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- BGP Routing Scalability: Reflectors Vs. Route Servers
- Autonomous systems need to be connected using BGP servers. To reduce the complexity of connecting these systems together, researchers have suggested that route servers or routing databases be used. While both route reflectors and routing databases offer significant scalability advantages over standard full mesh BGP, they also introduce problems in...
- Tags: Database, Scalability, Server, University Of Alberta, BGP, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
- QoS Support in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Due to the bandwidth constraint and dynamic topology of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks MANET, supporting Quality of Service QoS in MANETs is a challenging task. A lot of research has been done on supporting QoS in the Internet and other network architectures, but most of them are not suitable in...
- Tags: QoS, Mobile, University Of Alberta
- White papers 2001-11-05
- HP Procurve Networking Case Study
- The University of Alberta is located in Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta. For the University of Alberta, the added value of the 802.1X protocol is the ability to authenticate through a remote authentication dial-in user service RADIUS server, enabling access to the appropriate virtual local area network...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, RADIUS, VLAN, RADIUS Server, University Of Alberta, LANs, Network Security, Networking
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- Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Enables Students to Connect and Study From Anywhere, at Any Time
- The University of Alberta knows technology is a critical skill for graduates entering the workforce. The School of Business has developed a web-centric course curriculum to provide business students with 24/7 access to course material, discussion group and the school's faculty - and it's all accessible through a wireless network....
- Tags: Curriculum, Mobile, Intel Centrino, Student, Intel Corp., Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, University Of Alberta, School Of Business, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Channel Management, Marketing
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- Pragmatics of Virtual Machines for High-Performance Computing: A Quantitative Study of Basic Overheads
- Heterogeneous administrative domains, Operating Systems OS, and libraries make it difficult for computational scientists to fully utilize metacomputers and grids. Through a simple quantitative study, this paper shows that recent improvements in software and hardware support reduces the overheads for HPC applications (e.g., GROMACS, BLAST, HMMer) to under 6% for...
- Tags: Job, Overhead, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Virtual Machine, University Of Alberta, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-04-16
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- HP ProCurve Networking Case Study: University of Alberta
- The University of Alberta, located in Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta, is one of Canada's largest research institutions. Placing an equally strong emphasis on network security, the university's Faculty of Engineering realized the need to create the most secure network for their unique communication needs while providing...
- Tags: Alberta, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, HP ProCurve, Hip, Utility Computing, Networking
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- Canadian Rock Radio (gadget)
- Get direct links to 50 of Canada's best rock radio stations streaming music 24 hrs a day. Don't get sucked in and pay for live audio streams, when you can 1isten for free. Simply click on the radio station you desire and play there live stream from their site, and...
- Tags: British Columbia, Alberta, Radio, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-16
- The Alberta Teachers' Association Improves Communication With Integrated Technology
- Established nearly 90 years ago to promote the teaching profession in Alberta, Canada, the Alberta Teachers' Association ATA advances the goals of public education, safeguards standards of professional practice, and advocates for its 33,000 members. A traditionally decentralized organization, the ATA made a strategic decision to centralize IT operations and...
- Tags: ATA, Alberta
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- 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
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- Wireless Networking at the University of Tennessee
- The University of Tennessee is a threeuniversity system comprising The University of Tennessee proper, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and The University of Tennessee at Martin. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville UTK, the university's flagship campus, is a 205-year-old land-grant institution. Its Office of Information Technology OIT had...
- Tags: Network, University, Wireless Networking, Avaya Inc., University Of Tennessee, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs
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- Teachers' Association Reduces Costs and Simplifies Licensing Management
- Representing approximately 39,000 educators throughout Alberta, Canada, The Alberta Teachers' Association ATA is dedicated to advancing public education and professional standards throughout the province. To improve communications and collaboration with and among its members and to help reduce administration costs, the ATA standardized its infrastructure on the Microsoft .NET Framework...
- Tags: Software, ATA, Alberta, Microsoft Corp.
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- Send internal e-mail to external server using Exchange 2003
- Hi,I have a problem that I can't seem to figure out. First some background. I have Windows Server 2003 Enterprise DC and Exchange Server 2003 on the same machine.I work in a small company that is affilated with a large university. We all use our university email...
- Tags: E-mail servers, SynapsE_z, server, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Patch Management and Virus Protection Policy
- Due to the continually increasing dependence of University systems on the security and integrity of the computer network, servers, and workstations, it has become vitally important that the University be more proactive about identifying and enforcing security standards. In particular, university computers must be properly patched with the latest appropriate...
- Tags: Virus Protection, Patch Management, University Of Kentucky, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2003-09-19
- University Simplifies Administration With Server Consolidation, Management Tools
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is a research university in Germany with multiple disciplines and more than 35,000 students. The university community uses a variety of client software and has considerable freedom in implementing new solutions. To support this constantly changing environment, the central IT department at the university needs to...
- Tags: Information Technology, Administration, University, Tool, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Server Consolidation, E-mail Servers, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Xerox Canada Makes the Grade at the University of Calgary
- University of Calgary's administrators came together and developed a concrete five-year expansion plan that would manage a student enrolment that is expected to increase from 28,000 to 35,000 students by 2010. To accommodate such growth, the University needed to attract additional faculty, and fund capital expansion efforts. Of late, the...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., University Of Calgary, Xerox Canada, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- Tshwane University of Technology Uses BI to Enhance First Year Student Retention
- Tertiary institutions face the problem of students not completing their first year successfully, and taking too long to graduate. Tshwane University of Technology wanted to develop a statistical model to predict first-year success of research and development at the university. The university completed a research project on student retention at...
- Tags: SAS Institute, business intelligence system, business intelligence, R&D, software
- Case studies 2006-10-20
- United Farmers of Alberta Improves Overall Agility of Retail Operations
- United Farmers of Alberta UFA, a farm-supply and petroleum marketing co-operative, was tracking and analyzing mission-critical information using paper-based reports generated by an existing legacy system. This method was inhibiting the decision-making process, so UFA selected Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition as its Business Intelligence BI environment to improve...
- Tags: Alberta, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Marketing Research, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management
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- Qatar University Centralizes and Automates Administrative Processes
- Founded in 1973, Qatar University offers high-quality education to Qatari and overseas students. The university wanted to enable all administrative work previously performed by government ministries to be performed in-house and eliminate manual, paper-based, and inflexible business processes. The university wanted to ensure scalability of back office systems to accommodate...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., University, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Finance
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- Masaryk University Develops High Profile Anti-Plagiarism Solution
- Masaryk University is the second-largest public university in the Czech Republic and the leading higher education institution in Moravia. The university wanted to combat the potential for students to plagiarize material for their essays, both from online sources and from other students. The challenge was to develop a solution tailored...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., University, Masaryk University, Databases, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-01
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