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whitepaper Plymouth University - Viglen Helps University Reduce Desktop Power Consumption by 40%2008-10-22 Intel
  The University of Plymouth understands the power of IT to support learning and attracts an increasing number of students with its mixture of high quality teaching backed by leading-edge computer technology. In 2007, over 20,000 students took part in higher education courses delivered by the university's 3,000 staff. This case study showcases the University's challenges and the solutions they implemented. The university looks for solutions that help people work more efficiently while also protecting the environment. Under an existing system, IT personnel needed to update the university's computers regularly with new software and security patches, which meant computers were left running overnight to receive essential updates, with up to 5,000 machines operating 24 hours a day, five days a week. This meant that finding a more efficient approach to desktop management became a priority in order to help reduce their carbon footprint With a combination of Intel? vPro? technology and energy-efficient Intel? Core? 2 Duo processors, desktops used 40 per cent less power and security updates were also managed whether the computer was left on or off. The end result - improved asset management is definitely feasible.

Tags: Processors, Business Strategies, IT Manufacturing, Server Consolidation		   
whitepaper Recommended Practices for PC Fleet Management for Mid Market and EnterpriseOrganizations2008-10-22 Intel
  PC management is both costly and ongoing. Desktop support alone soaks up 30-45 percent1 of IT budgets. But optimizing your PC fleet management strategy will produce efficiencies and lower costs. This paper provides essential guidance to IT decision makers mid market and enterprise organizations to help them choose an effective PC management strategy for improving manageability, performance,and productivity.

Tags: Processors, Desktop Systems - PCs, Decision Support - DW Front End, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Nottingham NHS Trust - Intel? vPro? technology Looks To The Future of IT Support2008-10-22 Intel
  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest in the UK with an annual budget of more than ?500 million (US $994 million). It's also one of the busiest with 2,000 beds divided between two campuses, Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital. And as a major teaching trust it also has an industry leading IT infrastructure widely considered within the NHS to be a centre of excellence. This includes about 6,000 desktop PCs split between the two sites. However, administering this PC fleet across a huge campus is challenging. With a view to simplifying this management process the Trust carried out an extensive evaluation of Intel? vPro? processor technology.

Tags: Data Recovery - Security, IT Manufacturing, Server Consolidation, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Choosing the Right Hardware for Server Virtualization2008-10-22 Intel
  Currently, virtualization is one of the most talked about new technologies in IT infrastructure. The ability to virtualize servers and reclaim, up until now, excess capacity has caught the interest of datacenter managers who are facing difficult power and cooling problems, the need to add more IT capacity to react to market changes, or a lack of significant capital resources. The server virtualization marketplace has been evolving rapidly over the past few years, and IDC has seen customer attitudes and stances toward virtualization mature rapidly as well. Virtualization is changing the landscape of the x86 IT world as we know it. Virtualization has made every vendor up and down the software and hardware stacks consider the impact on the architectural design of its product and the go-to-market model it uses. This changing marketplace has manifested itself with new requirements for virtualization products.

Tags: Business Strategies, Blades, Server Consolidation, Virtualization		   
whitepaper NHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data CentreNHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data Centre2008-10-22 Intel
  EMIS is the UK's leading IT supplier in primary healthcare. As the market segment leader for general practice systems, it is widely acknowledged as being at the forefront of medical informatics. Around 56% of doctors in the UK currently use EMIS software each day. EMIS primary care systems host over 39 million electronic patient records (EPRs) in total, equating to 250 terrabytes of data. An evaluation showed that the Quad-Core Intel? Xeon? processor 5300 series ticked all the necessary boxes to help transform EMIS into a Predictive Enterprise: superior compute power, built-in virtualisation technology, and great scalability and reliability. A Predictive Enterprise is one that uses technology to maximise return on investment (ROI) and business growth by developing business processes and infrastructure that are connected and adaptive.

Tags: Processors, IT Manufacturing, Server Consolidation, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Intel? Centrino? 2 with vPro? Technology and Intel? Core?2 Processor with vPro? Technology2008-10-22 Intel
  Best for Business: Security and Manageability on the Chip. The latest notebook and desktop PCs with Intel? vPro? technology build on proven capabilities to enable greater proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote management both inside and outside the corporate firewall. These notebook and desktop PCs deliver down-the-wire security and manageability capabilities - even if the PC's power is off, the operating system (OS) is unresponsive, software agents are disabled, or hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed. With a secure tunnel for communications both inside and outside the corporate firewall, information technology (IT) managers can securely maintain, update, and repair PCs even on an open wired LAN outside the corporate firewall. Remote configuration helps information technology (IT) managers deploy thousands of notebook and desktop PCs without making a deskside visit.

Tags: Firewalls, Security Management, Data Center, Virtualization		   
whitepaper The Benefits of Intel? Centrino? with vPro? Technology in the Enterprise2008-10-22 Intel
  PCs are essential in today's enterprises, yet managing a PC fleet can consume a significant portion of IT's time and budget. Finding ways to keep employees productive with powerful notebook PCs while keeping IT management costs low requires a combination of sound IT management practices and technology that maximizes benefits to users and minimizes effort for IT. Intel? Centrino? with vPro? technology is the culmination of a large-scale initiative to support efforts to keep business users as productive as possible on notebooks and help IT keep cost and efforts low to manage the entire PC fleet. This paper presents the results of research sponsored by Intel and conducted by Wipro Product Strategy & Architecture (PSA) practice, designed to examine the potential impact of Intel Centrino Pro processor technology on the total cost of ownership (TCO) for business notebook PCs. This analysis examines how Intel Centrino Pro processor technology can help reduce infrastructure complexity, and how the technology affects manageability and IT costs. This research extends concepts originally described in Wipro's New Insights on PC Management study, which detailed the relationship between infrastructure complexity and overall notebook support costs.

Tags: Desktop Systems - PCs, Business Management, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Extend SMS Messaging to the Desktop Using Windows2008-10-22 JupiterMedia
  SMS messaging is one of the most common forms of communication. People send SMS messages everywhere - on the train, crossing the road, and even driving! While most SMS messages are sent on the go, a huge portion of them are sent when stationary - while people are at their desks, working. Though users are accustomed to composing messages using T9 inputs (or using a virtual keyboard, etc.), nothing beats using the keyboard one has for the computer. Therefore, one would ideally prefer to send SMS messages from the comfort of their own keyboard. This paper shows how to write applications to allow SMS messages to be sent from within the Windows computer.

Tags: Wireless, Application Development		   
whitepaper Reasoning About the Updatability of XML Views Over Relational Databases2008-10-22 University of Pennsylvania
  XML has become an important medium for data exchange, and is also used as an interface to - i.e. a view of - a relational database. While previous work has considered XML views for the purpose of querying relational databases (e.g. Silkroute), in this paper the problem of updating a relational database through an XML view is considered. Using the nested relational algebra as the formalism for an XML view of a relational database, the problem of when such views are updatable is studied. The results rely on the observation that in many XML views of relational databases, the nest operator occurs last and the unnest operator does not occur at all.

Tags: Database Management, XML		   
whitepaper Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Battery Options2008-10-21 American Power Conversion (APC)
  The lead-acid battery is the predominant choice for Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) energy storage. Over 10 million UPSs are presently installed utilizing Flooded, Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA), and High Density Modular Battery Cartridges (HDBCMBC) systems. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these three battery technologies.

Tags: Knowledge and Data Management, Database Management		   


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