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Webcasts
Thomson Reuters Redesigns Market Data Platform by Taking Advantage of Intel Multi-Threading Xeon 5500 Processors
Apr 2009
How is collaboration with Intel and the Intel Xeon processor helping Thomson Reuters deal with, what Dan Solak, Head of Information Management Solutions for Europe/Middle East/Africa, describes...
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series Animation
Mar 2009
This webcast will give a better idea of how the new Intel Xeon Processors 5500 Series can optimize the data center with the latest performance innovations.
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Georgia Tech Implements a Cool Solution for Green HPC With IBM
May 2009
Georgia Tech's Center for the Study of Systems Biology requires supercomputing capabilities for protein structure simulations and other techniques supporting research into new drugs. The company...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Los Alamos National Laboratory Breaks Petaflop Barrier With Hybrid Supercomputer From IBM
Jun 2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has been at the forefront of national security since its founding in 1943. The organization now finds itself at the forefront of supercomputing technology....
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Humberside Police Improves Intelligence to Enhance Public Services
Jun 2008
The men and women of the Humberside Police Force dedicate themselves each day to reducing crime and antisocial behaviour, protecting communities and providing a visible neighbourhood presence that...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Innovative Contact Data Management Tool Shows Market Leadership at Mobilkom Austria
Oct 2008
Mobilkom austria is the leading mobile telephone services provider in Austria. They wanted to store contact data centrally, retrieve it any time while on the move, synchronise between various...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Jungheinrich AG Centralises and Modernises IT Infrastructure Management
Mar 2008
Jungheinrich AG is one of the four largest providers of industrial trucks, stock and material flow engineering in the world. Jungheinrich wanted a new uniform management solution to support...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: The Strategy-Infrastructure Connection for Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Oct 2008
To meet the demands of surging passenger travel in Asia coupled with the expected spike in travel during the 2008 Olympic Games, China's new Guangzhou International Baiyun Airport (GBIA) was faced...
Provided by Unisys
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Webcasts
Symantec's 2010 State of the Data Center Study
Jan 2010
Now in its third year, Symantec's 2010 State of the Data Center study is a yearly report that highlights trends regarding data centers in companies worldwide. Conducted by Applied Research, the...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Improve System Performance With DB2 9 and BMC's Pool Advisor
Feb 2010
Attend this webcast to learn how to improve system performance with DB2 9 and BMC's pool advisor.
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Proactive Operations for the Dynamic Data Center
Feb 2010
Corporate data centers are becoming more dynamic. Proactive approaches to operations management give the up-to-the minute system performance information, along with the ability to anticipate a...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
It's RAD - Exploit Your DB2 Log for Recovery, Auditing, and Data Migration
Feb 2010
The attendee of this webcast will learn how to use DB2 log information to solve a variety of problems. Ever needed to replicate DB2 data from one DB2 system to another, or to a different platform?...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
BMC LogMaster Support and Compliance for Audit Focusing on the Use of the "Logical Log"
Nov 2009
The attendee of this webcast will learn about BMC LogMaster as "Not just a recovery" tool but for support and complying with audit requirements including SOX and Basel II. The presenter of this...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Life Begins at 40: Why Smart IT Organizations Invest in IMS
Nov 2009
The presenter of this webcast will share his experiences and insights about why IMS is still vital. The presenter investigates common reasons for moving off IMS, and examines the negative impact...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
EEQE's and Other eerie Recovery Events
Oct 2009
Just the thought of database recovery sends chills down the spine. This webcast will cover strange and unusual events related with recovery and how the BMC Backup and Recovery Solution for IMS...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
BMC Change Manager Compare
Oct 2009
Compare This! Manage complex changes to the DB2 environment using BMC Change Manager's Compare process. New users will benefit from the Compare Basics part of the session. Advanced user will learn...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Getting Started With Configuration Management
Oct 2009
The Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) is the heart of Business Service Management, but often configuration management means different things to different people. The attendee will learn...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Meet the IMS Log Data Detective
Oct 2009
Need to find what caused a problem in IMS? Meet BMC Log Analyzer for IMS - an expert in the use of deductive reasoning to diagnose problems in the IMS environment. If it was written to the IMS...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
CMDB: See How Intermountain Healthcare Built Their CMDB and Why
Sep 2009
The presenter will show how to start with a CMDB and the value that can be gained from a strong, accurate single source of record for IT Service Management. The presenter will show their key...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
High Speed Structure Change in DB2 9 With BMC
Sep 2009
DB2 9 introduced Universal Table Spaces which provide better performance and easier space management. This webcast will discuss the High-speed Structure Change process which allows to convert to...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Unilever Boosts Supply Chain Efficiency and Reduces Operational Cost While Meeting Customer Demand in Over 100 Countries
Jul 2008
In North America, the company, which operates in 100 countries around the globe, has two distinct divisions: Unilever Bestfoods and Unilever Home and Personal Care (HPC). To meet customer demand -...
Provided by CA
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Case Studies
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Justice Processes More Than One Million Electronic Documents Per Day
Mar 2010
The Republic of Turkey wanted to ensure a fast, reliable, accurate, and environmentally sustainable judicial system by creating a completely paperless working environment and increase the...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Breaking Down Barriers to Knowledge
Feb 2010
Florida State University needed to replace its older shared-research computing platform that had become difficult to expand and not user-friendly and provide HPC research facilities for a wide...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Designing Performance
Dec 2008
The r systems challenge was to design and deploy a large-scale High Performance Computing (HPC) system that can accommodate one particular client's need for performance and high memory bandwidth...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Fast Access to High Performance
Jun 2009
R Systems challenge was to upgrade a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to the latest Intel architecture in less than eight weeks to offer clients outstanding performance and high memory...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Secure With Dell
Sep 2008
Sequestered Solutions Alaska's challenge was to find a reliable, cost-effective, scalable, and easy-to-manage storage system that can be deployed quickly enough to support 160,000 potential new...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Digiplug Implements Clusters to Manage Digital Content Distribution for Multinational Record Labels
Mar 2010
Digiplug wanted to build high-performance and flexible distribution solutions from launch to facilitate long-term development and provide record labels, telecoms, and other digital retailers with...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Check Point Power-1 Provides CSL Limited With Robust Protection and Unrivalled Manageability
Oct 2008
Established in 1983, CSL Limited is Hong Kong's first mobile phone operator and 2008 marks its 25th anniversary. Robust security protection is crucial to CSL's business success. Any amount of...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
A Platform for Enterprise Data Services: The Proven Power and Flexibility of IMS From IBM
Oct 2009
Enterprises are engaged in a wide range of efforts to integrate their data and make it available to a new class of applications, resulting in a heightened demand for constantly available data and...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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Whitepapers
IBM InfoSphere Software: Trusted Information
Oct 2008
As businesses change, so too does the nature of information that is central to critical business operations. Whether it's industry consolidation, global expansion or increasing regulatory pressure...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: Simplify Integration With Unified Metadata
Jun 2008
Information integration is an extraordinarily complex activity that affects every part of an organization. It is the deciding factor behind a business' success or failure - and in many cases its...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The Case for Data Profiling
Apr 2008
Organizations who are serious about improving the ability to deliver critical business initiatives and ensuring that the quality of their data supports those initiatives are turning more and more...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Global Name Recognition Version 3.1 Distributed Search Approach
Jul 2008
Global Name Recognition - Distributed Search (GNR-DS) is an application that quickly and accurately searches for similar names in large lists of name data. Configured properly, a list of 200...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
GNR Version 3 Name Scoring and Phonology-Based Name Matching
Jul 2008
This IBM-GNR White Paper presents an overview of the process by which two distinct technology streams related to the general problem of name-scoring (i.e., the process of determining and measuring...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Global Name Recognition Version 3.1: Migrating MetaMatch Phonetic Capabilities to NameHunter
Jul 2008
MetaMatch was designed for use in data sets that are fairly static, and it takes advantage of this to gain efficiency by indexing the search data. Changes to the content of the database or to the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Upgrade and Archive Strategies for Oracle E-Business Suite
Feb 2008
IT technologies continue to evolve at a rapid pace. The hardware and software applications that one relies on to run the business must remain current in order to consistently deliver competitive...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
E-Discovery and Enterprise Data Management - What You Need to Know
Mar 2008
New products, new technologies, new legislation - and new liabilities! With the advent of stronger laws that focus on data retention and accountability, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC-17a, Basel II...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Strategies to Improve Application Testing
Apr 2008
Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and quality of the critical business applications has never been more important. Why? Because companies across industries depend on mission-critical enterprise...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Mergers and Acquisitions: Data Management Strategies That Support Business Growth
Mar 2008
As technology advances, the demand for new products and services changes and expands, making competition in the marketplace more intense. Seasoned market-leading companies look for ways to sustain...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM / Gavilan Research Associates 2008 MetaData Market Survey: Summary of Findings Whitepaper
Jun 2008
In early 2008, IBM Corporation and Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) entered into a joint project together to investigate and better understand the top metadata management needs, challenges,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
An Interactive Graph-Based Automation Assistant: A Case Study to Manage the GIPSY's Distributed Multi-Tier Run-Time System
Dec 2012
The GIPSY system provides a framework for a distributed multi-tier demand-driven evaluation of heterogeneous programs, in which certain tiers can generate demands, while others can respond to...
Provided by Concordia University
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Whitepapers
Incomplete Information in RDF
Dec 2012
Incomplete information has been studied in-depth in relational databases and knowledge representation. It is also an important issue in Semantic Web frameworks such as RDF, description logics, and...
Provided by University of Asmara
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Whitepapers
Optimal Error of Query Sets Under the Differentially-Private Matrix Mechanism
Dec 2012
A common goal of privacy research is to release synthetic data that satisfies a formal privacy guarantee and can be used by an analyst in place of the original data. To achieve reasonable...
Provided by University of Maryland University College
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Whitepapers
Detecting and Revamping of X-Outliers in Time Series Database
Dec 2012
Dataset with Outliers causes poor accuracy in future analysis of data mining tasks. To improve the performance of mining task, it is necessary to detect and revamp of outliers which are there in...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Content Based Image Retrieval Using Clustering
Dec 2012
This paper presents novel techniques for image retrieval using the clustering features extracted from images based on Row Mean Clustering, Column Mean clustering, Row Mean DCT Clustering, Column...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
An Algorithm to Evaluate Iceberg Query Using Compacted Bitmap Vector
Dec 2012
The data storing and retrieving are playing a major role in the data clustering and data warehousing techniques. The effectiveness of a data retrieving method depends upon the data specific...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A Fast Approach to Clustering Datasets Using DBSCAN and Pruning Algorithms
Dec 2012
Among the various clustering algorithms, DBSCAN is an effective clustering algorithm used in many applications. It has various advantages like no a priori assumption needed about the number of...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Using Bloom Filter Array (BFA) to Speed up the Lookup in Distributed Storage System
Dec 2012
Today's storage systems have a major issue for the long-term storage of massive amounts of unstructured data. The reliability and availability of that fortune of data become important factors. So,...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Decentralized Dynamic Query Optimization Based on Mobiles Agents for Large Scale Data Integration Systems
Dec 2012
The query processing in large scale distributed mediations systems raises new problems and presents real challenges: efficiency of access, communication, confidentiality of access, availability of...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A Method for Measuring Semantic Similarity of Documents
Dec 2012
With the documents increasing amount available in local or Web repositories, the comparison methods have to analyze large documents sets with different types and terminologies to obtain a response...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A Novel Disk Scheduling Algorithm in Real-Time Database Systems
Feb 2010
Conventional databases are mainly characterized by their strict data consistency requirements. Database systems for real-time applications must satisfy timing constraints associated with...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
The Optimal Resource Discovery and Allocation Algorithm for One Hop Using Anonymous Arbitrary Topology
Aug 2010
A distributed system consists of, possibly heterogeneous, computing nodes connected by communication network that do not share memory or clock. One of the main benefits of distributed systems is...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A New Symbolic Dissimilarity Measure for Multivalued Data Type and Novel Dissimilarity Approximation Techniques
Jun 2011
In this paper a new statistical measure for estimating the degree of dissimilarity between two symbolic objects whose features are multi-valued type is proposed. In addition two new simple...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Unusual Pattern Detection in DNA Database Using KMP Algorithm
Aug 2010
Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management and analysis of biological data. The result is that computers are being used to gather, store, analyze and merge...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
An Efficient Detection and Resolution of Generalized Deadlocks in Distributed Systems
Aug 2010
In this paper, the authors propose a new algorithm to detect and resolve distributed deadlocks in the generalized model. The initiator of the proposed algorithm diffuses the probes along the...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Retrieval of Offline Handwritten Signatures
Aug 2010
Similarity retrieval of images is an important task in database applications. In such applications, effective organization and retrieval of images can be achieved through indexing. In this paper,...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Improving Performance of Algorithms in Distributed Computing with Perspective of Green Information Technology
Jun 2011
In Distributed Computing approach, it is followed to assign a job to a processor if it is idle. The focus is now on how to optimize resources to decrease the energy consumption by volumes of...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Simplification of Boolean Algebra Through DNA Computing
Aug 2010
DNA Computing utilizes the properties of DNA for performing the computations. The computations include arithmetic and logical operations such as simplification of Boolean expression to its...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Moving Towards Non-Relational Databases
Aug 2010
RDBMS has been around since long. It is the founder stone of many application stacks. It provides the users with the best mix of simplicity, robustness, flexibility, performance, scalability, and...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Downloads
Executive Guide: Making the business case for Big Data
Dec 2012
IT leaders have begun to address the challenges of Big Data and to harness its enormous value. This guide offers analysis, research, and advice to help you get started with Big Data in your...
Provided by TechRepublic
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Whitepapers
Closed Pattern Mining from N-Ary Relations
Nov 2010
In this paper, the authors address the problem of closed pattern mining from n-ary relations. They propose CnS-Miner algorithm which enumerates all the closed patterns of the given n-dimensional...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A Method for the Reduction of MIMO Systems Using Interlacing Property and Coefficients Matching
Nov 2010
This paper suggests a mixed method for the reduction of order of linear high order MIMO systems. This method is based upon the interlacing property of the systems. The denominator polynomial of...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Document Image Retrieval: An Overview
Nov 2010
The economic feasibility of creating a large database of document image has left a tremendous need for robust ways to access the information. Printed documents are scanned for archiving or in an...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Purpose-Based Access Control Exploits by HDB
Oct 2010
As organizations increase their reliance on, as a result preserving privacy has become a crucial requirement for operating a business that manages personal data. Private Schools, district schools,...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
SPEEDITY-A Real Time Commit Protocol
Oct 2010
This paper presents Shadow, Piggy bag, Elemental External Dependency Inversion and in Time Yielding (SPEEDITY) commit protocol for Distributed Real Time DataBase Systems (DRTDBS). Here, only abort...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Conditional Random Field Based Named Entity Recognition in Geological Text
Oct 2010
The paper describes about the development of a Named Entity Recognition (NER) system for Geological text using Conditional Random Fields (CRFs). The system makes use of the different contextual...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Texture Based Pattern Classification
Oct 2010
Texture can be observed in many natural and synthetic images from multispectral satellite images to the microscopic images of cell or tissue samples. Texture is an innate property of virtually all...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Integration of Semantic Web and Knowledge Discovery for Enhanced Information Retrieval
Oct 2011
Knowledge management is a process which comprises knowledge discovery, knowledge collection, knowledge organization and knowledge process. Among these four process knowledge discovery is...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
A Survey of Game Theoretic Approaches in Smart Grid
Jul 2012
The concept of smart grid to transform the age old power grid into a smart and intelligent electric power distribution system is, currently, a hot research topic. Smart grid offers the merging of...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Towards Intelligent Machine-to-Machine Communications in Smart Grid
Apr 2011
The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) of Smart Grid (SG) presents the biggest growth potential in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market today. Spurred by advances in the M2M technologies in...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Introduction to Control Theory and Its Application to Computing Systems
Jun 2008
Feedback control is central to managing computing systems and data networks. Unfortunately, computing practitioners typically approach the design of feedback control in an ad hoc manner. Control...
Provided by University of Idaho
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Whitepapers
Latency Bounding by Trading off Consistency in NoSQL Store: A Staging and Stepwise Approach
Dec 2012
Latency is a key service factor for user satisfaction. Consistency is in a trade-off relation with operation latency in the distributed and replicated scenario. Existing NoSQL stores guarantee...
Provided by Tsihai
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Whitepapers
Mqr-Tree: A 2-Dimensional Spatial Access Method
Nov 2012
In this paper, the authors propose the mqr-tree, a two-dimensional spatial access method that organizes spatial objects in a two-dimensional node and based on their spatial relationships....
Provided by University of Leipzig
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Whitepapers
Exploiting Metric Structure for Efficient Private Query Release
Dec 2012
The authors consider the problem of privately answering queries defined on databases which are collections of points belonging to some metric space. They give simple, computationally efficient...
Provided by University of Peloponnese
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Whitepapers
An Examination of Database Breaches at Higher Education Institutions
Sep 2010
Data breaches are dominating the headlines. Institutions and individuals are at increased risk of having their information compromised by hackers, insider malicious activity, or insider mistakes....
Provided by Application Security
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Whitepapers
Implementing Knowledge Management in Higher Educational Institutions in India : A Conceptual Framework
Sep 2011
Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) create and apply knowledge during their processes and activities. The growth in the number of HEIs in India in the last decade has increased competition and...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Development of a Software Engineering Ontology for Multi-Site Software Development
Oct 2008
This paper aims to present an ontology model of software engineering to represent its knowledge. The fundamental knowledge relating to software engineering is well described in the textbook titled...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Mining Temporal Patterns from iTRAQ Mass Spectrometry(LC-MS/MS) Data
Apr 2011
Large-scale proteomic analysis is emerging as a powerful technique in biology and relies heavily on data acquired by state-of-the-art mass spectrometers. As with any other field in Systems...
Provided by National Institutes of Health
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Whitepapers
An Analytical Framework for Data Stream Mining Techniques Based on Challenges and Requirements
Apr 2011
A growing number of applications that generate massive streams of data need intelligent data processing and online analysis. Real-time surveillance systems, telecommunication systems, sensor...
Provided by Islamic Azad University
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Whitepapers
Frequent Patterns Mining in Time-Sensitive Data Stream
Apr 2012
Mining frequent itemsets through static Databases has been extensively studied and used and is always considered a highly challenging task. For this reason it is interesting to extend it to data...
Provided by University of Tulsa
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Whitepapers
IBM InfoSphere DataStage Balanced Optimization
Jun 2008
IBM InfoSphere Information Server helps organizations derive value from the complex information spread across systems. It is a revolutionary software platform that profiles, cleanses and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Global Name Recognition Version 3.1 Distributed Search Approach
Jul 2008
Global Name Recognition - Distributed Search (GNR-DS) is an application that quickly and accurately searches for similar names in large lists of name data. Configured properly, a list of 200...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
GNR Version 3 Name Scoring and Phonology-Based Name Matching
Jul 2008
This IBM-GNR White Paper presents an overview of the process by which two distinct technology streams related to the general problem of name-scoring (i.e., the process of determining and measuring...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Global Name Recognition Version 3.1: Migrating MetaMatch Phonetic Capabilities to NameHunter
Jul 2008
MetaMatch was designed for use in data sets that are fairly static, and it takes advantage of this to gain efficiency by indexing the search data. Changes to the content of the database or to the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Upgrade and Archive Strategies for Oracle E-Business Suite
Feb 2008
IT technologies continue to evolve at a rapid pace. The hardware and software applications that one relies on to run the business must remain current in order to consistently deliver competitive...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
E-Discovery and Enterprise Data Management - What You Need to Know
Mar 2008
New products, new technologies, new legislation - and new liabilities! With the advent of stronger laws that focus on data retention and accountability, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC-17a, Basel II...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Strategies to Improve Application Testing
Apr 2008
Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and quality of the critical business applications has never been more important. Why? Because companies across industries depend on mission-critical enterprise...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Mergers and Acquisitions: Data Management Strategies That Support Business Growth
Mar 2008
As technology advances, the demand for new products and services changes and expands, making competition in the marketplace more intense. Seasoned market-leading companies look for ways to sustain...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM / Gavilan Research Associates 2008 MetaData Market Survey: Summary of Findings Whitepaper
Jun 2008
In early 2008, IBM Corporation and Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) entered into a joint project together to investigate and better understand the top metadata management needs, challenges,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
InfoSphere MDM Server v8 Functional Whitepaper
Feb 2008
Leading organizations today are undertaking initiatives to break down information silos and gain control of their most important and commonly-shared enterprise information assets, or master data....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Selecting a Data Distribution Solution for IBM System i Environments
Apr 2008
Today, more than 200,000 businesses in more than 100 countries have come to depend on the stability and security of IBM System i servers. Renowned for its reliability and scalability, System i...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Information Server FastTrack: The Need for Speed - Accelerating Data Integration Projects
Dec 2007
For an enterprise integration project to meet business requirements and be completed on schedule and within the defined budget, business analysts, data modelers and developers must find ways to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Winning in Retail
Mar 2009
The basic concept of retail has remained the same for many years - provide merchandise and services to consumers at a desired price. What has changed is the scale and complexity of the modern...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Managing the Complexity of Business Change - The Adaptive Application Framework
Dec 2008
Most technology pundits and analysts were quick to herald the dawn of the Information Age. Faster computers and integrated networks. The Internet. Information at everyone's finger tips. All this...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Justifying Your CPM Investment - It's Not Just Smoke and Mirrors!
Feb 2008
For many managers, the last four words - "Make better decisions faster" - are the raison d'être for investing in Corporate Performance Management (CPM). Today's ultracompetitive, volatile, and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Innovating With Information: Using Information as the Cornerstone for Innovation
Jun 2008
Organizations face a dilemma as their marketplaces evolve: new competitors, new regulations, growing costs, waning customer loyalty and other emerging factors are making it more difficult to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Leveraging Track & Trace in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Feb 2009
The counterfeit drug market, recognized by the Food and Drug Administration as a real and expensive problem, is responsible for the loss of billions of dollars every year. Counterfeit drugs are...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
One-Stop Citizen-Centered Business Model
May 2008
For many years, governments worldwide have delivered service to their citizens through a programmatic business model. This model is characterized by numerous policy departments with multiple...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Smarter Spending: Tracking Recovery Funds and Reporting Outcomes
Mar 2009
Government agencies and departments needing to track recovery funds and report outcomes will find that performance management processes, software and quick starts will help them meet these...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The IBM Cognos Statement of Direction: The Next Wave of IBM Cognos Innovation
Feb 2009
A performance management system aligns, focuses, and connects people across the enterprise; balancing performance with business risk and governance constraints. It is the information-driven link...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Scorecarding Concepts: How to Drive Strategy and Manage Performance
Apr 2009
Good business metrics scorecards help companies ensure their strategies are consistently and efficiently driving toward their most important objectives. This IBM Cognos white paper explains the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The Business Value of a Business Glossary: How IBM Helps Businesses Communicate More Efficiently and Effectively
Oct 2008
Misunderstandings caused by incorrect interpretation of enterprise information increase the risk of expensive errors. The complete business costs of ambiguous information are even more dramatic....
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Supercomputing Consortium Adds Flexibility, Improves Usability With New HPC System
Mar 2010
CASPUR, a computing consortium in Rome, wanted to improve the usability of its High-Performance Computing (HPC) center for Italy's research community, so it adopted a pilot cluster that runs the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hirose Tsusyo Completes Online Trades in Seconds With In-Memory Data Grid Platform
Mar 2010
Hirose Tsusyo wanted to process a substantial increase in transaction volumes due to the large number of currency pairs being traded and enable high-speed processing to minimize the loss incurred...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
DreamCIS Aims to Lead Asian Clinical Trial Market With Robust Data Management Solution
Mar 2010
To fulfill its vision of becoming the top CRO in Asia and a leader in international standards by 2019, DreamCIS developed a clinical data management system based on Oracle Clinical and Oracle...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Swinton Insurance Gains 92% Faster Remote-Office Backup, 88% Faster Server Restores
Jan 2009
In business for 50 years, Swinton Insurance is a major broker operating 442 branch locations throughout the United Kingdom. With 442 offices each backing up 2 - 6GB of data to tape every night,...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Le Figaro Relies on NetApp and Syncsort for Unifying and Accelerating Backups to Disks
Jan 2009
Owned by Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault and a major player in the French press, Groupe Figaro publishes 12 titles, including the first national daily Le Figaro and Le Figaro Magazine; employs...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Zenith Bank Revolutionizes Backups and EOD Processing With NetApp
May 2008
Zenith Bank is one of Nigeria's largest banks and, by all measures, its fastest growing one. With its premium clients demanding premium service and flexibility, Zenith Bank's IT team faced...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Propelling Product Design: Nakashima Propeller Achieves Rapid Computational Performance With Dell HPC Solution
Mar 2010
Founded in 1926 Nakashima Propeller is located in Japan. Nakashima Propeller wanted to shorten its product development and rollout times by accelerating its design process. The propeller...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Scalable Directory Services Using Proactivity
Jan 2010
Common to computational grids and pervasive computing is the need for an expressive, efficient, and scalable directory service that provides information about objects in the environment. The paper...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
SAC 033: Domain Name Registration Information and Directory Services
Jun 2008
In SAC027, Comment to GNSO regarding WHOIS studies, SSAC asserts that the limitations of the WHOIS protocol and variability among WHOIS implementations and services contribute to the poor quality...
Provided by Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
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Case Studies
PROCERGS Improves Server Performance and Reliability With Database Tools
Apr 2010
Companhia de Processamento de Dados do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (PROCERGS) wanted to ensure high availability to all applications that serve state public offices and allow unlimited and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
First of Its Kind Prison Banking System From IBM and Huber & Associates Allows for Better Inmate Control
Nov 2009
The Missouri corrections case works could not focus on critical inmate management issues. Case workers were required to administer routine daily inmate inquiries and could not focus on critical...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Data Standards
Mar 2010
One of Albert Einstein?s many great quotes during his life included the following: "The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion". This quote is a...
Provided by d-Wise Technologies
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White Papers
An In-House SAS Procedure to Balance Time Series: The TSRAKING Procedure
Apr 2010
For various reasons, systems of time series might fail to satisfy cross-sectional aggregation constraints. To restore coherence in such systems (and as part of its Forillon project), Statistics...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
SDTM Attribute Checking Tool
Apr 2010
Converting clinical data into CDISC SDTM format is a high priority of many pharmaceutical/biotech companies. Most of these companies are ready to invest in obtaining a SDTM conversion tool that...
Provided by Merck & Co.
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White Papers
Discovering the Road Less Traveled to SAS Information: A Guide for Your Journey
Apr 2010
SAS users are as diverse as the offerings from SAS. The key to using SAS is to find the content and delivery mechanism that fits the way one works and provides what one needs when one needs it....
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Accelerate Oracle Database 10g Creation and Deployment Using VMware Infrastructure and EMC Celerra Writeable Checkpoints
Mar 2008
This paper first reviews the business case for and the challenges associated with creating a large Oracle testing and development environment. The paper then describes the benefits and process of...
Provided by VMware
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Webcasts
Quit Spending Your Weekends Reorganizing IMS Databases
Feb 2010
BMC MAXM Database Advisor for IMS proactively notifies when a database is reaching user-defined thresholds. It shows which databases need to be reorganized and which ones don't - some customers...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Why Backout and Recover When You Can Simply Restart DB2, IMS, and VSAM Jobs?
Jan 2010
When a batch application fails, there are only few options: back out the changes and rerun the job from the beginning, or recover the database and rerun the job from the beginning. The attendee...
Provided by BMC Software
