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Podcasts
Talk TechNet With Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows With Stephen Rose
Sep 2011
Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this podcast, the speaker who is deeply involved in the Windows client technologies discusses about the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows Deployment with Rhonda Layfiel
Sep 2011
Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this podcast, the speaker who is an Microsoft MVP and SME on deployment technologies discusses about...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet With Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows 7 Application Compatibility With Chris Jackson
Aug 2011
Application compatibility is likely one of the chief concerns many IT Professionals sweat when it comes to migrating from one operating system to another. In this podcast, the speaker discuss...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Bytes by TechNet: Rhonda Layfield and John Baker Discuss WDS and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Jul 2011
In this podcast, the speakers discusses about Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and compares it with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) by looking at real-world cases that Rhonda has been working on.
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows 7 with Rhonda Layfield
Jun 2011
Any one considering moving from Windows XP to Windows 7? In this podcast, the speaker helps to figuring out how to make that migration smooth sailing. Take advantage of this great opportunity to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
TechNet Radio: IT Time - Getting Started With the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta
Jun 2011
In this podcast, the speakers gives an in-depth demo on the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1, from installation and setup of the MDTs deployment workbench, the architecture of task...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
(Part 4 of 5) Hard-link Migration in the USMT 4.0
Apr 2011
The speaker drills down in the Hard-link Migration option, one of the most compelling new features of USMT. The speaker will look at why it greatly enhances the performance of a migration and...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
MINIX4RT: Real-Time Semaphores
Oct 2008
MINIX4RT is an extension of the well-known MINIX Operating System that adds Hard Real-Time services in a new microkernel but keeping backward compatibility with standard MINIX versions. Semaphores...
Provided by Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Santa Fe
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White Papers
Model Checking for Verification of Mandatory Access Control Models and Properties
Jul 2010
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) mechanisms control which users or processes have access to which resources in a system. MAC policies are increasingly specified to facilitate managing and...
Provided by North Carolina State University
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White Papers
User-Level Scheduling on NUMA Multicore Systems Under Linux
Jun 2011
The problem of scheduling on multi-core systems remains one of the hottest and the most challenging topics in systems research. Introduction of Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) multi-core...
Provided by Simon Fraser University
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White Papers
FACT: A Framework for Adaptive Contention-Aware Thread Migrations
May 2011
Thread scheduling in multi-core systems is a challenging problem because cores on a single chip usually share parts of the memory hierarchy, such as last-level caches, prefetchers and memory...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Case Studies
Energy Producer Cuts Costs With Operating System Upgrade
Jun 2008
The national oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, is a petroleum enterprise that spans the globe, with affiliates and subsidiaries in several different countries. Aramco maintains a Windows...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Boutique Chocolatier Blends Technology and Sustainability, Grows Business 75 Percent
Jun 2008
Daniel and Susan Kennedy, co-founders of Chokola'j, blend their love of chocolate with their desire to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly business. For Chokola'j, sustainability...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Hawaiian Eco-Tour Company Increases Productivity and Freedom With All-in-One Software
May 2008
For the past 10 years, Dolphin Excursions has taken customers - ages 5 to 105 - out onto the waters off Oahu's western shore to swim with spinner dolphins, watch majestic humpback whales, and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Solution Provider Increases Security and Efficiency With New PC Operating System
Jun 2008
The employees of Avanade know that part of the company's success is practicing what they preach. The Seattle, Washington - based company provides IT solutions to enterprises around the world and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Consulting Firm Saves Time and Travel With New Desktop Software
Jun 2008
Australian business-process consulting firm Productiv wanted to standardize its desktop computing environment on a software platform that would help its 11 employees work together from dispersed...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Creating Gadgets for Windows SideShow in Windows Vista (Level 200)
Nov 2007
The attendee of this webcast will learn about Windows SideShow, a new technology that provides users of the Windows Vista operating system with quick access to data - even when their computers are...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Nswap: A Network Swapping Module for Linux Clusters
Jan 2008
Cluster applications that process large amounts of data, such as parallel scientific or multimedia applications, are likely to cause swapping on individual cluster nodes. These applications will...
Provided by Swarthmore College
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White Papers
GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux
Mar 2008
Though all of the current main-stream OSs have supported superpage to some extent, most of them need runtime information provided by applications, simulator or other tools. Transparent superpage...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Case Studies
Swiss Energy Company Boosts Productivity and Security With Desktop Modernization
Sep 2008
Leading Swiss energy company BKW was running outdated desktop software on its employees' computers, compromising its ability to compete in an energy market where productivity and agility are...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
An Improved Window Based on Cosine Hyperbolic Function
Jul 2011
A new simple form window with the application of FIR filter design based on the exponential function is proposed in this paper. An improved window having a closed simple formula which is symmetric...
Provided by Cyber Journals
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White Papers
An Effective Forwarding Architecture for SMP Linux Routers
Nov 2007
Recent technological advances provide an excellent opportunity to achieve truly effective results in the field of open Internet devices based on PC COTS Hardware, also known as Open Routers. In...
Provided by Università degli Studi di Genova
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Level 300)
Nov 2008
This webcast looks at the improvements in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) operating system and how to deploy Windows Vista SP1 using a variety of scenarios. The webcast covers Windows Vista...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista in Your Organization With Confidence (Level 300)
Nov 2008
This webcast explores how to automate the deployment of the Windows Vista operating system for small-, medium-, and large-scale deployment scenarios. The presenters look at applications that help...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Technologies and Windows Vista Improve Supporting and Maintaining the Desktop (Level 300)
Nov 2008
The Windows Vista operating system includes many advances that help IT organizations lock down the desktop environment and prevent user-generated configuration conflicts. This webcast explores how...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Linux, Open Source, and System Bring-Up Tools
Jul 2008
System bring-up is a complex and difficult task. Modern hardware is incredibly complex and it's not getting any simpler. Bring-up engineers spend far too much time hunting through specs and...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
Modelling Mailing List Behaviour in Open Source Projects: the Case of ARM Embedded Linux
Feb 2009
One of the benefits firms can derive from using Open Source Software (OSS) is informal development collaboration, and the primary tool for collaboration and coordination are group mailing lists....
Provided by Journal of Universal Computer Science
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White Papers
A New Lower Bound on the Maximal Error Probability for Discrete Memoryless Multiple-Access Channels
Jan 2008
In this paper, a new lower bound for the maximal error probability of a two-user Discrete Memory-less (DM) Multiple-Access Channel (MAC) is derived. This is the first bound of this type that...
Provided by University of Michigan
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White Papers
Open Source Software in the Vertical Market: An Open Niche?
Oct 2011
Much of the universe of open-source software is categorized; abundant open-source software is found for most categories. However, relatively few dual-licensed open-source software programs are...
Provided by EDSIG
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White Papers
The Comparison of Virtual Machine Migration Performance Between XEN-HVM, XEN-PV, Open-VZ, KVM-FV, KVMPV
Aug 2011
Based on the authors' previous experience they want to compare the performance between five hypervisors: XEN-PV, XENHVM, Open-VZ,KVM-FV,KVM-PV. They have simulated the migration of a virtual...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Management Studies
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White Papers
File Systems in Linux and FreeBSD: A Comparative Study
Sep 2011
This paper compares file systems in Ubuntu Linux and FreeBSD and then analyzes the best utilization. The generic file systems, EXTended File System (EXT2) of Linux and Fast File System (FFS) of...
Provided by Journal of Computing
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Webcasts
Today in IOS 2011
Jul 2011
In this webcast, the presenter explains about iOS 2011. The presenter will explains some of the tips, tricks and the latest in Apple's iOS and related hardware.
Provided by Internet Archive
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White Papers
Structured Linux Kernel Projects for Teaching Operating Systems Concepts
Mar 2011
Linux has emerged as a widely-used platform for enabling hands-on kernel programming experience to learn about operating system concepts. However, developing pedagogically effective programming...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Linux-CR: Transparent Application Checkpoint-Restart in Linux
Jul 2010
Application checkpoint-restart is the ability to save the state of a running application so that it can later resume its execution from the time of the checkpoint. Application checkpoint-restart...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
How to Lower Congestion With Cross-Layer MPR-PHY/MAC Design?
Nov 2011
In this paper, the authors introduce a cross-layer design between PHY and MAC for Multiple Packet Reception (MPR). Based on the simulation results, three phases of operation has been identified...
Provided by University of California
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Podcasts
Apple'N'Apps & Apptudes: Beginning a New
Apr 2012
In this Podcast, the speakers discuss about Apple 'N' Apps & Apptudes. They discuss about Apple's Q2 financial results, WWDC, TV English Premium and other scam apps as well as tons of updates.
Provided by RawVoice
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Podcasts
Apple'N'Apps: MacWorld-iWorld 2012
Feb 2012
In this Podcast, the speaker explains about the Apple 'N' Apps. To bringing out the latest and greatest about apple and apps. In this podcast the speakers explains about the highlights of MacWorld...
Provided by RawVoice
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Whitepapers
Reliability Estimation and Analysis of Linux Kernel
Jun 2011
Latest stable version of Linux kernel used by all Linux based operating system is 2.6 series. The purpose of this paper is to develop an optimized reliability model suitable for this version of...
Provided by International Journal on Computer Science and Technology (IJCST)
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Whitepapers
Resources Utilization Via Virtualization in LINUX on Different Workloads Using Virtual Box
Dec 2011
Different workloads utilize system resources at different levels. Depending on the resource utilization pattern some workloads may be better suited for hosting on virtual platform. This paper is...
Provided by International Journal on Computer Science and Technology (IJCST)
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Whitepapers
Reliability Optimization of Reconfigurable FPGA Based on Second-Order Approximation Domain-Partition
Apr 2009
The problem of planning the overlaps of multiple alternative configurations is critical to maximize the reliability of a reconfigurable fault-tolerant system based on field programmable gate...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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White Papers
Windows 7 Power Management: Power Management Improvements in Windows 7 Beta
Apr 2009
Companies are focused on reducing costs, and a simple way to contribute to those cuts is by reducing energy bills. Windows 7 helps companies reduce the costs of running their computers by...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Software Provider Upgrades Operating System for Increased Efficiency
Jul 2009
Pronet Soft, a software consulting firm, makes it a practice to take immediate advantage of technology advancements. The firm undertook a pilot deployment of the Windows 7 operating system and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Windows Vista Helps Bring Reliability and Increased Functionality to University
Jun 2008
BYU's Religious Education Computer Support oversees the IT needs of the college's religion department. When one small IT department supports a network of hundreds of computers, reliability and...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Saving Costs and Energy With Windows Vista
Feb 2009
Businesses are rapidly responding to the growing requirement for greater environmental stewardship by defining goals that will improve corporate environmental practices. Sustainable IT, also known...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
IT Administrator's Guide to Using Windows Vista for Sustainable IT Success
Feb 2009
Businesses are rapidly responding to the growing requirement for greater environmental stewardship by defining goals that will improve corporate environmental practices. Sustainable IT (also known...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Windows Logo Program Device Metadata Submissions
Jun 2009
Device Stage is a new feature of Windows 7 that significantly improves end users' interaction with devices connected to their computer. This interaction between user and device is called the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Manageability Solutions (Level 300)
Jun 2009
Windows 7 operating system manageability features can provide more flexible administrative control, increase automation of administrative tasks, and reduce help desk calls. The presenter of this...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements (Level 200)
Jun 2009
The presenter will discover the enhanced deployment capabilities available in the Windows 7 operating system. The presenter of this webcast explores Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image management and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance
Jan 2008
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance is a dynamic desktop solution available only to Software Assurance Customers. It helps reduce application deployment costs, enable the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Vista MUI: Multilingual User Interface
Jan 2008
Providing for multiple languages during an operating system deployment has been a challenge in the past, often requiring delays until fully localized versions are released. The limited number of...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Windows Vista Enterprise
Jan 2008
The premium edition of Windows Vista for businesses, Windows Vista Enterprise includes all the features in Windows Vista Business plus extra capabilities designed to help reduce the cost and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Find and Use Information
Jan 2008
Windows Vista gives people tools to find, organize, and use information more effectively, helping to improve productivity and to sharpen their competitive edge.
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Optimize Your Desktop Infrastructure
Jan 2008
Windows Vista can help to reduce total cost of ownership by streamlining desktop image deployment and management.
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Services Provider Reduces Annual Costs by $96,426 With Operating System Upgrade
Apr 2009
Located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Wortell is a systems integrator and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. To deliver innovative solutions to customers, it adopts new technology as early as...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Firm Boosts Productivity and Scalability by 20 Percent With New Operating System
Apr 2009
Productiv is an IT solutions consulting firm in Brisbane, Australia, that provides productivity solutions to government and private organizations. The company has three locations and 26 employees....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Consultant Sees User Productivity, Desktop Management Efficiencies With New Software
May 2009
Installers is a Microsoft Gold Certified Provider in Denmark that deployed Windows 7 Beta to its 40 portable computers to get a head start in helping customers migrate to the new operating system....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Delivering a Premier Windows Vista Experience: Computer-Replacement Project
Apr 2009
The Microsoft sales force operated computers that did not work optimally with Windows Vista. Microsoft IT and the Windows product group wanted to improve that user experience to raise productivity...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Operating System Upgrade Helps IT Solutions Company Save Time and Increase Productivity
Jan 2009
IT solution provider Softchoice determined that it could better protect its computers from accidental or unauthorized configuration changes and simplify operating system deployment by upgrading...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Operating System Upgrade Prepares Product Distributor for Future
May 2009
Bhinneka.com has expanded its business lines from being a distributor of hardware and software products to being a total IT service solution provider. It recognized the need to stay at the leading...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
The DoD and Open Source Software
Feb 2009
When discussing Open Source Software, people often associate it with a few common characteristics. In many cases the software itself is hosted publicly by a sponsoring group or organization -...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Improving Energy Efficiency With Windows 7 Power Management (Level 200)
May 2009
Energy efficiency and green IT are two of the most active current topics in computing. The presenters of this webcast details how the Windows 7 operating system helps improve energy efficiency...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Debugging User-Mode Driver Framework Drivers: Debugging Techniques
May 2009
The presenter of this webcast describes techniques for debugging commonly encountered User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) problems. The presenter also covers techniques for proactively identifying...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
The Value of the Windows 7 Logo Program
Apr 2009
Get the inside scoop on the vision and plan for the Windows 7 Logo program. The attendee of this webcast will learn about why customers care about it and why as partner one should care about it.
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business
Jul 2008
When it comes to open source software, there are two camps: there are open source zealots who insist that Windows never works, and Linux is king! and then there are the naysayers who would sooner...
Provided by ActiveState
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Case Studies
Telecommunications Firm Reduces Energy Costs With New Operating System
Mar 2009
Operating in more than 170 countries, British Telecom plc (BT) is a leading provider of communications services, including, networked IT services; telecommunications services; and Internet...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IT Firm Helps Global Company Convert Critical Files to Work With New Client Software
Mar 2009
A global energy company asked Catapult Systems to ensure that its business-critical trading files and applications would be compatible with new Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 programs....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Telecom Corporation Embraces Changing Mobile Market With New Operating System
Mar 2009
As a telecommunications leader, KDDI Corporation focuses on customer satisfaction through speedy service. Gaining new customers required retail staff to transfer customers' existing phone data to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Leasing Company Improves Productivity, Contains Costs With Latest Operating System
Apr 2009
XTRA Lease operations are spread across North America in 80 locations, and employees are constantly on the move developing and servicing customers and managing a fleet of more than 100,000...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: A Tour of Windows 7 (Level 100)
Apr 2009
Windows 7 is the latest Windows Operating System, and includes a number of new UX enhancements and features for consumers, developers and IT Pros. The presenter will throw light on the latest...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Myths & Realities of Real-Time Linux Software Systems
Jan 2009
This paper addresses some of the differences between real-time and general purpose operating systems. This includes an analysis of several common misconceptions including performance issues,...
Provided by VersaLogic
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Webcasts
Momentum Webcast: Saving Time and Money With the Optimized Desktop (Level 100)
Feb 2009
Getting the most productivity and return on investment from the desktop means making a strategic decision to move to a modern operating system. The attendee will explore what optimizing the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Custom Server Solution Design
May 2008
Companies leveraging open source software and technology need a hardware provider that understands the open source I.T. model, is familiar with the challenges they face, shares their passion for...
Provided by iXsystems
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White Papers
Windows Vista: A Cyber Security Shield
Nov 2007
Hackers are constantly exploiting security vulnerabilities and users' naiveté to steal corporate and personal information with the intent of committing fraud and other crimes. Such breaches can...
Provided by International Data
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White Papers
Straight Talking - To Lead, Not to Teach
Feb 2008
According to some, the use of open source software in global education is the key to many problems because it removes the issue of cost. Yet for those living in areas where the average income is...
Provided by Quocirca
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Case Studies
Manufacturer Upgrades Operating System for Easier Deployment, Cost Savings
Dec 2008
ICL Performance Products LP (ICL-PPLP) is a global supplier of phosphate salts and phosphoric acid for food and technical applications. The organization wanted to standardize its computer...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Windows Vista: Necessity and Opportunity
Sep 2008
The Vista era of Windows is here. Even if one intends to retain Vista's predecessor, Windows XP, Vista is likely to become part of your environment. If one does not yet have a plan to deal with...
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Open Source Routing in High-Speed Production Use
May 2008
In almost 10 years the author has used Open Source Routers in mission critical networking to bring Internet connectivity to many tens of thousands users. Needless to say Uppsala University is one...
Provided by Uppsala University
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White Papers
LinSched: The Linux Scheduler Simulator
Jul 2008
The Linux kernel 2.6.23 scheduler includes substantial changes that may entice researchers with no prior interest in Linux to attempt to understand or modify its behavior. Virtual machines and...
Provided by University of North Carolina
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White Papers
GPU-Accelerated Computer Vision on the Linux Platform
Dec 2007
The GPUCV library accelerates computer vision algorithms using the huge computational power of modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). This paper presents a series of alterations to the GPUCV...
Provided by University of Canterbury
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White Papers
Model Checking Concurrent Linux Device Drivers
Nov 2007
The SLAM toolkit demonstrates that predicate abstraction enables automated verification of real world Windows device drivers. One?s predicate abstraction-based tool DDVerify enables the automated...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet With Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows 7 Application Compatibility With Chris Jackson
Aug 2011
Application compatibility is likely one of the chief concerns many IT Professionals sweat when it comes to migrating from one operating system to another. In this podcast, the speaker discuss...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Bytes by TechNet: Rhonda Layfield and John Baker Discuss WDS and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Jul 2011
In this podcast, the speakers discusses about Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and compares it with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) by looking at real-world cases that Rhonda has been working on.
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester: Windows 7 with Rhonda Layfield
Jun 2011
Any one considering moving from Windows XP to Windows 7? In this podcast, the speaker helps to figuring out how to make that migration smooth sailing. Take advantage of this great opportunity to...
Provided by Microsoft
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Podcasts
TechNet Radio: IT Time - Getting Started With the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta
Jun 2011
In this podcast, the speakers gives an in-depth demo on the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1, from installation and setup of the MDTs deployment workbench, the architecture of task...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Podcasts
(Part 4 of 5) Hard-link Migration in the USMT 4.0
Apr 2011
The speaker drills down in the Hard-link Migration option, one of the most compelling new features of USMT. The speaker will look at why it greatly enhances the performance of a migration and...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
MINIX4RT: Real-Time Semaphores
Oct 2008
MINIX4RT is an extension of the well-known MINIX Operating System that adds Hard Real-Time services in a new microkernel but keeping backward compatibility with standard MINIX versions. Semaphores...
Provided by Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Santa Fe
-
White Papers
Model Checking for Verification of Mandatory Access Control Models and Properties
Jul 2010
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) mechanisms control which users or processes have access to which resources in a system. MAC policies are increasingly specified to facilitate managing and...
Provided by North Carolina State University
-
White Papers
User-Level Scheduling on NUMA Multicore Systems Under Linux
Jun 2011
The problem of scheduling on multi-core systems remains one of the hottest and the most challenging topics in systems research. Introduction of Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) multi-core...
Provided by Simon Fraser University
-
White Papers
FACT: A Framework for Adaptive Contention-Aware Thread Migrations
May 2011
Thread scheduling in multi-core systems is a challenging problem because cores on a single chip usually share parts of the memory hierarchy, such as last-level caches, prefetchers and memory...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
Case Studies
Energy Producer Cuts Costs With Operating System Upgrade
Jun 2008
The national oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, is a petroleum enterprise that spans the globe, with affiliates and subsidiaries in several different countries. Aramco maintains a Windows...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Case Studies
Boutique Chocolatier Blends Technology and Sustainability, Grows Business 75 Percent
Jun 2008
Daniel and Susan Kennedy, co-founders of Chokola'j, blend their love of chocolate with their desire to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly business. For Chokola'j, sustainability...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Case Studies
Hawaiian Eco-Tour Company Increases Productivity and Freedom With All-in-One Software
May 2008
For the past 10 years, Dolphin Excursions has taken customers - ages 5 to 105 - out onto the waters off Oahu's western shore to swim with spinner dolphins, watch majestic humpback whales, and...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Case Studies
IT Solution Provider Increases Security and Efficiency With New PC Operating System
Jun 2008
The employees of Avanade know that part of the company's success is practicing what they preach. The Seattle, Washington - based company provides IT solutions to enterprises around the world and...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Case Studies
Consulting Firm Saves Time and Travel With New Desktop Software
Jun 2008
Australian business-process consulting firm Productiv wanted to standardize its desktop computing environment on a software platform that would help its 11 employees work together from dispersed...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere With Shawn Wildermuth (Level 200)
Jan 2008
The attendee will hear about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. The presenter of this webcast explores the new presentation technology Windows Presentation...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Creating Gadgets for Windows SideShow in Windows Vista (Level 200)
Nov 2007
The attendee of this webcast will learn about Windows SideShow, a new technology that provides users of the Windows Vista operating system with quick access to data - even when their computers are...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Nswap: A Network Swapping Module for Linux Clusters
Jan 2008
Cluster applications that process large amounts of data, such as parallel scientific or multimedia applications, are likely to cause swapping on individual cluster nodes. These applications will...
Provided by Swarthmore College
-
White Papers
GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux
Mar 2008
Though all of the current main-stream OSs have supported superpage to some extent, most of them need runtime information provided by applications, simulator or other tools. Transparent superpage...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-
Case Studies
Swiss Energy Company Boosts Productivity and Security With Desktop Modernization
Sep 2008
Leading Swiss energy company BKW was running outdated desktop software on its employees' computers, compromising its ability to compete in an energy market where productivity and agility are...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
An Improved Window Based on Cosine Hyperbolic Function
Jul 2011
A new simple form window with the application of FIR filter design based on the exponential function is proposed in this paper. An improved window having a closed simple formula which is symmetric...
Provided by Cyber Journals
-
White Papers
An Effective Forwarding Architecture for SMP Linux Routers
Nov 2007
Recent technological advances provide an excellent opportunity to achieve truly effective results in the field of open Internet devices based on PC COTS Hardware, also known as Open Routers. In...
Provided by Università degli Studi di Genova
-
Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Level 300)
Nov 2008
This webcast looks at the improvements in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) operating system and how to deploy Windows Vista SP1 using a variety of scenarios. The webcast covers Windows Vista...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista in Your Organization With Confidence (Level 300)
Nov 2008
This webcast explores how to automate the deployment of the Windows Vista operating system for small-, medium-, and large-scale deployment scenarios. The presenters look at applications that help...
Provided by Microsoft
-
Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Technologies and Windows Vista Improve Supporting and Maintaining the Desktop (Level 300)
Nov 2008
The Windows Vista operating system includes many advances that help IT organizations lock down the desktop environment and prevent user-generated configuration conflicts. This webcast explores how...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
Linux, Open Source, and System Bring-Up Tools
Jul 2008
System bring-up is a complex and difficult task. Modern hardware is incredibly complex and it's not getting any simpler. Bring-up engineers spend far too much time hunting through specs and...
Provided by Google
-
White Papers
Modelling Mailing List Behaviour in Open Source Projects: the Case of ARM Embedded Linux
Feb 2009
One of the benefits firms can derive from using Open Source Software (OSS) is informal development collaboration, and the primary tool for collaboration and coordination are group mailing lists....
Provided by Journal of Universal Computer Science
-
White Papers
A New Lower Bound on the Maximal Error Probability for Discrete Memoryless Multiple-Access Channels
Jan 2008
In this paper, a new lower bound for the maximal error probability of a two-user Discrete Memory-less (DM) Multiple-Access Channel (MAC) is derived. This is the first bound of this type that...
Provided by University of Michigan
-
White Papers
Open Source Software in the Vertical Market: An Open Niche?
Oct 2011
Much of the universe of open-source software is categorized; abundant open-source software is found for most categories. However, relatively few dual-licensed open-source software programs are...
Provided by EDSIG
-
White Papers
The Comparison of Virtual Machine Migration Performance Between XEN-HVM, XEN-PV, Open-VZ, KVM-FV, KVMPV
Aug 2011
Based on the authors' previous experience they want to compare the performance between five hypervisors: XEN-PV, XENHVM, Open-VZ,KVM-FV,KVM-PV. They have simulated the migration of a virtual...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Management Studies
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File Systems in Linux and FreeBSD: A Comparative Study
Sep 2011
This paper compares file systems in Ubuntu Linux and FreeBSD and then analyzes the best utilization. The generic file systems, EXTended File System (EXT2) of Linux and Fast File System (FFS) of...
Provided by Journal of Computing
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Webcasts
Today in IOS 2011
Jul 2011
In this webcast, the presenter explains about iOS 2011. The presenter will explains some of the tips, tricks and the latest in Apple's iOS and related hardware.
Provided by Internet Archive
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White Papers
Structured Linux Kernel Projects for Teaching Operating Systems Concepts
Mar 2011
Linux has emerged as a widely-used platform for enabling hands-on kernel programming experience to learn about operating system concepts. However, developing pedagogically effective programming...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Linux-CR: Transparent Application Checkpoint-Restart in Linux
Jul 2010
Application checkpoint-restart is the ability to save the state of a running application so that it can later resume its execution from the time of the checkpoint. Application checkpoint-restart...
Provided by Columbia University
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How to Lower Congestion With Cross-Layer MPR-PHY/MAC Design?
Nov 2011
In this paper, the authors introduce a cross-layer design between PHY and MAC for Multiple Packet Reception (MPR). Based on the simulation results, three phases of operation has been identified...
Provided by University of California
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Podcasts
Apple'N'Apps & Apptudes: Beginning a New
Apr 2012
In this Podcast, the speakers discuss about Apple 'N' Apps & Apptudes. They discuss about Apple's Q2 financial results, WWDC, TV English Premium and other scam apps as well as tons of updates.
Provided by RawVoice
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Podcasts
Apple'N'Apps: MacWorld-iWorld 2012
Feb 2012
In this Podcast, the speaker explains about the Apple 'N' Apps. To bringing out the latest and greatest about apple and apps. In this podcast the speakers explains about the highlights of MacWorld...
Provided by RawVoice
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Whitepapers
Building an installation MSI package
Jun 2012
The option to build MSI files enables the user to build their own installers based on a FastTrack Scripting Host (FSH) script - and more importantly, if the user prefer to deploy their software...
Provided by Fasttrack Software
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Whitepapers
Reliability Estimation and Analysis of Linux Kernel
Jun 2011
Latest stable version of Linux kernel used by all Linux based operating system is 2.6 series. The purpose of this paper is to develop an optimized reliability model suitable for this version of...
Provided by International Journal on Computer Science and Technology (IJCST)
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Whitepapers
Resources Utilization Via Virtualization in LINUX on Different Workloads Using Virtual Box
Dec 2011
Different workloads utilize system resources at different levels. Depending on the resource utilization pattern some workloads may be better suited for hosting on virtual platform. This paper is...
Provided by International Journal on Computer Science and Technology (IJCST)
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Whitepapers
Reliability Optimization of Reconfigurable FPGA Based on Second-Order Approximation Domain-Partition
Apr 2009
The problem of planning the overlaps of multiple alternative configurations is critical to maximize the reliability of a reconfigurable fault-tolerant system based on field programmable gate...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
