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Scalable Non-Blocking Infrastructure Management: A Comparative Study

Today's enterprise environments impose demands for a large-scale, highly available, fault tolerant physical layer infrastructure. Typical storage area and data communication network environments, within a single data center or across geographically dispersed sites, can easily require several thousand ports of connectivity. The ability to plan for and build out network...

Tags: Physical Layer, Fault-tolerance, Infrastructure Management, OnPATH Technologies, It Services, It Management, It service Management

White papers 2008-03-25

Cross-Layer Network Design for Quality of Services in Wireless Local Area Networks: Optimal Access Point Placement and Frequency Channel Assignment

This paper presents a novel network design algorithm for Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs considering optimal access point placement and frequency channel assignment problems. The proposed algorithm is a cross-layer approach, accounting the physical layer and the data link layer functionalities of the WLANs in the network design process. Specifically,...

Tags: Physical Layer, QoS, Network, WLAN, Network Design, Access Point, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

White papers 2008-02-19

Open Architecture Physical Layer Diagnostics Speed Installation and Reduce Downtime

Hand-held test tools have been used routinely on the world's major fieldbus installations to speed the installation process by diagnosing wiring errors prior to start-up. In response to end-user feedback, recent enhancements have delivered better features such as noise measurement in multiple frequency bands and the ability to store field...

Tags: Physical Layer, Installation, Downtime, FF-EUC Aus

White papers 2007-03-15

System Interconnect Fabrics: Ethernet Versus RapidIO Technology

This white paper is a comprehensive compilation of embedded interconnect information. It provides a high-level market perspective and delivers a detailed technical examination of these two technologies. The paper begins with a top-level description of market requirements for the logical, transport, and physical layers, then moves into a thorough discussion...

Tags: Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Physical Layer, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-02-01

Research in Optical Burst Switching Within the e-Photon/ONe Network of Excellence

This paper presents a summary of Optical Burst Switching OBS research within the VI framework program e-Photon/ONe network of excellence. The paper includes network aspects such as routing techniques, resilience and contention resolution, together with burst switch architectures. On the other hand, the author also discusses traffic analysis issues, Quality...

Tags: Physical Layer, Reed Elsevier Inc., Tcp/Ip, Networking

White papers 2006-12-14

Additional Resources

Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions

I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...

Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware

The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...

Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare

News items 2008-10-10

Scientists make ultrathin superconducting films

U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics. CHICAGO--U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of...

Tags: Degree, Electronics, Reuters, superconductor, film

News items 2008-10-09

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.

WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Desktone "Desktops as a Service"

I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...

Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-09

HyperShot (exe)

Bunkspeed's HyperShot delivers interactive 3D rendering. Its real time, for everyone, from anywhere - even your laptop. See instant global illumination and physics-based materials on models come alive, right before your eyes, with stunning photographic results. Science based and patent-pending, HyperShot equips you to simply load your models and environments,...

Tags: Bunkspeed, Designs, Engineering, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)

Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo email

Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo emailI bet he is praing for an Obama winin November, as that way he has a great change at receiving a pardon from him.If McCain wins, well five years in Guantanamo is not really [i]all[/i] that bad... ;)RE: Kernell indicted in break-in to...

Tags: Palin, Yahoo Email, Kernell, e-mail, break-in, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Is the BlackBerry Storm touchscreen system better than the iPhone?

I just got done reading Matthew Miller's preview of the BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first BlackBerry that's replaced the keyboard with a touchscreen system -- one that you must physically depress with your finger to manipulate (resulting in a "satisfying click," as many reviewers have reported). My question...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Does the Semantic Web matter?

Does the Semantic Web matter?Semantic Web does matter, but ...Hi Paul,I agree to your post, Semantic Web does matter. Unquestionably, the Web is moving towards a stage that machines may understand our humans better and better. It is the future. In order to reach the future, one thing we must...

Tags: Semantic Web, business intelligence, Imindi, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Shuttle KPC K-4800

We liked Shuttle's $230 KPC K-4500 PC mostly because it was one of the cheapest complete desktops around. This higher-end model is a different story. We should qualify "higher end," because the Shuttle KPC K-4800 still starts at $299. But at that price, it's closing in on standard Windows PC...

Tags: Shuttle, K-4800, Shuttle KPC K-4800, KPC K-4500

Product reviews 2008-10-06

The ultimate earmark in Wall Street bailout

The ultimate earmark in Wall Street bailoutI am sure there will beplenty of people looking into the issue of the mental health of those on Wall Street that helped create the problems of late.RE: The ultimate earmark in Wall Street bailoutI appreciate your advocacy for mental health, but your pessimism...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Wall Street Bailout

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

The ultimate earmark in Wall Street bailout

There is no clear line in mental health leading from diagnosis to cure, as there is in physical health. A patient must accept the need for a cure, or the therapist must work in just the right way. It's not something you can take a pill for. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-06