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Data Domain Case Study: Electronics For Imaging, Inc (EFI)
White Papers Foster City, California-based EFI is the world leader in digital imaging and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing. EFI's IT staff was spending eight-to-12 staff hours per week managing tape backups.
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
Building Compute Nodes With EFI
White Papers This presentation shows how Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) enables a customized infrastructure and integrates pre-boot node into the existing cluster/grid provisioning environment. The intended audience for this presentation is of cluster...
[August 1, 2006, 0:00]
Open Source EFI Developer Kit - What It Is And How To Use It
White Papers With the right tool chain it is possible to create the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Development environment. This presentation explains how to use Open source tools to build the latest technology firmware.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
Benefits Of EFI With Microsoft And Other Operating Systems
White Papers Framework Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Firmware on a server platform and demonstration of EFI Framework booting 64 bit Microsoft latest Operating Systems. With EFI option, ROMs can be eliminated.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
EFI And Windows Vista
White Papers This paper briefly describes Microsoft plans for supporting the Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) in Microsoft Windows operating systems and provides a brief background for related technical issues. The software that runs on a personal computer can...
[February 13, 2007, 23:00]
New Firmware Development At HP Using EFI And The Framework
White Papers This presentation provides an overview of the Framework architecture and explains how the Framework supports sharing code across diverse CPU architectures. The presentation provides tips on using UEFI and the Framework in an embedded system.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
Apple MacBook Pro EFI Firmware
Downloads This update improves the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors and fixes issues with Boot Camp for MacBook Pro computers. After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be one of the...
[April 28, 2008, 12:40]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog I learn that the latest EFI version — UEFI 2.0, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, which is replacing the threadbare BIOS — has grown more networking capabilities, better 64-bit support, superior flash upgrading skills and is generally...
[March 20, 2006, 12:00]
Intel Macs Will Struggle With Vista
Talkback In regards to vista support, the 64bit Pro Macs with 64bit intel processors will support the EFI boot process. Vista will implement EFI in 64bit versions. Apple Pro towers will support 64bit processors from Intel.
[March 11, 2006, 3:07]
Electronics For Imaging Unifies Direct, Partner, And Channel Sales Processes With Salesforce
White Papers Electronics For Imaging (EFI), the world leader in imaging solutions for network printing, has adopted salesforce.com Enterprise Edition as its CRM solution. Adding direct, channel and partner sales to an OEM-centric business, EFI chose salesforce...
[July 18, 2006, 0:00]
UEFI Support And Requirements: Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn"
White Papers This paper provides information about Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) support in Microsoft Windows Server code name "Longhorn. This paper does not replace any existing firmware requirements (for example, ACPI requirements), and hence the...
[March 6, 2007, 23:00]
Mobile Platform Usage Of UEFI And The Framework Technology
White Papers This presentation provides understanding of the Robson with Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) solution utilizing EFI abstraction of hardware to seamlessly replace existing disk access methods and extend pre-boot.
[November 3, 2006, 23:00]
Adios To BIOS
News One of the largest BIOS software companies, Phoenix Technologies, says it's in no hurry to adopt EFI. The companies will begin promoting a technology specification called EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) as a new system for starting up a PC's...
[December 30, 2003, 12:05]
Network Installation Of IA-64 Nodes In An HPC Cluster
White Papers Dell PowerEdge 3250 servers are built with IA-64 architecture, which uses the Intel eXtensible Firmware Interface (EFI) specification. In these servers, PXE is implemented as a core EFI function, which helps improve the network installation process.
[May 7, 2005, 0:00]
The Day Ahead: Electronics For Imaging Backs Up Bullishness With Bucks
News Meanwhile, as long as colour printing continues to get faster EFI will thrive -- the company makes colour printer servers. Product delays from original equipment manufacturers that bundle EFI software are partially to blame.
[June 8, 2000, 14:20]
Intel Macs Will Struggle With Vista
News Mac OS X, Vista will use EFI to aid the boot process. However, Cameron Esfahani, an Apple senior software architect, said that his understanding is that only 64-bit versions of Vista will support EFI.
[March 10, 2006, 8:25]
End Of The Road In Sight For Antique Heart Of PCs
News This hangover from a distant past is causing more and more problems, said Mark Doran, the principal engineer behind the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) project that aims to humanely kill the antique.
[February 20, 2003, 16:32]
Windows And Intel Macs: What You Need To Know
News In any case, word is that the next version of Windows, called Vista, will support EFI. Most Linux versions use a boot loader called GRUB that doesn't support EFI at present, though Itanium versions of the operating system use a different one called...
[January 24, 2006, 13:50]
Cheap Mac Clone Draws Angry Response
News On its website, the firm specifically mentions PC EFI V8, an emulator for the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) that lies between OSX and the Intel firmware. Netkas, the programmer who led the PC EFI effort, retorted angrily to Psystar on his blog.
[April 17, 2008, 15:13]
Intel Hands Off BIOS Replacement
News The United EFI Forum will essentially try to pave the way for EFI to succeed the BIOS, inside PCs. Advocates say EFI would make it simpler for companies to add improvements, while also enabling PCs to boot up faster.
[July 27, 2005, 12:45]
