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Prepare for the Best: Fast and Reliable Disaster Recovery With Dell PAN System

There is little doubt that a hurricane or flood could bring their data center to a sudden halt. But according to a global study conducted by Forrester Research, over 40 percent of the IT executives surveyed indicated that it was a power failure and not a violent natural event that...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Centers, Bluetooth, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-04-27

Simplifying Oracle RAC Cluster Management With Dell PAN System

Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC, a feature of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, provides enterprises with the option to deploy a single database using a multi-server x86 cluster configuration. RAC offers a number of advantages when compared with a database running on a single server, including scalability, high availability, and improved...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Bluetooth, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-04-27

Introducing the Dell PAN System

Enterprise data centers are filled with underutilized hardware platforms, statically configured to individual operating systems and applications - the direct result of legacy computing architectures not optimized for flexibility or responsiveness. Infrastructure orchestration, the next generation of data center management, delivers unprecedented agility and high availability to all applications, whether...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Enterprise Data Center, PAN Manager, Data Centers, Bluetooth, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-04-27

Building a Dynamic Data Center With PAN Manager Software by Egenera for Dell

Improving data center responsiveness requires a computing infrastructure that is not only cost effective and space-efficient, but also one that simplifies operational procedures; ensures high availability, security, and performance for all applications; and is easily reconfigurable to meet new business objectives. The dynamic data center is within reach today. But...

Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Bluetooth, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-04-27

An Overview of PAN Manager Software by Egenera for Dell

As a forward-looking IT professional, one needs a data center optimization strategy that goes beyond hardware consolidation. One that simplifies operational complexity, adapts to their existing environment, and delivers a secure and responsive computing infrastructure - all while lowering TCO. Unfortunately, the hodge-podge of piecemeal approaches that have so far...

Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Data Centers, Bluetooth, It Services, It Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless And Mobility, It service Management

White papers 2009-04-27

Egenera releases PAN Manager 5.2

Egenera just released an updated version of their PAN Manager orchestration and automation software. This software is one of a number of competitive products that allow physical and virtual resources to be used in an optimal, highly available and reliable way. Over the years I've had the opportunity to speak...

Tags: Software, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Bluetooth, Wireless And Mobility, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Wi-Fi: the only network you need?

CES, the showcase of all tech that is likely to make a splash over the next year, is upon us. While reserved primarily for, as the name implies, consumer technology, there are fundamental tools and technologies that will impact businesses as well.News coming out of Las Vegas today is around...

Tags: Device, Network, Personal Area Network, Radio, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Chipsets, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Chris Silva

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Rio Grande - an Egenera customer profile

I recently had the opportunity to hear from Danny Cox, CFO of the Bell Group Rio Grande. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with PAN Manager from Egenera. I've watched Egenera for quite some time and am happy to have had a chance to learn from someone using...

Tags: Blade, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., Rio Grande, Danny, Bluetooth, Servers, Wireless, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Apple patent application for RF module

A recent patent application filed by Apple describes its vision for a new Personal Area Network PAN that would link RF modules in everything from clothes to accessories which would communicate with each other and connect to the Internet. ...

Tags: Patent Application, Personal Area Network, Module, Apple Inc., Bluetooth, Internet, Wireless, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Ozmo Devices aims to replace Bluetooth with Wi-Fi-based PAN

Ozmo Devices aims to replace Bluetooth with Wi-Fi-based PANWhats wrong with Bluetooth ????NTInsecure and the range is too smallAnd that's just scratching the surface.Edit: This was meant to be a response to mrlinux.

Tags: Wireless LANs, Ozmo Devices, Bluetooth, Personal Area Network, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Ozmo Devices aims to replace Bluetooth with Wi-Fi-based PAN

Ozmo Devices demoed yesterday a new personal area network PAN technology that employs Wi-Fi and aims to replace Bluetooth for peripherals connectivity. The company unveiled its Wi-Fi PAN at the Computex tech trade show in Taipei. The solution comprises a software...

Tags: Personal Area Network, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Intel splits Wi-Fi signal to create two adapters

Intel has demonstrated a future technology dubbed Cliffside that enables a single Wi-Fi adapter to work as two adapters, one of which becomes a Personal Area Network PAN. The demo took place in Shanghai before the recent Intel Developer Forum, but you can see Intel marketing product manager Gary Martz...

Tags: Personal Area Network, Adapter, Intel Corp., Cliffside, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Egenera: New pals for PAN Manager

I've spoken about Egenera several times in the past and pointed out that it was one of the very earliest players offering blade computers and the related management software. Egenera called this software PAN Processing Area Network manager. PAN manager, at first, was a tool that allowed organizations to orchestrate...

Tags: Blade, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., PAN Manager, Bluetooth, Blade Servers, Servers, Wireless, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-25

A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Mobile Collaboration

The paper describes a framework used to develop mobile collaborative applications in Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME). The framework focuses on the support for same place-same-time collaboration on mobile phones utilising Personal Area Networks PANs. The authors believe that the PAN technology available on mobile phones enables for a broad...

Tags: Phone, Collaboration, Mobile, Personal Area Network, P2P, Cell Phone, Bluetooth, Advertising & Promotion, Peer To Peer (P2P), Java, Wireless, Marketing, Internet, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2006-09-17

Hey, where's my truth tester, voter dude?

Did you know that George Bush stole last week's Mexican election? and used the FBI to do it? You didn't? Well, clearly you don't read England's Guardian newspaper. Here's what a bit of what columnist Greg Palast (an American, incidentally), had to say As in Florida in 2000, and...

Tags: Google Inc., Felipe Calderón, voter

Blog posts 2006-07-13

MC-CDMA in Personal Area Networks - A Combined PHY and MAC Approach

Future personal networks PN will be complemented by personal area networks PANs, which are considered as a building block for 4G communication systems. PANs establish an ad-hoc network of personal devices around a person with the possibility to associate other devices in reach as well. A connection to infrastructure networks...

Tags: MAC, Personal Area Network, MC-CDMA, Bluetooth, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2005-03-09

Using the Java APIs for Bluetooth, Part 2 - Putting the Core APIs to Work

Bluetooth is a low-cost, short-range wireless technology that has become popular among those who want to create Personal Area Networks PANs. Each PAN is a dynamically created network built around an individual, that enables devices such as cellular phones and Personal Digital Assistants PDAs to connect automatically and share data...

Tags: Personal Area Network, Java API, API, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Programming Languages, Java, Wireless, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2005-02-01

Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) 5.1.2535.0 (Windows)

Bluetooth Device Personal Area Network. OS installed driver. For information only.

Tags: Personal Area Network, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth Device, Bluetooth, Wireless

Software downloads 2001-01-01

Additional Resources

AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own

AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Samsung Intrepid (Sprint)

The Samsung Intrepid made its debut at CTIA Fall 2009 as Sprint's first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone. Admittedly, we weren't particularly impressed by the handset's drab and slightly plasticky design when we saw it at the show but now that we've had some time to get to know the device,...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Sprint Communications, Samsung Intrepid, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., touch screen

Product reviews 2009-10-22