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The Internationalisation Process of the Smaller Firm: An Examination of the Craft Microenterprise

This work involves an examination of the internationalisation process of the smaller firm, focusing on the craft enterprise in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Craft sector analysis was carried out in order to determine historical precedents as well as to assist in the identification of industry and...

Tags: Firm, University Of Stirling, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-12-18

Rule Execution and Event Distribution Middleware for PROSEN-WSN

This paper presents a prototype wireless sensor network middleware REED Rule Execution and Event Distribution. This middleware supports both the distribution of rules and the events that trigger them. REED employs a rule-based paradigm to allow sensor networks to be programmed at run time. This provides a flexible environment where...

Tags: University Of Stirling, REED, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-06-07

Managing Email: Good Practice Guidance

Growth challenges in Microsoft Exchange environments can be solved with the deployment of iSCSI storage. Microsoft favors block storage such as iSCSI for Exchange deployments. Attaching iSCSI storage to a network provides the server with headroom for adding Exchange users, since the storage can grow without being restrained by the...

Tags: iSCSI, E-mail, University Of Stirling, Exchange, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ip storage, Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking

White papers 2007-04-23

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Microsoft acquires rootkit specialist Komoku; DoD now a customer

Microsoft on Thursday acquired Komoku, which provides rootkit detection software, for an undisclosed sum. Komoku's technology will be added to Microsoft's enterprise-focused Forefront and Windows Live OneCare security software. Komoku counts the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense as customers and gives Microsoft's anti-malware...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department Of Defense, Komoku, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

An oven-fridge-generator powered by sound

Several UK universities are teaming to develop an inexpensive all-in-one appliance for developing countries. In "Burning wood to power fridges," Nature reports that the SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project will use "thermoacoustic technology to convert biomass fuels, such as wood, into energy to power the appliance." In...

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

Blog posts 2007-05-16

Need a toy for a toddler? Try an old phone

Out shopping for that expensive Christmas gift for your young son or daughter? Well, put down that credit card. Your best gift this holiday season is your old cell phone, says Zee News. You were probably wondering what to do with that old cell phone anyway. Its...

Tags: Education Technology, Preschool

Blog posts 2006-11-21

Updating perceptions

My blogging colleague Dana Blankenship recently committed a common anachronism with the comment that: It would be very bad if Google were stuck with Sun's overheads, running expensive SPARC servers instead of cheaper Linux boxes. ...

Tags: Linux

Blog posts 2005-10-12

University of Stirling Chooses Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Applications and Intel Itanium 2-Based Servers

The University of Stirling in Scotland, UK was founded by Royal Charter in 1967 and has established itself as a major center of education with remote campuses in Inverness and Stornoway. The University is organized academically into four faculties: Arts, Human Sciences, Management, and Natural Sciences. With a respected teaching...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., University, Open Source, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware

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