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- Fuel Cell Maker Cuts Time-to-Market Up to 30 Percent With Business Intelligence Solution
- Ballard Power Systems, a world leader in fuel cell development, needed to give its researchers faster, fuller insights into manufacturing and test processes and data, in order to cut time-to-market and increase competitiveness. Ballard plans to achieve its goals - including a 30 percent cut in time-to-market - with a...
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Ballard Power Systems, Microsoft Corp., Fuel Cells, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management
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- MSDN Webcast: Visual Studio Tools for Office From the Experts: Paul Ballard (Level 200)
- This webcast interviews Paul Ballard, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System expert and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP. The attendee of this webcast will learn from the experiences Paul has had using Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office and see an example of the solutions he...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Paul Ballard, Microsoft Development Tools, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Office Suites, Software
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- The bold man and the sea
- We asked what physical property of the Black Sea is uniquely beneficial to shipwreck hunters, including legendary undersea explorer Dr. Robert D. Ballard, famous for his discoveries of the Titanic, U.S.S. Yorktown, and German battleship Bismarck.The Black Sea is the world's only large body of water to feature an anoxic...
- Tags: anoxic layer, Ballard, Black, Black Sea, Guest Contributor
- Technical articles 2003-09-16
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Power interruptions can cause severe repercussions for business computer systems. The problem is especially difficult in places where power outages and fluctuations frequently occur. A UPS provides a backup battery and power inverter circuitry to insulate systems and data from power outages. In situations where momentary power fluctuations occur, a...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Fluctuation, Problem, Penton Media Inc., Power Supply, Outage, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Manufacturing, Backups, Productivity
- White papers 2000-04-01
- 3 Questions: Selling Wi-Fi to the organization
- By Carl WeinschenkWith Nigel Ballard, director of Wi-Fi for Matrix Networks. Ballard, whose main business is deploying WLANs, says that the main task in selling the idea of Wi-Fi is convincing the skeptics within the organization.This interview originally appeared in the IT Business Edge weekly report on Empowering a...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Nigel Ballard, Wi-Fi
- Technical articles 2004-05-05
- Soft Skills in a Hard World
- Ballard MortonThe best professor I ever had, and by far, the most important class I ever took.Don't forget the book, The Destructive Achiever, which we also studied in his class. We come across this kind of person ever so often in the business world, and it helps to be...
- Tags: pelmore@...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Power Control Algorithm in CDMA Systems
- In this paper a power control techniques for CDMA system is presented. Power control is the most important system requirement for CDMA systems. For CDMA system to function effectively, one need to control the power; if power control is not implemented many problems such as the near-far effect will start...
- Tags: Algorithm, CDMA, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2004-05-15
- Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage
- Despite advances in computer technology, power outages continue to be a major cause of PC and server downtime. Protecting computer systems with Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS hardware is part of a total solution, but power management software is also necessary to prevent data corruption after extended power outages. This white...
- Tags: Power Management, American Power Conversion Corp., Outage, Computer, Manufacturing, Productivity
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Eden Communications Case Study: GE Power Systems
- GE Power Systems is the world leader in power generation technology, providing customers with a single, comprehensive source for all of their energy products and services. At the center of the company's success is a commitment to systematically identify opportunities for improvement in their processes and productivity. So when the...
- Tags: General Electric Co., Power Generation, GE Power Systems, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations
- Case studies
- Is power your weakest link in data center flexibility? Key considerations for power systems in adaptive IT environments
- Flexible. Adaptive. These are the hottest buzzwords in IT infrastructures today. The power infrastructure must be flexible and adaptable too. In most cases, power is not a focal point in IT planning, so the power chain can be strained to meet large fluctuations in power demand. Download...
- Tags: IT Environment, Data Center, Information Technology, Eaton Corp., Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2008-09-08
- Guohua Power Cuts Costs and Gains Tighter Control Over Diversified Operations
- Founded in 1999, Beijing Guohua Electric Power and its divisions invest in, construct, and operate electric power plants and serve as consultants for new energy projects. Guohua Power owns or has interests in 33 enterprises with operations spanning northern China, the Pearl River Delta, and the Yangtze River Delta. To...
- Tags: Human Resources, Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, SCM, Guohua Power, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Financial Management, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Continuous Availability for Power Plant Automation
- If the user asks power producers just what their key requirements are for instrumentation and control systems in power plants and for enterprise management, the user will nearly always get the same answer. The right information at the right time and the right place is what they expect, and that...
- Tags: Siemens AG, Automation, Internet, Utility Computing, Channel Management, Marketing
- White papers 2006-08-24
- Yangtze Power Improves Business Intelligence With Integrated Database and Analysis Tools
- China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd is China's largest publicly listed utility. Yangtze Power relies heavily on technology to support smooth operations. To gain a coherent view of its operations, Yangtze Power had to consolidate data from these systems, a time-consuming task that hindered timely decision-making during critical periods. The company...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Information Management, Oracle Corp., Power Generation, Analysis, Storage, Databases, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Flexible Power Modeling for Wireless Systems: Power Modeling and Optimization of Two Bluetooth Implementations
- Battery-powered mobile devices featuring wireless connectivity are becoming part of everyday life. In a functional breakdown of their power budget, communication accounts for a steadily increasing share of the total power; this is pushing research on power management of the wireless interfaces. The key to effective power management is power...
- Tags: Power Management, Optimization, Bluetooth, Modeling, Research & Development, Wi-Fi, Business Operations, Wireless
- White papers 2005-02-23
- A Service-Oriented Architecture for Electric Power Transmission System Asset Management
- In electric power transmission systems, the assets include transmission lines, transformers, power plants and support structures. Maintaining these assets to reliably deliver electric energy at low prices is critical for a nation's growth and development. Towards this end, the authors describe a novel service-oriented architecture for sensing, information integration, risk...
- Tags: Asset, Iowa State University, SOA, Framework, Forecasting, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Asset Management, Sales Force Management, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Sales
- White papers 2006-11-07
- eFunds IST/Switch for Linux on IBM POWER Systems Solution Technical Overview
- IBM and eFunds are jointly working to accelerate the introduction of Linux into the world of Financial Payments to benefit the industry initially through this joint definition of a reference architecture for eFunds IST/Switch for Linux on IBM POWER Systems. The solution reference architecture for eFunds IST/Switch for Linux on...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2005-11-15
- Answers to Basic Power Protection Questions
- Some of the frequently asked questions when considering surge protection and power conditioning are: “How much protection do I get from a particular model of surge protector?,” “What is the difference between uninterruptable power supplies and stand-by power supply systems?” and “Is a power conditioner the same as a transformer?”...
- Tags: Protection, Power Supply
- White papers
- An Analysis of OFDM Peak Power Reduction Techniques for WiMAX Systems
- The main drawback of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM systems is the high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio PAPR, which significantly reduces the efficiency of the transmit High Power Amplifier HPA. Several methods have been proposed in the literature to reduce the peak power of OFDM signals and substantial gains were reported....
- Tags: Technique, Analysis, OFDM, WiMAX, Wireless
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Power Benchmarking: A New Methodology for Analyzing Performance by Applying Energy Efficiency Metrics
- This paper will discuss the application of power metrics to legacy systems performance measurements. It will define power benchmarking, discuss the history of server power consumption, review energy efficiency measurement considerations for systems, highlight new metrics in the industry, demonstrate the application of this methodology to an industry standard benchmark,...
- Tags: Metrics, Performance, Benchmarking, Power Consumption, Performance Management, Hardware Upgrade, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-06-02
- (Photos: Servers ride on new Opterons)
- blades and x series serversThe high processing power in single chip is exciting. But what about the costs involved in cooling the systems and power consumptions. Is there any improvement in there.Yes, HP has intelligent power quotas for serversMost servers never go above 50 percent utilization. HP has management...
- Tags: PhotoS, SERVERS, heat generation, blades, power supply, HP HAS, ssatishn@..., hardware, AMD Opteron, photograph, server
- Discussion threads 2006-08-15
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