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- Evaluating the Use of Spam-Triggered TCP/IP Rate Control to Protect SMTP Servers
- This paper examines an approach to spam mitigation that rate limits incoming TCP/IP connections to an SMTP server based on the real-time detection of spam within the SMTP message exchange. Our approach is motivated by a desire to cause increased resource consumption at the spammer end of each SMTP connection,...
- Tags: SMTP, Server, Swinburne University, SMTP Server, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2007-12-10
- Experimental Evaluation of FAST TCP Performance and Fairness in DOCSIS Cable Modem Networks
- This paper presents experimental results evaluating the performance and fairness of FAST TCP in a series of tests involving realistic low rate network access scenarios. Links both using the DOCSIS cable modem Medium Access Control MAC cable modem and simple low rate links were investigated. It seeks to compare the...
- Tags: Cable Modem, Network, TCP, DOCSIS, Swinburne University, Fairness, Cable, Modems, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-05-01
- A Service Workflow Management Framework Based on Peer-to-Peer and Agent Technologies
- Service workflow management which consolidates multiple services to achieve business goals has become a critical issue in service-oriented computing. Due to the unique feature of service workflows such as full distribution and high dynamicity, the contemporary workflow technology has exhibited inefficiency, vulnerability, inflexibility and lack of adaptability. Based upon the...
- Tags: Agent, P2P, Swinburne University, Workflow Management, Real Estate, Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Operations, Internet
- White papers 2005-07-25
- The Handheld Classroom: Educational Implications of Mobile Computing
- Advances in handheld computing technology have meant that Personal Digital Assistants PDAs are no longer simply electronic replacements for paper diaries, with current models capable of performing a wide range of functions.. This paper explored the use of handheld computers in a variety of educational contexts. The first part of...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Computing, Swinburne University, Handheld Computing, Handhelds, Hardware
- White papers 2005-05-04
- Components - The Past, the Present, and the Future
- Since the early 1990's, component-based software technology has become an increasingly popular approach to facilitate the development of evolving systems as it promised to address some of the problems of object-oriented development technologies. By reconfiguring components, adapting existing components, or introducing new components it was hoped that applications could be...
- Tags: Component, Swinburne University, Object-oriented, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Component-Based Development (CBD), Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2004-05-17
- Swinburne University Improves Learning Environment With Cisco Network Upgrade
- Swinburne University of Technology is one of only a few universities offering a full range of education opportunities from pre-apprenticeships to TAFE, to undergraduate and postgraduate programs across six campuses in Melbourne. Swinburne University of Technology completed a technology upgrade with Cisco Systems to increase network performance and information security...
- Tags: Network Upgrade, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Swinburne University
- Case studies
- Novell Case Study: Swinburne University of Technology
- Melbourne-based Swinburne University of Technology has more than 45,000 students and 2,000 staff located across six campuses. The university's previous supercomputer cluster, based on a combination of legacy and proprietary technology, lacked compatibility with newer Linux-based systems and was costly to maintain. By introducing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the university...
- Tags: Novell Inc., University, Swinburne University, Open Source, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
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- Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products
- In what appears to be either a common scenario of "when the security solution ends up the security problem itself", or a product launch basing its strategy on outlining the increasing number of critical vulnerabilities found in competing antivirus products, the IT/Security consulting firm n.runs AG claims to have discovered...
- Tags: Antivirus Product, Antivirus, Vulnerability, Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore ok
- A trio of professors working with the national Quality Research Center at the University of Michigan finds that offshore outsourcing hurts customer service ratings, but farming out back office operations has a limited impact. The working paper, conducted by the University of Michigan as well as Nasscom,...
- Tags: Offshore, Customer Service, Offshore Outsourcing, Customer Satisfaction, Back-office, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Product Marketing, Operational Accounting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Hardcore math at the speed of the Net
- From its inception, the Internet has been about connecting researchers and research institutions to each other (and, of course, about national defense). As the Web continues to explode, though, it's interesting to see how new generations of researchers work, collaborate, and criticize online. A particular example...
- Tags: Proof, Mathematician, Li, Web 2.0, Wiki, Blogging, Channel Management, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Your computer as your singing coach
- Israeli researchers have developed an electronic ear to coach vibrato technique. Until now, the quality of a vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- could only be judged by voice experts. Now, a Tel Aviv University research team 'has successfully managed to train a computer...
- Tags: Researcher, Quality, Teacher, Computer, TAU, Productivity, Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency
- They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer
- So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...
- Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- About that cellular interference...
- So... maybe it is a real problem. Pedram Amini top picture on the right, noted researcher and reverse engineer, posted an article to the Tipping Point DVLabs blog on some interesting observations he made on cellular interference. From the article, Pedram comments on the discovery: "I had...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Researcher, Laptop Computer, Pedram Amini, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Google curbs essay-writing service advertisements
- Corporations over time gain social responsibility for the products they release: Microsoft and their report abuse features, Facebook and their privacy settings, and now Google are adding more to the list. I spoke some time ago about plagiarism, more on a positive note, considering the use of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Essay, Advertisement, Plagiarism, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Your correspondence so far
- It's been just over a month now since I started writing here, and it's certainly been an interesting one. I've had many emails over the last month asking me this, that and the other, not even a single death threat yet! I'd like to share some questions and my answers...
- Tags: Web Server, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Q., E-mail, Web Servers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Internet, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Cell phones tracking nightlife activity
- A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies. It is also distributing a free version of this software named Citysense, which shows on your cell phone where the wild things are happening in your own town....
- Tags: Application, Phone, Columbia University, Cell Phone, Macrosense, GPS, Cellular Phones, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Biometric IDs for African penguins?
- University of Bristol researchers have developed a non-intrusive visual surveillance system for wildlife habitats. They've used their system to monitor the behavior of 20,000 African penguins on Robben Island in South Africa. By definition, conventional tagging techniques can only monitor animals which have been tagged. On the contrary, the 'Penguin...
- Tags: Chest, Monitor, Researcher, Camera, Species, African, Image-recognition System, Monitors & Displays, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
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