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ALSO CALLED: Accelerators, Graphic Media Accelerators DEFINITION: Voodoo is a graphics accelerator chipset that, depending on the version, is used either with or instead of a computer's video adapter for a more realistic graphics display and improved interactivity, especially for games. Voodoo, originally produced by 3Dfx, is considered to be the groundbreaking 3-D graphics accelerator, providing better graphics quality and faster frame rates than competitors.The … Definition continues below.
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Banco de Chile improves its IT infrastructure with Oracle Exalogic sponsored by Oracle Corporation VIDEOCAST: Learn how one financial and banking organization easily deployed a complete hardware and software platform that combines everything enterprises love about mainframes and open systems without any of the drawbacks. Posted: 20 Jun 2012 \| Premiered: Jun 20, 2012 TOPICS: Hardware \| High Availability \| Mainframe Computers \| Mainframe Operating Systems \| Mainframe Server Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Oracle (Product) \| Software

A Bathwick Group white paper: A foundation for database simplification, consolidation and cost reduction sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper challenges several assumptions about scale-out architectures and explains how consolidation and virtualisation can help you regain control over your infrastructure. Posted: 09 Nov 2011 \| Published: 09 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Databases \| DB2 \| Hardware \| Linux \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization

A Performance Comparison of Current and Previous Generation Dell Latitude Notebook Systems sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® ANALYST REPORT: Dell Inc. commissioned Principled Technologies to run a set of performance tests on a mix of current and previous generation Intel&Reg; processor-based Dell&trade Latitude&trade notebook systems. Read this report to learn about key findings. Posted: 27 Nov 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Enterprise Computers \| Enterprise Computing \| Notebook Computers \| Performance Testing \| Testing

A Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and Service Automation sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and IT Service Automation provides an insightful overview of virtualization and IT Service Management. It helps demystify virtualization and helps you determine if virtualization is right for your environment. Posted: 10 Oct 2008 \| Published: 10 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Enterprise \| Hardware \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Network Infrastructure \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Systems Development Life-cycles \| Systems Management Software

Acadia University Case Study: Giving Students an Advantage sponsored by Dell, Inc. CASE STUDY: Acadia University wanted to enable students to purchase their own laptops but needed to narrow their selection to models that would meet exacting requirements and student approval. Dell™ Latitude™ and Dell XPS™ laptops were among several models the students selected. Read this case study to learn more. Posted: 02 Jul 2010 \| Published: 01 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Education Industry \| Hardware Selection \| Laptop Computers \| Multi-core Processors \| Notebook Computers

Accelerate Memcached with 10GbE sponsored by Solarflare Communications WHITE PAPER: Access this paper and learn how you can reduce overhead and reduce response times for web applications, particularly for social networking, big data, and other scale-out applications. Posted: 05 Aug 2011 \| Published: 03 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Acceleration Hardware \| Application Infrastructure \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Protocols \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management

Access Accounts More Securely with Intel® Identity Protection Technology sponsored by Intel PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This technology brief takes a closer look at today's threat landscape and presents key findings from a recent security survey. Discover the threats your clients are most vulnerable to as well as how they can develop an effective defense strategy against them. Posted: 03 Aug 2011 \| Published: 02 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Hardware \| Identification Systems \| Identity Management \| Identity Theft \| Phishing \| Security \| Security Threats \| Server Hardware

ADC-VX Whitepaper: The Agility of Virtual; The Predictability of Physical sponsored by Radware WHITE PAPER: Read our white paper, to learn how ADC-VX is an ideal solution for large enterprises, hosting and service providers as well as cloud providers that aspire to achieve significant cost savings by consolidating multiple dedicated ADC devices into a single, cost-effective consolidated ADC device. Posted: 10 May 2011 \| Published: 10 May 2011 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| ROI \| Virtual Appliance

Alfred University Case Study: Higher Returns for Higher Education sponsored by Dell, Inc. CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how Alfred University saved 80% on hardware, refreshing SunGard Higher Education Banner Unified Digital Campus infrastructure with Dell servers. Posted: 02 Jul 2010 \| Published: 01 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Education Industry \| IT Services \| Laptop Computers \| Multi-core Processors \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| TCO

All New 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ Processor Family Brochure sponsored by Intel BROCHURE: Learn more about the cost-saving manageability, smart security, intelligent performance and broad industry support delivered by the all new 2010 Intel Core processor family. Posted: 27 Apr 2010 \| Published: 27 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Enterprise Computing \| Laptop Computers \| Microprocessors \| Multi-core Processors \| Notebook Computers \| Personal Computers \| Processor Architectures \| Remote Computing \| ROI \| Security

Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization Are Better Together sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This document is designed to help Citrix XenApp customers understand how and when Citrix XenDesktop can be used with Citrix XenApp to deliver virtual desktops to further reduce application and desktop computing costs. Posted: 05 Nov 2008 \| Published: 05 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Desktop Management \| Hardware \| Security \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| VMware

Architecting a Better Network Storage Solution sponsored by BlueArc Corp. WHITE PAPER: BlueArc's Titan Architecture is a revolutionary step in file servers with its hardware-based file system. This paper explains the details of the architecture to better understand the unique hardware-accelerated design and the object based file system. Posted: 10 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| File Servers \| Hardware \| HPC \| IETF \| Network Attached Storage \| SAN \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| TCP/IP

ASG's metaCMDB™ Master or "Citizen" CMDB Containing Critical Enterprise Configuration Information sponsored by ASG Software Solutions WHITE PAPER: The sound understanding and visibility of configuration information provided by ASG’s metaCMDB™ is critical for ITIL initiatives and business service management (BSM) implementations, service desk support, and the integration of disparate technologies. Read this paper to find out more. Posted: 25 May 2010 \| Published: 25 May 2010 TOPICS: Business Service Management \| CMDB \| Configuration Management \| Hardware \| Investments \| IT Infrastructure \| Metadata \| Software

AXA Technology Services Uses VMware ESX Server to Meet Consolidation Goals without Compromising Performance sponsored by VMware and Intel CASE STUDY: Is your business looking to save in its hardware expenditures, improve its server utilization and achieve faster server procurement? Learn how SMBs can leverage a virtual infrastructure to streamline maintenance and utilize fewer IT resources. Posted: 15 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2005 TOPICS: Hardware \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Back to the Future: The New IT Infrastructure Opportunity sponsored by Avocent WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resources to discover new technology and solutions to address security and operating expense (OPEX) issues related to distributed computing such as thin client, fast client, diskless workstations, SaaS, and VDI. Posted: 08 Jun 2011 \| Published: 08 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Computer Hardware \| Computer Maintenance Management (CMMS) \| Distributed Computing \| Distributed Data Management \| Distribution \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Security Management

Benefits of Cloud-Based Communications sponsored by Interactive Intelligence, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript explores the options of moving your contact center applications and Unified Communications strategies to the cloud. Uncover the benefits and opportunities of cloud-based solutions and potential pain points, and get help deciding if the cloud is a good option for your organization. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Contact Center Management \| Contact Center Services \| Contact Center Software \| Contact Centers \| Hardware \| Hardware Virtualization \| Outsourcing \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| ROI \| Security \| TCO \| Unified Messaging

Best Practices for a Successful Upgrade Project sponsored by HCL Technologies Ltd. WHITE PAPER: Upgrades help businesses to maintain a competitive edge in the market. Yet, upgrades pose their own set of challenges. This white paper lists the best practices that should be followed when upgrading to achieve maximum reliability. Posted: 10 Jul 2008 \| Published: 16 May 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Change Management \| Documentation \| Downtime \| Hardware \| Project Management \| Technical Support Staff \| Testing \| Training

Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Posted: 25 Apr 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Data Modeling \| Data Warehouses \| Database Performance Management \| Database Performance Management Software \| Databases \| Hardware \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Hardware Management \| OLTP \| Oracle (Product)

Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 30 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Data Modeling \| Data Warehouses \| Database Performance Management \| Database Performance Management Software \| Databases \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| OLTP \| Oracle (Product)

Best Practices for Public Folders to SharePoint Migration sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: Public Folder Migrator enables you to perform migration of public folders' structure and contents into SharePoint Services and Portal Server sites. Posted: 20 Mar 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2006 TOPICS: Anti-Virus Software \| Hardware \| Security \| SQL Server

Beyond HA: The Middleware Factor in Rapid Services Deployment in Next-Generation Networks sponsored by Enea WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the evolution of adoption commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) middleware, including the criteria for what makes adoption more viable for the telecommunications industry. Posted: 15 Sep 2008 \| Published: 15 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Asset Management Services \| Business Intelligence \| Data Migration \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Middleware \| Telecommunications Carrier Systems \| Telecommunications Industry \| Telecommunications Service Providers

Beyond the Hypervisor: Optimizing Virtualization Management sponsored by ASG Software Solutions WHITE PAPER: Enterprise Management Associates believes that sophisticated, integrated, heterogeneous, virtual systems management is a critical business differentiator for enterprises as they deploy and expand their virtualization infrastructure. Read this paper for more information. Posted: 27 Jan 2010 \| Published: 27 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Applications Management \| Hardware \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Server Virtualization \| Software Virtualization \| Systems Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Beyond UTM -- The Value of a Purpose-built Network Security Platform sponsored by Fortinet, Inc. WHITE PAPER: It is only with a purpose-built network security platform -- as defined by this paper -- that organizations will be assured of maximum security effectiveness, minimum cost of ownership, and the greatest degree of. Posted: 27 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Hardware \| Information Security \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Software \| Unified Threat Management

Big Is In: X86 Buying Trends sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read the Gabriel Consulting x86 Server Vendor Preference Survey to learn why IBM is positioned as the leader for greater than 4-socket computing. Posted: 02 Oct 2008 \| Published: 02 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Centers \| ERP \| Hardware \| Hardware Configuration Management \| Hardware Management

Building the network infrastructure in your data center: Expert considerations sponsored by Brocade EGUIDE: With today’s environmental concerns, even IT professionals can make a difference. Energy-efficient data center network designs are important to implement, while being cost-effective and not sacrificing performance. Posted: 07 Dec 2011 \| Published: 07 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Networking \| Energy Efficiency \| Hardware \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Routing \| Switches

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GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS DEFINITION (continued): … original version of Voodoo was 2-D/3-D; subsequent versions are 3-D. Voodoo 3 and later versions are complete replacements for the computer's video card. Earlier cards are add-ons that don't replace the video card, but work in conjunction with it. A cable from the computer's video adapter connects to the Voodoo card and then to the monitor, blocking the signal of the original adapter when 3-D acceleration is called for, but allowing the system card to function otherwise.Voodoo is considered to be particularly helpful for playing games on older and slower computers, allowing the graphics display …
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