Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
Additional Resources
- A flip of the on switch: Utah wind project goes online
- Seems wasteful to send the energy 2 states away...Very cool to see a big wind farm come online, but most of that energy is going to be wasted on transmission line leakage by the time it gets to California. We really need to get to the point of highly-localized power...
- Tags: power generation
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Netviewer Meet Free 6.0 build 1434 (Windows)
- With Netviewer Meet you will need only a few seconds to establish a secure connection with up to 3 remote computers. The conferencing program is started directly from the Internet. You can connect with other people's computers in just a few seconds: As the initiator of a Netviewer session, the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Computer, Netviewer, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Web Conferencing, Marketing, Hardware, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- Learning from the weak signals of failure
- Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...
- Tags: Team management, weak signal
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- SP AusNet Improves Document Collaboration With Visualization Solution
- SP AusNet wanted to deploy a document viewing package that would allow internal staff and design contractors to access and view CAD and engineering drawings within the company's electronic document management system. The challenge was to provide a platform for designers and project teams to collaborate on engineering drawings. SP...
- Tags: Collaboration, Oracle Corp., SP AusNet, Engineering Drawing, CAD, Software
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Belkin cancels FlyWire wireless HD solution while Atlona releases new wireless USB to HDMI adapter
- Sending HD signals through the home wirelessly is one of those Holy Grails that seems to be just outside of the reach of mainstream consumers. One of the slickest-looking solutions that suffered lengthy delays, and from a $1,500 price tag, is Belkin's FlyWire, which used WHDI technologyto beam high-def video...
- Tags: Wireless USB, Belkin Corp., HDMI, Adapter, USB, Wireless, HDAiR, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- To the Moon: The Integrators
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- One example of "smarter planet"
- The smart grid for electricity has become so mainstream Congress wrote it into the stimulus law enacted earlier this year. IBM's marketing of "smarter planet" goes way beyond electricity and networked grid. I recently spoke with Drew Clark, director of strategy of IBM Venture Capital Group. And...
- Tags: Sensor, Grid, IBM Corp., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- Some like it cool: HP/EDS fellow shares data center best practices
- I spoke last week with Ed Kettler, a fellow for Hewlett-Packard who comes to the company via HP's acquisition of systems integrator EDS. Kettler has been involved with two major data center overhauls that EDS undertook before it became part of HP, including the retrofit of a facility in Wynyard,...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Best Practice, Kettler, Tulsa, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- If we build it, what will come?
- The American infrstructure cheerleaders have a wish list, nearly a half-trillion dollars worth. They should learn to think BIG, like those Wall Streeters who are nearly their second trillion dollars of government case without a single shovel-ready project. Weell, there were some small grave-digging projects for the likes...
- Tags: Job, Project, Highlights, Job Year, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Is Psystar planning a netbook?
- Is Psystar planning a netbook?P-pod MP3 playerWhatever happened to the P-pod MP3 player that Psystar was going to come out with? :-)RE: Is Psystar planning a netbook?If Apple blocks this attempt, they'd better hurry to fill this gap in the tiny-and-less-than-$600 space in the market themselves. My kids both have...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OS-X Leopard, Psystar, netbook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
- Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...
- Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Look, Ma! Twitter
- Look, Ma! TwitterHow secure is that?I mean I'm sure the doctors didn't name names (cough cough...) but just how secure is a Tweet? That's one of the few Web 2.0 thingamabobs I never looked into.Twitter is SillyIt is more like a toy than anything else. "Going to the store",...
- Tags: Desktops, Twitter, Look Ma
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Say it with me again: KISS
- We all know the expression: Keep it Simple, Stupid! or just KISS for short. No matter how many times we hear it, though, it's an easy one to forget. This last week was a great example for me. Just when I thought I'd gotten through my little...
- Tags: Consumer Equipment, Cable, Network Technology, Ethernet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...
- Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- XviD 1.2.1 (Windows)
- Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license. The Xvid video codec implements MPEG-4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile standards. It permits compressing and decompressing digital video in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, XviD, Xvid Solutions, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-12-05
- Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?
- This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...
- Tags: Web, Vision, Al Gore, Grid, Web 2.0 Summit, Michael Wesch, Web 2.0, Transportation, Internet, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- IT's challenges: The end of device charging; ROI; Super programmers
- Gartner on Tuesday outlined its grand IT challenges from 2008 to 2033 and it includes a world where you'll never have to charge your device. That was one of the futurama type predictions outlined by Gartner analyst Ken McGhee at the firm's Symposium ITxpo. These prediction presentations...
- Tags: Device, Information Technology, Gesture, ROI, Programmer, Programming, Wireless, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Development Tools, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- TransCo Saves Time and Money by Centralizing Database Infrastructure
- The National Transmission Corporation TransCo is a government-owned and controlled corporation created in 2001 by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act EPIRA. The National Transmission Corporation TransCo wanted to consolidate multiple database servers into one central system to speed up data access and improve uptime and implement a disaster recovery...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., TransCo, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Smart grid players extend their influence beyond the pilot phase
- When it comes to real market potential in the green tech space, smart grid-related technology is right up there. In any given week, I could post a half-dozen blogs about developments in this world. Echelon, in particular, has had a very busy summer, inking a new deal in Denmark, expanding...
- Tags: Echelon, Project Deployment, Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts