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Swinburne University of Technology's Supercomputer Searches for the Secrets of the Universe While Minimising Its Footprint on Earth

The Centre wanted to build a new supercomputer that could support large increases in the number of users and jobs, and process time-critical data from some of the largest radio telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere. In addition, it wanted to reduce rising power and airconditioning costs by switching to an...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Supercomputer, Swinburne University

Case studies 2007-12-14

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, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-12-10

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., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Swinburne University, Open Source, Servers, Hardware

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Farewell to ZDNet (and CNET)

Farewell to ZDNet and CNETThanks for your good work!You've put in some hard time at ZDNet, and I've been reading the blogs for awhile -- it'll be sad to see you go, and I hope someone is out there that can adequately fill your shoes while you move on to...

Tags: Blogging, RSS, Farewell, Best Wishes, blog, CMP

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

A (nano)jacket for riding your bicycle

If you want to try a luminescent jacket to improve your safety when you ride your bicycle at night, you'll have to be next week in Melbourne, Australia. This prototype jacket, embedded with nano polymers, will be on display at the Melbourne Design Festival's Fabric of the Future exhibit, as...

Tags: NanoVic

Blog posts 2006-07-08