As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch. "It's our hope that an open, disaggregated switch will enable a faster pace of innovation in ...
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US propane and propylene stocks rose 500,000 barrels to nearly 41 million barrels the reporting week ended Friday, the Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. Midwest supplies rose 366,000 barrels to 11.94 million barrels, while ...
Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) has officially opened its first seaport, Wugan port, in Zhoushan in China's Zhejiang Province, as reported by local media. WISCO contributed 51 percent of ...
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Xinjiang autonomous region-based Chinese steelmaker Xinjiang Kingtec Steel Co., a subsidiary of state-owned company Xinjiang Cathay International Group, has received approval from China's National Development and Reform Commission for the ...
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A standards organization has created a boot environment for tablets and PCs that could potentially run a 64-bit version of Windows RT. The UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Forum on Wednesday announced that its boot firmware ...
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The average run rate at "teapot" refineries in China's Shandong province dropped to 36.5% in April from 42% in March, due to slow sales of oil products, according to data from Beijing-based energy information provider JYD Commodities Hub. ...
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Software defined networking (SDN) is generating a lot of buzz these days, but the technology will ultimately make itself useful in the enterprise largely because it will save enterprises time in deploying new applications, predicted Martin ...
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May 8, 2013 - Hydro Ottawa reports that today, May 8, an electrical incident occurred before noon at 265 Poulin Avenue in the western portion of its service territory. Two Hydro Ottawa employees were re-energizing an electrical vault after ...
In the first quarter of 2013, new orders in the German steel market increased five percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the German steel federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl). According to the ...
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According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-March period of this year Russia's exports of iron ore increased by 9.8 percent compared to the same period last year to 6.809 million mt, worth a total of ...
The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations ...
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Indian apparel industry is expecting positive growth in the coming years mainly due to the removal of excise duty on branded garments and madeups along with expected revival of overall economy. A report released by Care Research, a ...
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In the January-March period of this year, Russia's ferrous metal exports decreased by 8.6 percent year on year to 8.857 million mt, including 842,500 mt of pig iron, down 27.4 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics ...
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German steelmaker Salzgitter has announced an adjustment of its guidance for the current year, now expecting a pre-tax loss for the year due to higher raw material and energy costs. Salzgitter also said that the anticipated seasonal upturn ...
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Basque region, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year. Net profit totaled €3.53 million in the given quarter, tripling the net profit ...
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