, Small And Medium Enterprise, Convergence, Smb/Sme, VOIP, Benefits, Telecommunications, Networking, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-06-07
- The CDDL example
- The CDDL exampleNow, if we could just replace the GPL with this or the FreeBSD licence...then maybe development would extend from the community to the commercial much further with respect to Linux etc.Communism, sorry, socialism never worked in Mother Russia and it sure doesn't do a damn thing for open...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., convergence, CDDL, GPL, LGPL
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- The story of Web 2.0 and SOA continues - Part 1
- It's nearly the middle of 2007 already and I've had occasion to sit down and look at where Web 2.0 and SOA software models have evolved lately. Partly it's because we're now seeing some of the bigger software companies seriously embrace lightweight SOA recently, and it's also because we're...
- Tags: Ajax, Architecture of Participation, ATOM, Collective Intelligence, Convergence, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Governance, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, REST, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Right To Remix, RSS, SOA, SOAP, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), WS-*
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Sun plans developer-focused, on-demand application grid services
- Before the end of the year, Sun Microsystems will follow the lead of Amazon and Microsoft in providing a "pay as you drink" applications hosting service that provides a lifecycle approach to new web application development and deployment.In addition to announcing JavaFX Script, a lightweight programming language for creating rich...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Sun Microsystems, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SaaS, Open Source, Mobile, Microsoft Live, Java, Internet, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Developer Tools, datacenters, convergence, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
White Papers and Webcasts