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- Online Client-Server Load Balancing Without Global Information
- A distributed online algorithm is considered for maximizing throughput in a network of clients and servers, modeled as a bipartite graph. Unlike most prior work on online load balancing, it do not assume centralized control and seek algorithms and lower bounds for decentralized algorithms in which each participant has only...
- Tags: Algorithm, Client-server, Johns Hopkins University, Engineering
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A Scalable Peer-to-Peer System for Music Content and Information Retrieval
- Currently a large percentage of Internet traffic consists of music files, typically stored in MP3 compressed audio format, shared and exchanged over Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks. Searching for music is performed by specifying keywords and naive string matching techniques. In the past years the emerging research area of Music Information Retrieval...
- Tags: P2P, Information Retrieval, Johns Hopkins University, Music, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Impact of Precedence Enabled Per Hop Behaviors on TCP Flows
- In the Department of Defense's DoD Global Information Grid GIG transport network, packet handling must provide preferential transport to high Precedence traffic under all networking conditions, specifically conditions of resource scarcity, e.g., network overload conditions, while simultaneously satisfying packet scheduling required to meet application Quality of Service QoS needs. The...
- Tags: QoS, Network, TCP, Johns Hopkins University
- White papers 2007-05-16
- Scalable VPNs for the Global Information Grid
- Virtual Private Networks VPNs are the preferred mechanism for securing sensitive traffic crossing public networks. Traditionally, configuration of VPN gateways has been done manually. However, static configuration of gateways is particularly problematic within the context of the Global Information Grid GIG, the next-generation network of networks developed by the US...
- Tags: Network, Grid, Johns Hopkins University, VPNs, Networking, Network Security, Telecommunications
- White papers 2005-09-12
- Gamera: A Structured Document Recognition Application Development Environment
- This paper presents a new toolkit for the creation of customized structured document recognition applications by expert users. This open-source system, called Gamera, allows a user, with particular knowledge of the documents to be recognized, to combine image processing and recognition tools in an easy to use, interactive, graphical scripting...
- Tags: Application Development, Johns Hopkins University, Software Development, C/C++, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages
- White papers
- An Inter-Domain Routing Protocol for Multi-Homed Wireless Mesh Networks
- This paper presents a routing protocol for multi-homed wireless mesh networks that provide uninterrupted connectivity and fast handoff. The authors approach integrates wireless and wired connectivity, using multicast groups to coordinate decisions and seamlessly transfer connections between several Internet gateways as mobile clients move between access points. The protocol optimizes...
- Tags: Handoff, Protocol, Johns Hopkins University, Wi-Fi, Mesh Networking, Wireless, Networking
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- Scaling Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Replication to Wide Area Networks
- This paper presents the first hierarchical Byzantine fault-tolerant replication architecture suitable to systems that span multiple wide area sites. The architecture confines the effects of any malicious replica to its local site, reduces message complexity of wide area communication, and allows read-only queries to be performed locally within a site...
- Tags: Network, Replication, Johns Hopkins University, WANs, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
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- BMC Software Case Study: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health supports 5,000 faculty members, staff members, and students with an IT staff of 40 employees. Johns Hopkins needed to replace its current end-of-life product and find a solution that could automate processes, provide timely reporting, and increase staff efficiency. Johns Hopkins short list...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Public Health, It Management, Healthcare, It service Management
- Case studies
- BMC Case Study: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- The IT department at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University supports 5,000 faculty members, staff members, and students. Until December 2002, they used a Computer Associates product called Service IT for their help desk and an Access database for reporting. Unfortunately, because the reporting database could...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Public Health, It Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- Intel vPro Technology Offers Johns Hopkins New Ways to Increase the Efficiency of Remote PC Management
- The Johns Hopkins Desktop Computing Services DCS group is a subsidiary of the IT organization that supports 9,000 desktop PCs in The Johns Hopkins Hospital, pediatrics and surgery departments, remote sites, and other labs, clinics, and administrative areas. The DCS group needed effective ways to accelerate diagnostics and repair of...
- Tags: Intel vPro, PC-management, Intel Corp., Desktops, Hardware
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Provides Better Faculty, Student, and Staff Support With BMC Magic Service Desk Suite
- When its vendor stopped supporting its service desk software, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health began a search to find a new solution. By choosing the BMC Magic Service Desk Suite a previous version of the BMC Service Desk Express Suite, the school has improved efficiency, lowered costs, increased customer...
- Tags: Service Desk, BMC Software Inc., Public Health, It Management, It Services, It service Management
- Case studies
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Discover how a Leading Public Health Authority Adopted a Security Enhancing Remote-Access Solution
- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Information Systems team required a secure solution that enabled remote desktop access for faculty and staff working remotely. The solution needed to meet the school's security requirements, including HIPAA compliance, and could impose no additional burden on network staff, a requirement that...
- Tags: Security, Security Requirement, Team, Public Health, Team Management, Healthcare, Management
- Case studies 2004-10-28
- What You Need to Know about Remote Access and HIPAA Compliance
- As a healthcare industry professional responsible for complying with HIPAA standards regulating patient information, you need to know about Citrix® GoToMyPC® Corporate, a managed remote-access solution that that can help your organization meet HIPAA compliance guidelines while improving patient care, increasing speed of service and reducing IT costs. ...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Citrix GoToMyPC, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Remote Access, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Webcasts 2005-03-08
- University Improves Remote Messaging and Collaboration System, Boosts Security
- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health JHSPH uses a Web portal to provide access to critical applications over the Internet for its 5,000 faculty, staff, and students. But a disjointed messaging and collaboration environment hindered productivity. E-mail messages and calendars were maintained on different server computers, discouraging calendar...
- Tags: Collaboration, University, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Hardware
- Case studies
- Simple SELECT query from SQL Server
- I'm trying to construct a SELECT statement that will return people that have no live courses running at the moment. Please see example table below:id Name Course StartDate Status101 Johns Course1 01/04/2007 Completed101 Johns Course2 01/04/2007 Completed101 Johns Course3 01/04/2007 Live101 Johns Course4 01/04/2007 Completed101 Johns...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, dcleary@..., server, John Smith
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- Humanity's future, brought to you by the RAND Corporation
- From BoingBoing: RAND's list of 50 books about the future The RAND Corporation's Pardee Center published their list of "50 Books for Thinking About the Future Human Condition." (They admit that it's "a Western-centric look at the future.")...
- Tags: Ingersoll-Rand, Humanity, List, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
- Hospital Calls on Dell for Back-Up
- In 2003, Howard County General Hospital (Columbia, MD), a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, turned to Dell to design and implement a disaster recovery plan. Howard County General Hospital needed a secondary data center where data could be immediately restored in case of a system crash. By turning to Dell,...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Dell Computer Corp., Hospital, Storage Management, Data Centers, Databases, Healthcare, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Homeland Security: Risk Assessment - Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment
- In 2000, the University of Washington UW was invited by FEMA to participate in the Disaster Resistant University Project DRU, along with the University of California, Berkeley, Tulane University, Miami University, University of North Carolina/Wilmington, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The overall goal after identifying risks, and assessing vulnerabilities...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, University Of California At Berkeley, Vulnerability Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Security, Strategy, Government, Management
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- University Finds e-Learning Success Through Partnerships, Integrated Marketing
- Established in 1847, the University of Iowa is a national research university located in Iowa City. As the university continued to grow and the need for 24x7 training for second- and third-shift employees increased, the central HR learning and development department was tasked with finding a way to expand beyond...
- Tags: Marketing, Partnership, University, SkillSoft, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Have You Met the HIPAA Compliance Guidelines Yet?
- Find out what you need to know about HIPAA compliance and remote access. Every business that is part of the United States healthcare industry needs to comply with federal guidelines regulating patient information. Citrix® GoToMyPC® Corporate is a remote-access solution that can help your company or office...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Citrix GoToMyPC, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2005-02-15
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