Network World - Fidelis Security Systems has an interesting perspective on the world of security, working, as it does, with the U.S. government to keep other countries from prying into some of our nation's most critical networks. Now that ...
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Open source"big data"technologies seem stuck in the sand pit of experimentation in UK corporations. This has been a consistent theme in SearchDataManagement.co.UK interviews with people familiar with early big data implementations. For ...
Supermarket chain Iceland is to re-open the online store it closed six years ago due to rising demand from customers. Iceland pioneered online supermarket shopping as long ago as 1996,well before Tesco,Sainsbury's and other big ...
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Former government deputy CIO Bill McCluggage has criticised the government for a lack of metrics in IT, and a failure to profit from 'shadow IT' and the cloud. Further reading Former government deputy CIO slams UK cyber security ...
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USA-The recently completed expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Centre(PCC)in downtown Philadelphia is,to date,the largest public works project in Pennsylvania history.The Convention Centre,first opened in 1993,was expanded by four full ...
Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
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The Department of Health's (DoH) financial exposure to its toxic contracts with troubled NHS supplier CSC has decreased by £100m in just three months. In CSC's latest quarterly results, the outsourcer estimated that if the NHS were ...
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When amber LEDs are combined with phosphor-converted blue LEDs, warm white light with both high CRI and high efficacy can be attained simultaneously. Mark Dyble, product marketing manager of SSL products at Osram Opto Semiconductors ...
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Tips on the best use of LED lighting for poultry from Professor Susan Watkins, Extension Poultry Specialist at the University of Arkansas. Lighting significantly impacts poultry production. Too little lighting during brooding or too much ...
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Fluke,the global leader in handheld electronic test and measurement equipment,is offering its entry-level Fluke Ti9 Thermal Imager,targeted at electricians and industrial maintenance technicians,at a reduced price for orders placed before ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc. reported results for the second quarter of calendar year 2012, which ended June 30, 2012. Effective April 16, 2012, the company changed its fiscal year-end to December 31. The second quarter of calendar 2012 ...
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Zeta Instruments Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides optical profilers for micron-scale surface analysis, says that Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA has ordered multiple units of the Zeta-300 series optical profiler for ...
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Bow Arts Trust,the East London arts educational charity,is the recipient of the first major installation of Artistic Licence Engineering's new modular Multichrome Tube LEDfixtures. Integration company,Technical Entertainment ...
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Daxor's BVA-100 blood volume analyzer has been purchased by a hospital located in Arizona ,US. Semi-automated BVA-100 analyzer is designed to provide rapid direct measurement of a patient's true blood volume. Daxor said the FDA-approved ...
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Sunshine Heart has obtained conditional approval for its new C-Pulse system driver from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new driver, which features a lighter single unit and a number of software enhancements, is designed to ...