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Interactive Kiosks
DEFINITION: In information technology, a kiosk (pronounced KEE-ahsk) is a small physical structure (often including a computer and a display screen) that displays information for people walking by. Kiosks are common near the entrances of shopping malls in North America where they provide shoppers with directions. Kiosks are also used at trade shows and professional conferences. The word is of Turkish and earlier
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Which Features Impact Mobile Printer Performance?
sponsored by Intermec
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There’s more to printer performance than what’s listed on the product spec sheet. This white paper will help identify how features and other variables impact mobile printer performance in real-world operations.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011
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Why Linux Virtualization is Ready for Prime Time
sponsored by Red Hat and HP
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Access this white paper to discover the benefits of virtualizing Linux workloads. This resource examines the historical concerns about Linux virtualization and outlines how enterprises can safely make this transition.
Posted: 20 Sep 2012 | Published: 20 Sep 2012
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Transforming a Global Data Center Environment
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
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Intel's use of virtualization and grid computing reduces energy consumption and boosts utilization, enabling them to share compute servers by removing physical, geographical, and organizational boundaries and allowing Intel to avoid more than USD 30 million in 2007 capital purchases.
Posted: 21 Apr 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009
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Two Billion Entry Directory Benchmark
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This benchmark evaluates Oracle Internet Directory performance under scales and throughput rates representative of those encountered in production use in both the communications industry and as part of large scale delivery architectures.
Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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Unlocking the Full Power of Massive Parallelism: Solving the Network Bottleneck in MPP Databases
sponsored by Aster Data Systems
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This paper describes the technical limitations inherent in the architecture of traditional databases and other MPP (massive parallel processing) alternatives.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Published: 09 Dec 2008
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Using Virtualization and Digital Control Technologies to Increase Data Center Operating Efficiency
sponsored by Liebert Corporation
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This paper focuses on tools that are being developed to balance work load in the data center to improve thermal management.
Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Virtualization in Education
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
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This white paper discusses how virtualization technology can help connect educators and students to applications and information from almost any device.
Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Virtualization Overview
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008
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Virtualization Performance of SAP® ERP on the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series with VMware
sponsored by Intel
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Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series-based servers offer extraordinary new value for virtualizing SAP solutions. They deliver near-native performance for applications running in virtual machines, while providing levels of reliability and scalability never before seen in industry-standard servers. Read this white paper to learn more!
Posted: 10 May 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010
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Virtualization Performance of SAP® ERP on the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7500 Series with VMware
sponsored by VMware and Intel
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Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series-based servers offer extraordinary new value for virtualizing SAP solutions. They deliver near-native performance for applications running in virtual machines, while providing levels of reliability and scalability never before seen in industry-standard servers. Read this white paper to learn more!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010
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Virtualizing the Client PC: A Proof of Concept
sponsored by Intel Corporation
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In this paper Intel IT explores a proof of concept study that examined the viability of abstracting the client operating system from the hardware platform using virtualization.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Watts and Volt-Amps: Powerful Confusion
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Knowing the difference between Watts and Volt-Amps (VA) is crucial for UPS load sizing in data centers, but UPS vendors and manufacturers often use the terms interchangeably. Learn how to use these terms correctly in specifying power protection equipment.
Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
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WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B
sponsored by IBM
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Read this paper to learn about WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B, a specialized, high-performance hardware appliance that can empower you t improve competitiveness by helping to strengthen business connectivity with partners and customers, and between internal organizations, add specialized connectivity, integration and more.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Published: 12 Apr 2012
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KIOSKS DEFINITION (continued):
Persian origin, where it meant an outdoor pavilion or a portico. The kiosks best known to travellers are those that display show and movie posters on the streets of Paris.More sophisticated kiosks let users interact and include touch screens, sound, and motion video. A number of companies specialize in creating multimedia kiosks. A simple kiosk can be created using HTML pages and graphics, setting the typesize large enough to attract people from a short distance, and removing the Web browser's tool bar so that the display screen is effectively in "kiosk mode." The presentation can be designed
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