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June 07, 2006

Mobile WiMax versus 3G

The WiMax Forum compares the two technologies

Both technologies can put data and voice on mobile devices. The WiMax Forum gives its view of their strengths and weaknesses.


February 22, 2005

How HSDPA works

New channels opened up, and it's explained here...

A high speed addition to 3G networks, HSDPA could be giving us multi-megabit speeds on handsets next year. This White Paper from Nokia explains how.


June 14, 2007

Children of the Revolution - Software-as-a-Service comes of age

CIO investigates emerging hot topic in a four part special

SaaS is strategic and the debate today has moved on. It is no longer about whether SaaS will be in the enterprise in some shape or form – if it isn’t there already – the existence and evolution of SaaS is shaping CIO discussions with applications software vendors. At the simplest level, SaaS means that CIOs have more options and choice than previously and that has implications in term of budgets, people and supplier management policies. This supplement is based on a SaaS roundtable debate held in London in May 2007 by CIO UK and is supported by Easynet


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June 30, 2008

Demand and Supply in IT

Review of the McKinsey & Gentle Models

How to break down the communications barrier between business and IT, so that they can work smoothly together to choose the right applications as well as implementing them in the right way.


June 17, 2008

The Forrester Wave: Data Center Automation

Forrester's Critical 80-Criteria Evaluation of DCA Vendors

Discover why HP leads the pack in a very competitive DCA market. Essential reading from Forrester, for IT Infrastructure & Operations Professionals.


Siemens:Measuring the Pain: What is Fragmented Communication Costing Your Enterprise?

June 17, 2008

Measuring the Pain: What is Fragmented Communication Costing Your Enterprise?

The need for Unified Communications

The paper will explore ways to identify latent costs and ways of eliminating these costs through the practical application of UC solutions.


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June 23, 2008

Do undergraduates want a career in IT?

Ways to help boost recruitment

A study of the attitudes of current UK undergraduates in relation to careers and work in the IT sector


Oracle:Oracle Application Express Overview 3.0

June 17, 2008

Oracle Application Express Overview 3.0

The Benefits, Architecture and New Features

How Oracle Application Express can help you quickly develop web deployed reporting and data entry applications on consolidated data in an Oracle database.


Oracle:Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows

June 17, 2008

Oracle Database 11g Architecture on Windows

Explore the Advantages

Discover what specific changes Oracle has made to its database to improve its performance and usability on Windows.


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