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- Oracle Label Security - Best Practices for Government and Defense Applications
- Units that accept payment (credit/debit) cards ("Merchant Units") must comply with this document and all the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS requirements. Some of the PCI DSS requirements only apply to certain card processing environments. Therefore, the University has defined two types of card processing environments, based...
- Tags: Security, Card, Payment, Oracle Corp., Environment, Compliance, Michigan State University, Government, Best Practice, PCI, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-17
- A Topology-Aware Routing Protocol for the MANET With Multiple Sinks
- In this paper, a topology-aware routing protocol is developed for the Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks MANET with multiple fixed Base Stations BSes. The protocol aims at delivering packets reliably from the source node to its nearest BS. A topology-aware route recovery method is proposed to resolve route failures, and a novel...
- Tags: Aware, Michigan State University, Topology, Routing Protocol, Engineering, Backups
- White papers 2006-03-16
- An Autonomous Robotic Fish for Mobile Sensing
- In this paper an innovative approach to robotics education is reported, where hands-on learning is integrated with cutting-edge research in the development of an autonomous, biomimetic robotic fish. The project aims to develop an energy-efficient, noiseless, untethered swimming robot for mobile sensing purposes. The robot is propelled by an Ionic...
- Tags: Robotics, Mobile, Wireless Communication, Michigan State University, Robots, GPS, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2006-02-14
- Best Practices in Disposal of Computers and Electronic Storage Media
- At some point in the life cycle of a computer its owner will decide to dispose of the equipment. When this occurs, it is important to take action to ensure that confidential or sensitive information is not revealed to the eventual recipient of the equipment. The same issues apply to...
- Tags: Storage Media, Michigan State University, Storage, Equipment, Best Practice, Computer, Backups
- White papers 2005-11-23
- Can Soft Biometric Traits Assist User Recognition?
- Biometrics is rapidly gaining acceptance as the technology that can meet the ever increasing need for security in critical applications. Biometric systems automatically recognize individuals based on their physiological and behavioral characteristics. Hence, the fundamental requirement of any biometric recognition system is a human trait having several desirable properties like...
- Tags: Trait, Michigan State University, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Tools & Techniques, Leadership, Security, Management
- White papers 2004-10-21
- Biometrics: A Grand Challenge
- AFIS systems have been providing terrific value to the society by using a good integration of automatic and manual processes. The scope of this paper is intended to expand the frontiers of the state of the art biometric technology performance for their effective widespread deployment. This paper explores the fundamental...
- Tags: Michigan State University, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Roi/Tco, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Hiding Fingerprint Minutiae in Images
- This paper introduces an application of steganography and watermarking to enable secure biometric data (e.g., fingerprints) exchange. The fingerprint minutiae data had to be hidden in a host image, which can be a synthetic fingerprint image, a face image or an arbitrary image. It is this carrier image that is...
- Tags: Michigan State University, Image
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Combining Face and Iris Biometrics for Identity Verification
- Face and iris identification have been employed in various biometric applications. Besides improving verification performance, the fusion of these two biometrics has several other advantages. Two different strategies have been used for fusing iris and face classifiers. The first strategy is to compute either an unweighted or weighted sum and...
- Tags: Michigan State University, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Strategy, Security, Management
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- Using Genetic Algorithms for Data Mining Optimization in an Educational Web-Based System
- This paper presents an approach for classifying students in order to predict their final grade based on features extracted from logged data in an education web-based system. A combination of multiple classifiers leads to a significant improvement in classification performance. Through weighting the feature vectors using a Genetic Algorithm they...
- Tags: Algorithm, Web, Optimization, Michigan State University, Data Mining, Channel Management, Business Intelligence, Engineering, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2003-01-22
Additional Resources
- Novell Case Study: Eastern Michigan University
- Founded in 1849, Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Eastern Michigan University wanted to provide its students and faculty with faster access to applications without having to remember multiple passwords. Integrating applications into its SCT Banner portal would provide users with access to multiple applications...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Portals, Directory Services, Web Technology, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Northern Michigan University: Providing Reliable, Secure IT Service for Students 24x7
- When Northern Michigan University NMU, a hundred-year-old liberal arts university, began providing laptops to its more than 8,000 full-time students, faculty and staff in the fall of 2000, it became the first "laptop" university in the state of Michigan. But the challenge was to provide 8,500 users 24x7 access to...
- Tags: Information Technology, IBM Corp., Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management
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- Northern Michigan University Deploys World's Highest Density Wireless Network
- Originally founded as Northern State Normal School in 1899 with a focus on educating teachers, it grew substantially in the 50's and 60's and was granted University status by the state of Michigan in 1963. The university wanted to provide reliable wireless LAN access in a dense environment that would...
- Tags: Network, Meru Networks, Wireless Network, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
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- Novell Case Study: State of Michigan
- The State of Michigan serves nearly 10 million citizens with 55,000 employees in 20 state agencies. To control costs and increase accessibility, the State was determined to offer Web-based access to several critical applications. With shrinking state budgets, the State knew it had to be creative and find a cost-effective...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Michigan, State, Authentication/Encryption, Security
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- With a Novell Identity and Access Management Solution, Eastern Michigan University Reduces Password Management by 80 Percent
- Founded in 1849, Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The university wanted to provide its students and faculty with faster access to applications without having to remember multiple passwords. Integrating applications into its SCT Banner portal would provide users with access to multiple applications with...
- Tags: Password Management, Novell Inc., Password, University, Access Management, Identity, LDAP, Portals, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
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- Avaya Case Study: Clayton State University
- Clayton State University is a comprehensive university in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area with an enrollment of approximately 6,000 students. As a leading-edge technology university, Clayton State needed a state-of - the-art telephony solution that would allow the University to handle the rapid enrollment growth that the University expects over...
- Tags: Avaya Inc., Clayton State University, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Ethernet, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking
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- IBM Technology Enhances Communication at Northern Michigan University
- Northern Michigan University NMU is located in Marquette, a town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In 1997, NMU was faced with additional requirements for more computer labs. After exploring several possible computer initiatives, NMU decided to implement a laptop program that would provide consistent computing standards campus-wide. Thirty-five vendors, including IBM...
- Tags: Michigan, Computer, IBM Corp., Northern Michigan University, Productivity
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- Sun Case study: Michigan Tech University
- Michigan Tech University with its strong engineering and computer science programs needs to stay current with changing technologies, with its limited IT budget. Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray 1 enterprise appliances are giving Michigan Tech exactly what it needs: big computing power and flexibility for a low per-user cost. Sun Ray...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
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- Central Michigan University Gives High Grades to IBM Information on Demand
- Central Michigan University CMU is a vibrant community of scholars, leaders and partners dedicated to achieving excellence in undergraduate and graduate learning. Making student and administrative information readily accessible to rapidly growing user community was a challenge for the CMU. IBM offered superior price/ performance ratio, closest relationship with SAP...
- Tags: Information Management, Central Michigan University, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2006-04-01
- Novell Case Study: Indiana State University
- Indiana State University has more than 11,000 students, nearly 600 faculty and more than 71,000 alumni throughout the world. The university wanted a solution to automatically allocate personal network storage for its 11,000 students, based on identity. To solve this Indiana State University began by automating identity management with Novell...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Indiana State University, Storage, Authentication/Encryption, Directory Services, Hardware, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Dell Helps Missouri Southern State University Bring the World to Students
- Missouri Southern State University has grown to 5,500 students and more than 500 faculty and staff members. The university depends on up-to-date technology to help its students develop a far-reaching understanding of the world. The University wanted to upgrade from a mainframe computer that handled the university's academic and administrative...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., University, Missouri Southern State University, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-05-09
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