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Security Benefit Corporation Turns to Alexander <endeca_term>Open Systems</endeca_term> for Advanced Voice and Contact Center Solution

Security Benefit Corporation Turns to Alexander Open Systems for Advanced Voice and Contact Center Solution

Security Benefit Corporation has achieved remarkable growth in its assets under management. Security Benefit required... Read more

1 January, 2011
A Model for Configuration Management of Open Software Systems

A Model for Configuration Management of Open Software Systems

The paper proposes a model for the configuration management of open systems. The model aims at validation of configurations against given specifications. An... Read more

24 November, 2010
Gra Model Driven Design Process

Gra Model Driven Design Process

...purpose of the Government Reference Architecture (GRA) was to define a modular, open systems architecture that fostered reuse and technology insertion refresh with modular components... Read more

23 October, 2010
Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

As one of the founders of modern computing, Dennis Ritchie's contributions to software are legendary within the industry, yet deserve to be known to all Read more

13 October, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Nicira reveals network virtualisation details

...It lets them create networks from layers two to seven of the Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) in software. In other words, NVP creates... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Tech from 2010 that needs to improve: mobile AR

Plenty of the 'new' technology we'll see in 2011 is technology we've seen in 2010 (or even 2009), done better. There are... Read more

29 December, 2010

Birmingham council reconsiders open-source software

...tangled history with open-source software" and that its past experiments with open systems had delivered mixed results. "Like all authorities, what we are facing... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Kable
Clipper 10 Reasons To Consider Tape for Storage

Clipper 10 Reasons To Consider Tape for Storage

...this whitepaper, Ten Reasons Why You Should Consider Enterprise-Class Tape for Open Systems Storage to gain a better understanding of the difference between disk... Read more

1 March, 2012
360 The IT Security App 1.1

360 The IT Security App 1.1

...360 - IT Security App brings the renowned IT security magazine published by Open Systems AG to life on the iPad.Reliable and secure IT and... Read more

8 February, 2012
Competa IT 1.2

Competa IT 1.2

...maintenance of complex and often business critical IT systems.Competa is an Open systems focussed company and provides services throughout the complete stack, while keeping... Read more

13 August, 2011
A UML-Based Notation for Representing MAS Organizations

A UML-Based Notation for Representing MAS Organizations

...the J-Moise+ team. In the context of highly complex, distributed and open systems, engaged and working in dynamic environments are widely employed. Such system... Read more

10 June, 2011
Optimal Sybil-Resilient Node Admission Control

Optimal Sybil-Resilient Node Admission Control

...network based admission control to bound the number of Sybil identities admitted. Open systems like Digg, Youtube, Facebook and BitTorrent allow any user on the... Read more

27 March, 2011
Spread Spectrum Embedding of Colluder Traceable Codeword in Multimedia

Spread Spectrum Embedding of Colluder Traceable Codeword in Multimedia

...they can be copied. Copy protection mechanisms are difficult to realize in open systems as data are open to all. Thus, both encryption and copy... Read more

1 January, 2011
Extensible Pre-Authentication in Kerberos

Extensible Pre-Authentication in Kerberos

...coupled with Kerberos, without further modification to Kerberos. Two authentication methods for open systems have been integrated into Kerberos using EPAK to demonstrate the power... Read more

5 October, 2010
Tape Technology Leaps Forward in the 3rd Era (Horison)

Tape Technology Leaps Forward in the 3rd Era (Horison)

...LTO has become the most popular midrange and high-end technology for open systems. LTO is now in its 5th generation with LTO-5 and... Read more

1 June, 2010

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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

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Jason Burchell

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Philip Charles Cohen

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apexwm

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