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Growing Manufacturer Gains Productivity and IT Reliability With Combination Solution 0000-00-00 Microsoft

In only one year, California manufacturer Soundproof Windows quadrupled - from 4 people in a 5000 square-foot shop to 23 people in an 18000 square-foot facility, with offices across the country and overseas. The company realized that its aging computer network could not meet increasing business requirements. Desktop computers had no reliable e-mail, fax, or internet security service. Nor could the company provide remote access for its mobile users. Nor could the company provide remote access for its mobile users. Teaming with ExpressNets, a Microsoft Certified Partner and Intel Technology Provider, Soundproof Windows deployed and Intel Xenon processor-based server running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003.

Tags: Application Servers, IT Reliability

Intel Centrino Pro and Intel vProProcessor Technology 2007-09-05 Intel

Remotely manage both wired and wireless PCs from the same IT console to increase security and simplify system management A new generation of notebook and desktop PCs provides proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote management. Notebook PCs with Intel Centrino Pro processor technology and desktop PCs with Intel vPro processor technology deliver down-the-wire security and manageability capabilities even if hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed, the operating system is unresponsive, software agents are disabled, a desktop PC's power is off, or a notebook's management agents have been disabled. Desktop PCs also include support for virtual appliances that allows IT managers to isolate and protect critical security and management applications in a tamper-resistant environment. In addition, the new generation of notebook and desktop systems delivers significantly improved performance for compute-intensive tasks all in a power-efficient package that is Microsoft Windows Vista* ready.

MCA Error Recovery: HP-UX Feature for Recovering From Machine Check Aborts 2007-09-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)

HP Integrity servers provide superior reliability and availability. Nevertheless, even the best of computers can occasionally experience hardware problems that lead to unplanned downtime. Some of these problems are caused by transient events such as an alpha particle strike on memory, cache, or a processor data structure. Intel Itanium-based servers support an advanced architecture that allows the system to contain, correct, and signal machine check errors. Many of these errors are corrected by the platform without operating system intervention. When the platform cannot correct an error, it will be handed off to the operating system. To further enhance the superior reliability of HP Integrity servers, the HP-UX MCA Error Recovery feature adds the ability to recover from some of these Machine Check Aborts (MCAs).

Tags: HP-UX

Dell's IT Infrastructure Services, Desktops, and Notebooks Allow Global Consumer Packaged Goods Marketer Unilever to Support Staff Efficiency and Productivity With Business-Critical IT Services 2007-09-01 Dell

Unilever is a multinational corporation that owns 400 consumer brands spanning a wide range of home, personal care, and food products. The outdated client technology and non-standard services inhibited flexibility, limited scalability, and created overhead; the company wanted to completely refresh its IT infrastructure while reducing deployment and maintenance costs. Dell Managed Services helped Unilever roll out nearly 10,000 pre-imaged Dell OptiPlex desktops and Dell Latitude notebook computers with Intel processors running Microsoft Windows XP across over 100 locations; Dell Managed Client Services offered centralized support services to the distributed Unilever workforce.

Tags: Windows XP, Laptops

Harnessing Machine Learning to Improve the Success Rate of Stimuli Generation 0000-00-00 IBM

The initial state of a design under verification has a major impact on the ability of stimuli generators to successfully generate the requested stimuli. For complexity reasons, most stimuli generators use sequential solutions without planning ahead. Therefore, in many cases they fail to produce a consistent stimulus due to an inadequate selection of the initial state. This paper proposes a new method, based on machine learning techniques, to improve generation success by learning the relationship between the initial state vector and generation success. The paper applies the proposed method in two different settings, with the objective of improving generation success and coverage in processor and system level generation. In both settings, the proposed method significantly reduced generation failures and enabled faster coverage.

Tags: Learning Management Systems,

Embedded System Ensures Low-Cost Deployment of Entertainment Devices on U.K. Trains 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Volo, based in the U.K., planned to implement a number of entertainment devices in train carriage seats. The devices needed a hardware and software environment that ensured cost-effective development and compliance with regulations on carriage modifications. It was vital the infrastructure created minimal heat and avoided fan-assisted cooling. After analysing the market, including a Linux solution, the company chose a processor running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded created by Microsoft Gold Windows Embedded Partner, DSP Design in the U.K. As a result, Volo built and deployed the device that met industry standards in only six months. The company gained a stable software environment that ensures low-cost application development and developer tools that are widely known.

Tags: Windows XP, Linux Server OS

Single Instance of SQL Server 2005 Supports 120-Node Grid Computing for Risk Analysis 2007-11-13 Microsoft

Banks and other financial institutions around the world use SunGard BancWare ALM to run complex modelling to determine their risk in managing assets and liabilities. There are so many variables to consider that SunGard customers typically deploy BancWare ALM using several computers networked together - with the application and database coordinating multipath processing. The company upgraded its database to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) and used Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors to create a 120-node computing grid. The application tier, which also supports data compression, is hosted on a Dell Dimension DXc051 computer with two Intel Pentium D processors with 3.25 gigabytes (GB) of RAM, and running on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 operating system.

Tags: Database Management, Windows XP

Datacenter-on-Chip Architectures: Tera-Scale Opportunities and Challenges 2007-08-22 Intel

The world has entered in an era of Chip MultiProcessor (CMP) platforms, where performance is delivered with the integration of more and more cores on a die. Tera-scale CMP architectures, consisting of several tens of physical cores and hundreds of hardware threads, are highly suitable for throughput computing especially in the server market place. This paper starts by highlighting tera-scale potential in datacenter environments. It shows how a multi-tier datacenter workload that required tens (to hundreds) of platforms in the past can potentially map on to one (or a few) single-socket tera-scale CMP platforms running Virtual Machines (VMs) and thereby creating Datacenter-on-Chip (DoC) architectures.

Tags: Data Center

Mary Kay InTouch Community Scales Out and Up With Windows 2000 to Accommodate 1800 Percent Increase in Online Orders Over Two-Year Period 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Using the scale-out and scale-up capabilities of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family, Mary Kay Inc. has been able to easily grow its online ordering solution to accommodate this phenomenal growth. New Web servers can be deployed in just three hours, giving Mary Kay Inc. the agility to rapidly support both new functionality and increased demand for existing applications. On the database tier, the company scaled up to a clustered solution running Windows 2000 Advanced Server on a 32-processor Unisys ES7000, achieving the high levels of performance, reliability and scalability needed to support Mary Kay Inc.'s rapidly-growing Web infrastructure.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003

Scalable Performance for Server Consolidation in Virtualized Environments 2007-08-01 Intel

In Intel IT tests, a four-socket server based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series demonstrated scalable, predictable performance with up to 32 consolidated server workloads in Virtual Machines (VMs). As the paper added CPU-intensive workloads to the server, average workload runtimes remained approximately constant until one reached 16 VMs. Runtimes then increased at a predictable, linear rate as one continued to add workloads, up to a total of 32. With a dual-socket server based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series, runtimes began to increase at about eight VMs, and with a dual-socket server based on the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series, runtimes began to increase at about four VMs.

Tags: Server Consolidation, Virtualization

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Title	Date Added	Company
Growing Manufacturer Gains Productivity and IT Reliability With Combination Solution	0000-00-00	Microsoft
In only one year, California manufacturer Soundproof Windows quadrupled - from 4 people in a 5000 square-foot shop to 23 people in an 18000 square-foot facility, with offices across the country and overseas. The company realized that its aging computer network could not meet increasing business requirements. Desktop computers had no reliable e-mail, fax, or internet security service. Nor could the company provide remote access for its mobile users. Nor could the company provide remote access for its mobile users. Teaming with ExpressNets, a Microsoft Certified Partner and Intel Technology Provider, Soundproof Windows deployed and Intel Xenon processor-based server running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003. Tags: Application Servers, IT Reliability
Intel Centrino Pro and Intel vProProcessor Technology	2007-09-05	Intel
Remotely manage both wired and wireless PCs from the same IT console to increase security and simplify system management A new generation of notebook and desktop PCs provides proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote management. Notebook PCs with Intel Centrino Pro processor technology and desktop PCs with Intel vPro processor technology deliver down-the-wire security and manageability capabilities even if hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed, the operating system is unresponsive, software agents are disabled, a desktop PC's power is off, or a notebook's management agents have been disabled. Desktop PCs also include support for virtual appliances that allows IT managers to isolate and protect critical security and management applications in a tamper-resistant environment. In addition, the new generation of notebook and desktop systems delivers significantly improved performance for compute-intensive tasks all in a power-efficient package that is Microsoft Windows Vista* ready.
MCA Error Recovery: HP-UX Feature for Recovering From Machine Check Aborts	2007-09-01	Hewlett-Packard (HP)
HP Integrity servers provide superior reliability and availability. Nevertheless, even the best of computers can occasionally experience hardware problems that lead to unplanned downtime. Some of these problems are caused by transient events such as an alpha particle strike on memory, cache, or a processor data structure. Intel Itanium-based servers support an advanced architecture that allows the system to contain, correct, and signal machine check errors. Many of these errors are corrected by the platform without operating system intervention. When the platform cannot correct an error, it will be handed off to the operating system. To further enhance the superior reliability of HP Integrity servers, the HP-UX MCA Error Recovery feature adds the ability to recover from some of these Machine Check Aborts (MCAs). Tags: HP-UX
Dell's IT Infrastructure Services, Desktops, and Notebooks Allow Global Consumer Packaged Goods Marketer Unilever to Support Staff Efficiency and Productivity With Business-Critical IT Services	2007-09-01	Dell
Unilever is a multinational corporation that owns 400 consumer brands spanning a wide range of home, personal care, and food products. The outdated client technology and non-standard services inhibited flexibility, limited scalability, and created overhead; the company wanted to completely refresh its IT infrastructure while reducing deployment and maintenance costs. Dell Managed Services helped Unilever roll out nearly 10,000 pre-imaged Dell OptiPlex desktops and Dell Latitude notebook computers with Intel processors running Microsoft Windows XP across over 100 locations; Dell Managed Client Services offered centralized support services to the distributed Unilever workforce. Tags: Windows XP, Laptops
Harnessing Machine Learning to Improve the Success Rate of Stimuli Generation	0000-00-00	IBM
The initial state of a design under verification has a major impact on the ability of stimuli generators to successfully generate the requested stimuli. For complexity reasons, most stimuli generators use sequential solutions without planning ahead. Therefore, in many cases they fail to produce a consistent stimulus due to an inadequate selection of the initial state. This paper proposes a new method, based on machine learning techniques, to improve generation success by learning the relationship between the initial state vector and generation success. The paper applies the proposed method in two different settings, with the objective of improving generation success and coverage in processor and system level generation. In both settings, the proposed method significantly reduced generation failures and enabled faster coverage. Tags: Learning Management Systems,
Embedded System Ensures Low-Cost Deployment of Entertainment Devices on U.K. Trains	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Volo, based in the U.K., planned to implement a number of entertainment devices in train carriage seats. The devices needed a hardware and software environment that ensured cost-effective development and compliance with regulations on carriage modifications. It was vital the infrastructure created minimal heat and avoided fan-assisted cooling. After analysing the market, including a Linux solution, the company chose a processor running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded created by Microsoft Gold Windows Embedded Partner, DSP Design in the U.K. As a result, Volo built and deployed the device that met industry standards in only six months. The company gained a stable software environment that ensures low-cost application development and developer tools that are widely known. Tags: Windows XP, Linux Server OS
Single Instance of SQL Server 2005 Supports 120-Node Grid Computing for Risk Analysis	2007-11-13	Microsoft
Banks and other financial institutions around the world use SunGard BancWare ALM to run complex modelling to determine their risk in managing assets and liabilities. There are so many variables to consider that SunGard customers typically deploy BancWare ALM using several computers networked together - with the application and database coordinating multipath processing. The company upgraded its database to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) and used Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors to create a 120-node computing grid. The application tier, which also supports data compression, is hosted on a Dell Dimension DXc051 computer with two Intel Pentium D processors with 3.25 gigabytes (GB) of RAM, and running on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 operating system. Tags: Database Management, Windows XP
Datacenter-on-Chip Architectures: Tera-Scale Opportunities and Challenges	2007-08-22	Intel
The world has entered in an era of Chip MultiProcessor (CMP) platforms, where performance is delivered with the integration of more and more cores on a die. Tera-scale CMP architectures, consisting of several tens of physical cores and hundreds of hardware threads, are highly suitable for throughput computing especially in the server market place. This paper starts by highlighting tera-scale potential in datacenter environments. It shows how a multi-tier datacenter workload that required tens (to hundreds) of platforms in the past can potentially map on to one (or a few) single-socket tera-scale CMP platforms running Virtual Machines (VMs) and thereby creating Datacenter-on-Chip (DoC) architectures. Tags: Data Center
Mary Kay InTouch Community Scales Out and Up With Windows 2000 to Accommodate 1800 Percent Increase in Online Orders Over Two-Year Period	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Using the scale-out and scale-up capabilities of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family, Mary Kay Inc. has been able to easily grow its online ordering solution to accommodate this phenomenal growth. New Web servers can be deployed in just three hours, giving Mary Kay Inc. the agility to rapidly support both new functionality and increased demand for existing applications. On the database tier, the company scaled up to a clustered solution running Windows 2000 Advanced Server on a 32-processor Unisys ES7000, achieving the high levels of performance, reliability and scalability needed to support Mary Kay Inc.'s rapidly-growing Web infrastructure. Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003
Scalable Performance for Server Consolidation in Virtualized Environments	2007-08-01	Intel
In Intel IT tests, a four-socket server based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series demonstrated scalable, predictable performance with up to 32 consolidated server workloads in Virtual Machines (VMs). As the paper added CPU-intensive workloads to the server, average workload runtimes remained approximately constant until one reached 16 VMs. Runtimes then increased at a predictable, linear rate as one continued to add workloads, up to a total of 32. With a dual-socket server based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series, runtimes began to increase at about eight VMs, and with a dual-socket server based on the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series, runtimes began to increase at about four VMs. Tags: Server Consolidation, Virtualization