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whitepaper Power Solutions Article:  Highly Available Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM 20082009-11-04 Dell EqualLogic
  In virtualized environments, high availability can be critical to avoiding lost revenue, maintaining productivity, and protecting data from system failure. Combining Microsoft® Hyper-V™ technology with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 on Dell™ platforms can help organizations create highly available virtualized systems while offering simplified management, dynamic performance, workload optimization, and reduced costs.

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Software Development Tools, Server Platforms - OS, Server Hardware		   
whitepaper Throughput and Capacity of MIMO WiMAX2009-11-04 Vienna University of Technology
  The work in this paper presents physical layer throughput measurement results of a WiMAX link implemented according to IEEE 802.16-2004. The measurements were carried out in an alpine and an urban scenario using the Vienna MIMO Testbed. The paper compares the measured throughput to three different theoretical bounds: the channel capacity, the mutual information, and a so-called "Achievable throughput" which takes inherent system losses into account. Furthermore, the impact of different channel codes and channel estimators on the measured throughput is analyzed.

Tags: Mobile and Wireless		   
whitepaper Towards a Zero-Configuration Wireless Sensor Network Architecture for Smart Buildings2009-11-03 Association for Computing Machinery
  Offlate buildings account for a large fraction of energy consumption. In an effort to economize scarce fossil fuels on earth, sensor networks are a valuable tool to increase the energy efficiency of buildings without severely reducing quality of life. Within a smart building many sensors and actuators are interconnected to form a control system. Nowadays, the deployment of a building control system is complicated because of different communication standards. This paper presents a web services-based approach to integrate resource constrained sensor and actuator nodes into IP-based networks. A key feature of approach is its capability for automatic service discovery. For this purpose, it implemented an API to access services on sensor nodes following the architectural style of Representational State Transfer (REST).

Tags: Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Windows Phones and Unified Communications2009-11-01 Microsoft
  Are you thinking about unified communications in your business? You need to be.

In today's world, two trends are reshaping the way we work: 1) all workers are becoming mobile workers, and 2) highly effective collaboration has become every business's competitive edge in the 21st century. The key to better collaboration is unified communications, and a cornerstone to any unified communications strategy is the smart phone. This paper explains what unified communications is, why it is essential, and why Windows® Phones are ideally suited to serve as the "mobile connection" in a unified communication environment.

Tags: Network Technologies, Network Technologies, Mobile and Wireless, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Leveraging 802.16e WiMAX Technology in License-Exempt Bands2009-11-01 Senza Fili Consulting
  License-exempt spectrum bands make it possible for operators who do not have access to licensed spectrum to deploy wireless broadband networks. Traditionally vendors have developed specific solutions for license-exempt operators, often based on proprietary technology that limits the flexibility and upgradability of their networks. With Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16e WiMAX, license-exempt operators have access to the most advanced wireless broadband technology on the market today and can take advantage of the same performance, ecosystem, and volume of scale that incumbent, nationwide wireless operators with licensed-spectrum can.

Tags: Mobile and Wireless		   
whitepaper AngloGold Ashanti's Clustered Database Environment Makes Transactional Data Sets Highly Available2009-11-01 Oracle
  AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. wanted to ensure optimal implementation of Oracle Database 11g and stream 50 terabytes of spatial information from a central point to all global operations, for both greenfields and brownfields. The challenge was to deliver highly available platform for Oracle 11g environment to facilitate dissemination of data for global exploration teams and accommodate future growth in data volumes and access demands. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. implemented a two-node system of Oracle Real Application Clusters across special and online transactional datasets and guaranteed future scalability and availability.

Tags: Network Management, Data Tools		   
whitepaper BREG, Inc. Powers Global Expansion With Highly Available, Flexible, and Integrated IT Infrastructure2009-11-01 Oracle
  BREG, Inc. wanted to implement a flexible and scalable IT architecture to meet rapidly changing business demands and enable seamless introduction of new technologies and organizations and ensure IT infrastructure availability and performance. The challenge was to simplify IT administration and standardize production processes, centralize key back-office capabilities, and create a more flexible supply chain. BREG, Inc. deployed Oracle infrastructure software to ensure round-the-clock IT uptime for the rapidly growing international orthopedic, reconstructive, and postoperative products business and streamlined IT administration - enabling the manufacturer to increase resources devoted to its core business and more effectively respond to changing business demands.

Tags: IT Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Software Firm Launches Business Contract Service With Lean Staff, Low Investment2009-11-01 Microsoft
  Sopima, creator of an online solution for managing business contract life cycles, needed to minimize its capital investment to deliver a viable offering. It also wanted to offer an affordable monthly subscription service to gain new customers quickly. Using the Windows Azure platform, the company hosts its application in Microsoft data centers, providing customers with fast response times and high scalability. With the solution, Sopima has removed barriers that would have otherwise prohibited its entry into competitive markets. The company limited its investment in infrastructure and can focus on development rather than hardware administration. Sopima estimates that, without the Windows Azure platform, it would have had to hire additional full-time staff members at an annual cost of approximately U.S.$500,000.

Tags: IT Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Worldwide News Provider Creates New Content Channels With Hosted Computing2009-11-01 Microsoft
  The Associated Press (AP) is the world's largest news organization, with bureaus in 97 countries. On average, more than half the world's population sees news from AP on a given day. AP wanted to broaden its reach by encouraging developers to incorporate AP content into their applications. Using the Microsoft-hosted Windows Azure platform, AP created a highly scalable solution that simplifies capacity planning and creates new business opportunities.

Tags: IT Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Ticket Seller Finds Ideal Business Solution in Hosted Computing Platform2009-11-01 Microsoft
  New Zealand - based TicketDirect International has grown into a major ticketing service for venues in Australia and New Zealand. The company's focus on excellent customer service led it to look for a better way to handle peak system loads during major event ticket sales. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Intergen, TicketDirect has begun redesigning its system to work from a "Cloud computing" environment using the Windows Azure platform. The company is rebuilding its customer application as a Windows Azure application and migrating its data to a Microsoft SQL Azure database. By moving to an off-premises, cloud solution, TicketDirect is able to easily and cost-efficiently scale its computing resources in response to real-time demand while simultaneously giving up the cost of maintaining its own hardware.

Tags: IT Infrastructure