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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
On Optimization of CSMA/CA Based Wireless LANs: Part II - Mitigating Efficiency Loss: Most current deployments of IEEE 802.11 based wireless LANs suffer from various inefficiencies arising from the interactions of MAC and Physical layers. These inefficiencies often limit network users from reaping the full potential of the high physical data rates in these systems. This paper considers optimizing these systems to mitigate,...; Tags: Optimization, Stanford University, Inefficiency, WLAN, LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Network Technology; White papers 2006-03-23
Performance Management: Timely Information to Drive Results: Running an efficient and effective contact center operation takes dedication to excellence. In most contact centers, there are hidden inefficiencies and performance issues that can be uncovered and corrected. At the root of these inefficiencies is the difficulty in combining performance information from various systems to gain a comprehensive view...; Tags: Performance, Inefficiency, Contact Center, Performance Management, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-01-23
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

Electrical Efficiency Modeling for Data Centers: 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 are...; Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Inefficiency, Efficiency, Modeling, Data Centers, Research & Development, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations; White papers

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Time to blow up the software industry: Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Software Company, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-24
MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlement: MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlementDignan, fix zdnn.comN/Tcontinuos blow for spammersInspite of antispam settlemets like these,there is a steep increase in spam mails due to the inefficiency of toady's spam filters. Spammers are finding new ways to send spam mails and spam filters are failed to...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Litigation, SECURITY, spam mail, ReceiverNet, Whac-A-Mole, spam, MySpace, ReceiverNet technology; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Waiting for the right netbooks: As the flood of Atom- (and now Via- and Nvidia-) powered netbooks hit the market coverage of Computex this year shows that this is most definitely the next big thing, I'm no longer asking whether I want to equip teachers and classes with these little devices, but which netbook is...; Tags: Computex, Intel Atom, mini-Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Keyboards, Linux, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-06-03
Certeon's aCelera Application Acceleration Appliance: The good folks from Certeon brought their new aCelera application acceleration software appliance to my attention a short while ago. After my recent conversation with Coyote Point, it's beginning to appear that protocol and data caching and optimization tools are going to be the trend du mois. Certeon believes it...; Tags: Software, Performance, Network, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, Certeon, aCelera Software, Application Response, Data Management, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-27
Working in a small business can make you sick: Working in a small business can make you sickSmall Bus. healthcareI have coverage through my employer a four employee company. He pays half, I pay the other half. It's $2750 a year vs. $5400, so it's better than nothing!One of two things has to happenAnd this is the case for...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Blankenhorn, small business; Discussion threads 2008-04-14
Verizon fixes P2P problem - on its network at least: Verizon fixes P2P problem - on its network at leastnice to hear!I approve of their position, but since I'm not on their network however I will keep my VPN account up. Providers like the ones below may be some customers only options to bypass P2P controls on ISP's.http://www.strongvpn.comhttp://www.blacklogic.comhttp://www.bananahosting.comMany...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), NETWORKING, Network technology, P2P, network, P4P, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet Service Provider, P2P problem, cable; Discussion threads 2008-03-14
Leading Car Dealership Achieves Savings With Sales and Delivery Process Optimisation: Autodrome, one of the Netherlands' leading automotive dealers, wanted to automate expensive manual processes and streamline reporting. To achieve this, it deployed a comprehensive dealership reporting, analytics, and dash-boarding solution from Microsoft Certified Partner RPMcar. Based on the latest Microsoft technologies, this gives sales representatives a clear view of each...; Tags: Staffing, Dealership, Microsoft Corp., Car Dealership, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies 2008-03-01
News to know: Black Hat; VoIP design flaws; Vista SP1; Apple: Notable headlines: Nate McFeters: Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs George Ou: Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1...; Tags: Black Hat, VoIP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Which way is the wind blowing? Into your face: The headwinds are picking up because the economy is slowing down in America. That's what the "experts" tells us. So crude oil was over $100 per barrel Tuesday because of weak dollar, and because the U.S. doesn't control its own energy supply and we're the self-proclaimed rich...; Tags: Food, Energy, Headwind, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Let the green tech lobbying begin, CEO-style: This is one of those posts that I've been meaning to put together for a couple of weeks, but I wasn't frankly quite sure of what I thought about the information until just now. But the second time I read the pitch through, I decided I was suitably impressed. ...; Tags: Green Technology, Chairman, Technology, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-02-19
How OEM Consumer Electronics Companies Can Dramatically Improve Profits Through Downstream Supply Chain Collaboration Directly With Retailers: With the nature of OEM Consumer Electronics manufacturers experiencing shrinking product lifecycles and the many business challenges impacting margins, there is no room for operational error or inefficiency. OEM Consumer Electronics companies are continually pressured to improve service levels, product margins, and grow revenue through their distribution channels and retail...; Tags: Supply Chain, Electronics Company, Collaboration, Consumer Electronics Company, OEM, Engineering, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2008-02-01
New research: IT cost overruns, delays and contract terminations: A report from the European Services Strategy Unit, an independent watchdog agency, summarizes the scope of major public sector IT failures over the last decade. The report is titled, Cost Overruns, delays and terminations in 105 outsourced public sector ICT contracts. Key findings presented in the...; Tags: Project, Termination, Information Technology, IT Cost, Strategy, Workforce Management, Software Development, Management, Human Resources, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-01-10
IBM Solutions for Energy Efficient and Environmentally Responsible Green Initiatives: Business growth has traditionally been based on the expansion of IT infrastructures. Until recently, the result is that the demand for better performance and higher profits took precedence over efficiency. This usually meant costly investments in hardware upgrades and server capacity. Over the past decade, however, environmental and conservation issues...; Tags: Information Technology, IBM Corp., Business Growth, Hardware Upgrade, Data Centers, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Management; White papers 2008-01-01
Is India adapting to the Night Shift?: Is India adapting to the Night Shift?Give 'em all Prozac and ...tell them to get used to the health issues. It comes with the American or Indian in this case Dream. Our life style here in America can kill the strongest of men... or women.Issue ain easyI work...; Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, HEALTHCARE, Associated Press, Indian IT industry, attrition rate, Night Shift, BPO, odd hour; Discussion threads 2007-12-28