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		<title><![CDATA[Russian Universities Use Portals to Improve Standardization and the Learning Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1098049]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CROC, based in Moscow, is a leading Russian systems integrator with more than 1,600 employees. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, it provides "E-University" solutions to educational institutions. In their search for ways to improve their educational processes, Russian institutions of higher learning are turning to electronic portals. CROC, a Microsoft...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Naming Standardization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1104831]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler provides a full spectrum of data modeling tools and utilities, including Entity Relationship modeling, Relational Database Design, Physical, Data Type and Multi-dimensional modeling; full forward and reverse engineering between Logical and Relational models, DDL code generation. It includes importing from and exporting to a variety...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grid and Cloud Computing Technology: Interoperability and Standardization for the Telecommunications Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1188511]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Telecommunications Standards Institute formed the Grid Technical Committee TC GRID in 2006 with participation from over 20 organizations spanning private sector, government, and academia. It had a specific mandate to address the convergence of the IT and Telecommunications industries in particular in the domain of interoperability. Grid computing,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMD]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMDChoice vs. StandardizationWith respect, Dietrich, the digital world is not as simple as freedom of choice. Freedom of choice is great for hamburgers, pizza, and toothpaste. But multi-state and global companies users and developers require some level of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Recent Progress and Standardization of Terrestrial Wireless and Satellite Communication Systems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=952481]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper overviews the recent progress and standardization of terrestrial wireless and satellite communication systems. The terrestrial wireless systems are now standardized by ITU-R SG5 in the area of IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced, land mobile systems, aeronautical mobile systems and fixed wireless access systems. This paper focuses on the free-space optical communication...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chevron Drives Process Standardization and Efficiency With Mobile Decision Support]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=393897]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The refining industry is driven by tight margins, and oil companies are constantly looking for ways to boost efficiency and reduce costs. Chevron has found significant savings in standardizing refinery process steps using mobile workflow software and rugged PDAs to deliver decision support to field workers. Chevron implemented the solution...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WiMAX/Wi-Fi Coexistence in the 3.65GHz Band - Standardization and Simulation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=965303]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening of the 3.65-3.7GHz band in the US has created opportunities to standardize solutions for license-exempt operation of WiMAX systems. This is being realized through the IEEE P802.16h license-exempt amendment. This paper presents a summary of the regulatory requirements of the band, and summarizes efforts within IEEE License-Exempt Task Group...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Standardization Streamlines IT, Improves Services for Desert Utility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1015923]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1911, the Imperial Irrigation District was formed to make southern California's desert bloom. The company wanted to reduce IT complexity and management burden and realize efficiencies through standardization in both the data center and in PC deployments, organization-wide. Imperial Irrigation District turned to HP partner SIGMAnet, which helped them...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1138]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequent contributor Roger Ramjet has a bit of a bee in his bonnet about path and naming standardization across a multi-vendor distributed Unix architecture. If I understand him correctly, he believes that it's both possible and sensible to build what amounts to a standardization harness - a set of scripts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:15:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lowara Leverages Performance Management System to Support Data Integration and Standardization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=373385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lowara wanted to guarantee traceability of data, activities, and approval processes and ensure compliance with international regulations, especially Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. The challenge was to increase the sales network's involvement in setting revenue goals and apply a single reporting and consolidation process to different companies serving various markets. Lowara worked with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform: SAS Business Intelligence - Enabling BI Consolidation and Standardization Without Compromises]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1130811]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAS Business Intelligence empowers users by giving them access to information in the format they need, when they need it. SAS provides tailored, role-based interfaces targeted at specific audiences, skills and needs. Users can get their own answers while IT retains control over the consistency and reliability of the data...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The politicking is almost over. At midnight Central European Time on Saturday March 29, voting regarding whether Microsoft's Open Office XML OOXML document format will get ISO standards approval will close.    For the past month -- ever since the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting BRM in Geneva ended...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[XML Warehousing Meets Sociology: Introducing the W3C XQuery Working Group]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=399759]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper describes a novel application of XML and Web based technologies, a sociological study of the W3C standardization process. They propose a new methodology and tools, to be used by sociologists to study the standardization process, illustrated by the W3C XQuery Working Group. The novelty of the approach has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Cisco IT Achieves Consolidation and Standardization in the Data Center]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=345941]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The need to manage and build isolated islands for each application cost Cisco IT too much in resources and flexibility, and a solution was required. Underutilization of resources is a major factor in high TCO. Like many enterprises, Cisco is challenged to control the costs and improve the inefficiencies of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Transforming the Data Center Through Standardization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356071]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control, driving costs up and jeopardizing service levels. That's why Symantec recommends companies standardize on a single layer of infrastructure software. Data centers today are at the breaking point - complexity has gone out of control,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can WiMax make it in the U.S.?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=40892&messageID=756099&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can WiMax make it in the U.S.?Nope...For the same reason that has kept the US behind even 3rd world countries in communications/internet - Greed and the desire to control it all.Wider freq chan != more efficientSince the radio spectrum is limited, wider channels are in general less efficient.  It's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Debate: What would reform do to medical IT?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13593-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=39139&messageID=718960&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's Debate: What would reform do to medical IT?Increased CompetitionIf medical reform includes standardization and interoperability it may increase the efficiency of medical IT, and they could do more with fewer resources. IT work-arounds and redundancies  would not be needed.However, such reform would also increase the ability for companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Compliance: Standardization and Simplification of Risk Adjusted Performance Reporting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1178627]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are tumultuous times for Finance leaders. Investors, board members, senior management, rating agencies, regulators and other stakeholders continue to seek ways to better evaluate and execute on financial services organization's activities, performance, risks and strategies. They are looking for more timely, pertinent, and readily accessible financial, market and business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Confirming the flat-earther's myths doesn't serve anyone]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10533-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=36654&messageID=674393&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Confirming the flat-earther's myths doesn't serve anyoneSecure EMailGeorge,David Berlind appears to me to have become a crotchety Luddite.It's time for him to holler "Uncle" on this topic.--rjRetarded?I haven't heard someone use that term as a pejorative in years. Way to buck the trend in our politically correct society.You two are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toshiba drops sales target for HD DVD players]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9584-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=34909&messageID=642569&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba drops sales target for HD DVD playersWhy botherI have a DVD player already.  I have nothing that is HD compliant.  And even if I did, the HD and BlueRay standards are what is used as master images for 90 foot theater screens.  My screen is significantly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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