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- Consolidation optimizes the IT infrastructure, lowering the total cost of ownership of IT. Systems management consolidation focuses on increasing system administrator effectiveness and efficiency. HP SCM helps contribute to this increased effectiveness and efficiency. The objective of this document is to describe HP SCM and its benefits. This paper is intended for system administrators, IT architects, IT management, operators, and other personnel who are responsible for system administration tasks and processes. |
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- Danotherm Electric needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution with a strong production management function. The system would also have to be cost-effective in procurement and maintenance. They wanted a system that made it possible to handle their logistical processes even more effectively so they could become a better and more attractive business partner. Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta has helped Danotherm Electric A/S optimize its supply chain and improve quality management, thereby helping it become a more valuable business partner for its many international clients. |
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- The number of Zimbabweans needing food aid next year is expected to rise well beyond original estimates, according to new research. |
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- Rape and abduction of women and girls, and pillage of crops by armed groups continue to plague the southern Lubero region, North Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a joint UN-NGO humanitarian assessment mission reported on Thursday. |
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- Central African Republic (CAR) leader Francois Bozize on Thursday dismissed Prime Minister Abel Goumba and his government, Communications Minister Parfait Mbay announced on state-owned Radio Centrafrique. |
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- The United Nations Children's Fund says poor countries could improve their development efforts by ensuring that girls get a basic education. UNICEF's just-released annual State of the World's Children report says getting more girls into school would help reduce poverty. |
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- Zimbabwe's parliament is meeting Wednesday to debate the country's withdrawal from the Commonwealth, which was agreed by the cabinet Tuesday. Zimbabwe's imminent departure from the Commonwealth could have a big impact on the country's foreign relations. |
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- There are indications the Sudanese government and the country's main rebel group may reach a framework peace agreement within the next two weeks. |
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- Ivory Coast's national army and rebels have agreed to pull their troops and heavy weapons up to 200 km back from the front line and dismantle all roadblocks throughout the country. |
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- Police arrest suspects after woman shot for refusing to hand over her car. |
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- Egyptian Nobel Prize winner calls on Bush to lead the world with justice. |
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- A United Nations report has given South Africa the thumbs-up in a special report on living conditions. |
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- Feeling overlooked by your boss? Bartenders don't notice you waving your money at them? Women don't acknoledge your presence? |
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Movie List (Dec 12 2003 07:12 GMT) - A friend of mine who has seen perhaps a half dozen movies in the last five years, just signed up... |
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- Daily Kos reports on the newest Iowa poll, taken after Al Gore officially endorsed Howard Dean: Dec. 8 - 10... |
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- Here's a bit of what I wrote decribing this job to someone else: FWIW, this isn't exactly a steady job (lasts, at the most, 1 year). What it is, is a mad dash for the Democratic nomination and, ultimately, the presidency. Right now, I'm working on installing SpamAssassin, Amavis, ClamAV, OpenLDAP, various configurations of Apache, various authentications off of LDAP, diagnosing bulk-mailing problems, writing Perl scripts to automate this or that, etc. You name it, I do it. |
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- First of all, we believe that sex and marijuana use exist completely in the private realm of consenting and responsible adults. We realize, unfortunately, that many politicians see the bedroom and other private, individual activities as important areas for government legislation. ¬> change the climate |
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- Oil firm 'overcharged' US in Iraq. A Pentagon audit finds Halliburton may have charged inflated prices for petrol to US troops in Iraq, officials say. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] War profiteering? The Iraqi's can get the gas in for 96 cents a gallon, including transportation costs. The army gets it in from Kuwait for about $1. |
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- This paper presents the final report detailing the research conducted during a three-year project funded by the HP Laboratories External Research Program (1997-2000) in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK. The project's initial goals were centered on the investigation of human factors issues related to interacting with distributed computer graphics worlds in real-time over a network. These objectives were extended and focused on fidelity metrics for computer graphics simulations displayed on Head Mounted Displays. Theories from cognitive psychology were employed to devise these metrics, which were subsequently validated by formally designed experiments involving human judgments of spatial memory awareness states. |
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- Cast member Scarlett Johansson arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of the film, 'Girl With A Pearl Earring,' in Beverly Hills, California December 10, 2003. The picture is set in 17th century Holland. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (Click for Large Photo) [yrate: 4, +scarlett +premiere +girl +beverly] |
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- Singer Michelle Branch performs at New York's Hit Radio Station Z100's annual Holiday concert, 'Jingle Ball 2003', at Madison Square Garden, in New York, December 11, 2003. REUTERS/Albert Ferreira (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 4, +singer +michelle +performs +madison] |
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- Singer Kelly Clarkson performs at New York's Hit Radio Station Z100's annual Holiday concert, 'Jingle Ball 2003', at Madison Square Garden, in New York, December 11, 2003. REUTERS/Albert Ferreira (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 4, +singer +kelly +performs +madison] |
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- Singer Brad Arnold of the band '3 Doors Down' performs at New York's Hit Radio Station Z100's annual Holiday concert, 'Jingle Ball 2003', at Madison Square Garden, in New York, December 11, 2003. REUTERS/Albert Ferreira (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 3, +singer +performs +madison] |
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- Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton pose at the world premiere of their film, 'Something's Gotta Give,' in New York, Dec. 3, 2003. The film opens in theaters Dec. 12. Photo by Dave Allocca/Reuters (Click for Large Photo) [yworld: |
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- Enterprises invest in communications solutions that help drive profitability through increased revenue, improved productivity, or reduced costs. Business requirements, combined with technology shifts, are causing network and system changes within the enterprise. These transitions have significant implications for communications solutions developers, who may need to redesign their applications to address emerging enterprise requirements. This white paper examines business and technology factors, analyzes alternative models for application development, and discusses Intel's role in driving innovation through a modular building block architecture that provides the foundation for a new generation of communications solutions. |
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Hello Blog (Dec 12 2003 07:11 GMT) - I finally found my software project and I have been spending a lot of time working on it over the last several weeks. I decided to make an internet survey application in asp.net and C# based on the Microsoft Survey Sample written in Visual Basic.Net (why reinvent the wheel?). |
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- A big Christmas-y thanks goes out to Maarten, the alert Blob reader who pointed me at this: a web cam. Like a little man. With one...huge... |
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- MaxSpeak points out an article by Robert Novak in which he criticizes Dean for spreading rumors that "George W. Bush ignored Saudi Arabian warnings of the 9/11 terrorist attacks." I didn't hear the interview, so I can't defend Dean on... |
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