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Renault's Move From UNIX to HP Wintel Workstations Boosts Processing Speed by 40 Per Cent

As the ING Renault Formula1 team constantly strives to build faster cars it needs to provide its designers with powerful, reliable workstations. Renault design teams used HP xw6600 workstations for all design work and HP desktop and laptop PCs are rolled out across multiple departments. Renault plans to implement the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Renault, Unix, Workstations, Team Management, Management

Case studies 2009-07-01

ING Renault F1 Team Takes 1st Place with Symantec Enterprise Vault and NetApp

View this Webcast to hear why and how joint customer Renault Formula 1 implemented Symantec Enterprise Vault EV and NetApp storage for email archival and discovery for over 400,000 messages a week! Organizations are challenged to manage the growth of their unstructured information within email, file systems,...

Tags: Team, Symantec Corp., Renault, NetApp, ING Group, E-mail, Team Management, Security, Online Communications, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-15

Car Maker Turns to Unified Communications to Support Flexible Working Environment

The "New way of working" initiative at car manufacturer Renault encourages and supports a better work/life balance for its employees. The company wanted to strengthen its new, more flexible working environment through the use of unified communications technology, which combines telephony with computing to deliver a smoother experience for users....

Tags: Car, Environment, Unified Communications, Renault, Collaboration

Case studies 2007-11-01

Renault UK Gains 120,000 New Leads From Upgraded Microsites and Integrated Database

Renault UK wanted to make better use of e-commerce in selling motor cars through its dealer network and to offer more services to its existing and prospective customers. After successfully implementing an online system for booking customer test drives, Renault UK worked with Microsoft Certified Partner Fortline to upgrade its...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Renault, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

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Renault F1 Team Speeds Race Car Development With High-Performance Network Appliance Storage Systems

Renault F1 Team is responsible for the design, manufacture, and sourcing of all parts and the assembly, testing, and running of its race cars. The sheer scale of this operation results in vast data requirements, and the team had experienced considerable growth and infrastructure changes since an initial deployment of...

Tags: Team, Car, High-performance, Storage System, Renault, NetApp, Renault F1 Team, Team Management, Storage, Management, Hardware

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Renault F1 Team Steps Up a Gear With Trackside Data on Portable Network Appliance Storage

Renault F1 Team is a leading competitor in the glamorous but ultra-competitive world of Formula 1 racing. The challenge for the team was to find a storage device that could handle the volume of data being written in real time, with every lap the car does of the circuit, while...

Tags: Team, Network Appliance Inc., Renault, NetApp, Renault F1 Team, Storage, Team Management, CAD, Hardware, Management, Software

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Electric cars at the Frankfurt auto show

The trend towards electric cars appears unstoppable, as more go on display at auto shows. The 2009 Frankfurt auto show is no different, with electric entrants from Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Renault, and Tesla. by CNET News.com

Tags: Car, Electric Car, Frankfurt, Auto Show, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-09-16

Economic crash = car crash in America

Economic crash = car crash in AmericaI am sure you are quite upset at the thoughtthat the shutdown is only for 4 weeks, and not forever.Crash and burn, babyChryPly hasn't been on strong footing in a long time, even long before Daimler tripped all over themselves and "merged" with them....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, car, Economic crash, job

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

This General Motors saga has it all: pathos and bathos, tragedy and comeuppance, hubris and ignorance, innocence and foolhardiness. Oh, and it could be the trigger to an even nastier American economy than the one we already expect for next year. Even back in January some GM execs...

Tags: General Motors Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...

Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Open Source, Dtrace, and tuning

Open Source, Dtrace, and tuningComment.I knew a guy who only drove old Renaults. He did this, because he knew he could fix them. The cars had presented him many occaisions on which he was able to prove this.I, on the other hand, drive Audis, because I beleive I'll never have...

Tags: Performance management, Databases, OSS, DTrace, performance problem, performance, MySQL, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership

Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday that the software giant will invest more into the companies' SUSE Linux partnership. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will buy up to an additional $100 million in SUSE Linux support certificates. The partnership all posts between Novell and Microsoft kicked off...

Tags: Novell Inc., Partnership, Microsoft Corp., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Business Structures, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergencyThere are no engineersTheir parents made sure they went into business and got MBAs due to the wonders of globalization!Too many chiefs, not enough indians.-MWhy not just drill for more oil?I think it is simply amazing how everyone in Congress is standing around...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Total Cost, food

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Silverlight 2 beta 2 coming this week

Silverlight 2 beta 2 coming this weekWorld premiere Renault Laguna Coupe microsite Silverlight 2.0 basedHi,I am working on a project www.laguna-coupe.com which is based on Silverlight Technology.This microsite is propeled by the new Silverlight engine and introduce for the first time in Europe the DeepZoom feature.Best regards,Cédric BRUNRE: World premiere...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Linked Data on the Web, WWW2008

The main programme of this year's World Wide Web Conference gets underway here in Beijing today Wednesday, but ahead of that yesterday was devoted to workshops. With my colleague Tom Heath one of the co-chairs, a paper pdf from colleagues Rob Styles, Nadeem Shabir and the absent...

Tags: Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Channel Management, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-22

European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probe

European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probeIt ain't the EU, stupid.It ain't the EU, stupid. It is a separate organisation. Plus, on the Opera, Norway isn't in the EU.Be carefulthey'll call you names here.There's apparently more money and fame in nitpicking instead of handling all issues...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, RSS, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, European Regulators, OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Vendor relationship management: viable or theory?

While at LeWeb3, I caught Doc Searls session entitled "Turning the tables: What happens when the users are in charge." Doc is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto and widely regarded as a leading thinker on customer relationships. Susan Kish at LunchoverIP does an excellent job bullet pointing Doc's presentation....

Tags: Health Insurance, Theory, Idea, Health Care, Vendor Relationship Management, Doc, E-lance, Business Reality, Ed, Jarvis, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Accelerating Team Performance With Symantec

Teamwork and innovation. The two key drivers behind the success of the ING Renault F1 Team - and the architecting factors behind the Team winning the Drivers' and the Constructors' World Championship in 2005 and 2006. Technology is pivotal here. By standardizing on a comprehensive portfolio of Symantec Corporation availability...

Tags: Team, Symantec Corp., Team Management, Security, Management

Case studies 2007-11-29

Hybrid vs. all-electric? Automakers put stakes in the ground at Tokyo car show

I'm not a big car buff, but you’re about to hear a whole smattering of news about cars that use alternative fuel options out of the Tokyo Motor Show, which is running until Nov. 11. I don’t have the travel budget to be there myself but...

Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet Standardizes Procedures, Improves Agility With Integrated IT Infrastructure

A subsidiary of Pernod Ricard, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet MMPJ manufactures, distributes, and promotes the group's cognac and champagne offerings. The company wanted to standardize and facilitate procedures to ensure best practices across the Martell & Co., Mumm, Perrier-Jouet and Renault-Biscuit entities. The challenge was to unify and standardize all Enterprise...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, ERP, Best Practice, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Financial Management, Supply Chain, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations

Case studies 2007-08-01