- Keeping the Video Conference Moving
Videoconferencing systems let people hold conferences over the Internet or over private networks. Systems include multipoint control units (MCUs) and middleware that connects clients to conferences. MCUs connect to audio and video equipment such as phones and Webcams. Servers can install conferencing software on client computers when an attendee registers ......
- Products
Coax switch matrix has CANbus interface The Model 4104 Series coaxial switching matrixes have a maximum frequency of 18 GHz and can be configured with up to four SP10T switch assemblies. The switch matrixes come with Ethernet, GPIB, serial I/O, and CANbus control interfaces. The EWEB version of the product ......
- Blue Gene/L torus interconnection network
HEADNOTE The main interconnect of the massively parallel Blue Gene/L is a three-dimensional torus network with dynamic virtual cut-through routing. This paper describes both the architecture and the microarchitecture of the torus and a network performance simulator. Both simulation results and hardware measurements are presented. Introduction One of the most ......
- U.S. Army develops off-the-shelf
connectivity.
The U.S. Army has a host of computers planned for implementation on the digital battlefield. Making them all interoperable is vital, as is constant testing to make sure they work together. Any interoperability solution has to be cost-effective and offer high-bandwidth capability. The Army Interoperability Network (AIN) is the solution ......
- Browser-less secure KVM.
Global-Link provides secure transmission of high-resolution video, keyboard and mouse using TCP/IP. The solution utilizes zero-compression, browser-less, frame-differencing technology for remote, secure, interactive visualization, presentation and shared computing applications. It does not require client/server software, licensing or non-secure browsers. The system consists of an encoder connected to the source computer ......
- Users should get ready now for next-generation Oracle and SAP upgrades
Even though the next generation of enterprise applications from SAP and Oracle will not be ready until 2007 and 2008, respectively, potential users should start preparing for the upgrade now, say analysts at Forrester Research , Cambridge, Mass. Both systems will incorporate service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business-process management capability, and ......
- CEA Adopts Browser-Based A/V Network Standard
Arlington, Va.— The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has adopted a home A/V-network standard that combines wide-band IEEE-1394 a/b, Internet Protocol and Web technologies to give consumers the ability to view centrally located high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) video sources from any digital monitor in the house. Using the Samsung-developed technology, ......