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Google could be five times faster
News Users of the Google search engine like it because it's fast, but a team at Stanford University has come up with ways to make it up to five times faster. The first method from the Stanford team, BlockRank, offers the most significant gain, speeding...
[May 27, 2003, 8:48]
SQL Server 2005 Gives Microsoft IT Document Group 7 Times Faster Full-Text Cataloging
White Papers Using exactly the same hardware and configurations, the company found 7 times faster full-text cataloging, and 3 times faster full-text searches compared with SQL Server 2000. The company has also enjoyed faster backups.
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
Intel wireless tech to be five times faster
News Intel in November plans to ship new wireless networking products that are five times faster than current technology that lets people wirelessly link their desktop computers and laptops. Cisco, Agere and 3Com representatives said their companies are...
[September 10, 2001, 9:58]
Java-based streaming '10 times faster than MPEG-4'
News Finnish developer Oplayo has been demonstrating a compression technology at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes which, says the company, is up to ten times faster for delivering audio and video to mobile devices than MPEG-4.
[February 20, 2002, 12:36]
Nvidia GPU is seven times faster than NV15
News Pioneer of the first ever GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Nvidia is now introducing a programmable GPU, seven times faster than the original Geforce 2 Ultra, the NV15. Downloading large quantities of geometrical data should now flow substantially...
[November 24, 2000, 5:35]
AutoNation Achieves Backups 12 Times Faster, Cuts Costs With New Backup Software
White Papers Since moving to the new software, AutoNation has seen a 12-times reduction in backup times and a six-hour timesaving each week for IT staff. Leading automotive retailer AutoNation watched its data expand as rapidly as its car sales.
[April 16, 2008, 1:02]
Student Loans Company Handles 700,000 Transactions Daily With Faster Response Times Than Leading Banks
White Papers The challenge was to enable students to apply for and repay loans online while cutting response times and reducing operating costs and build a scalable solution that can handle rising customer numbers and enable Student Loans Company to extend its...
[December 7, 2006, 0:00]
Completing eDiscovery Up to Four Times Faster With Solutions From Symantec and NetApp
White Papers Results include millions of dollars in avoided email archiving/journaling service costs, up to fourfold faster eDiscovery, enhanced data protection, and a 45 percent reduction in email storage requirements.
[January 18, 2008, 0:01]
Faster Task Times Cut Staff by Half and Give Instant Answers on High-End Gifts
White Papers World Lux customers buy fine pens, watches, men's jewelry and fragrances, plus smoking, leather, and desk accessories. Clients expect the best in merchandise, service, and cost efficiency. But two clumsy and crash-prone retail systems cost the...
[November 23, 2006, 0:00]
Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH Integrates Platform for Greater Autonomy and Faster Reaction Times
White Papers Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited of Hong Kong, is the first purely Universal Mobile TelecommunicationS (UMTS) provider in Austria. The company wanted to build the 3 brand in Austria by ensuring high...
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
"the adoption rate of Vista is two times faster than XP at two years in".
Talkback From what I have read, and heard, from many, small to medium size businesses, this is pure conjecture. I see, and hear from these people through my work, and I would guess that 90% of them switched to vista, and then went back to XP because of...
[October 20, 2008, 8:34]
UK Hospital Resolves User Problems 12 Times Faster With New Desktop Solution
White Papers The IT services department of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust manages 6,000 desktop computers across two busy sites. It wanted to streamline essential computer maintenance and install security updates - even when they were powered down or...
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
Grupo Coremar Integrates Financial Processes for Faster Reports and Response Times
White Papers The company wanted to improve response time for faster financial decision making. Grupo Coremar is a conglomerate of eight private companies dedicated mainly to port, sea and land solutions. The challenge was to control its worldwide growth and...
[June 30, 2007, 1:00]
Miliki Dial-Up Accelerator
Downloads Send and receive e-mail with attachments up to 14 times faster. Browse the Web up to six times faster. You can adjust the settings to make it even faster. Give your modem a major boost. Miliki Dial-Up Accelerator works with all types of modem...
[August 9, 2003, 6:58]
Rev The Web
Downloads Surf the Web up to 5-times Faster. With our easy-to-install software, you ll surf the Web up to 5 times faster. Tired of waiting for Web pages to download? Then Rev The Web is for you. You'll also speed Web-based e-mail and attachments and...
[April 1, 2005, 8:08]
Cern paves the way for lightning-speed networks
News Enough information to fill multiple CDs every second is flowing across the world on a network 1,000 times faster than home broadband. Andrew Sansum, tier-one manager at RAL, said its connection with Cern is about 1,000 times faster than the...
[July 16, 2008, 9:30]
Oracle offers $1m challenge... again
News Oracle executives Wednesday will claim that the company's database and e-commerce software will run Web sites three times faster than rival offerings from BEA Systems, or Oracle will pay customers $1 million.
[December 20, 2000, 15:54]
Will PlayStation 2 rule the living room?
News With a 128-bit processor that runs games three times faster than the Pentium III, a graphics chip two times faster than some high-end graphics powerhouses from Silicon Graphics, DVD capabilities, and most likely, online connectability, the so...
[March 4, 1999, 11:01]
IBM paves way to 100GHz chips
News As expected, IBM today announced the world's fastest silicon-based transistor, paving the way to speeds five times faster than at present. The industry moved to silicon as quickly as it could, discarding germanium and concentrating on GaAs -- in...
[June 25, 2001, 18:23]
Green supercomputer unveiled in Edinburgh
News A supercomputer 10 times more energy efficient and up to 300 times faster than its traditional equivalents has been unveiled in Edinburgh. With the financial application, Parsons said Maxwell ran at between two and 300 times faster than an...
[March 21, 2007, 9:22]
