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Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilots Radio Frequency Identification With Oracle and Tata Consultancy Services
Since it was founded in 1984, Virgin Atlantic Airways, as a company, is always looking for ways to take advantage of technological advancement. The aviation industry is gradually moving toward RFID standards, and the company wanted to ensure that when these are agreed, Virgin Atlantic will be well placed to...
Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Oracle Corp., Virgin Atlantic, Radio, Aviation Industry, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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Aviation Weather (widget)
Get current weather conditions as well as weather forecasts with the Aviation Weather widget. Aviation Weather shows weather data METAR and TAF which is used by pilots for their flight preparations. Aviation Weather lets you choose any airport weather stations from its built-in database by either name or ICAO (4-letter)...
Tags: Weather, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Software downloads 2007-05-11
Hub Network Design for Sparse Travel Demand Within the African Aviation Industry
The African aviation industry has a pressing need to build an extensive global network within the region and is undertaking various steps through the liberalisation process provided for in the Yamoussoukro Decision to expand regionally and to improve Intra-Africa air travel. This paper analyses a study aimed at testing the...
Tags: Network, Industry, Network Design, University Of Pretoria, African Aviation Industry, Networking
White papers 2007-07-16
Achieving Speedy Compliance With Aviation Industry Regulations
Aero Technics Design Ltd, based near London Heathrow, UK, offers a specialist design and certification service for interior modifications to commercial, VIP and corporate aircraft, including interior refurbishments, reconfigurations and equipment redesigns. The company's challenge was to perform internal reconfigurations and modifications to commercial, VIP and corporate aircraft, to comply...
Tags: Reconfiguration, Compliance, Aircraft, Regulation, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
Case studies 2006-10-01
Professional Services Navigates Aviation IT Solution Company to Safe Landing at New Data Center Location
SITA is the world's leading provider of global information and telecommunications solutions to the aviation industry. Data availability and protection were key concerns as SITA began planning the move of its data center in response to the expiration of its facility lease. To complete a smooth data center relocation, maintain...
Tags: Data Center, Professional Services, SITA, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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Oracle Case Study: Pemco Aviation Group, Inc.
Pemco Aviation Group, Inc., is one of the world's leading independent providers of maintenance, repair, and overhaul services in the aerospace industry. Pemco wanted to create a scalable and cost-effective communications infrastructure that will enable their employees to communicate and collaborate effectively and efficiently with colleagues, customers, and partners. The...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Aerospace & Defense, Business Structures, Strategy, Manufacturing, Finance, Management
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Stevens Aviation Saves Money, Time and Resources With Webroot SaaS
In an average day, Stevens Aviation receives approximately 120,000 e-mails, nearly 93 percent of which are illegitimate. This amount of spam was hindering employee productivity and crippling Stevens Aviation's systems. Since its previous filtering system could only process 300,000 e-mails at a time, it lacked the functionality to effectively manage...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Webroot Software Inc., E-mail, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spam, Cloud Computing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Emerging Technologies, Spam And Phishing
Case studies 2008-05-05
Novell ZENworks Streamlines Business Operations for the City of Chicago Department of Aviation
The City of Chicago Department of Aviation oversees management and support of airports throughout the Chicago area, including O'Hare International, Midway, Meigs Field and Chicago Gary. To successfully manage and assist its employees and customers, the Department of Aviation required the flexibility to access, from any location, applications and data...
Tags: Novell Inc., Novell ZENworks, Directory Services, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
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FAA Maps the Skies With Oracle
Aviation System Standards, a department within the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAA, produces more than 10 million individual national airspace charting products per year for use by military, commercial and private aviators. The FAA chose Oracle products to support automating the instrument procedure development and distribution process to produce superior...
Tags: FAA, Oracle Corp., Application Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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The FAA Flies High With UBDR Gold Protecting the Skies
The Civil Aviation Registry is custodian of official agency records for both aircraft and airmen. They play a key role in aviation safety by providing statistics, technical advice, and certified copies of records to law enforcement, FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors, and National Transportation Safety Board Investigators. With such critical documentation...
Tags: FAA, Data Center, UltraBac Software, Civil Aviation Registry, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
Case studies 2006-10-26
Pumping up the space industry
Correct link to the photo galleryRockets, space elevators aim at X Prize Cuphttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-1035_11-34963.htmlFAAIn the fifth paragraph, I believe you meant to call it the Federal Aviation Administration.
Tags: Sonja Thompson, rockets, off-topic, space, news, industry
Discussion threads 2006-10-23
Systems Analyist Experience
I'm about to retire as an E7 after 20 years in the Navy working Aviation Electronics. I'm not wanting to work electronics, so I'm about to wrap up a BS in Computer Information Systems. Since I dont' have systems analyist experience in the Navy, it seems that I...
Tags: 20-Year, BS, career, electronics, guys/gal, industry, montecarlo70@...
Discussion threads 2005-02-22
Government Agency Ensures Aviation Safety and Improves Audit Efficiency by 16 Percent
This Aviation Authority oversees the safety of pilots, aircraft, and domestic and international passengers. Its surveillance function ensures the civil aviation system maintains the highest levels of safety and security by identifying and correcting high-risk, non-compliant behaviour and unsafe practices before they cause an accident or incident. Yet, limitations in...
Tags: Audit, Agency, Authority, Microsoft Corp., Safety, Government, Financial Accounting, Policies And Procedures, Finance, Human Resources
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New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority Improves the Accuracy and Efficiency of Surveillance Audits With the 2007 Microsoft Office System
The Civil Aviation Authority CAA of New Zealand, a governmental agency in the Transport sector, faced a number of challenges when monitoring compliance with civil aviation rules. The process for conducting audits and inspections was predominantly paper-based, and required data to be captured on multi-part paper forms before being recaptured...
Tags: Civil Aviation Authority, Audit, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance
Case studies 2007-03-01
Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages
The IT industry and business in general are slowly waking up to the impact they are having on the environment. While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions...
Tags: Data Center, Aperture Technologies, Data Centers, Storage, Public Relations, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications
White papers 2008-03-11
Dassault Aviation Cuts Costs With HP Pay Per Use Services
Dassault Aviation is one of the aviation industry's major global players. Technical quality, performance and innovation are its key success factors in this highly competitive market. The need to simplify support and improve quality of service for the end-user was the main catalysts for a recent major change in Dassault...
Tags: Dassault Systemes, Hewlett-Packard Co., Imaging, Dassault Aviation, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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Federal Agency Accelerates Aviation Rulemaking With Global Knowledge Management Network
The Federal Aviation Administration FAA Aircraft Evaluation Groups AEG establishes operational safety criteria for new and modified aircraft and manages aircraft suitability safety processes. In preparation for ISO certification, the AEG needed to accelerate airworthiness reviews and streamline external industry collaboration on aircraft maintenance and certification. The FAA deployed Knowledge...
Tags: FAA, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Network, Agency, Knowledge, Aircraft, Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Evaluation Groups, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management
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The South West Civil Aviation Administration of China Looks to Soar Through IT Management Issues With Intel vPro Technology
The South West Civil Aviation Administration of China SWCAAC has always been an early adopter of technology. However, while the management solution was equipped with remote management features, it was still limited in functionality and portability, and SWCAAC was left seeking more efficient solutions to manage its IT resources and...
Tags: IT Administration, Intel vPro, PC, Information Technology, Administration, Intel Corp., SWCAAC, Peer To Peer (P2P), Desktops, Strategy, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Hardware, Management
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VOR Calculator (exe)
VOR Calculator calculates distances and radials from the closest or a specified VOR station to a specified coordinate. Analyzes a waypoint text file, displaying radial/distances from the closest VOR station to each waypoint in the file. Searchable VOR database and other options included.
Tags: database
Software downloads 2002-06-04
Intasoft Case Study Penny + Giles
Penny + Giles was founded in 1955, initially to provide flight test instrumentation. Working in a safety critical environment, it is imperative that Penny + Giles have a comprehensive Quality System which has to meet the requirements of the Civil Aviation Authority and European Aviation Safety Agency as well as...
Tags: Penny, Tools & Techniques, Management
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