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MGM Grand's IT green field: RFID meets alcohol; predictive modeling; bandwidth galore

MGM Grand's IT green field: RFID meets alcohol; predictive modeling; bandwidth galoreThe house always has the edge ...A lot of Vegas fans believe that they know the system, how to get the best deals and comps, and how to protect themselves against over-extending. But the reality is that comps are...

Tags: Research & Development, MGM Grand, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, RFID, modeling, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

An important concession: MGM says ripping MP3s is OK

An important concession: MGM says ripping MP3s is OKIs that so?.[b]"But they ve now conceded the contrary in open court, so if they actually win this case they ll be barred from challenging ripping in the future under the doctrine of judicial estoppel."[/b]MGM will, maybe, but MGM doesn't speak for...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, media, MP3

Discussion threads 2005-04-02

An important concession: MGM says ripping MP3s is OK

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in MGM v. Grokster. The Grokster case, for those who haven't been following it, concerns the liability of distributors of P2P software. As we all know, there are legitimate uses for P2P software (think BitTorrent and distributing Linux ISOs, which are legally free...

Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Grokster Ltd.

Blog posts 2005-04-01

MGM MIRAGE Antes Up on Itanium 2-Based Servers for Cost-Effective Growth

MGM MIRAGE has continued to grow both organically and through acquisition. The merger of MGM Grand and Mirage put a severe strain on some of MGM MIRAGE's critical business systems. One of the worst hit was the business data warehouse that started when the company only had five properties in...

Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., MGM MIRAGE, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies

ROI Case Study: Microsoft Exchange Server - MGM MIRAGE

MGM MIRAGE operates around the clock and had an e-mail system running on Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 with 10,000 email accounts. With a user base of that size, MGM MIRAGE faced challenges in providing optimum service to its employees to ensure that e-mail was readily available and quickly restorable...

Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Microsoft Exchange Server, ROI, Server, Microsoft Corp., MGM MIRAGE, E-mail Servers, E-mail, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications

Case studies

MGM MIRAGE Server Consolidation Beats a Full House

MGM MIRAGE, one of the world's leading and most respected hotel and gaming companies, sought to reduce the associated costs of purchasing and maintaining an increasing number of servers by consolidating over 125 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases while improving manageability and providing future expandability. MGM MIRAGE deployed two eight-processor...

Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Intel Itanium 2, Microsoft Corp., MGM MIRAGE Server Consolidation, Server Consolidation, Databases, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies

Consolidation Beats a Full House

MGM MIRAGE, one of the world's leading and most respected hotel and gaming companies, sought to reduce server proliferation by consolidating over 125 SQL Server databases while improving manageability and providing future expandability. MGM MIRAGE deployed two eight-processor Unisys ES7000 Aries Model 410 servers employing 1.3 GHz Intel Itanium 2...

Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Microsoft SQL Server, Unisys Corp., Consolidation, Intel Itanium 2, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Processors, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies

Additional Resources

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot

News items 2008-07-23

Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but in the past few years, the company has churned out a variety of headphones for several consumer lines that range in affordability. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines have gained a...

Tags: aperture, Y-cable, Ultimate Ears, Triple.fi 10, ear piece, headphone

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but the company has gained quite a following with its consumer line as well. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines range in affordability and scale nicely from discerning listeners to audiophiles. Falling...

Tags: Bass, headphone, Ultimate Ears, Metro.fi 2

Product reviews 2008-07-15

iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger

Updated: Conversations in the talkbacks have been very fruitful, pointing out that Apple does not make anything off of these SMS messages. Originally I had thought that Apple would take a cut from the AT&T profits and that this was the reason why they are the exclusive provider. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AOL Instant Messenger, Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Appple founder Steve Wozniak interview, answers your Tweeted questions

Appple founder Steve Wozniak interview, answers your Tweeted questionsVery fascinating stuffBut I don't think I can place all of these in a real world. I mean, there are hundreds of the same-looking strollers and very young and curious-minded children adrift amongst the thousands upon thousands of visitors and families...

Tags: Tweeted, Appple, Steve Wozniak

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Ultimate Ears super.fi 4 - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but the company has gained quite a following with its consumer line as well. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines range in affordability and scale nicely from discerning listeners to audiophiles. Falling...

Tags: Bass, Super.fi 4, Ultimate Ears, headphone, earpiece

Product reviews 2008-07-09

What's next for the MacBook Air?

Brook Crothers at CNet's nanotech blog has posted an interesting piece about what upgrade options might be coming for the MacBook Air. Drives Apple dropped the price of the 64GB Solid State Disk SSD option by US$400 on Thursday but Crothers points to higher capacity, 128GB...

Tags: Processor, Disk, MBA, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Solid State Disk, Intel Corp., MLC, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

My other phone is on Verizon

My other phone is on VerizonRe:I like near Boston and coverage is pretty good up here. I used to have Verizon, traveled the entire country never found a single deadzone even in the northern parts of the country like Montana. the only thing I have against Verizon is they aren't...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, His-Name, ATT, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Samsung Spex SCH-R210 (MetroPCS)

While the major wireless carriers pack their lineups with the latest high-end cell phones, smaller operators such as MetroPCS take a more practical approach. Rather than offering complicated smartphones with pricey features, MetroPCS sticks with low-end camera phones and basic handsets that just make calls. The Samsung Spex, aka the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Overall IT, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Spex, MetroPCS, phone

Product reviews 2008-06-17

Top UK online newspapers in March 2008

Property Audience, 000 Pages Viewed, mln. UK Internet Audience 33,761 107,287 Newspapers 14,823 448 The Sun Online 4,268 131 GUARDIAN.CO.UK 3,619 44 Telegraph Group Ltd 2,754 20 Times Online 2,600 21 DAILYMAIL.CO.UK 2,466 40 ...

Tags: Newspaper, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-14

Samsung MyShot SCH-R430 - black (MetroPCS)

MetroPCS is a regional carrier known for its array of affordable midrange phones, and the Samsung MyShot is no different. As its name suggests, the MyShot is also one of the few megapixel camera phones in MetroPCS's stable; just don't expect anything fancy like a music player or high-speed browsing....

Tags: volume rocker, Samsung MyShot, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., MetroPCS

Product reviews 2008-06-12

Enterprise 2.0 Conference notebook

Ironically this week has probably been my most offline in months - Sprint failed the brand new Westin Hotel in Boston disastrously with terrible or non existent wifi service. It was a real shame because Jive Software had an instance of Clearspace for the conference attendee community and there was...

Tags: Security, Notebook, Collaboration, Environment, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Wireless LANs, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-06-12