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- Photos: College students the picture of inefficiency
- Ferris State and Purdue University students celebrate their first- and second-place wins at annual Rube Goldberg competition for complex machinery.
- Tags: Purdue University, inefficiency, college student, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-04-02
- Electrical Efficiency Modeling of Data Centers
- Conventional models for estimating electrical efficiency of data centers are grossly inaccurate for real-world installations. Estimates of electrical losses are typically made by summing the inefficiencies of various electrical devices, such as power and cooling equipment. This paper shows that the values commonly used for estimating equipment inefficiency are quite...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Inefficiency, Efficiency, Modeling, Data Centers, Research & Development, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-08-07
- Electrical Efficiency Modeling for Data Centers
- The conventional models used to estimate electrical efficiency of data centers are grossly inaccurate for real-world installations. Estimates of electrical losses typically are made by summing the inefficiencies of the various electrical devices, such as power and cooling equipment. This paper shows that the values commonly used for equipment inefficiency...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Inefficiency, Modeling, Data Centers, Research & Development, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-01-01
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- Web addresses to exend to non-English languages
- Domain spoofing opportunity?I always wanted to know what they will be doing against this: http://www.z?net.com/ is actually a false domain because '?' is a Cyrillyc Small Letter Komi De insted of a Latin 'd'.Entering it in a browser causes an error today, but what will happen if they legalize non-latin...
- Tags: Channel management, Keyboards, English Language, non-English-language, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- Manager's Checklist: Get the Support You Need to Succeed With ECM
- An Enterprise Content Management ECM implementation is more than just a solution to inefficiency, a way to address unique business challenges, or a chance to get ahead of the competition. It's also a relationship between one and vendor's support team. Unless one has a highly skilled and underutilized IT support...
- Tags: Enterprise Content Management, Optical Image Technology, Enterprise Content Management Implementation, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-10-28
- Small signs of a health care deal forming
- what deal?The New York Times is the least reliable source of information.If you want signs of a deal in the making just watch the conservatives talk shows: O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, etc as real Americans do.They would tell us if there are any talks about it. RE: Small signs of a...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- The clouds are gathering for Coupa
- Sometimes I read something and it makes me smile from ear to ear, most often because it generates another of those ah-ha moments that keep tech people motivated. Reading Vinnie Mirchandani's SCARS: SaaS and Cloud Allowance Rebate System was one of those moments. Much as I am tempted...
- Tags: E-procurement, Procurement, Coupa, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- The Lean Approach to Business Forecasting: Eliminating Waste and Inefficiency From the Forecasting Process
- Most companies spend way too much time and resources on forecasting, yet still complain about inferior results. Whether one is an employee, an executive or a shareholder of one of these companies, this situation is unacceptable. But by applying a lean approach - that is, by identifying and eliminating waste...
- Tags: Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Harris Corporation Cuts Engineering Change Time in Half to Accelerate Time to Market
- Harris Corporation is an international information technology company focused on providing assured communications - anytime and anywhere. Harris found that it already learned a lot of lessons about its supply chain downstream - for example, from which vendors it should purchase supplies, which parts it should use, and how its...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Harris Corp., Product Development, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- McKinsey: Saving energy could have huge economic impact
- McKinsey: Saving energy could have huge economic impactPlease, no more added bureaucracyThere will always be savings that can be extracted, but the crux is at what cost. To take a very simple example, electricity here in the Pacific NW is $0.10/KWH. Suppose tomorrow the price was suddenly $10...
- Tags: Saving Energy, McKinsey & Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- Controlling Storage and IT Costs
- As resources are stretched, managing them is more critical and more difficult. Virtualization can obscure performance issues and complicate storage management. Administrators trying to maintain their SLAs can quickly lapse into reactive mode, delaying true management of the environment by focusing on the immediate issue without a view of the...
- Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Management, IT Cost, Tek-Tools Software, Service Level Management, Storage, Storage Management, It Operations, It service Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-21
- How to Implement a Successful ECM Project
- As you know, I spend all of my waking hours (save my triweekly spelunking sessions, of course) scouring the Interweb so I can find cool stuff about what document management can do to improve businesses. The glitz and glamour of MFPs and mobile printing is exciting and all, but sometimes...
- Tags: Document Management, Backups, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-07-20
- Why the best get better in sourcing
- Late last week, I took a call with Tim Albinson, CEO of Aravo. Aravo manages, supplements and enhances supplier information. Tim and I discussed the types of firms that adopt better supply chain practices and technologies. While we spoke,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Sourcing, Aravo, Purchasing & Procurement, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- California not politically bankrupt
- California not politically bankruptInterstate CommerceActions like this really blow my mind. The Federal Government abuses the Commerce Clause to uniformly regulate nearly all products that 'can' or 'may' be sold across state lines. Why do they now decide to not enforce uniformity?To me this is just another example...
- Tags: Quality, car, standards, Computer Associates International Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
- Experts: Don't clamp down on social mediaAbusing social media.Our company tried implementing IM, which is a feature of our collaboration suite, but it was not to be. The temptation to use it for its social value instead of its business value was too great. So much so it cost...
- Tags: social media
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- The next e-book frontier? Braille
- It may just be a conceptual mockup, but man if Yanko Design's Braille E-book proposal doesn't send a chill up your leg: E-books are still very much in their collective infancy. Amazon's Kindle, effectively the iPhone of the e-book category, is only on its second...
- Tags: Braille, EAP, E-books, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Go for the Green
- Green business isn't just talk anymore. Many organizations are focused on the triple bottom line of economic, social, and environmental success, eager to apply green initiatives internally that support sustainable business. The Earth demands it. Customers expect it. Business needs it. Eco-friendly business isn't just socially smart. It helps people...
- Tags: Business, Optical Image Technology, Document Management, Storage, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-03-26
- All that Jive: Putting the 'social' into business software
- Jive Software announced the latest iteration of their Clearspace product today, and it has expanded significantly in size and scope. From origins as a forums and instant messenger vendor, Jive in 2006 launched 'Clearspace', a single application with wikis, blogs, discussions, instant messaging,...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Collaboration, Business Software, SBS 3.0, Jive SBS 3.0, Tools & Techniques, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- (Gallery: Air cars get ready for takeoff)
- (Gallery: Air cars get ready for takeoff)Looks like a cross between...Looks like a cross between a Playmobile toy car and the taxi from Total Recall.The heat loss means brutal inefficiencyThe heat loss from the compressed tanks mean brutal inefficiency.
- Tags: car, Gallery, Looks Like
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- AMD CIO: Key to success is fusion of business acumen and tech innovation
- The intersection and fusion of business insight and technological innovation is the key to creating successful new business models, said AMD Chief Information Officer Ahmed Mahmoud today in the keynote of Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. In a "fireside chat"...
- Tags: Innovation, Information Technology, IT Professional, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Technology, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
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