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- ASMO Drives Breakthrough Company Performance by Deploying Itanium 2-Based Servers
- AVTOVAZ is not just the leading auto manufacturer in Russia but it's also the largest in Eastern Europe. They wanted to implement a server infrastructure and improve efficiency of their corporate information system and speed crucial end-of-month reporting procedures. They wanted to boost workforce efficiencies and information availability at management...
- Tags: Performance, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., ASMO, AVTOVAZ, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Government Agency Uses Latest Technology to Increase Investor Confidence
- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Thailand, is responsible for supervising and developing capital markets in Thailand. SEC wanted to minimize confidential data loss and theft during off-site meetings and investigations and protect its machines from online spyware and malware attacks. SEC also wanted to ensure compliance with company security...
- Tags: Agency, SEC, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Government, Security, Viruses And Worms, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Intel Technology Supports United Arab Emirate's First 'Bookless' Digital Integration Application Called 'Notebooks for Books'
- Asklepios, one of Europe's leading healthcare providers, runs over 95 hospitals and clinics across Europe. In order to modernise group-wide x-ray and scan management for quicker diagnosis and treatment, Asklepios invested in creating Germany's largest Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), powered by 10 Intel Itanium 2 processor-powered HP and...
- Tags: Notebook, Intel Itanium 2, Books, Intel Corp., Processors, Healthcare, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Bank Supports Aggressive Growth Strategy With New Infrastructure
- Turkey-based DenizBank has pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, which has doubled the number of transactions the bank manages on a daily basis. To maintain its leading market position, the bank had to cut transaction processing times, manage risks, and comply with ever-changing legislation. To meet these challenges, the bank...
- Tags: Strategy, Bank, Microsoft Corp., Financial Services, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Koehler Enhances Supply Chain Operations With HP Integrity Servers Powered by Intel Itanium 2 Processors
- The Koehler Group is one of the world's most innovative, successful manufacturers of high-quality, specialty paper. Headquartered in Oberkirch, Germany, near the French border, the company was founded in 1807 by Otto Koehler and has remained in the hands of the Koehler family. To improve productivity, streamline business processes and...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Supply Chain, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Intel Corp., Koehler, Koehler Group, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Helps China Huadian's HQ to Improve Management Methods and Enhance Efficiency
- China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was established in 1982 by the Chinese Government and is responsible for the exploitation of China's offshore oil and gas resources in co-operation with foreign partners. Increasing market demand, competition and rapid changes in the global oil economy are pushing CNOOC to increase its...
- Tags: Mobile, Intel Centrino, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Sun Case Study: Transmeta Corporation
- Grids are essential to microprocessor manufacturing, where heavy workloads demand sophisticated, efficient computing for advanced design and speedy time to market. But IT management at Transmeta Corporation-a pioneer in developing cutting-edge microprocessors for mobile computing-discovered that not all grid technology delivers the same results. Frustrated by interruptions in workflow, difficulties...
- Tags: Transmeta Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun N1 Grid Engine, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components
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- PlayMedia Systems: Leading the Way in Audiovisual Content Delivery
- An expert in consulting to some of the most prominent names in the audiovisual content industry, PlayMedia Systems is a low-cost, high-quality developer of codecs and multimedia frameworks. Headquartered in Los Angles, Calif, PlayMedia has audio and video research and development labs in Europe. As PlayMedia products began to push...
- Tags: Multimedia, Codec, Intel Corp., Research & Development, Processors, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Using Flash Memory in Embedded Applications
- Modern Flash memory offers a lot of functionality that was simply not available with EPROMs or earlier Flash memory implementations. Embedded applications can take advantage of Flash memory by both storing application data in it and by allowing modifications or upgrades of the application code itself.In this article, we will...
- Tags: Flash Memory, Modern Flash Memory, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Positive Identification and Access Control
- Unisys and the ES7000 server are doing its part to help fight crime. Working closely with the Chilean Immigration Police, Unisys is assisting with a biometric security solution that addresses forgery problems with travel documents and movement of criminals across borders all the while speeding up airport queues. Two ES7000...
- Tags: Unisys Corp., Server, Access Control, Processors, Security, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Visible Breakthrough: InteliTrac Supports Powerful, Cost-Effective Biometric Processing
- InteliTrac is the creator of an integrated system of hardware and software solutions that enable standard computer networks to process data 10 to 1,000 times faster than previously possible for most applications on the same computer networks. The company wanted to strike the perfect balance between business and technology needs...
- Tags: Unisys Corp., InteliTrac, Productivity, Networking, Servers, Processors, Security, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- GSM Modems Gain New Freedom With NPort
- InterCall Technology, Inc., has an excellent team of software engineers that can solve the toughest problems for using GSM modems to send short messages. Such problems include the data bit difference between Chinese and Latin words and multi-GSM modem failures. The most popular system used for this purpose is SMS...
- Tags: SMS, GSM, Modems, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
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- Rapidly Growing Internet Search Company Moves to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server and AMD Opteron Processor to Reduce Hardware Costs by 60 Percent
- Feedster is a rapidly growing search engine and advertising network for online content and weblogs published using RSS, a newly popular XML standard. Feedster had been running several free distributions of Linux, but lacked vendor support when it encountered problems. The company was concerned about the costs of supporting its...
- Tags: Internet, Feedster, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Internet Search, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- An Open Source Hands-On Course With Real-Time Linux
- This paper describes the documentation that comes with the hands-on course on real-time systems, as it is presented to fourth-year mechatronics engineering students. This hands-on course is one part of a cluster of three, the others being more theoretical courses on real-time software, and on processors and interfacing for real-time...
- Tags: Course, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Highly Scalable Product Family Optimizes Price-Performance Value With Intel Architecture
- For developers trying to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving Internet environment, finding the right balance between custom-built and off-the-shelf components can be difficult. Yet Nortel Networks believes this balance is an essential ingredient for success in today's highly competitive telecom industry. With a scalable suite of system-ready processors,...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., IP, Intel Architecture, Internet, Chipsets, Networking, Telecommunications, Security, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- France Televisions Publicite Introduces Reactive Advertising Service With Intel Itanium 2 Processors
- The last decade has witnessed an explosion in TV channels as well as the emergence of new advertising media including the Internet and mobile phones. To remain successful in the increasingly competitive market, France Televisions Publicite needed an IT infrastructure which would not only enable it to introduce new services...
- Tags: Advertisement, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., France Televisions Publicite, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Lucky Market Group Moves Towards Greater Service Excellence With Intel Technology
- Located in the populous city of Phnom Penh, Lucky Market Group runs two department stores and three supermarkets, with ambitious plans to expand by over 10 more branches by 2020. Lucky Market Group's main challenge was to manage massive product lines and numerous suppliers to deliver a great shopping experience...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Branch, Lucky Market Group, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- Intel Xeon Processor-Based Platform Drives Filmless Radiology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital to Get Medical Info to Clinicians Faster Than Before
- When the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis broke out in Singapore, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) had just gone online with its new Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). The timing could not have been better. TTSH became a SARS screening center and in...
- Tags: Hospital, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., SARS, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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- Fast Calculations on Opteron-Based HP Servers Win the Race
- To win Formula One and other car races, Dallara Automobili engineers aim to continually improve performance. They need precise aerodynamic calculations for models in the firm's state-of-the-art wind tunnel simulations. To support numerical aerodynamics analyses and integrate wind tunnel data, Dallara implemented a dedicated HP server platform of 16 ProLiant...
- Tags: HP Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Opteron, Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- Refining the Weather Report With Itanium 2-Based Servers
- The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) is relied on to provide accurate forecasts for national news channels and industry groups including civic authorities and agricultural bodies. To develop truly accurate predictions, the FMI has always relied on High Performance Computing (HPC) but traditionally shared the only platform in Finland, located at...
- Tags: Intel Itanium, High-performance Computing, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Intel Corp., Finnish Meteorological Institute, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
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