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Wi-Fi on the Rhine

Wi-Fi on the RhineGood luck in this weatherNice that you have Wifi. But I pity you doing a boat trip up the Rhine in this weather. Winter finally hit Europe when Spring was announce. Dress warm!

Tags: Wireless LANs, Rhine, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

A solar boat to cross the Atlantic

A solar boat to cross the AtlanticSolar ships? Old tech.Marine engineers have long utilized solar power for propulsion. It's long been known that uneven distribution of solar energy over the planet's surface results in the displacement and redistribution of atmosperic gases. The kinetic energy of the migrating gases can be...

Tags: sun21, Rhine

Discussion threads 2006-09-18

Additional Resources

News to know: AMD; Google; Oracle worries; Eluma; Nuospace

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors Larry Dignan: Google paid click growth sluggish in February; More worries emerge. Techmeme. Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries Dennis Howlett: Nuospace: enterprise collaboration for the rest...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Wi-Fi on the Rhine

I'm sampling Wi-Fi, among other tasty things, this week on the Rhine River in Germany. I'm on vacation aboard a river cruiser, the MS Amadagio, which sailed from Amsterdam on Sunday. Today we're headed toward Frankfurt. As with its TV service, the Amadagio grabs its Internet signal...

Tags: Ship, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Internet, Wireless, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-03-26

France 1 Screensaver (zip)

France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to France as L'Hexagone (The "Hexagon") because of the shape of the country.

Tags: France, Wallpaper Screensavers

Software downloads 2008-01-29

Providing Effective Defense Against Digital Garbage at Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia

Universities rank among the pioneers of email communication - in the 1980s they were already exchanging information by digital means. Today the volume of email generated at universities corresponds to that of large-scale enterprises. The University of Bonn itself registers 100,000 outgoing mails as well as approximately 3.5 million delivery...

Tags: University, E-mail, Online Communications

Case studies 2007-07-20

Rheinturmuhr (widget)

Rheinturmuhr is a clock like the one that is at the Rheinturm, a tower at the Rhine, in Dsseldorf. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Clock, Tower, Rheinturmuhr

Software downloads 2007-06-22

WWII Tank Commander (exe)

It's World War II, and from France to Germany, prepare to destroy the opposition and help free Europe from Nazi rule as you take command of a Sherman tank in General Patton's Fourth Armored Division, Patton's best and most elite division. Cut off the enemy at the Brittany Peninsula, escort...

Tags: France, Nazi

Software downloads 2006-12-10

World War II Tank Commander (exe)

It's World War II and you are a commander of an M4 Sherman tank in the Fourth Armored Division, Patton's best and most elite division. From France to Germany, you will destroy opposition from the war's most fearsome tanks such as Panthers, Tigers and Hummels. Land on Utah Beach, cut...

Tags: Tank

Software downloads 2006-11-24

A solar boat to cross the Atlantic

A group of Swiss people will soon attempt to realize the first Atlantic crossing with a solar boat. This ship, named "sun21," is a 14-meter-long catamaran able to sleep 5 or 6 persons. The goal is to leave Seville, Spain, in December 2006 and to reach ports in Florida and...

Tags: boat

Blog posts 2006-09-17

Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory multiplayer demo (exe)

Panzer Elite Action follows the story of three tank commanders and their crew. The German commander, pumped by the fast success in Poland and France, moves on to the Eastern Front and the brink of victory with the taking of Stalingrad. We meet the Russian commander in desperate straits as...

Tags: Multiplayer, Panzer Elite Action, Commander

Software downloads 2006-03-02

Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory demo (exe)

Panzer Elite Action follows the story of three tank commanders and their crew. The German commander, pumped by the fast success in Poland and France, moves on to the Eastern Front and the brink of victory with the taking of Stalingrad. We meet the Russian commander in desperate straits as...

Tags: Team, Panzer Elite Action, Commander, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-01-25

Age of Mythology The Ring of the Nibelungen campaign (zip)

In a time lost to history, when the gods still walked among the mortals a power thirsty Nibelungen steals the magical Rhinegold. This act will change the worlds of the Gods, Titans, Spirits, and mortals forever. This campaign will take you from the underground world of Nibelheim along the various...

Tags: Instruction, Rhinegold, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2005-06-22

North Rhine-Westphalia Police Force Scales With Real Application Cluster and Saves Money

The North Rhine-Westphalia Police Force NRW uses a system called M1 from MACH Corporation to run their entire range of business operations, including budgeting, warehousing, procurement, inventory and stock management, controlling, and cost and service accounting. The Police Force decided that they wanted to use a centralized database, to keep...

Tags: Hardware, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

North Rhine-Westphalia: Landesamt Fur Datenverarbeitung Und Statistik Ensures IT-Service Quality

As the central IT Service Provider for the civil service in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, the Landesamt fur Datenverarbeitung und Statistik (LDS - State Data Processing and Statistical Office) continues to scale up the remote management of networks, servers and applications. In 1997, an IT team from the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ITIL, It Services, Process Improvement, Utility Computing, It Management, Quality, Business Operations, It service Management

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North Rhine-Westphalia Finance Authority - Traditional Communications Have Had Their Day

With 18 million inhabitants North Rhine-Westphalia (N R-W) is the most highly populated of Germany's sixteen regions. The Finance Department was battling to meet public demand for information and assistance with complex tax legislation, and the variety of traditional telephone systems provided and managed by different external suppliers compounded problems....

Tags: Telephone System, Cisco Systems Inc., RZF, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecommunications, Financial Planning, Finance

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Electronic Record Optimizes Process Flows in North Rhine-Westphalia's Social Welfare Administration

Governments worldwide capture and manage highly sensitive information on a variety of stakeholders, including citizens, businesses, and their own employees. To protect the integrity of this information, government regulations require that organizations implement rigorous internal controls over the management of business records. With over 18 million citizens, North Rhine-Westphalia NRW...

Tags: Electronic Record, Government Regulation, Administration, Goal, SAP AG, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Content Management, Records Management, Regulations, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Government

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Tax Agency Migrates to Windows 2003 Terminal Server Environment, Enhancing Security and Savings

For years, the data center for North Rhine-Westphalia's NWR Tax Authorities has used a terminal server environment for distributing tax programs to its dispersed user base. With 550 servers comprising its IT environment, stability and reliability are critical for success. However, the security provided by its existing environment did not...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows 2003, Environment, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Tax Agency, Data Centers, Taxes, Free Trade, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Financial Planning, Finance

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BIT Provides Outstanding IT Support Using BMC Remedy

To optimize IT service and support, BIT wanted to implement a software solution to meet the special needs of judicial authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia. There are 270 authorities of different sizes in more than 300 locations. BIT needed an application that could integrate all locations reached through WAN connections. Another...

Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, Remedy Corp., It Management, It service Management

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German District Council Gains Single View of Income and Expenditure

As part of a pilot project conducted by the government of North-Rhine Westphalia, the District of Guetersloh in Germany wanted a software environment for switching over to a double-entry accounting system. The district council worked with Infokom, a regional IT solutions provider. Infokom recommended implementing the 'Newssystem communal' solution from...

Tags: Environment, Income, Microsoft Corp., Government, Operational Accounting, Finance

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