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Performance review--how to "market" yourself
Ive never been comfortable with performance reviews. Ive always had fairly positive reviews, so its not that Ive been subject to harsh criticism. Theres just something about sitting there under the microscope that just makes me anxious. Also, I dont like being in the position of "Marketer of Myself." I...
Tags: Performance management, Ive, contribution, performance
Blog posts 2006-11-14
Seaweed: Distributed Scalable Ad Hoc Querying
Many emerging applications such as wide-area network management need to query large, structured, highly distributed datasets. Seaweed is a distributed scalable infrastructure for querying such datasets. This paper describes its architecture and design features, using the Anemone network management system as a motivating example. The main contribution is a design...
Tags: Advertisement, Network, Seaweed, Contribution, WANs, Networking, Network Technology, Network Administration
White papers 2006-05-23
Provably Secure Ubiquitous Systems: Universally Composable RFID Authentication Protocols
This paper examines two unlinkably anonymous, simple RFID identification protocols that require only the ability to evaluate hash functions and generate random values, and that are provably secure against Byzantine adversaries. The main contribution is a universally composable security model tuned for RFID applications. By making specific setup, communication, and...
Tags: Florida State University, Contribution, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-04-29
Defining Strong Privacy for RFID
This paper considers privacy in Radio Frequency IDentification RFID systems. The contribution is threefold: the paper proposes a simple, formal definition of strong privacy useful for basic analysis of RFID systems, as well as a different weaker definition applicable to multi-verifier systems; applies the definition to reveal vulnerabilities in several...
Tags: Privacy, Contribution, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
White papers 2006-04-07
Typed Parametric Polymorphism for Aspects
This paper studies the incorporation of generic types in aspect languages. Since advice acts like method update, such a study has to accommodate the subtleties of the interaction of classes, polymorphism and aspects. Indeed, simple examples demonstrate that current aspect compiling techniques do not avoid runtime type errors. The paper...
Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Aspect, Semantics, Alcatel, Contribution, C#, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Productivity, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
White papers 2006-02-23
IBM Research turns 60
IBM Research is celebrating 60 years of breakthroughs in computer science, physics, and semiconductor design. The organization is becoming a far different place than it was back in the 1970s. Now Big Blue is setting its sights on social sciences. In your opinion, what is IBM’s biggest contribution to IT?IBM's...
Tags: contribution, ibm, IBM Corp., it, it management, PC, research, Sonja Thompson
Discussion threads 2005-10-11
Haskell on a Shared-Memory Multiprocessor
Multi-core processors are coming, and it requires ways to program them. The combination of purely-functional programming and explicit, monadic threads, communicating using transactional memory, looks like a particularly promising way to do so. This paper describes a full-scale implementation of shared-memory parallel Haskell, based on the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. The...
Tags: Performance, Association For Computing Machinery, Contribution, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
White papers 2005-09-30
Donated Non-Cash Charitable Donations (exe)
A charitable contribution is a donation or gift to, or for the use of, a qualified organization. It is voluntary and is made without getting, or expecting to get, anything of equal value. The Donated computer application (donated.exe) is designed to assist with the compilation of the proper documentation to...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Deduction, Contribution, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
Software downloads 2005-01-25
When $3,000 just isn't enough--setting up your own retirement plan
Independent or small consultancies basically have two choices when it comes to setting up their own retirement plans: the Simplified Employee Pension plan and the Savings Incentive Match Plan. Here's a look at the options for consultants.As an independent consultant establishing my own company, the primary order of business when...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Ken Hardin, contribution, income, retirement plan, tax
Technical articles 2002-12-03
It isn't too late to set up your self-employment IRA
Are you self-employed and looking for a way to reduce your tax liability before April 17th? Here's a last minute option to help ease your tax woes: IRAs.Tax preparation for the self-employed can be so confusing that it’s easy to overlook deductions. One such deduction that can save you a...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Meredith Little, SEP-IRA, tax, Roth IRA, tax year, contribution, SIMPLE IRA
Technical articles 2000-04-11
Mobility Models for Ad Hoc Network Simulation
This paper proposes a novel general technique, based on renewal theory, for analyzing mobility models in ad hoc networks. The technique enables an accurate derivation of the steady state distribution functions for node movement parameters such as distance and speed. The paper first applies the technique to the random waypoint...
Tags: Technique, Advertisement, Northeastern University, Mobility, Contribution, Productivity
White papers

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Lower TCO for Windows-Based Services Fuels Profitability for Italian Hosting Leader
Numerous Total Cost of Ownership TCO studies have compared the cost of an infrastructure based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and one based on Linux. Microsoft wanted to understand TCO in the context of the Web hosting services environment, with particular emphasis on the relationship between TCO and the contribution...
Tags: Leader, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Contribution Margin, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software
Case studies
A Framework for Spyware Assessment
One of the most challenging problems confronting the IT community is responding to the threat of spyware. Recent research, legislative actions, and policy changes have been hastened to counter spyware's threat the privacy and productivity of both individuals and organizations. The first contribution of this study regards definition. Confusion over...
Tags: Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
White papers 2005-08-01
Defined Contribution Pension Site and Application Is Streamlined
InvestLink, a major technology provider to the Defined Contribution industry, was outgrowing its existing system, and decided on a redesign to meet its immediate and long-term needs. After finding that an Oracle-based solution would have cost more than twice as much as a SQL Server 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0-based...
Tags: Solution, Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, .Net, Development Tools, Middleware, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
Indian Government Improves Pension Management
In 2004, the Indian Government introduced a defined pension scheme called the New Pension Fund Scheme. The government wanted to manage a large amount of data relating to the pensions of government employees and accurately record monthly pension contributions personal contribution and matching government contribution and track location of employees...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Pension, Government, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
Case studies
Major Spanish Broadcaster Selects Scientific Atlanta for Network Expansion
Abertis Telecom is Spain's leading telecommunications infrastructures and services group. Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, along with Abertis Telecom has expanded the regional program delivery capability of Spain's regional television association, Federation of Autonomic Radio and Television Entities FORTA, by nearly 40 percent with an extensive Scientific Atlanta video contribution...
Tags: Abertis, Network, Scientific-Atlanta Inc., TV, Cisco Systems Inc., Programming, Abertis Telecom, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking
Case studies 2007-03-01
Locate all existing table reports in Access 2003
When you create reports, do you ever have the feeling that this report might already exist—you just didn't know how to find it? The next time you have these suspicions, let Microsoft Access 2003 help you locate all existing reports. Let's say your boss asks you to create a...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Databases, Mary Ann Richardson, Donor Contribution, task pane, pane, database, Microsoft Office Suite Access Tips Newsletter, Query, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
Technical articles 2005-09-28
Making IT Matter - Demonstrating Your Value to the Board
How can IT improve an organization's perception of its contribution and overall value? This webcast shows how to make IT matter in the organization.
Tags: Information Technology, Board, SAS Institute, Strategy, Management
Webcasts
Celebrating synergy between NASA and Silicon Valley
What are the most important contributions of the space program?Do you see the technical advancements in medicine, sports, or general technology as the most important contribution? If so, which would you point to as the ones that have changed our society most?
Tags: Andy Moon, NASA
Discussion threads 2007-10-03
Hiring cost calculator
IT managers know that hiring a new employee will cost an organization more than just a salary and a benefits package. This spreadsheet is designed to help you consider everyone's contribution when deciding to bring someone on board.
Tags: Hiring, TechRepublic Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Governance, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law
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