peer-to-peer: a means of optimizing the networking capabilities of the Internet among groups of computers. Effectively it puts every computer on an equal footing, in...
Blender magazine recently named the killing of Napster by the major labels the Biggest Record Company Screw-Up of All Time. While that's hardly news, it is interesting that the title was bestowed in a time when there is evidence that, seven years after Napster was squashed, big corporations are finally...
Harvard Business Review has just published its top breakthrough business ideas for 2008 Registration required. The list of 22 trends ranges wide, from a public transit agency that uses crowd sourcing to improve service, to hackers who increasingly are outsourcing their nefarious deeds to service providers. Want a real...
Peer-to-peer embraces the networking capabilities of the Internet. “P2P” as dubbed by advocates enables the sharing and direct publication of resources and also allows the unused processing capability of computers to be shared and used more productively. While the peer-to-peer concept has, in fact, been around for decades, it’s grown...
AsiaInfo Services 08-03-2006 P2P Cuts China Telecom Revenues: Chief Engineer BEIJING, Aug 03, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The P2P (peer-to-peer)-based VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol operations have begun to apparently cut the revenues of AsiaInfo Services ...
BOSTON -- Major media players such as Disney, Sony, Warner and Universal will benefit from making their content available over peer-to-peer networks, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics' Broadband Media and Communications service. This report, "TV and Movie Downloads: Harnessing the Power of P2P," concludes that P2P networks...
The e-Policy Best Practices Guide from St. Bernard is an invaluable tool for IT and HR professionals tasked with creating and enforcing an Acceptable Use Policy AUP for their organizations. This clear and thorough document gives you the dos and don'ts of e-policy best practices and covers the electronic activities...
Visibility, Monitoring and Control of Xbox Live, MSN IM Video and BitTorrent P2P Traffic Preserves High-Performance Delivery of Business-Critical Applications for Enterprises and Universities
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Partner-to-partner (P2P) transactions in the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners IAMCP has proven to be a very significant business opportunity, according to a new survey conducted by IDC. The objective of the survey was to assess the level and characteristics of P2P activity within the IAMCP...
Windows Meeting Space, Vista's replacement for NetMeeting, is a peer-to-peer application that enables as many as 10 users to conduct virtual meetings and share desktops, applications, files, and presentations. Here's an overview of what WMS has to offer.
* NBC Universal will offer downloads of its films early next year through Wurld Media's peer-to-peer Internet service Peer Impact, marking the first time a studio has made its films legally available through a P2P network. P2P networks allow users * NBC Universal...
NEW YORK -- iMesh, the long established peer-to-peer (P2P) music service that reached an early settlement agreement with the recording industry, today announced a fully authorized P2P business model and the upcoming launch of the newly configured iMesh. Following today's Supreme Court ruling on MGM vs. Grokster, the company is...
On Monday the Supreme Court unanimously held that peer-to-peer file sharing services can be held liable for the copyright infringement of their customers. The court ruled that the determining factor in setting such liability will be the manner in which the peer-to-peer entity promotes its services. The court essentially left...
NEW YORK -- iMesh, the first established peer-to-peer (P2P) service to transition to an authorized model, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, representing a significant and positive turning point for the future of legitimate P2P.
The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on June 27, 2005, against peer-to-peer (P2P) services such as Grokster provides a framework for future growth of legitimate P2P services, according to research firm Parks Associates.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- SMARTguard SoftwareTM, a provider of tools for helping parents address the problems of illegal, inappropriate and excessive computer use, today announced Blockster, a software program that exclusively monitors free peer-to-peer (P2P) program use to restrict illegal downloads of copyrighted materials, such as movies and music, and prevents...
Global site committees are trustees of a company's global online presence. But these committees are ineffective when they concentrate power at headquarters, lack stakeholder representation, and don't encourage peer-to-peer communication. To be effective, global site committees need regional communication structures, distributed decision-making, and accountability in proportion to responsibility.
The author joined a global manufacturing firm in 2000. It was the smallest shop that she had managed, but it didn't matter because of all the interesting opportunities: reengineering the infrastructure, implementing best-of-breed applications that had been purchased but mothballed, and repositioning IT from a cost center to a competitive...
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