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University of Miami Deploys Innovative, Real-Time Laptop Backup Service, Powered by Atempo Live Backup

The University of Miami is one of the nation's leading research universities. UM students carry their laptops with them just about everywhere they go - to classes, dorms, field trips, and on vacations. The challenge was finding a backup solution that students never had to touch and that could protect...

Tags: Atempo, Laptop Computer, University Of Miami, Backups

Case studies 2008-04-24

High-Resolution Ultrawideband SAR Based on OFDM Architecture

This white paper addresses the proposal of research aimed at the development of detailed model-based description of high-resolution potentially jamming-resistant portable Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR system with rapid radar image transmission capabilities for complete battle-scene reconstruction. High resolution of obtained imagery and resistivity to certain types of jamming will be...

Tags: UWB, High-resolution, Transceiver, University Of Miami, OFDM, Ultrawideband (UWB), Wireless

White papers 2006-08-22

Additional Resources

Ubicomp 2009 and the fusion of our digital and physical worlds

Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless invisible interactions we're having with sensing, inferring, and data transferring machines every day. It's...

Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Works of Albert Einstein. FREE Author's biography & letters in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-07

University Cuts Costs, Improves Performance, Speeds Provisioning With Virtualization

The University of Miami UM is one of the leading research universities in the United States. With a server infrastructure that exceeded its facility's capacity and required the use of valuable resources to administer, the 10 IT staff in UM's enterprise Windows server group needed to consolidate servers and streamline...

Tags: Virtualization, Performance, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-07-01

Photos: Photography contest uncovers underwater treasures

Anemone-wielding crabs, a curious piglet, and a shark contemplating a snack claim prizes in University of Miami's underwater photography contest. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photography, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-05-03

Florida Sports 2.0 (Mobile)

Follow the latest news and access schedules, scores, rosters and player bios right from your iPhone. Coverage includes football, basketball, hockey, volleyball, baseball, softball, track, cross country, and soccer for the University of Florida Gators, Florida State University Seminoles, University of Miami Hurricanes, and University of Central Florida Knights.

Tags: Mobile, Grataware, BIOS, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Components, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-15

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees ventSmiling Sam does it againIt seems to me that the government is overlooking one of the critical components of this economic meltdown - the offshoring of American jobs. IBM is one of the worst offenders in this regard. This one...

Tags: Workforce management, Litigation, Financial accounting, Proskauer Rose, Madoff, IBM Corp., SEC, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad

A depressing string of layoff announcements across the corporate world has gotten 2009 off to an inauspicious start. So what do the trends mean for IT employment in 2009? Here’s a sober look at both the good signs and the bad. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- ...

Tags: Job, Layoff, Information Technology, Salary, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?

Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?Overall Cost and ValueIn my experience, digital photography was not vastly less money outlay than 35mm. I paid enough up front to amount to what I would have paid for 35mm including processing in the next 10 years. However, once I had made...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, PRODUCTIVITY, Photgraphy, photography

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Miami University Theme (Mobile)

The Official Miami University Theme Completely transform the way your BlackBerry looks. Change all of the icons, colors and the backgrounds. Change the graphics on every screen.This product is compatible with BlackBerry Models 7100, 8100, 8300, 8700, and 8800 which includes the BlackBerry Curve and the Pearl.This Product is not...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-02-20

Portable hurricanes wind simulators

Just in time for the beginning of the hurricane season, the University of Florida UF engineers have built the world's largest portable hurricane wind simulator. Mounted on a trailer, the device is composed of eight 5-foot-tall industrial fans powered by four marine diesel engines. This simulator can produce winds of...

Tags: Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment

Blog posts 2007-06-02

Another nail in the coffin for xBase? Microsoft ends Foxpro's commercial run

While Im glad to hear that Microsoft is turning portions of its codebase over to the open source community, the news thanks Slashdot from Microsoft that Foxpro has seen its last commercial version marks a sad day for me. Foxpro was to dBase what Excel was to Lotus 1-2-3. If...

Tags: Desktops, Mainframes, Servers, Databases, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., dBase, PC

Blog posts 2007-03-23

FL county muddles through the paper trail

In Sarasota County, FL, where 18,000 ballots registered no votes for Floridas 13th Congressional District House race, dozens of recount volunteers are scrutinizing pieces of paper, seeking mathematical errors in the computerized tabulation of votes, The Miami Herald reports. Its a meaningless ritual, said David Dill, a Stanford University...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, ballot

Blog posts 2006-11-17

China's own document standard: A clear message to US IT vendors?

Fresh off giving a keynote speech in Beijing during an event that was organized by the Chinese National Institution of Standardization the CNIS, Andy Updegrove is now stateside with a report that the Chinese government has come up with its own document standard called the Uniform Office Format or UOF....

Tags: Uniform Office Format, CNIS, Office 2.0, Government, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2006-11-09

China's own document standard: A clear message to US IT vendors?

Fresh off giving a keynote speech in Beijing during an event that was organized by the Chinese National Institution of Standardization the CNIS, Andy Updegrove is now stateside with a report that the Chinese government has come up with its own document standard called the Uniform Office Format or UOF....

Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Government, Office 2.0, Berlind, CNIS, Uniform Office Format

Blog posts 2006-11-09

Gloves come off in Symantec, Microsoft dispute

Gloves come off in Symantec, Microsoft disputeMessage has been deleted.Symantec and Microsoftmaking themselves irrelevant by their own coding each day. We'll be leaving Symantec for Sophos later this month after years of up and down performance by the one-time ok or better than McAfee at the time antivirus/security leader....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Vista-Office, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Universities rocked by data breaches

In what can only be called an epidemic of high-profile data security breaches, Ohio University has been hit five times since March 2005, leading to the breach of more than 300,000 student records. The latest theft reveals the precarious state of security at colleges, as institutions attempt to balance the...

Tags: Ohio University

Blog posts 2006-06-27

Apple vs. Me

Would you ever want to be on the business end of legal action from a company with US$9 billion in cash? What about being targeted for deletion by one of most powerful multi-national corporations in the world? What if a company with US$14 billion in revenue and 14,000 employees wanted...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., First Amendment

Blog posts 2006-04-06

'Aesthetic computing' turns algebra into art

Do you remember your math classes when you were a kid? Were you fascinated by equations or did you feel bored enough to look at the birds through the school's windows? If your answer is the second one, there is hope -- at least for your kids. A professor at...

Tags: aesthetic computing, computing

Blog posts 2005-10-02