NCCI Holdings, Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida, manages the nation's largest database of workers compensation insurance information. NCCI was implementing server updates by hand?an error-prone, costly, and time-consuming process. The Enterprise Configuration Manager from Configuresoft Inc., enables NCCI to automatically deploy updates to its 150 Windows-based servers. This led...
This paper provides a brief context for topical sessions and introduces some of the policy issues associated with reliability and system operation in competitive electricity markets. The project will include two workshops in 2004, culminating in an IEA publication in early 2005. The first of these workshops focuses on transmission...
In our daily life, we generally expect the transport system to be efficient, safe, and reliable. However, there exist several sources of uncertainties in the transportation system both on demand and supply sides. With a constant growth in economic activities most urban transport networks currently operate at or beyond their...
Evaluating the reliability of a transportation network often involves an intensive simulation exercise to randomly generate and evaluate different possible network states. This paper proposes an algorithm to approximate the network reliability which minimizes the use of such simulation procedure. The algorithm will dissect and classify the network states into...
This paper proposes a new travel time reliability-based traffic assignment model to investigate the rain effects on risk-taking behaviours of different road users in networks with day-to-day demand fluctuations and variations in travel time. A generalized link travel time function is used to capture the rain effects on vehicle travel...
This study performs a theoretical analysis of instability in a departure time choice problem. Stability of equilibrium is an important factor for reliability of travel time. If equilibrium is not stable, travel time changes over a period of days even if demand and network performance are stable. This study examines...
Optimal toll design from a network reliability point of view is addressed in this paper. Improving network reliability is proposed as a policy objective of road pricing. A reliability-based optimal toll design model, where on the upper level network performance including travel time reliability is optimized, while on the lower...
Uncertainty of traffic network operations has been a subject of lively debate in the last decade. However, little effort has been put in developing control frameworks that are not only aimed at improving the average performance of the system, but also at improving the system robustness and reliability. In fact,...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-Nortel selected by Bahamas Telecommunications CompanyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd BTC, a telecomms operator based in the Bahamas, has selected communications solutions provider Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT) to expand its wireless network services throughout the country. Nortel's upgrade of BTC's...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-mig33, Bluepulse, MXit and Rummble select Clickatell's SMS gatewayC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Clickatell, a global provider of mobile messaging solutions, announced on Tuesday (15 July) that mobile social networking communities mig33, Bluepulse, MXit and Rummble have selected its SMS gateway to increase customer acquisition and...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Radware (Nasdaq:RDWR), a provider of application software, has announced that China Eastern airline has deployed Radware's APSolute application delivery controller ADC solution to provide security and reliability for its e-commerce and web applications for its online booking system. China Eastern...
South America's Leading Airline to Offer Service between Toronto and Santiago, Chile, starting in September MIAMI, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LAN Airlines expands the reach of its international network today by announcing new service to Santiago, Chile, from Toronto, Canada starting September 3rd, 2008. Once in Santiago,...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 July 2008-Radware to provide software for China Eastern airlineC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Radware (Nasdaq:RDWR), a provider of application software, has announced that China Eastern airline has deployed Radware's APSolute application delivery controller ADC solution to provide security and reliability for its e-commerce and web applications for...
Local Government Deploys PA-4000 Series for High Performance Threat Prevention and Maximum Application Visibility and Control SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Palo Alto Networks today announced that City of Staunton, Virginia is using the PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall to combat threats and gain visibility and control of Internet applications running...
MetaSwitch today announced that SATEL,the new telecommunications division of the Telemicro Group, a leadingtelevision and radio broadcast conglomerate, has signed a multi-milliondollar contract to deploy MetaSwitch softswitch solutions for its newnetwork serving residential and business subscribers in the DominicanRepublic. The highly-reliable, field-proven MetaSwitch CA9024 call agentsand MG2510 media gateways...
Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. DNF, a leadingmaker of high-performance network attached storage NAS, storage areanetworks SANs, RAID and iSCSI systems, today introduced new backup anddata archiving capabilities for its StorBank-XL line of hybrid appliances,which combine NAS and iSCSI in a single, unified IP storage platform. Thecompany will also add support...
New SLE100 Wireless Bridge Priced at Less Than $10,000 Per Link Delivers Highly Reliable Half-Mile All-Weather Connectivity, Ease of Installation, and Carrier-Class Performance SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- BridgeWave Communications, the leading supplier of gigabit wireless solutions, today announced the availability of the SLE100 point-to-point bridge that delivers highly...
Vote Paves the Way for Innovative, Competitive Choice for TV Service, Delivered Over the Nation's Most Advanced, All-Fiber-Optic Network Straight to Consumers' Homes LYNNWOOD, Wash., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynnwood residents are a major step closer to having an innovative, reliable and competitive alternative for their television...
JERICHO, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimum LightpathSM, an industry leader in providing advanced Ethernet-based business communications services in the New York, New Jersey metropolitan area, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 4Connections LLC. Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, 4Connections is a broadband...
