- PDM and the Internet: browsers can expand product data
management to thousands of people in manufacturing who have a need to
know.
Internet technology is reshaping the product data management software business. Just two years ago, Internet capabilities had barely made a dent in the way engineering companies managed information. It was only in June 1998 that Parametric Technology Corp. of Waltham, Mass., released the first PDM system architecture based on Internet ......
- The Internet: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
With the span of actual Internet years between yesterday and today under a decade, tomorrow's virtual reality very soon may become actuality. The aim of this article is to demonstrate some current ideas that are dictating directions in online evolution. In contradistinction to the hordes of Internet histories that interleave ......
- Monitor voice quality.
Quality-of-service parameters can be measured in real time. Enterprises providing voice services over IP (VoIP) on their corporate networks need to measure call quality in the same way that they measure availability, response time or utilization. They need a way to measure the quality parameter in quality of service. To ......
- nanoBITS.
Wi-LAN, Inc., a Canadian innovator in the wireless data/Internet communications industry, formed a strategic partnership with Amplify.net, a Silicon Valley startup specializing in broadband service-enabling solutions. Wi-LAN will provide Amplify.net's bandwidth solutions for Wi-LAW's wireless data products. Two other corporate investors, 3Com Corp. and Kingston Technology Corp., have taken a ......
- Network testing.
Spirent Communications is the "performance assurance" supplier to eNet. This year, the network will incorporate the latest wireless switching and metro Ethernet technologies, a fully integrated VolP network, high-bandwidth multicast video, and Internet access delivering services to users throughout the convention center, eNet 2005 will also feature first-time challenges, such ......
- Pump it up
To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the PCI bus's demise have been greatly exaggerated. For years, pundits have predicted the end of traditional shared-bus architectures, such as PCI, because of problems with bandwidth, scalability, and determinism. However, when you examine today's high-performance systems, you'll find that most are still based ......
- Cut the cord: Embedded modules ease wireless woes
Many portable embedded products in the Internet age require a wireless network for access to up-to-date business information, yet developing a radio-frequency link from scratch is a formidable design challenge. To ease the development burden, device designers are turning to off-the-shelf wireless modules for a simple, straightforward connection to real-time ......