[ Articles with keyword 'computer' ]
Striving for perfection
30.08.2009
Manufacturing execution systems serve as the intermediary between a business system such as ERP and a manufacturer’s plant floor control equipment.
Bridging the Digital Inclusion
26.06.2009
Providing better healthcare in emerging economies: SAP Research and its partners in South Africa set out to improve the quality and efficacy of primary healthcare systems through ICT.
Off to New Horizons
07.05.2009
Virtualization technologies are a must for companies that want to manage their computer centers more efficiently. SAP’s third annual Virtualization Week in Silicon Valley gave lots of answers.
The Transformation of Data Centers
18.02.2009
Data center operators are faced with a dilemma: Having paid through the nose to operate mainframe infrastructures in the past, they now find – 30 years later – that the cost of running a burgeoning number of smaller x86 server units is actually no less exorbitant. But a transformation is now taking place, and the magic word is “virtualization”.
“You Have to Make Sure Your IP Assets Don’t Walk out the Door”
09.01.2008
Martin A. Goetz is internationally recognized as the holder of the first software patent in 1968 and as a pioneer of the independent software industry. He is also recognized for his work in software product protection through copyright and patent law and for combating unfair competitive practices in software by hardware manufacturers. Now 40 years later, Goetz is an active investor in software and Internet companies. With SAP.info he discussed the early days of third party software as well as the challenges the business faces today.
IT as a Sustainability Catalyst
04.01.2008
How meaningful is the growing dialog about green IT? Dennis Pamlin of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) discusses the broad implications of IT companies promoting and contributing to environmental awareness.
An Internet with Lots of Feeling
19.12.2007
Seeing images and hearing sounds are commonplace events on today’s Internet. But the Internet of the future is looking for more senses to satisfy. Professor Ralf Steinmetz of the Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt, Germany, is working with Professor Abdulmotaleb El Saddik of the University of Ottawa, Canada, on the development of a virtual sense of touch. Steinmetz spoke with SAP INFO online about the ability to touch on the Internet.
Semantic Web: It’s All in the Meaning
21.11.2007
Semantic technology is set to streamline searches for digital content and take Web services to a whole new dimension. Professor Wolfgang Wahlster from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has been working on man-machine communication for over 30 years. In this interview with SAP.info, he describes how semantic technologies can be used and what role users will play in developing the “Semantic Web”.
Intelligent Cars Take the Wheel
07.11.2007
When drivers step on the gas because they somehow assume that they have the right of way, they might soon find that their car steps on the brakes instead. A special research area, Cognitive Automobiles, at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation: GRF) is developing intelligent cars that can do just that. The spokesman for the research area, Christoph Stiller, a professor at the University of Karlsruhe, spoke with SAP INFO online about the current state of the technology and his vision for the future.
The Next Attack is Bound to Come
24.10.2007
It is Natalya Kaspersky’s job to make viruses and trojans on the Internet harmless. In 1997, the expert for IT security and her then husband founded Kaspersky Lab, the Russian company that develops and distributes antivirus software. In an interview with SAP INFO online, Kaspersky explains why the fight against malware cannot be won, and how the threats will develop.
