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Pangea Foundation Is "Serving Others" With Dundas Chart | 2008-04-24 | Dundas Data Visualization |
| A 501(c)(3) nonprofit "Software-as-a-Service" provider founded in 1996, Pangea Foundation is the leader in delivering Impact Visualization On Demand to nonprofits of all sizes. Pangea Foundation has a long history of creating easy-to-use software for nonprofits. So, when Pangea Foundation President and CEO decided to integrate next-generation charting and reporting technologies into the company's portfolio of nonprofit software solutions, they wanted to partner with the leader in advanced data visualization. After reviewing four graphing and reporting software solutions, Pangea Foundation chose Dundas Chart for .NET to provide the engine for what the company calls Impact Visualization On Demand. Integrating Dundas Chart into its software, Pangea Foundation helps nonprofits deliver a real-time snapshot of their impact-anytime they want it.
Tags: Graphics Applications, |
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Borland Software Case Study: SmartSignal | 2007-09-12 | Borland Software |
| SmartSignal Corporation is a privately held software solutions company founded by the University of Chicago. The company wanted to improve efficiency while delivering premium application quality and maintain broad test coverage across multiple platforms and localizations. The challenge was to improve consistency and maintain a reputation for quality. SmartSignal deployed Borland for its solution and implemented Borland SilkTest. | |||
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HP Workstations Help Take DreamWorks Animation 'Over the Hedge' in Moviemaking | 0000-00-00 | Hewlett-Packard (HP) |
| Three years in the making, Over the Hedge delivers on DreamWorks Animation's ongoing goals of fabulous storytelling backed by animated images brought to life in inventive ways. To do that, the film's creative team needed innovative technology partners with the processing power to help deliver incredibly detailed characters and lush woodlands. DreamWorks Animation turned to long-time partner HP and new partner AMD for the just-in-time technology it needed. The solutions from HP and AMD: HP xw9300 Workstations running on Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors; HP Remote Graphics Software; and HP ProLiant DL145 G2 servers - also powered by AMD Opteron processors.
Tags: Microprocessors, Workstations, |
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HP Workstations Help Vancouver Film School Train Tomorrow's Storytellers | 0000-00-00 | Hewlett-Packard (HP) |
| With 14 disciplines and more than 1,000 full-time students, Vancouver Film School (VFS) is recognized worldwide as one of the premier training grounds for filmmakers, digital animators, game designers and entertainment specialists of all kinds. Meeting tight deadlines and enabling student creativity are two reasons that VFS has equipped its campuses with more than 400 HP workstations. HP xw8200 Workstations are used for high-end 3D animation, digital graphics, game design and nonlinear editing. Typical applications are XSI and Maya, Avid editing technologies and graphics software from Adobe and Macromedia. Recently, VFS developed groundbreaking new programs using the HP workstations to certify students on Houdini and Nuke special effects software.
Tags: Monitors and Displays, Workstations, |
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Leading State University Enhances Teaching and Learning by Integrating the Adobe Creative Suite Into Its Wireless Laptop Project | 0000-00-00 | Adobe Systems |
| San Jose University (SJSU) offers rigorous coursework and research opportunities to approximately 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students in eight colleges. Given the university's premier location in Silicon Valley, SJSU is establishing itself as a leader in integrating technology into education. To support this effort, SJSU instituted its Wireless Laptop Project to create a more dynamic and collaborative environment that enhances teaching and education. Faculty from SJSU schools and departments participating in the Wireless Laptop Project selected the Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe InDesign CS, Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, and Acrobat software, as the standard tools for their curricula.
Tags: Laptops, Mobile - Wireless Communications |
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HP Workstations Bring Animation to Life at the University of Colorado at Denver | 0000-00-00 | Hewlett-Packard (HP) |
| The University of Colorado at Denver is a public university whose focus is on education and research, offering more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The University needed to build a digital animation program that rivals the best art school programs in the country by making education, not technology, the focus of the program. The company decided to implement HP Remote Graphics Software, which enables real-time remote access to workstation desktops and information sharing over a standard network. Collaboration across the room or across town benefits both students and the staff.
Tags: Workstations, Graphics Applications |
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Florida Child Welfare Agency Improves Care for Kids and Use of Resources | 2004-06-01 | Microsoft |
| When the State of Florida recently privatized most of its child welfare services, it awarded the contract for an 11-county region in north-central Florida to Partnership for Strong Families (PSF). Seizing a great opportunity to create processes and infrastructure from the ground up, PSF chose to employ mapping technology to help caseworkers operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. The new GeoSpatial Case Manager solution, from Microsoft MapPoint Solution Provider Cubistix, replaces the old paper-based child placement process with an automated, map-enriched process that moves children into foster homes more quickly and has a projected cost savings of 14 percent for every placement.
Tags: Data Visualization, Collaboration Tools |
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Kodak Enhances Its Processes by Analyzing Them From End to End | 2004-03-01 | Microsoft |
| Efficient processes that save employees time and companies money are of the utmost importance to successful businesses no matter what the size. Eastman Kodak Company - a world renowned provider of imaging solutions and services - is working with EMC Consulting to enhance its business processes and clearly communicate those processes to the team members involved with them. Using two Microsoft .NET-connected applications based on Microsoft Office Visio 2003 technology - Whiteboard for Visio and Enterprise Hub for Visio - the Commercial & Government Systems (C&GS) operation within Kodak can easily capture as-is business process data with Visio diagrams, seamlessly integrate the diagram fragments into an end-to-end process model, and store the information in a central data repository.
Tags: Presentation Software |
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Vodafone Italia Ensures the Integrity of Its IT System Diagrams While Increasing Employee Productivity | 2004-02-01 | Microsoft |
| Creating accurate, consistent, and easy-to-understand documentation for Information Technology (IT) systems is a core business goal for successful mobile telecommunications companies. Vodafone Italia is working with IrisCube S.p.A. and implementing Microsoft Office Visio 2003 to ensure its IT system documentation meets those criteria. Systems analysts in the Architecture group within the IT department at Vodafone Italia use Visio 2003 and the Integrity Checker add-on - developed by IrisCube - to diagram complex IT systems with custom-made Visio SmartShapes symbols. The resulting diagrams are uniform and easy for anyone from IT management to technicians to understand at a glance. With the Integrity Checker add-on, analysts can also connect a diagram to a database and check the integrity of the diagram every time it's modified.
Tags: Presentation Software |
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Service Provider Streamlines Manufacturing Processes, Communicates Globally Using Visio Diagrams | 2002-12-01 | Microsoft |
| Optimal operational efficiency - the primary goal of any Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) company - is a top priority at Flextronics, an EMS leader that boasts short ramp times to high-volume production. META Group Consulting recently conducted interviews at Flextronics to determine how Microsoft Visio meets the company's manufacturing design and communication needs. Interviewees report significant increases in effectiveness and efficiency as a result of using Visio diagrams to analyze process flows, design production lines, lay out shop floor plans, model equipment databases, and communicate with employees and clients spanning four continents. Visio meets Flextronics' diagramming needs by helping to streamline its manufacturing process, accelerate time-to-market, and enhance competitive advantage.
Tags: Presentation Software |
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