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How SAP Is Helping Leading Irish Utility ESB Power Ahead in a Newly Open Market

The Electricity Supply Board ESB is the national electricity supplier for Ireland. Like all major utility companies, the biggest challenge facing ESB is operating successfully in today's increasingly open marketplace. As part of the process of opening the domestic electricity market to competition in line with EU requirements, ESB was...

Tags: Open Market, SAP AG, Electricity Supply Board, Enterprise Service Bus, Roi/Tco, Telecom & Utilities, Channel Management, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Management

Case studies 2006-07-19

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The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...

Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-20

Bright days ahead for solar in California

Today the California Air Resources Board approved state standards that will push utilities there to use less fossil fuel for generating electricity. The express reason for the new, tougher anti-emissions regs: combat global warming. There are now 31 new rules in California affecting utilities, large factories...

Tags: Installation, Solar Panel, California, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-11

The Carr-to-Rangaswami connection: Time to bleep the CIO?

There are probably a lot of CIOs that don't pay diddly squat in the way of attention to blogs. The question is whether there's a new meme bubbling up in the blogosphere that CIOs should be paying attention to: one that basically says the CIO as we know him/her...

Tags: Expertise, CIO, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-30

The poor man's all-in-one PC for $380

The poor man's all-in-one PC for $380My 2 in 1 Rig should come very soonI just sold my tablet which gives me about $250 dollars in play money. I plan to mount a second PSU in mainboard in my already crowded system. This will be an interesting feat...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, poor man, PC, wireless keyboard, wireless

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6What real world usesWhat real world uses are there for mini pcs? 69 dollars is a pretty sweet price.another victim of the wintel cartelThese monopolies are reducing our choice of PCs and ripping us off.Should give mini-pc industry a real boostLooks like a...

Tags: CPU, Mini-ITX PC, mini-PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

Disk drive life depends on . . . luck

Disk drive life depends on . . . luckInteresting Article!!I guess I just have bad luck with drives!!Ah yes,I remember when I came to work one day to find 7 failed drives (out of an array of 20). I also found out that these drives were recalled by the manufacturer....

Tags: Branding, software, hardware, Maxtors, Maxtor Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, brand, disk drive, Maxtor Drive, hard drive, disk, Disk Drive Life

Discussion threads 2007-07-05

Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 million

Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 millionNice idea... butI would rather see the money go towards electric powered cars like [url=http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1]this one![/url] Or how about [url=http://www.electriccars.com/SHOWROOM_1/index.cfm]some of these?[/url]Bottom line, we better get on board with clean and green... it's that or we fail. ]:)Bio Kredit Online Kredit ohne SchufaVery interested Comment...

Tags: Bio Kredit Online Kredit, biodiesel

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Build your dream PC and not get ripped off

Build your dream PC and not get ripped offYour questionsI really don't believe in overclocking, and without it watercooling isn't necessary. I just buit a Core 2 duo box and boought an air cooler with heat pipes and used a very thin coat of arctic silver. According to...

Tags: Processors, Watercooling, R120, CPU, quad-core, motherboard, PC

Discussion threads 2006-12-25

AMD Quad FX slaughtered by a single Intel CPU

All the reviews are in for AMDs new "4x4" Quad FX dual CPU platform and it loses nearly every single real world benchmark to a single Intel CPU while consuming more than twice the electricity. We basically see two FX-74 3.0 GHz processors getting slaughtered by...

Tags: Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hardware, Desktop, Energy efficiency, Fun Stuff

Blog posts 2006-11-30

Review of Intel Core 2 based quad core CPUs

Review of Intel Core 2 based quad core CPUsSorry, even worse than that for FX-62The FX-62 dual core is at 125 watt TDP. That's almost as high as the 130 watt Core 2 Quad. Now imagine two of those FX-62s on a mother board.Though you both speak the...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Intel Corp., dual-core, Core 2 Quadro, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, quad-core CPU

Discussion threads 2006-09-11

Dell, AMD expected to expand chip pact

Dell, AMD expected to expand chip pactThe latest in over-cheap and over-hot systems ...[i]For higher-end systems with four processors, Intel has begun selling its dual-core "Tulsa" Xeon processor, which unlike Woodcrest [b]is based on the electricity-hungry and all-but-discontinued NetBurst architecture[/b]. Tulsa compensates by using a huge 16MB of on-board high-speed...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Tulsa, michael_t, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, Dell Computer Corp., dell, processor, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

In advance of Core Duo launch, Intel's firesales zap AMD on Wall St.

In advance of Core Duo launch, Intel's firesales zap AMD on Wall St.Hooray for competitionI, of course, will continue to purchase AMD machines as my charitable donation toward perpetuating the lowest prices possible.Hell, I used to by Cyrix...What is this s**t?...[i]forthcoming round of dual core technology (due July 27th) appears...

Tags: Processors, Construction, wall, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-21

Google's home grown servers show the way

Google's home grown servers show the wayMore Power to You!Speaking of which, [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/technology/14search.html?ex=1307937600&en=d96a72b3c5f91c47&ei=5090]Google thirsts for Power![/url]I guess you could call that one BIG MO-FO Power Supply! ;)May the Schwartz be with You! ;)Makes complete sense.Most Servers are built with the idea of expansion in mind, but with a...

Tags: server, Most Servers, Full Load, power supply, PFC, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

MacBook Pro issues addressed with 'Rev. D' logic board

MacBook Pro issues addressed with 'Rev. D' logic boardSo much for those low power Intel chips.Hot keys and hot palm rest, hmmm. Guess Intel still makes the incandescent lightbulb chip.Beta-testers for new Apples are wanted. Entry fee is as little as 2K. NTNTWill not awake after sleep at timesI...

Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, entry fee, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook, logic board, serial number, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

Microsoft takes new action on EU sanctions

Microsoft takes new action on EU sanctionsTwo years ago..."As regards interoperability, Microsoft is required, within 120 days, to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers."Do you think MS will have complied in 2 more years...

Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., sanction

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

Report: High oil prices may mean lower chip sales

Report: High oil prices may mean lower chip salesThat is a big - DUH !Higher oil prices mean higher prices across the board with lower sales.WHY are oil prices higher?!And before everyone jumps on me (ooh! sounds kinky!) read over some of this:http://www.rense.com/general67/PRICE.HTMhttp://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_business&Number=293951168#Post293951168Oh, and in case you're still dumb enough...

Tags: Sales strategy, chip, OPEC, oil company, oil, tanker, sales

Discussion threads 2005-09-08

Firm claims fuel cell breakthrough

Firm claims fuel cell breakthroughThis is interestingand also would be great, except one small problem... oil companies will do all they can to quell this from making it mainstream.Go here for some terrorEven the scientists that work for oil companies know this. Like every addict, we have to bottom out....

Tags: Fuel cells, Telecom & Utilities, fuel cell, Exxon Mobil Corp., oil company, solar energy

Discussion threads 2005-05-19

The future of PCs lies in underclocking and overclocking

When I mention the word "underclock," I am greeted by big frowns from my PC enthusiast friends. How dare I suggest that they lower their CPU or system speed! When I mention the word "overclock" to my corporate friends, I get the frown because I might void their warrantees with...

Tags: overclocking, PC

Blog posts 2005-01-11