What’s All This Benchmark Stuff, Anyway?

by R. Krause ... Measures peak throughput for web serving, Conform. simul. ... SPECsfs97, System, NFS file server throughput and response time, Ops/sec; Overall resp. time (ORT), ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2002/06/research_notes/TU_HW_RAK_06_10_02_1.asp - 36k - 2002-06-10 Summary: Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter?

Reflections on Lean Philosophy and the Theory of Constraints

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... received, TOC enables business performance improvements in such environments in terms of lead time or cycle time reductions, increased throughput and sales ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_22_06_1.asp - 30k - 2006-02-22 Summary: The theory of constraints (TOC) is similar to, yet different from, the lean philosophy. TOC focuses on optimizing production through critical bottlenecks in order to meet market demand.

Caldera eDesktop Edges Out Microsoft Windows 2000 in Functionality ...

by C. McNulty ... Peripheral Connect Interface, or PCI, was designed by Intel in the 1990's to provide a high throughput, auto-configuring standard for connecting internal ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/research_notes/TN_HW_CFM_06_14_00_1.asp - 35k - 2000-06-14 Summary: TechnologyEvaluation.com has completed its analysis of the innate functionality of three desktop operating systems – Microsoft Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 6.2, and Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4. The winner is Caldera.

Server Appliances - "Caching" In on Internet's Growth

by R. Krause ... The tremendous growth in this market segment is closely tied to the growth of the Internet, and the associated need for increased performance and throughput. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/03/research_notes/MN_HW_RAK_03_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-03-01 Summary:

Information Security Firewalls Market Report Part One: Market ...

by Laura Taylor ... For example, if your organization does not use up anywhere near all of its available bandwidth, you may not need a firewall with the fastest throughput. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Security/2005/03/research_notes/EN_ST_XLT_03_01_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-03-01 Summary: The firewall market is a mature and competitive segment of the information security market. With numerous vendors and firewalls in all price ranges choose from, IT decision makers should be especially selective. This report presents a market overview and some criteria for selecting products from the long

Provia Tackles RFID in a Twofold Manner Part Five: 3PL Support and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... These applications, when combined with the ViaWare WMS, should allow distribution facilities to deliver the maximum possible throughput, efficiency, quality ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/08/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_08_17_04_1.asp - 18k - 2004-08-17 Summary: FourSite 4.4 is an upgrade of its fulfillment solution oriented towards third party logistics (3PL) providers. ViaOptimize, is an advanced step for companies who have already automated their facilities with Provia's WMS and are now looking at optimization as a key area of improvement, efficiency and cost

Competing Globally—Predicting Demand and Delivering Optimally

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... Also, this way they can produce forecasts and production plans that not only are optimized for cost, material usage, and throughput, but also for product ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/11/research_notes/TU_ER_XOT_11_06_06_1.asp - 27k - 2006-11-06 Summary: To benefit from globalization (or to meet its threat), a food manufacturer must be prepared. To sell into new markets, the manufacturer needs to be a better partner, and collaborate with customers who have different needs from its traditional customers.

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS):Inconso AG Inconso WMS Suite

... The inconsoWMS product suite covers solution requirements from modest manual warehouses up to complex distribution centers with high throughput and/or full ... http:/.../software/184-23789/Warehouse-Management-Systems-WMS/Inconso-AG-Inconso-WMS-Suite.html - 5k - 2008-10-07

Analysis of SAS Institute and IBM Intelligence Alliance

by M. Reed ... What increases in database throughput to DB2 on MVS will be provided by this integration? (ie how will database throughput be improved?). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/01/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_01_31_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-01-31 Summary: The SAS Institute and International Business Machines announced a new business intelligence relationship on January 24, 2000. IBM has announced that it is refocusing its partnering efforts

Blast Past Manufacturing Bottlenecks with Constraint-based ...

by Bill Leedale ... Oftentimes, this constraint consists of a machine tool, a packaging machine, or some other piece of equipment that has a more limited throughput capacity than ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/08/research_notes/TU_ER_CR_XBL_08_01_08_1.asp - 17k - 2008-08-01 Summary: Managing constraints in any manufacturing or service environment can be difficult. But with the right tools, accurate data, and a skilled user, a management team can manage the throughput of its constraints to support the goals of its company.