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Using Intel Thread Profiler for Win32 Threads: Philosophy and Theory 2008-05-02 Intel

In the past, software profiling tools have concentrated on measuring the execution time of functions and procedures within applications. For serial applications this was useful information that guided the programmer to those parts of the code that could most benefit from optimization or threading. For applications that have already been threaded, this type of information often has little value. Information that relates directly to performance issues from threaded and parallel execution is of much more use. This is the first paper in a two-part series that explains what Intel Thread Profiler for Win32 Threads does and how to use it effectively on one's own explicitly threaded applications.

Tags: High Performance Computing

MSDN Webcast: Windows XP Embedded Overview and Applications (Level 200) 2008-05-01 Microsoft Tips

Windows XP Embedded is a powerful embedded operating system solution that has been used in a variety of applications - thin clients, test equipment, car computers, industrial controls, gaming machines, multimedia recorders, security systems, and much more. This webcast provides an overview of Windows XP Embedded and the development tools to build custom operating system images.

Tags: Windows XP, Application Development

Railway Ticketing Agency Improves Performance and Eases IT Management 2008-05-01 Microsoft

Voyages-sncf.com is the online travel agency for the Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF), a public enterprise that operates rail services for passengers and freight throughout France. With more than 9 million Web site visitors a month, Voyages-sncf.com needed to ensure that its ticketing Web site is available to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company wanted a new operating system that would interoperate with upgraded hardware. Additionally, IT staff at Voyages-sncf.com wanted to improve server management, increase productivity, enhance security, and provide an optimized IT foundation for the future. The agency deployed Windows Server 2008 with its Read-Only Domain Controller feature and upgraded to 64-bit HP servers with Intel Xeon quad-core processors.

Tags: Application Servers, Windows Server 2008

Construction Materials Supplier Simplifies Branch Office IT Management, Saves $400,000 2008-05-01 Microsoft

Lafarge North America needed a cost-effective solution to reduce network security risks at branch offices while increasing the efficiency of centralized server administration. The company became an early adopter of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise to test the enhanced features of the Server Core installation option, read-only domain controller, and Terminal Services. Lafarge anticipates that increased efficiencies will produce a savings of U.S. $400,000 over the next three years.

Tags: Remote Access - RA Servers, Windows Server 2008

Black Belt Itanium Processor Performance: The Foundation (Part 1 of 5) 2008-04-30 Intel

Many optimizations will automatically be enabled with aggressive compiler flags. However, with a small amount of performance analysis, architectural insight and targeted code modification, the software developer can greatly improve the resulting application performance. Understanding and resolving pointer ambiguation is important on all architectures and will always improve performance, but on Itanium architecture-based processors the payoff can be enormous, and help release the full power of this new architecture.

Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development

TechNet Webcast: Mitigating Application Issues Using Shims (Level 400) 2008-04-24 Microsoft Tips

The presenter of this webcast explores many of the compatibility issues that the Windows team has experienced at customer sites in the context of what can be fixed without updating the application, and how to fix it. The Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure (Shim Infrastructure) is a powerful tool for resolving compatibility issues and unblocking Windows Vista operating system deployments. But understanding where and how to leverage and configure shims can be daunting until one learns some of the tricks and subtleties, many of which are exposed in this webcast.

Tags: Windows Vista

TechNet Webcast: Making Windows Vista Application Compatibility Testing More Predictable (Level 300) 2008-04-10 Microsoft Tips

When helping the customers accelerate their deployments of the Windows Vista operating system by assisting with application compatibility, it was found that there are a number of technical skills to master. However, technical acumen is never enough-effectively managing the project is critical to making the process predictable and measurable, in addition to controlling costs and maximizing effectiveness. The presenter of this webcast reviews the best practices learned for effectively managing this process from enterprise customers worldwide.

Tags: Best Practices, Windows Vista

Planning Considerations for HiperDispatch Mode 2008-04-02 IBM

For all levels of z/OS, a TCB or SRB may be dispatched on any logical processor of the type required (standard, zAAP or zIIP). A unit of work starts on one logical processor and subsequently may be dispatched on any other logical processor. The logical processors for one LPAR image receive an equal share for equal access to the physical processors under PR/SM LPAR control. For example, if the weight of a logical partition with four logical processors results in a share of two physical processors, or 200%, the LPAR hypervisor will manage each of the four logical processors with a 50% share of a physical processor. All logical processors are used if there is work available, and they typically have similar processing utilizations.

Tags: Mainframes,

jNetX Deploys Embedded Database to Support Growth and Innovation, While Ensuring Reliability 2008-04-01 Oracle

jNetX develops and markets the key service components of programmable SS7 and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. jNetX wanted to continue it's growth levels of more than 200% in 2007 and expand customer base globally and focus resources on innovation and product development. The challenge was to grow reputation as a key player in next-generation service delivery and increase market leadership and raise profile by Gartner as an "On-the-rise" company for event-based application platforms. jNetX migrated from homegrown, embedded in-memory database to Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database to maximize latency, stability, performance under load, and high availability as well as chose Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database for its ease of configuration, which allows system integrators and operators to build end-user solutions on less expensive hardware.

Tags: Database Management, Database Applications

GameRail Chooses Dell and Achieves Up to an 80 Percent Reduction in Latency for a Faster Gaming Experience 2008-04-01 Dell

Founded in 2006, St. Louis, Missouri-based GameRail has been working to solve online gamers connectivity and gaming quality challenges. To minimize the possibility of service quality degradation before users reach the GameRail network, the company must locate gateways in optimal locations known as carrier hotels. The company deployed Dell for its solution and implemented Dell PowerEdge SC1435 servers combined with routers from Foundry Networks which provide the performance to intelligently route online gaming traffic from user to game server in a form factor that helps GameRail scale to meet demand.

Tags: Application Servers

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Title	Date Added	Company
Using Intel Thread Profiler for Win32 Threads: Philosophy and Theory	2008-05-02	Intel
In the past, software profiling tools have concentrated on measuring the execution time of functions and procedures within applications. For serial applications this was useful information that guided the programmer to those parts of the code that could most benefit from optimization or threading. For applications that have already been threaded, this type of information often has little value. Information that relates directly to performance issues from threaded and parallel execution is of much more use. This is the first paper in a two-part series that explains what Intel Thread Profiler for Win32 Threads does and how to use it effectively on one's own explicitly threaded applications. Tags: High Performance Computing
MSDN Webcast: Windows XP Embedded Overview and Applications (Level 200)	2008-05-01	Microsoft Tips
Windows XP Embedded is a powerful embedded operating system solution that has been used in a variety of applications - thin clients, test equipment, car computers, industrial controls, gaming machines, multimedia recorders, security systems, and much more. This webcast provides an overview of Windows XP Embedded and the development tools to build custom operating system images. Tags: Windows XP, Application Development
Railway Ticketing Agency Improves Performance and Eases IT Management	2008-05-01	Microsoft
Voyages-sncf.com is the online travel agency for the Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF), a public enterprise that operates rail services for passengers and freight throughout France. With more than 9 million Web site visitors a month, Voyages-sncf.com needed to ensure that its ticketing Web site is available to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company wanted a new operating system that would interoperate with upgraded hardware. Additionally, IT staff at Voyages-sncf.com wanted to improve server management, increase productivity, enhance security, and provide an optimized IT foundation for the future. The agency deployed Windows Server 2008 with its Read-Only Domain Controller feature and upgraded to 64-bit HP servers with Intel Xeon quad-core processors. Tags: Application Servers, Windows Server 2008
Construction Materials Supplier Simplifies Branch Office IT Management, Saves $400,000	2008-05-01	Microsoft
Lafarge North America needed a cost-effective solution to reduce network security risks at branch offices while increasing the efficiency of centralized server administration. The company became an early adopter of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise to test the enhanced features of the Server Core installation option, read-only domain controller, and Terminal Services. Lafarge anticipates that increased efficiencies will produce a savings of U.S. $400,000 over the next three years. Tags: Remote Access - RA Servers, Windows Server 2008
Black Belt Itanium Processor Performance: The Foundation (Part 1 of 5)	2008-04-30	Intel
Many optimizations will automatically be enabled with aggressive compiler flags. However, with a small amount of performance analysis, architectural insight and targeted code modification, the software developer can greatly improve the resulting application performance. Understanding and resolving pointer ambiguation is important on all architectures and will always improve performance, but on Itanium architecture-based processors the payoff can be enormous, and help release the full power of this new architecture. Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development
TechNet Webcast: Mitigating Application Issues Using Shims (Level 400)	2008-04-24	Microsoft Tips
The presenter of this webcast explores many of the compatibility issues that the Windows team has experienced at customer sites in the context of what can be fixed without updating the application, and how to fix it. The Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure (Shim Infrastructure) is a powerful tool for resolving compatibility issues and unblocking Windows Vista operating system deployments. But understanding where and how to leverage and configure shims can be daunting until one learns some of the tricks and subtleties, many of which are exposed in this webcast. Tags: Windows Vista
TechNet Webcast: Making Windows Vista Application Compatibility Testing More Predictable (Level 300)	2008-04-10	Microsoft Tips
When helping the customers accelerate their deployments of the Windows Vista operating system by assisting with application compatibility, it was found that there are a number of technical skills to master. However, technical acumen is never enough-effectively managing the project is critical to making the process predictable and measurable, in addition to controlling costs and maximizing effectiveness. The presenter of this webcast reviews the best practices learned for effectively managing this process from enterprise customers worldwide. Tags: Best Practices, Windows Vista
Planning Considerations for HiperDispatch Mode	2008-04-02	IBM
For all levels of z/OS, a TCB or SRB may be dispatched on any logical processor of the type required (standard, zAAP or zIIP). A unit of work starts on one logical processor and subsequently may be dispatched on any other logical processor. The logical processors for one LPAR image receive an equal share for equal access to the physical processors under PR/SM LPAR control. For example, if the weight of a logical partition with four logical processors results in a share of two physical processors, or 200%, the LPAR hypervisor will manage each of the four logical processors with a 50% share of a physical processor. All logical processors are used if there is work available, and they typically have similar processing utilizations. Tags: Mainframes,
jNetX Deploys Embedded Database to Support Growth and Innovation, While Ensuring Reliability	2008-04-01	Oracle
jNetX develops and markets the key service components of programmable SS7 and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. jNetX wanted to continue it's growth levels of more than 200% in 2007 and expand customer base globally and focus resources on innovation and product development. The challenge was to grow reputation as a key player in next-generation service delivery and increase market leadership and raise profile by Gartner as an "On-the-rise" company for event-based application platforms. jNetX migrated from homegrown, embedded in-memory database to Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database to maximize latency, stability, performance under load, and high availability as well as chose Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database for its ease of configuration, which allows system integrators and operators to build end-user solutions on less expensive hardware. Tags: Database Management, Database Applications
GameRail Chooses Dell and Achieves Up to an 80 Percent Reduction in Latency for a Faster Gaming Experience	2008-04-01	Dell
Founded in 2006, St. Louis, Missouri-based GameRail has been working to solve online gamers connectivity and gaming quality challenges. To minimize the possibility of service quality degradation before users reach the GameRail network, the company must locate gateways in optimal locations known as carrier hotels. The company deployed Dell for its solution and implemented Dell PowerEdge SC1435 servers combined with routers from Foundry Networks which provide the performance to intelligently route online gaming traffic from user to game server in a form factor that helps GameRail scale to meet demand. Tags: Application Servers