Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
What WWII Bomber Design Can Teach You About Interpreting Data
November 12th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Bomber_Diagram_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="41" />Heavy bombers were critical to Allied strategy of destroying the Axis industrial base, but in an era without smart bombs and guided missiles, the strategy required WWII bombers to deliver tons of ...
Harmonizing Products, Nature and Life: Dassault Systèmes Charts its Next 10 Years
November 12th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Compass_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" />At the company’s 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM, North America, held last week in Florida, Dassault management and numerous customers described how this new corporate strategy will play out in the next decade.
Seven Key Questions Supply Chain Executives Should Be Asking Themselves Today
November 9th, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/supply.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="35" />During the 10th Annual Supply Chain and Logistics Summit North America 2012, an advisory board drawn from industry, government and academia identified a number of key questions all supply chain decision-makers should be asking.
Aerospace Manufacturing Gets a Makeover from SAP
November 9th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/F-35.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />SAP combines enterprise mobility and 3D visualization in an effort to boost productivity on the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) shop floor.
DIY Robots with Autodesk 123D Design
November 8th, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen1-660x412.png" alt="" width="95" height="59" />Autodesk 123D Design brings CAD to the next level of user-friendly with a DIY cross-platform interface.
Stereopsis Saves Pedestrians with Auto-Braking System
November 7th, 2012
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/autobrake.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="127" />By mounting two cameras on the windshield of cars, automakers are able to configure vehicles to detect and avoid pedestrians.
The ‘Greenest Data Center In The World’?
November 6th, 2012
Syracuse Univeristy hopes its trigeneration, micro-turbine, absorption chiller data center will inspire others to get sustainable. Built with assistance from IBM and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, a university spokesman describes it as 'the greenest ...
How Google Cools Its Data Centers
November 6th, 2012
Most companies may try to justify energy-efficient data centers with ROI, but Google just likes keeping its environmental footprint as small as possible. It does that with a lot of custom-built equipment, such as a water cooling system that draws ...
Is It Time To Switch To Solid State Drives?
November 6th, 2012
When Samsung hosted a CIO forum in Silicon Valley on November 1 in order to introduce two new SSDs, the company promised it would not only undercut HDDs in energy usage, but will even use 28% less energy than ...
Want A More Efficient Data Center? Get Rid Of Your Old One.
November 6th, 2012
The first round of data denters has been phenomenal. But since they were built for uptime, they're not energy efficient. They don't have the sophisticated DCIM software to make better use of the servers, or even to find zombie ...
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