This paper summarizes information on HVDC transmission from ABB. The Swedish State Power Board had placed an order for the world's first commercial high-voltage direct current HVDC transmission link, to be built between the Swedish mainland and the island of Gotland. Since the laying of that early 90 kilometers long,...
Finding a service provider for payroll and HR Administrative Services to accommodate employees at nationwide locations was the problem faced by a world leader in technology-based products for Mobile Payment Systems and Services. Once employees were recruited for special projects or indefinite employment situations, they were not able to hire...
A World leader in networking for the Internet and in providing end-to-end networking solutions that customers use to build a unified information infrastructure had high complexity in the applications from a support perspective. The applications portfolio included Ariba, Clarify and custom-built applications with multiple production instances of Oracle Financials supporting...
China has the green, it's just not green... yet... so says the latest from Forbes. There are two inconvenient truths that America faces: 1. China holds $1.3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, most of which are U.S. Treasury Bonds, and 2. About 25% of the particulate matter in the Los...
"Multicast and mobility over satellite using IPv6" is a collaborative project, funded by CNES French National Space Agency, led by 6WIND private French leader and innovator of embedded IP networking software, Astrium a world leader in the design and manufacture of satellites and LSIIT (Strasbourg University IPv6 research team). In...
Alcatel is a world leader in communications networking. Alcatel desired to improve its system for gauging and predicting customer demand by replacing the various forecasting processes of its sales force with a uniform, fully coordinated application that would dictate global production forecasts. This project was called "Galaxy." Through the implementation...
Haco is the world-leader in the mass production of labels and ribbons producing more than 240 million meters (3 billion units) annually, equivalent to more than 6 times around the world. The company's greatest challenge, in the weaving stage, was to control the enormous range of variables, the huge number...
Graco, a world leader in the manufacturing of fluid-handling systems and components, attributes its success to commitments in technical excellence, world-class manufacturing and superior customer service. Improved management of HVAC equipment schedules, increased workforce productivity through enhanced environmental conditions, enhanced equipment diagnostic capabilities, improved energy cost control and monitoring capabilities,...
Nokia Corporation is the world leader in mobile communications, selling products and services in over 130 countries. The company's OSS business unit uses ILOG visualization components to give its network management system a competitive edge. Intelligent graphics help the system reduce response time and increase accuracy in solving network problems.
If one looks back several decades, North America was the world leader for paper production. During the mid- 1990s, North America production was almost equal but still slightly ahead of Europe and Asia. Although North America is still ahead in production today, it is struggling, and many say it has...
Cosworth Racing is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of ultra-high performance engines for racing, rally and road car application. Cosworth's original decision to use Preactor stretches back to 1997. This coincided with the decision to create manufacturing core teams specializing in producing particular components. In early...
Banca Intesa, Italy's largest banking institution, is a world leader in financial risk management. The breadth, scope and complex nature of the new corporate entity meant that Banca Intesa required a truly unique and enterprise wide solution to satisfy all of its growing risk management requirements. The bank turned to...
Faced with rigid quality assurance requirements, a world leader in the production of glass-reinforced plastic GRP pipe needed to perform both tensile tests on pipe sections (ASTM D638) and compression tests on pipe as large as 102" (259 cm) in diameter (ASTM D2412). Instron supplied a custom SATEC Series 150kN...
Thermo Electron, the world leader in analytical instruments, gave top priority to devoting key resources solely to compliance issues. Thermo needed to find a solution that would allow their executives to make the guarantee that "Proper controls" had been introduced. The Determina Memory Firewall was the only way to ensure...
Siemens is a world leader in MR technology and is at the forefront of the new ultra high field market. High quality complete diagnostic neuro exams with MAGNETOM Trio are quick and produce excellent images. With the developments of new techniques and strategies to image at ultra high field the...
A winning intranet has many successful qualities and features. The QAS intranet is a winner at many levels - rich with tools and demonstrable, measured value. QAS is a World leader in address management and data accuracy solutions. Based on data secured from national postal authorities and other leading sources,...
The client, a world leader in hi-tech telecommunications and part of a large joint venture between two global telecommunications enterprises in Germany manufacturing cellular hand phones had implemented the i2 Supply chain planner using the ELOPS template, but was encountering stabilization issues. Wipro provided help on the i2 Supply Chain...
Infosys is helping a company, a world leader in interactive services, at all stages of the SDLC life cycle in a number of projects, from requirement specification to development to quality engineering and post-launch support. The company had been facing stiff competition from small time companies providing ISP services at...
Rammer is recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacture of hydraulic hammers for primary and secondary breaking work. The 1m long cylindrical piston of a large hammer is made from case hardened steel and weighs over 200 kg. Transient 3D dynamic analysis using LUSAS Analyst was necessary...
The Controls Group of Johnson Controls, Inc. is a world leader in creating and managing quality building environments - ones that are safe, comfortable, productive and efficient. Through the use of individual control systems, automation and information tracking, Johnson Controls achieves each of the quality building environment's four goals -...
