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Toyota, Dealers Fuel Growth, Boost Agility Thanks to Microsoft-Based Web Portal
White Papers The result enables Toyota to boost communication and transactions between dealers and headquarters, outside vendors, and other Toyota dealers. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc.s Dealer Network, built on the AS/400 platform, lacked the speed...
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
BOOST: A BOOtSTrapping Protocol for 802.11-Based Self-Organizing Hierarchical Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
White Papers This paper proposes a distributed bootstrapping mechanism (BOOST) for ad-hoc networks that allocates channels so as to improve system performance in terms of throughput and average delay. This paper presents experimental results that motivate the...
[August 23, 2007, 1:00]
Vodafone to boost 7.2Mbps coverage
Blog Thus far it's been London and major airports that have got the speed boost, but now Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading will get to join the fun. Vodafone said on Monday that it was extending the reach of its 7.2Mbps...
[May 12, 2008, 14:24]
Treo gets battery life boost
News Early adopters of Handspring's Treo organiser-mobile phone may be able to give a significant boost to battery life by installing a new software upgrade. Treo 180 and 180g handhelds manufactured in the early part of this year used an older version...
[May 3, 2002, 16:27]
The Day Ahead: Gateway looks beyond the box to boost B2B sales
News Gateway is hoping its "beyond the box" strategy can boost its business-to-business sales. Bear Stearns analyst Andy Neff asked Gateway execs what they could do to boost revenue growth, which has been "anaemic of late".
[July 14, 2000, 12:52]
EU backing gives boost to telemedicine
News Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost public confidence in remote medicine by encouraging scientists to promote its benefits and cost effectiveness. EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over...
[November 10, 2008, 8:15]
Linux gets wireless boost from development figures
News Linux has seen a huge wireless boost according to research Thursday which shows a 50% growth in the number of wireless Linux applications being developed over the last 6 months. The growth is reported in the Evans Data Corporation's Linux...
[September 14, 2000, 12:17]
Intel tweaks roadmap to boost Pentium M
News Meanwhile, the new low voltage and ultra-low voltage Pentium M chips should give a boost to smaller notebooks and tablet PCs. Intel will start the process next week, when it plans to boost the speed of its Pentium M to 1.7GHz, sources familiar with...
[May 29, 2003, 15:13]
Start-up brews hardware boost for Java
News Selling chips to boost Java has been a business with ups and downs. A Silicon Valley start-up called Azul Systems plans to start selling hardware next year designed to make it faster and more efficient to run Java programs.
[September 28, 2004, 9:25]
Somerset to get e-government broadband boost
News Known as Connecting Somerset, the two year project aims to increase broadband usage in the region's private sector, help local communities make better use of IT and boost usage of public e-services. Councils, businesses and community organisations...
[January 25, 2005, 10:10]
BT to let broadband users boost their bandwidth
News Rather than being dominated by the fixed speed of their broadband line, they will be able to boost their connection up to 2Mbps," Ingram told ZDNet UK. Ingram says that there should be no technical problems if a large number of users in the same...
[March 11, 2004, 14:05]
New boost for open-source supercomputing
News IBM is working with Globus to boost this expansion. Platform Computing, a company that tries to harness the collective computing power on computer networks, has signed a deal to commercialise an open-source supercomputing project.
[November 12, 2001, 14:41]
Nuggets: WebCam a gogo gets memory boost
News Those canny chaps at Creative Labs have slapped in a juicy 8Mb of memory -- that's double the amount found in its predecessor the humble WebCam Go -- to boost the portability factor, making the WebCam Go Plus good for over 150 still images at...
[July 31, 2000, 17:12]
Funding boost for new technology firms
News According to Connect Midlands, the InvoRed project will give a big boost to technology companies and innovators in the East Midlands area. Small technology companies and individuals based in the East Midlands could benefit from a new project that...
[June 3, 2003, 14:59]
Strong BlackBerry sales boost RIM results
News Excluding special charges related to the tax liabilities concerning stock options, and a one-time boost from a change in tax rules, net income was $564.4m, or 98 cents a share. Research In Motion continued to post strong numbers in a bad economy...
[June 19, 2009, 8:47]
3G network operator announces jobs boost
News The news is a boost to the country's IT sector, which has been hit by a series of recent job cuts and factory closures. Six hundred new jobs are to be created in Scotland by Hutchison 3G, which is planning to base a customer care centre in Glasgow.
[November 14, 2001, 16:23]
Cisco storage networking gets speed boost
News The MDS 9000 I/O Accelerator is designed to boost transfer rates for storage-area network traffic, and for data-backup and disaster-recovery systems in particular. Cisco has announced updates to its MDS 9000 line of storage networking products...
[July 29, 2009, 15:08]
Sun to boost Solaris' firepower against Linux
News Large companies including IBM, HP and even Microsoft recognise the benefits of open-source software: it can boost projects by attracting outside programmers, tighten the link between programmers and those who use the software and build new...
[November 18, 2004, 15:20]
Telepresence used to boost Afghan troops' morale
News Nato is using high-end videoconferencing technology in an attempt to boost morale among servicemen and women serving in Afghanistan. Nato is in Afghanistan as part of the Afghanistan Compact, a five-year plan between the Afghan government and the...
[September 23, 2008, 10:28]
Salesforce.com fund offers boost to developers
News Salesforce is using the fund to attract developers to change this perception and boost its offering. Salesforce.com's $25m venture capital fund is great for developers, say analysts — as long as providing support costs to a global market doesn't...
[October 4, 2007, 9:44]
