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- Plymouth University - Viglen Helps University Reduce Desktop Power Consumption by 40%
- The University of Plymouth understands the power of IT to support learning and attracts an increasing number of students with its mixture of high quality teaching backed by leading-edge computer technology. In 2007, over 20,000 students took part in higher education courses delivered by the university's 3,000 staff. ...
- Tags: University, Computer, Intel Corp., University Of Plymouth, Productivity, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-10-22
- Rising to the High-bandwidth Demands of an Evolving Academia
- The University of Plymouth is one of the United Kingdom's most prominent universities. University of Plymouth wanted to support high-bandwidth research needs on demand and enable reliable collaboration and communications anywhere. The challenge was to keep pace with teaching innovations. The university chose to implement a Cisco solution that remained...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., University Of Plymouth
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- QoS in SIP-Based NGN - State of the Art and New Requirements
- Both, surveillance of the market and studies of ongoing research and standardisation work show that the evolution from traditional telecommunication networks such as ISDN towards NGN Next Generation Networks currently takes place. SIP Session Initiation Protocol as an IP-based signalling protocol plays a major role in future NGN-based telecommunication networks....
- Tags: SIP, QoS, University Of Plymouth, NGN, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2007-06-19
- The Awareness and Perception of Spyware Amongst Home PC Computer Users
- Spyware is a major threat to personal computer based data confidentiality, with criminal elements utilising it as a positive moneymaking device by theft of personal data from security unconscious home internet users. This paper examines the level of understanding and awareness of home computer users to Spyware. An anonymous survey...
- Tags: Home PC, Survey, Computer, University Of Plymouth, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Marketing Research, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing
- White papers 2007-01-18
- Assessing End-User Awareness of Social Engineering and Phishing
- Social engineering is a significant problem involving technical and non-technical ploys in order to acquire information from unsuspecting users. This paper presents an assessment of user awareness of such methods in the form of email phishing attacks. Its experiment used a web-based survey, which presented a mix of 20 legitimate...
- Tags: Social Engineering, University Of Plymouth, Phishing, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications
- White papers 2007-01-18
- Neural Network Design for Engineering Applications
- Computers are an integral part of day to day activities in engineering design and engineers have utilised various applications to assist them improve their design. Although computers are used to model a variety of engineering activities, currently the main focus of computer applications are areas with well defined rules. Activities...
- Tags: Network, Neural Network, Computer, Engineering Application, University Of Plymouth, Productivity
- White papers 2005-11-30
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- Video Case Study - University of Plymouth Goes Green
- The University of Plymouth recently upgraded it's 4,800 PC desktop estate to ones with Intel's vPro technology. In this video Greg Regan, principal computing officer at the university explains how the technology's management capabilities will improve power efficiency, slash electricity costs and cut CO2 emissions in support of the academic...
- Tags: Video, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware
- White papers 2009-08-28
- Teaching language to robots
- For a project scheduled to end in 2011, Plymouth University researchers will build two robots using software allowing them to interact with each other to exchange learned information like humans. The team will use language-learning techniques designed for children. According to The Engineer, the goal of the project is to...
- Tags: project, concept, neck, belpaeme, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Students Thrive in a Wireless Environment
- The University College Plymouth St Mark and St John Marjon, in the UK, needs to sustain a competitive edge for attracting new students. As a result, the college wanted to supply a laptop to each student when they enrolled in an undergraduate or PostGraduate Certificate of Education PGCE program. In...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Wireless, Notebooks, Supply Chain, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- University Builds Platform for the Future Using HP BladeSystem
- With around 30,000 students and 3,000 staff, Plymouth is one of the UK's largest universities. Plymouth wanted to provide a scalable, energy-efficient server and storage infrastructure without expanding the university's limited data center space. Plymouth Installed HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosures with HP ProLiant BL685c Server Blades, virtualization software from VMware,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Utility Computing, Virtualization, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Blade Servers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-07-01
- New Notebook Computers Allow Students to Benefit From Flexible Learning and Less Administration
- The University College Plymouth St Mark and St John Marjon, in the UK, needs to sustain a competitive edge for attracting new students. As a result, the college wanted to supply a notebook computer to each student when they enrolled in an undergraduate or PostGraduate Certificate of Education PGCE programme....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Administration, Notebook Computer, Benefit, Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies 2008-02-25
- This robot snake wants to dance with you
- According to a short article in The Engineer Online, a two-meter high robotic snake will be shown in April 2008 at the London Science Museum. This vertical snake has been designed as an interactive sculpture. It uses sensors to react to what are doing its viewers and 'dances' with them....
- Tags: Intention, Robotics, Sensor, World First, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-02
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