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- COTS
- (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) Refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale. See MOTS.
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- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...
- Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Unmanned Vehicle Systems: Leveraging COTS Software
- This paper has illustrated how Oracle Commercial off-The Shelf COTS software, from Oracle, can reduce Unmanned Vehicle System UVS development time, cost and risk. In addition, the Oracle solution provides further value to the developers of UVSs. As an integrated suite from a single vendor, it eliminates much of the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., COTS, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Like to fail? Write custom code.
- Like to fail? Write custom code.Response biasYour conclusion doesn't follow from your data. The data could, for instance, be accounted for by the well-known fact that outsiders are given more respect than internal staff: purchased software, being sunk money, is much more likely to be treated as "good" with...
- Tags: COTS
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- COTS Product Integration: An Architectural Approach - Tips to Maximize the Purchase and Integration of COTS
- Purchasing and integrating a Commercial Off-The-Shelf software COTS product can provide substantial benefits to one's development project. It can also lead to massive cost overruns, user dissatisfaction, and even project cancellation. There is no single "Silver-bullet" that one can apply to ensure that COTS product integration will go well, but...
- Tags: COTS, Integration
- White papers 2006-08-22
- Critical 'Human' Success Factors for Purchasing Commercial Off the Shelf Software (COTS)
- One of the biggest challenges presented by a continually changing business environment is the need to update Information Systems IS to meet the changing needs of an organization. Information systems are key to an organization's success, and effectively managing the replacement process is vital to meeting business requirements. Typically, a...
- Tags: Software, Information System, Selection, COTS, Saint Mary, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Value-Based Processes for COTS-Based Applications
- Economic imperatives are changing the nature of software development processes to reflect both the opportunities and challenges of using COTS products. Processes are increasingly moving away from the time-consuming composition of custom software from lines of code although these processes still apply for developing the COTS products themselves toward assessment,...
- Tags: COTS
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Creating Security for E-Government Services
- This white paper describes the authorities for Federal agency information security, including relevant laws, regulations, guidelines and directives. These include the requirement for agencies to use Commercial Off-The-Shelf COTS security products whenever possible to achieve security of E-Gov information and systems. COTS products help agencies because they are easier to...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Agency, COTS, E-government, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing
- White papers 2004-11-18
- Embedded systems market to grow at 6.27% a year
- VDC indicates that North American and European COTS (commercial, off the shelf) merchant board, system, OS and SW development tools shipments comprised over $2.3 billion in 2003, with a projected Compound Annual Growth Rate CAGR of 6.27% over the period 2003-2008. Shipments of COTS merchant computer boards to these markets...
- Tags: Shipments, COTS
- Blog posts 2004-09-27
- Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System: Supporting Best Business Practices for the Enterprise
- Lockheed Martin has partnered with the United States Navy on a development strategy that includes the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf COTS products, such as PeopleSoft, Business Objects and Oracle. This approach takes advantage of Business Process Re-engineering and continuous process improvement to achieve commercial HR 'best practices.' This enterprise-wide, COTS-based, single...
- Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., COTS, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), It Operations
- White papers 2004-06-14
- Deployable Communication Systems: Bridging the Gap With COTS-Integrated Solutions
- In order to enable Future Force strategies, the U.S. government must take a harder look at current procurement practices and explore even more effective alternatives. By adopting a rapid migration plan for new technologies that integrates commercial off-the-shelf COTS solutions with military-qualified, secure communication components such as NSA Type I...
- Tags: COTS, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Government, Business Operations
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Automatic Synthesis of Coordinators for COTS Group-Ware Applications: An Example
- The coordination of concurrent activities in collaborative environments is a very important and difficult task. Many approaches for the construction of large-scale flexible group-ware applications there exist in the literature. They provide valid support to modelling, analysis and to a white-box developing of coordination protocols for computer supported cooperative applications....
- Tags: Application, COTS, Tools & Techniques, Management
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- Design Strategies for COTS-Based Software Radio and Wireless Systems
- Functions and components of a typical COTS, open-architecture, embedded software radio system are identified in this webcast, including both the receive and the transmit sections. Various methods of acquiring and digitizing RF signals are presented along with a handy technique for visualizing the process of aliasing. Three types of A/D...
- Tags: Software, Strategy, COTS, Pentek Inc., Radio, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management
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Additional Resources
- "People with strong numerical and problem-solving skills seem to be appreciated by employers"
- "People with strong numerical and problem-solving skills seem to be appreciated by employers"They are? They do?If I ever find a company that does outside of their R&D dept, I would be surprised. Most people, from the worker bee to the executive all seem brain dead, with very few (but nonetheless...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, worker bee, K-12, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- What could Open Office do with a business model?
- What could Open Office do with a business model?No need for built-in AV in OOoWhy in the world would an office tool need a "built-in" anti-virus??Security should be part of the original design and not just an after thought. Including an anti-virus program from the same company that created (and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, government start, antivirus, anti-virus package
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Global Government Certifications: Why They Are Important, and How the Certifications Process Must Continue to Evolve
- The certification process is critical to ensuring that government customers get the equipment they need and that the equipment performs as advertised, and that it is compatible with existing infrastructure. The missing component is that the customers need to know that the certification process does not limit the other part...
- Tags: Certification, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live tiesI take it ....“We have an opportunity to make it much easier for customers to ‘get started’ with Windows Live. Our goal should be to have customers log in, type their Live ID, and then they are automatically ’set up’ with Live. For...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, details Windows 7-Windows Live ty, details Windows 7-Windows Live, internal memo, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- The obligatory 'Victoria Falls' post
- For those who don't know, Sun's new T2+ machines extend the T2's CMT capabilities across multiple units to produce 16 and 32 core SMP machines capable of handling 128 and 256 concurrent threads respectively. Sun blogger Denis Sheahan provides a good overview of the current dual...
- Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Opportunity, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?
- Intel moving to six-cores this year; What will you do with them?Oh please.."..But like that annoying smart arse in the back of the room I’d like to pose a question: What exactly are we supposed to do with six cores when.."Here we are 25 years later and pundits are still...
- Tags: Linux, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Desktops, bioinformatics application, virtual machine, Intel Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
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