Redbaron - Tech, Software
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Search Engines
- Google.com
- Touchgraph Google Browser v1.01
- Google services - Answers, Directory, Froogle, Labs & Research, and more
- dmoz.org - The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
- newzbot.com - public USENET resources for the masses
Top-of-the-page Magazines/Portals listing
- IEEE Journals
IEEE Xplore , IEEE Spectrum ,
Conferences , - ACM : Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Publications include : - ACM Portal - the guide to computing literature
- TechNews - bringing timely topics for IT Professionals
- Ubiquity - an ACM IT Magazine and Forum
- ACM Queue - tomorrow's computing today
- Conference Calendar , Job Center , About ACM
- Business Journals - Albany , Boston , Chicago - Crains , Dallas , Los Angeles , New York - Crains , San Francisco , San Jose , Washington
- CNET.com
- CMP Publications. Total List -
- Bank Systems & Technology
- BioMechanics
- Byte, ChipCenter, CommsDesign.com, Dr. Dobbs Journal, EE Times
- Finance Technology, InformationWeek
- IntelligentCRM.com , IntelligentEAI.com , IntelligentEnterprise.com , IntelligentERP.com, IntelligentKM.com
- Network Magazine, Planet Analog, Semiconductor Business News
- TechWeb TechCalendar - any day, any IT Trade Show, anywhere
- The Work Circuit
- Wall Street & Technology
- IDG
- Bio-IT World
- CIO
- Computerworld , CSO - Chief Security Officer
- InfoWorld , Network World , PC World
- IDG's Leading IT Conferences and Events
- Technology Research News (TRN) is an independent publisher and news service dedicated to covering technology research developments in university, corporate and government labs.
- Fast Company's Online guides are collections of our best articles, hand picked by our editors from our Web-exclusive features and archived stories from the magazine. Whether you're looking for new ideas on leadership, career, or innovative strategies to improve your team and your self, let us be your guide.
- O'Reilly & Associates -- computer books, software conferences
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Oreilly's Network - Developer's Hub
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Users can also search across thousands of books from O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Microsoft Press and other leading publishers, at Safari - a subscription based virtual library. Read full books from cover to cover, or flip directly to the section you need. - Other computer books publishers - Wrox Press, Macmillan Publishing / QUE, McGraw-Hill & McGraw-Hill - Beta Books, Wiley - Wiley's Calendar of Conferences
- Creative Commons was founded in 2001 with the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain. It is led by a Board of Directors that includes cyberlaw and intellectual property experts James Boyle, Michael Carroll, Davis Guggenheim, Joi Ito, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, and Lawrence Lessig, MIT computer science professor Hal Abelson, lawyer-turned-documentary filmmaker-turned-cyberlaw expert Eric Saltzman, and public domain web publisher Eric Eldred.
- Pearson is an international media company with market-leading businesses in education, business information (Financial Times Group) and consumer publishing (The Penguin Group).
- Pearson Education is the world's leading learning company. Our professional and technology group publishes leading computer, information technology, and business titles, with imprints such as Addison-Wesley Professional, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que and Sams, and Cisco Press, complemented by InformIt.com, our online IT Web destination.
- The Financial Times Group, one of the world?s leading business information companies, aims to provide a broad range of business information, analysis and services to a growing audience of internationally minded business people.
- Penguin is one of the world's premier English language publishers ? number one in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India and number two in the US and Canada. Our imprints include Allen Lane, Avery, Berkley Books, Dutton, Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Plume, Putnam, Riverhead and Viking.
[1] Software, E-business and Information Technology
1. Software industry and Software business
(i) Software Business
- List of Software companies - from Yahoo.com
- CompTIA - The Computing Technology Industry Association - Certifcations for A+, Network+, Security+
- The Business Software Alliance is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry before governments and in the international marketplace.
- USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. Since 1975 the USENIX Association has brought together the community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world.
The USENIX conferences have become the essential meeting grounds for the presentation and discussion of the most advanced information on the developments of all aspects of computing systems.
2. E-business, ERP and CRM software
(i) ERP Software - News, Info, Companies
- SearchSap.com - for Sap-specific information - a TechTarget website
- SAP Community Member Area - Source for E-Business Discussion, Information, and Education
(ii) CRM - News, Info, Companies
- Integrated Software Vendors
- Siebel
- Peoplesoft
- Onyx Software
- Epiphany
- Oracle
- Software as a Service vendors
- NetSuite Software
- Salesforce.com
- Salesnet
- RightNow Technologies
- Call Center Agent, Workforce Mgmt and Optimization
- Aspect Communications
- Blue Pumpkin
- IEX Corp
- Kanisa
- Kana
- Primus Knowledge Solutions
- Call Center Communications
- Nortel
- Avaya
- Cisco
- Intervoice
- Genesys
- Verint Systems
- NICE Systems
- Magazines & Websites
- eCRMGuide - CRM in the E-Business World · CRM daily · CRM Xchange · CRM Guru - Free Solutions Guide · destination CRM - from CRM Magzine
- Procurement, Sourcing, Spend Management, Outsourcing Software Vendors
- Ariba
- Commerce One
- Global Exchange Services, GXS
- Perfect Commerce (Acquired PurchasePro)
- IT Management & Governance, Project Management
- Niku
- Mercury Interactive Corporation
- B2B Exchanges
- About.com B2B exchanges - directory
- Aerospace
- Exostar is the leading provider of integrated supply chain solutions to the aerospace and defense industry.
- Automotive
- Covisint is the leader in the automotive industry for sharing your business process with your suppliers and customers. It is a subsidiary of Compuware corporation.
- Chemicals
- Consumer Goods
- Transora is the leading provider of data synchronization solutions world-wide. Pitching UCCnet compliance - Get your data to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace, Wegmans, SUPERVALU, Ahold and other retail customers.
- GlobalNetExchange. GNX is an e-business solution and service provider for the global retail industry.
- Electronics
- Energy
- Pantellos is the leading supply chain services company for the utility and energy services industries
- Healthcare
- Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) provides products and services to help reduce costs for the buyers and sellers of healthcare products. (Formerly - medibuy.com, and Ventro's ProMedix)
- E-business Software Vendors
- Double Click
- Open Market. Leader in commerce server software
- Magazines & Websites
- b2b today. B2B vertical portal, community and directory
- B2B Online. The Magazine for marketing strategists
- E-Commerce Times · Line56.com The e-Business Executive Daily. Line56 Media is also publisher of Knowledge Management magazine, found at Destination KM
- CMP Internet Week
- Forbes Best of Web and Forbes Best of Web : B2B Directory
- Intelligent Enterprise Magazine ·
- eWeek - The Enterprise Newsweekly
- Fast Company
- CIO - magazine · Computerworld
- Information Week · Red Herring
- TechRepublic - Real World. Real Time. Real IT
3. Supply-chain, Logistics, Retail industry software.
(i) Companies in Supply-chain Management software
- i2 Technologies
i2 Collateral - corporate, products and solutions documentation - Manugistics
- The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation (FSCI) is a corporate sponsored consortium that provides research, educational software, strategy sessions and training.
(ii) RF-Id - news, websites, companies
- Founded in 1999, the Auto-ID Center is a unique partnership between almost 100 global companies and five of the world's leading research universities; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, the University of Cambridge in the UK, the University of Adelaide in Australia, Keio University in Japan, and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Together they are creating the standards and assembling the building blocks needed to create an "Internet of things."
- JDA Software. The JDA Portfolio? products address a wide array of critical business functions. We can deliver best of class solutions for merchandise management, inventory allocation and replenishment, planning, demand forecasting, store operations and point of sale, supply chain collaboration and CPFR programs, space management at the store shelf and business optimization and analysis.
- Retek Inc, Australia. Retek's end-to-end solution footprint covers all areas of the retail cycle, from understanding the marketplace and consumers, to planning, producing and designing, buying, moving, and selling, through to supporting the retail organization. These retail-specific solutions are available as packaged software, as electronic services or via an ASP model, depending upon the needs of the retailer.
- Manhattan Associates. A leading provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, helping clients streamline business in ways that increase fill rates, improve the bottom line and decrease overall logistics costs.
Companies use the joint strength of our Trading Partner Management (TPM), Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) application suites not only to manage operations within the four walls, but also to blend and synchronize processes with suppliers, consolidators, customers and transportation providers.
- RF-ID Journal
- Supply Chain Management Review, from Reed Elsevier
- Sourcing Interests Group - Best Practices
- Supply-chain.org
- Institute for Supply Management - NAPM (Natl Assoc of Purchasing Mgrs)
- TOTALsupplychain.com - Penton Media's integrated Supply Chain resource
- UPC BarCode1 FAQ Page - excellent page to find out how and what about bar codes
- Uniform Code Council, Inc - In its nearly thirty year history, the Uniform Code Council has become one of the world's most respected and influential standards and global commerce organizations. From the groundbreaking development of the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) to its recognized work in user-driven industry standards, the UCC has produced a strong track record of accomplishments and innovations for global supply chain management. The UCC remains committed to working with industry to create the next generation of standards and solutions to enhance the efficiency of the 21st century global supply chain.
- CIO magazine - SCM research
4. Enterprise Middleware Software - Integration, Messaging, Collaboration
(i) Companies - Integration/EAI software, Application adaptors, Workflow/BPM software.
- EAI Software
- Webmethods
- Actional
- Seeburger
- Seebeyond
- Vitria
JoMei Chang, Ph. D., Chief Executive Officer - JoMei Chang has led Vitria since its inception, is a Red Herring "Top Ten Entrepreneur", and was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by BusinessWeek Magazine.
Dale Skeen, Ph. D., Chief Technology Officer - Dale Skeen co-founded Vitria and is the inventor of distributed publish-subscribe communication. He is an internationally prominent expert on this and related technologies. - Workflow/BPM software
- Tibco
- Staffware - The Worlds Leading Production Workflow Automation Product for client/server and intranet environments.
- IBM Websphere
- J2EE Management Made Easy: IBM WebSphere Studio Application Monitor - from The Mainstream, Issue 6 - 2004 , The IBM eServer zSeries and S/390 software newsletter
- IBM WebSphere Rollout Boosts Integration Portfolio - Wed May 21, Yahoo News
- WebSphere V5 Training - IBM Training and Education services
- IBM Business Integration provides proven capabilities for successful integration solutions. Deploy these five capabilities and product families separately or together to meet your business needs.
- IBM Lotus Domino/Notes
- BEA Weblogic
- TheServerSide.com - the Enterprise Java community. Operated by The Middleware Company or TMC (CEO is Salil Deshpande)
- Akamai
- Akamai Technologies - Site index. Learn about EdgeComputing, EdgeSuite, Streaming, Web Analytics, EdgeScape
- Speedera
- Kontiki
- Digital Island/ Sandpiper Networks
- CacheFlow
- Force5 Networks
- Netli Unveils World's First Application Delivery Network
- Mirror Image Internet - Mirror Image?s global Content Access Point? (CAP) infrastructure rises above the Internet to provide e-Businesses with a unique platform for transaction, application and content delivery
- EAI Journal
- OASIS Technical Committees - Universal Business Language (UBL)
- EbizQ.net - The insider's guide to e-Business integrations
- Magazines, Websites, News on BI and DW
- Data Warehousing Portal
- Intelligent Enterprise
· Intelligent Dozen - annual list of 60 strategic IT solution providers leading the transformation of business organizations into intelligent enterprises. · - DM Review - The Premier Publication for Business Intelligence and Analytics
5. Operating System Software, Programming Languages, Development Tools
(i) Linux and Open-Source Software
- Slashdot News
- OS News. Explore the future of computing.
- Linux Journal - from SSC Inc · LinuxWorld - from SYS-CON Media
- Linux Links - the Linux portal
- Linux Project
- RedHat Software
- Debian GNU/Linux
- Mandrake Linux
- SUSE Linux - a Novell company
- OSDL or Open Source Development Labs
- Linux Online
- SourceForge.net - Open-source Software , Linux.com - the enterprise Linux resource, OSDN or Open Source Development Network
- The Linux Documentation Project - main page
- Professional Organizations - Linux Professional Institute · SAIR Linux and GNU Certification
- Apache Project
- Mozilla.org
- Windows XP Family
- Windows XP Professional
- Media Center
- Tablet PC
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition
- Windows Applications
- Microsoft Office
- Internet Explorer
- Windows Media Player
- Music Services : this is also a list of music retailers selling your favorite songs
- Windows Media : Technologies and Tools
- Pro - Content Production and broadcast
- Streaming Delivery
- Digital Rights Management
- Streaming Media in the Enterprise
- DirectX - The power of multimedia in Windows, DirectX gives you the best possible experience with graphics,sound, music, and 3-D animation.
- Windows Server System
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server System
- BizTalk Server 2004 helps customers efficiently and effectively integrate systems, employees, and trading partners through manageable business processes enabling them to automate and orchestrate interactions in a highly flexible and highly automated manner.
- Commerce Server
- Content Management Server
- Exchange Server
- ISA Server 2004 is Microsoft's next-generation application-layer firewall, virtual private network, and Web cache solution, delivering new levels of security, simplified management, and performance.
- SQL Server
- Microsoft Speech Server
- Business Solutions
- Microsoft Business Solutions offers business management software and services that help small and mid-size organizations automate processes, make more profitable decisions, and accelerate growth.
- Magazines
- Windows and .NET Magazine Network
- CMP's Windows Developer Network
- Pocket PC Magazine
- Sun Solaris
- Java Technology @ Sun
- Java Advisor - Expert advice on Strategies, Tools and Practices for the Java platform
- eclipse.org - Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible IDE for anything
- Embedded Systems Programming - magazine
- LinuxDevices.com - the embedded Linux portal
- Industry Organizations - CE Linux Forum - for embedded linux, for consumer electronics
- Wind River Systems
- Embedded Linux OSs
- RedHat Software
- MontaVista Software
- TimeSys
- Coollogic
- LynuxWorks
- Metrowerks, a Motorola company - bought Embedix/Lineo
- QNX
- IBM projects -
- WebSphere Micro Environment · WebSphere Studio Device Developer · Embedded solutions
- Supports the IBM Service Management Framework? (SMF), an implementation of the OSGi Service Platform specification, providing production-ready application life-cycle management for network-delivered applications.
- Consumer Electronics : Pervasive computing devices · Pervasive computing resources for ISVs · Enterprise Mobile solutions
- Windows Embedded and Mobility
- Windows Mobile Software - home
- Windows Mobility Developer Center
- Windows Embedded Developer Center. The Windows Embedded family of products consists of Windows CE .NET and Windows XP Embedded. Windows CE .NET sets a new standard for developing the next generation of smart, connected, small-footprint embedded devices. Windows XP Embedded is the embedded operating system that delivers the power of the Windows operating system in componentized form.
- Using CE .NET
- Using XP Embedded
- Device Platforms. Microsoft designs, tests, and delivers its Windows Embedded family of operating systems as a set of extensible device platforms enabling an end-to-end device software experience. Learn how the Windows Embedded family of operating systems can provide a device platform for your next embedded design.
- Rational Software
Using the RUP for Enterprise e-business Transformation - Rational Tools for Building Business/IT Applications
(vi) Miscellaneous
- TopCoder - Programming Competition
- Planet Lab project - An open testbed for developing, deploying, and accessing planetary-scale services. Supported by Intel, H-P. More than 60 universities.
- Sun Professional Services - List of Services
- IBM Global Services - List of Services
- Microsoft USA Presentations: Find a Presentation
- GIS.com is a portal to geographic information system or GIS information on the Web and was created by ESRI, a GIS software developer.
- Capterra is the world?s leading website dedicated entirely to enterprise software
- WITSA or World Information Technology and Services Alliance - lists hundreds of IT Services firms and outsourcing firms
6. Database Software - Data Warehousing, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Mining
(i) Database Software
- Companies
- Oracle DB
- IBM Database Software - DB2 - relational database , IMS - transactional and hierarchical database , Informix
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySql
- Sybase
- PostGre SQL
- Object oriented Database vendors
- Actuate Corp
- Ascential Software - formerly owned the Informix database
- Companies
- Business Objects
- Cognos Software
- Hyperion Software
- Microstrategy
- Vice Chairman provides a history and overview of MicroStrategy - for The Wall Street Transcript. Interview with SANJU BANSAL - co-Founder, Vice Chairman and COO of MicroStrategy, Inc.
- firstRain
- Informatica
- Trillium Software
- Convera - Enterprise Search and Categorization Solutions, Vienna, VA
- QL2 Software - Web mining and unstructured data management solutions
- IBM Research
- IBM Research, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) is an interdisciplinary area focusing upon methodologies for extracting useful knowledge from data.
- IBM Think Research, Data Management. The challenge of extracting knowledge from data draws upon research in statistics, databases, pattern recognition, machine learning, data visualization, optimization and high-performance computing.
- unstruct.org. Blog on unstructured data and information management
7. Technical, Scientific and Engineering Software
(i) SuperComputing, High-Performance Computing
- Top 500 Supercomputing site
- The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC develops suites of benchmarks and also reviews and publishes submitted results from our member organizations and other benchmark licensees.
- The Globus Project is developing fundamental technologies needed to build computational grids
- High-Performance Computing in Europe
- Avaki Corp
- DataSynapse
- Entropia
- IBM Grid Computing
- Start Here to learn about Grid computing. Get a grounding in basic concepts. Level: Introductory, developerWorks staff, August 2003
- Platform Computing, Toronto, Canada
- Sun Microsystems
- Sychron
- United Devices
- Companies
- Agile's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions helps companies manage their enterprise product record. Product Record - For product definition this includes BOMs, component attributes, drawings and models, specifications, data sheets, and revision history. For strategic sourcing, it includes information such as approved manufacturer lists (AMLs), component pricing, product costing information, and historical cost information. And, for field support, service, and repair, this includes information such as product service instructions, quality data, and defect data. (NASDAQ: AGIL)
- MatrixOne is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative product lifecycle management solutions. (NASDAQ: MONE)
- Parametric Technology Corporation
- Parametric is raising the bar again. It is revamping the core software so that it can be used not only by a company's engineers, but by workers in other departments and by suppliers and customers. The new software, dubbed ''Windchill" uses Web technology. Article from Boston Globe, 1998
- IndustryWeek Articles - Date - 1993 , Review of Pro/ENGINEER. By John Teresko
- (NASDAQ: PMTC)
- Think3 Inc
- Think3's Joe Costello already built one billion-dollar business. Now, against the likes of Autodesk and IBM, he thinks he can do it again. - By Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0, Sep 2002
Thursday, December 02, 2004
[2] Software Engineering, Software Business
1. Software Industry Associations, Committees and Standards-setting Bodies
(i) Computer Systems - Standards and Specifications
(ii) Internet and Networking - Standards and Specifications
- ConsortiumInfo.org - CONSORTIUM AND STANDARDS LIST
- The Internet Engineering Task Force or IETF
- Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN
- The Internet Society (ISOC) : An international membership organization working to assure the evolution of global Internet and internetworking technologies
- The Apache Software Foundation
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life.
- XML Consortia
- The National Information Assurance Partnership Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) Validation Body, hearafter referred to as the Validation Body, is an activity jointly managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) and staffed by personnel from those agencies.
The focus of the CCEVS is to establish a national program for the evaluation of information technology products for conformance to the International Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation.
2. Software Engineering and Computer Science
(i) Software Applications - Architecture and Design
- Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures
- Making Real-Time Data Distribution Work - Andrew Thomas
- Softpanorama Bookshelf - (slightly skeptical) Open Source Software Educational Society.
There are several libraries of electronic books on the Internet and link2elib page of this site provides links to some of them.
(ii) Software Programming Theory
- Procedural Programming Language
- Ongoing Knowledge-Base Systems/Ontology Projects and Groups
- Functional Programming Languages
- FAQs for comp.lang.functional
- Why Functional Programming Matters : PDF, John Hughes, Institutionen for Datavetenskap, SWEDEN, 1984
- Haskell is a general purpose, purely functional programming language
- Programming Methodologies
- Extreme Programming: A gentle introduction.
- XProgramming : an Extreme Programming resource
(iv) Network layer Protocols
- ISO character sets, as represented in HTML - iso8859-1 table
3. Software Development and Application Platforms
(i) Sun, BEA, Java
(ii) HP, IBM, EMC, Oracle
(iii) Database Platforms
- ObjectStore is a global provider of real-time data management products that enable high performance data management, real time data caching, and data management for complex event processing.
- Versant database family provides easy development and high performance storage and access for objects in Versant's VDS database and FastObjects databases.
4. Software Applications - Business and Technical applications
(i) Desktop Security and Anti-virus, Anti-spam, Anti-spyware Software
- Companies
- Trend Micro
- CNet.com Big Issue: Get up to speed on Enterprise Security. Finding the antidote: How can you fend off viruses, intruders and terrorists?
- A plan for Spam - Paul Graham, August 2002. (This article describes the spam-filtering techniques used in the spamproof web-based mail reader we built to exercise Arc. An improved algorithm is described in Better Bayesian Filtering.)
- LinuxSecurity.com
- White Papers : SearchSecurity.com. hosted at TechTarget network
(iii) Speech Technology, Voice Recognition software
- Google : Links to Speech Technology
- dmoz, Open Directory Project : Links to Speech Technology
- Speech Technology Magazine
- Webpage for comp.speech - FAQ , maintained at CMU.
- Speech at CMU Web Page - maintained at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Microsoft Speech Server
- Nortel Networks - Speech Technology portfolio
(v) P2P, web community software
- Social Networking websites
- Visible Path Spoke Tribe.net Friendster
- Zero Degrees, part of Interactive Corp
- LinkedIn Ryze.com
5. Embedded Systems, Micro Systems, Sensor applications
(i) Embedded Systems
- eg3.com identifies the best of the web for embedded, dsp, board-level (cpci, vme, pc/104...), soc, rtos/realtime, and open source for embedded. we browse, research, and organize the best of the web keyword-by-keyword.
- db4objects - db4objects develops, commercially licenses and supports db4o, the leading open source object database. With more than 100,000 deployments, db4o offers Java and .NET developers one of the easiest and fastest ways to store objects natively. Development managers rely on db4o to cut development costs and deliver new products to market faster.
- Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio
- Microsoft SQL Server CE is the compact database for rapidly developing applications that extend enterprise data management capabilities to mobile devices.
- IBM DB2 Everyplace features a small footprint relational database and high performance data synchronization solution that enables enterprise applications and data to be securely extended to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones and other embedded mobile devices.
6. Programmer bios
- Martin Fowler - an author, speaker, and consultant on the design of enterprise software
- Bruce Eckel is the author of Thinking in Java (Prentice-Hall, 1998, 2nd Edition, 2000, 3rd Edition, 2003), the Hands-On Java Seminar CD ROM (available on the Web site), Thinking in C++ (PH 1995; 2nd edition 2000, Volume 2, 2003), C++ Inside & Out (Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1993), among others.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
[3] Telecom, Wireless, Enterprise and Broadband Networks Industry
1. Telecom - Carrier-level, Voice Communication Services
(i) Industry News, Websites, Magazines
- List of Communication Services companies - from Yahoo.com
- List of Communication Eqpmt companies - from Yahoo.com
- Dell’Oro Group in Redwood City, CA produces detailed, quantitative research on manufacturers' revenue, ports/unit shipments and average selling prices for networking and telecommunications equipment worldwide. Our Quarterly Reports contain market level and detailed vendor market share information. Our 5-Year Forecast Reports contain assumptions, predictions, and projections for each technology market
- Pulver.com - VON and VoIP marketplace
- Business
- Telecom Magazine
- Light Reading - The Global Site for Optical Networking
Other Light Reading Publications - Unstrung.com - the world wide source for the analysis of the wireless industry
- BoardWatch.com - Analysis of Telecom Software, Services and Strategy
- Total Telecom - daily news for global communications
- CommWeb from CMP publications - where telecom, datacom and the Internet converge
- Converge Digest - News and Resources on the convergence of Broadband Networking technologies
- Telephony Online
- Engineering
- Communications Engineering & Design - the premier engineering magazine for the broadband industry
- VoIP
- IP Telephony - IP xStream, news and market research for the VoIP marketplace
- Telephony Online - a Primedia publication
- Voice & Data - gateway to Indian communications network. CIOL Network
(ii) Telecom Regulatory Organizations, Standard Committees, Forums
- Regulatory Orgs
- Federal Communications Commission, FCC
- International Telecommunication Union, ITU
- ITU Events - Meetings and Conferences
- ITU Office of the Secretary-General · ITU Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU)
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Home Page - ITU's Telecommunication Indicator Reports
- 3 broad ITU sectors - Telecom Development Sector · Radiocommunication Sector · Telecom Standardization Sector
- European Competitive Telecommunications Association - ECTA facilitates business development opportunities and a pro-competitive market.
Events - Industry Orgs
- USTA or United States Telecom Association
- TIA or Telecommunications Industry Association
- TIA produces the monthly online newsletter PulseOnline, the weekly Industry Beat email bulletin, an annual report, a Standards and Technology Annual Report (STAR), a Public Policy Report and Agenda, a membership directory, the Channel Intelligence Report, the International Informer Newsletter, the Channel Benchmarking Report, and the Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast
- Verizon
- SBC Communications
- AT &T
- Sprint
- Sprint PCS - Tower Maps, (wireless facilities map)
- Qwest
- Companies - chipsets, boards, boxes, software, services
- Applied Micro Circuits (San Diego),
- Alcatel Optronics (Paris, France)
- Agere Systems (Allentown, PA)
- Cisco
- Cypress Semiconductor (San Jose), Gemplus International (Luxembourg), GlobespanVirata (Redbank, NJ)
- Lucent technologies
- Marvell Technology (Hamilton, Bermuda)
- Nortel communications
- PMC-Sierra (Santa Clara), Vitesse (Camarillo, CA)
- UTStarcom designs, manufactures, and markets an integrated suite of future-ready access network and next-generation switching solutions. The Company enables wireless and wireline operators in fast-growth markets worldwide to offer voice, data, and Internet access services rapidly and cost-effectively. Finished 2002 with total year revenues of nearly $1 billion.
- CommsDesign.com, an EE Times community, is the online technical resource center for communication design engineers. For 2.5/3G Wirless, Broadband Design, Home Networking, Network Processing, Optical Networking and Wireless LANs/PANs
- The IEC Web ProForum tutorials feature the latest technical and business issues of vital concern to engineers, salespersons, managers, and executives.
- Voice over IP - How Stuff Works - Part III - from Hughes Software, Learning Center.
- Voice over Packet - tutorial on Wave Report
2. Wireless Industry - Cellular, Wi-Fi, Mobility
(i) Industry Info - Companies
- Wireless and Mobile Industry Links
- Equipment Companies - network systems and handsets
- Nokia
- Ericsson
- Texas Instruments
- TI Broadband focus newsletter. TI's 'Broadband Focus' is our free, by-subscription e-newsletter, devoted to broadband trends, innovations and the full range of TI's broadband technologies (802.11, WLAN, Cable, DSL and Voice over IP [VoIP]).
- Motorola
- The iDEN system is a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) technology that combines high efficiency modulation techniques and offers the capabilities of four distinct communication services into one handset, using a single network. This system enables digital telephone, two-way radio, short message service, wireless packet data service and wireless Internet for flexible and efficient business communications.
- Qualcomm
- QUALCOMM's BREW solution is a complete, open product and business system for the development and over-the-air deployment of data services on wireless devices
- ArrayComm - personal broadband. Co-founded by Martin Cooper - a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, Martin conceived the first portable cellular phone in 1973 and led the 10-year process of bringing it to market.
- IP Wireless - mobile broadband
- Flarion - it's flash-OFDM? system enables a mobile operator to deploy a nationwide, all-IP, packet-switched mobile broadband network and mobilizes the personal computing experience for data and voice, with carrier-class reliability and cellular coverage, and support for enterprise-class security.
- Rajiv Laroia is the founder of Flarion, and the Company's CTO. Prior to launching Flarion, Dr. Laroia was with Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories since 1992. He received his Ph.D. and Master's degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1992 and 1989 and a bachelor's degree in 1985 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi-all in electrical engineering.
- Equipment Companies - Components
- RF Micro Devices - Greensboro, NC - premier manufacturer of radio frequency integrated circuits for wireless communications
- Skyworks Solutions, Woburn MA, is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency (RF) and complete semiconductor system solutions for mobile communications applications. Skyworks provides the building blocks of wireless to handset, WLAN and infrastructure manufacturers worldwide.
- Silicon Laboratories (Austin, TX) - High Performance Mixed-Signal ICs
- Triquint Semiconductor - providing high-performance modules and components to leading communication companies. We connect the digital world to the global network through RF and optical interfaces.
- Solution Companies - software, applications, services
- Good Technology is the industry standards-based leader in enterprise systems for wireless corporate messaging and information access. Good Technology is located in Sunnyvale, Calif. and was founded in March 2000. Lead investors include John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Bruce Dunlevie of Benchmark Capital who also serve on the company's Board of Directors.
- Danger hiptop? Wireless solution was designed to address the needs of wireless operators to take advantage of next generation data networks. Danger's end-to-end solution consists of the following three key components: hiptop? Service Delivery Engine, hiptop? Development Platform, hiptop? Device Designs
- Palm - News, Community, Forums
- PalmSource - The maker of Palm OS ·
- PDA Street - The PDA Network for Handheld Computers, PDA Software, Windows CE, Pocket PC, Palm Pilot, Psion, iPaq, Pocket PC 2002, Sony Clie, Pocketpc, Handspring Visor, REX, Zaurus, Helio, Royal daVinci, PocketMail, PDA Software, Reviews, Gadgets, Gizmos, Handhelds, and more!
- Research In Motion (RIM) - portfolio includes the BlackBerry? wireless platform, the wireless handheld? product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements
- Symbol Technologies, Inc., founded in 1975, is a global leader in secure mobile information systems that integrate application-specific handheld computers with wireless networks for data, voice and bar code data capture.
- Dr. Jerome Swartz is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Symbol Technologies, Inc. Swartz co-founded the Holtsville, N.Y.-based company in 1975 and still serves as its Chief Scientist. Symbol, under Swartz's leadership, was the winner of the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor for technology innovation.
- WTEC Panel Report on Wireless Technologies and Information Networks - World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC), July 2000
- WTEC Exec Summary - current state and trends in wireless communications - World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC), July 2000
- PrivateLine.com
- Wired Telecom Pages
- Cellular Phone Basics - AMPS and beyond
- Links page - Telecom, Wireless, Information Services
- A Short Tutorial on Wireless LANs and IEEE 802.11 - Daniel L. Lough, T. Keith Blankenship, Kevin J. Krizman, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Forum Nokia Main Page
- World of Wireless Communications - CTIA, WOW-COM Wireless week ·
- CDMA Development Group - Costa Mesa, CA
- MobilePlanet - The Mobile Computing Experts - the online catalog
- Wireless NewsFactor
- Wireless Communications Association International (WCA). Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) is the non-profit trade and professional association for the Wireless Broadband industry with member companies on six continents representing the bulk of the sector's leading carriers, vendors and consultants.
- Wireless Village, the initiative sponsored by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and over 100 other Supporters, has announced the release of the Wireless Village version 1.0 specifications, which will enable interoperability of mobile instant messaging and presence services (IMPS).
- Wi-Fi Resources
- Wi-Fi Alliance - Products, Events
- 802.11 Planet - from Jupiter Media
3. Networking Industry - Corporate LANs, WANs, Storage, Datacom
(i) Networking and Storage magazines
- NetworkWorld
- Storage review - website reviewing hard disk and storage-related performance. Internet's leading independent storage authority.
- Storage Networking Industry Association, SNIA
- ByteAndSwitch.com - the Storage Networking site
- Sys-con Media's Information Storage + Security Journal
- SourceForge.net Storage Foundry
- ADC is The Broadband Company. ADC's network equipment, software, and systems integration services make broadband communications a reality worldwide by enabling communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to consumers and businesses. Yahoo finance - ADCT
- Broadcom - Irvine, CA is a leading provider of IC solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog and radio frequency (RF) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications. Yahoo finance - BRCM
- Conexant - Red Bank, NJ is a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications, enterprise networks and the digital home - such as digital subscriber line (DSL) and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems solutions, and the company's foundation dial-up modem business. Yahoo finance - CNXT
- Intersil (Milpitas, CA) - High Performance Analog Solutions. Yahoo finance - ISIL
- Proxim Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA is a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks. The company is providing its enterprise and service provider customers with wireless solutions for the mobile enterprise, security and surveillance, last mile access, voice and data backhaul, public hot spots, and metropolitan area networks.Yahoo finance - PROX
- Intel Networking and Communication - Design Components
- 3Com
- Avici Systems
- Ciena corp
- Cisco
- Corvis
- Enterasys Networks
- Extreme Networks
- Juniper Networks
- Redback Networks
- Sycamore Networks
- Servers
- EMC Corp
- IBM Corp - storage
- HP - storage
- Sun - storage
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
- Network Applicance
- Storage Software
- Quantum Corp
- Gadzoox Networks
- Storage Technology
- Components
- Adaptec (Milipitas)
- Brocade
- Cisco
- Emulex
- QLogic (Aliso Viejo, CA). QLogic Corporation designs and develops storage networking infrastructure components sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), resellers and system integrators. The Company's products include the SANblade host bus adapters (HBAs), SANbox Fibre Channel Switches and SANsurfer Management Suite HBA and Switch management software. QLogic's Fibre Channel HBAs support small computer systems interface (SCSI) protocol, Internet protocol (IP), virtual interface (VI) and fiber connection (FICON) protocol.
- McData Corp
- Solution Providers
- Dot Hill systems
- MTI Technology Corp
(v) Networking and Network Security Software
- Kerberos FAQ - Kerberos, a network authentication protocol
- Symantec Corp provides content and network security software and appliance solutions to enterprises, individuals and service providers. The Company provides client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network (VPN), security management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers worldwide.
- Network Associates Inc is a supplier of computer security solutions designed to prevent intrusions on networks and protect computer systems from the next generation of blended attacks and threats. The Company offers two principal families of products: McAfee System Protection Solutions, which delivers anti-virus and security products and services, designed to protect systems such as desktops and servers; and McAfee Network Protection Solutions, which offers products designed to maximize the performance and security of networks.
- Check Point Software develops, markets and supports Internet security and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions for enterprise and high-end networks, small and medium-sized businesses, and service providers. Check Point product offerings also include Quality of Service (QoS) and Security Management solutions.
- Cyberguard (NasdaqNM:CGFW), No. 4 in Web network security, is gaining fast on bigger rivals Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and Check Point Software Technologies. Since Juniper acquired NetScreen Technologies in February, the buzz has been that CyberGuard, best known for firewalls, will be the next target, says Brian Harvey of Kingfisher Capital Management, which owns shares.
- Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling. Literary Freeware -- Not for Commercial Use. From THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, February 1993.
- Network Applications Consortium - NAC is a consortium of IT end-user organizations representing combined revenues of over $750 billion, more than 50,000 network servers, and more than 1 million workstations. Since its founding in 1990, NAC has emerged as the premier end-user group dedicated to promoting integration, interoperability, and vendor collaboration.
4. Broadband & Cable Industry - Entertainment, Media, Voice and Datacom
(i) Major Broadband Service Providers
- Cablevision
- Comcast
- Time Warner
- DirecTV
- Verizon Communications
- SBC Communications
- Echostar communications
- Cox communications
- iBlast - sending digital content thru broadcast network. iBlast's founding partners include Tribune Broadcasting, Gannett Company Inc., Cox Broadcasting, The Washington Post Company, The E. W. Scripps Company, Meredith Corporation, Media General Inc., The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Lee Enterprises, The New York Times, Raycom Media, Inc., Smith Broadcasting Group Inc., Liberty Corporation, Northwest Broadcasting, Emmis Communications, Bahakel Communications, Ltd., Gray Communications Systems, Inc., Evening Post Publishing Company, Bonneville International Corporation, Journal Broadcast Group, Inc., Cocola Broadcasting Companies, Straightline Communications, JME Media and Ackerley Media.
- CSG Systems - address the customer care and billing needs of virtually every segment of the communications industry-including more than 20 of the world's Tier 1 service providers. Now, CSG own Kena-Arbor telecom billing and BSS systems, as well.
OSS/BSS systems for for the worldwide communications market, including:
Cable television
Direct broadcast satellite
Next generation mobile telephony
IP services
Wireline
- MultiChannel.com - The cable industry's book of records, from Reed Business Information
- broadbandreports.com - the place for BROADBAND
- Scot's Newsletter covers Windows, broadband, do-it-yourself networking, Microsoft, and the Internet. You'll get insights, analysis, hardware and software reviews, explanations, tips, and straight-shooting advice about desktop computing issues today, and tomorrow. It's information about Windows and broadband you can really use.
- Bandwidth Place, Speed Test FAQ · SpeedGuide.net - networking system performance ·
- MSN.com speed test
[4] Semiconductors and Materials
1. Semiconductor Industry - Magazine, Publications, Forums
(i) Industry websites
- Research and Reports
- List of Semiconductor companies - from Yahoo.com
- VLSI Research - where the semiconductor industry clicks to find the weather
- Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 13.4.0). This list is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of microprocessors, but rather a description of designs that are either unique (such as the RCA 1802, Acorn ARM, or INMOS Transputer), or representative designs typical of the period (such as the 6502 or 8080, 68000, and R2000).
- Small Times - big news in small tech
- CMP Publications
- EE Times : Advanced Technology - News about the technology driving the electronics industry
- EE Times: Semiconductors
- EE Times: Systems and Software
- EE Times: Planet Analog
- EE Times: Embedded Systems
- Solid State Technology magazine (Penn Well Corporation) is the longest-running and most complete source of information for engineers, operators, managers, tool and materials suppliers and semiconductor researchers.
- Semi.org - Semiconductor Manufacturing magazine
- Semiconductor International magazine, from Reed Publications, Electronics Group
(v) General links
- Links to Semiconductors, Dielectrics, Materials Science & Engg, Radiography & Digital Imaging, Optoelectronics - Prof. Safa Kasap, Univ of Saskatchewan, Canada, Electronic Materials and Devices
2. Microelectronics, VLSI, Memory Devices, ASICs, FPGAs, PLDs
(i) Diversified Companies
- Fujitsu Microelectronics - Wafer Foundry services, Packages, ASICs, MPU/MCU, Memory, ASSPs, Compound Semiconductors, Media Devices, Flat Panel Displays
- Panasonic Semiconductor Development Center
- Philips Semiconductors
- Memory Storage
- Atmel (San Jose), Macronix International (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
- Infineon, Munich, Germany
- Micron, Boise, ID
- Rambus, Los Altos, CA
- PLDs, ASICs
- LSI Logic, Milpitas, CA
- Xilinx, San Jose, CA
- About Programmable Logic Devices - PLDs and FPGAs from Xilinx.
- Altera, San Jose, CA
- Actel, Sunnyvale, CA, Lattice Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR
- Motorola SPS (Semiconductor Products and Solutions)
- National Semi, Santa Clara, CA
3. Microprocessors - related to computers and server chips
(i) Companies involved in Microprocessors
- ARM Holdings, Cambridge, UK
- AMD, Sunnyvale, CA
- IBM Power Architecture
- Power.org represents a worldwide community of developers, tool providers, manufacturers, and leading brands united to work on Power Architecture™ technology
The companies behind Power.org include: AMCC, Bull, Cadence Design Systems, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Culturecom, IBM, Jabil Circuit, Novell, Red Hat, Sony Corporation, Shanghai Belling, Synopsys, Thales, Tundra Semiconductor and Wistron. - Intel, Santa Clara, CA
- E-business at Intel - E-business case-studies
- Technology trends
- Solution Providers offer ready-made blueprints - based on Intel platform. Industries covered are - Digital Media, Financial Services, Government, Health-care, Manufacturing, Retail, Telecom, Cross-industry.
- NVidia, Santa Clara, CA
4. DSPs, Mixed-signal and analog ICs - related to radio, RF, wireless/WLAN/Wi-Fi , Mobile Phone chips
(i) Companies in DSPs
- Texas Instruments
- What is DSP?
- Digital Logic Products
- Analog and Mixed-Signal Devices
- TI - Semiconductor Technical Support KnowledgeBase . For (a) DSPs , (b) Analog and mixed-signal , (c) Digital Logic devices.
- TI Sensors and Controls
- STMicroelectronics (Geneva)
- Analog Devices, Norwood, MA
- Linear Technology, Milipitas, CA
- Maxim Integrated, Sunnyvale, CA
- Microchip Technology, Chandler, Az
5. Semiconductor Manufacturing, Materials, Process Equipment & Testing
(i) Semiconducting Manufacturing
- COMPANIES
- ATMI Inc (Danbury, CT), Cree Inc (Durham, NC), Kyocera (Kyoto, Japan), MEMC Electronic Materials (St.Peters, MO)
- Entegris - Chaska, MN
- TSMC (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan)
- United Microelectronics (Sunnyvale, Taiwan, Singapore)
- Honeywell - Electronic Materials
- Rohm & Hass - Electronic Materials
- DuPont - microcircuit materials
- 3M Electronic Materials - 3M offers a wealth of advanced technologies designed to help electronics manufacturers improve quality and reduce costs through the development of specialized products that clean...polish... adhere...protect...reduce emissions...and more.
(ii) Semiconductor Process and Testing Equipment -
- COMPANIES - Process Equipment
- Applied Materials (Santa Clara)
- Lam Research (Fremont), Varian Semiconductor (Gloucester, MA), Veeco Instruments (Woodbury, NY),
- Novellus is a supplier of manufacturing systems used to create integrated circuits
- Teradyne is the largest supplier of automatic test equipment for the electronics & telecommunications industries and a supplier of high-performance backplane assemblies and connectors.
- COMPANIES - Process Control
- KLA Tencor, San Jose, CA
- COMPANIES - Lithographic Tools
- ASML (Nederlands)
- Canon - Semiconductor Equipment Division, San Jose, CA
- Nikon Precision Inc.
- Ultratech's Lithography Stepper
- COMPANIES - Flat Panel Display/FPD Equipment
- Semiconductor Test Equipment
- Advantest Tokyo
(iii) Semiconductor software - design and testing -
- Electronic Design Automation or EDA
- Cadence Design
- Mentor Graphics
- Synopsys Inc
- Magma Design Automation provides electronic design automation(EDA) software that enables chip designers to meet critical time- to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle designs.
- Semiconductor Testing
[5] Computer Peripherals and Electronics Industry
1. Computer Storage Industry
(i) Diversified Storage Companies
- Seagate
- Maxtor
- Western Digital
- Hitachi
- Toshiba - Storage device division , Home Entertainment & Consumer Electronics
- Matsushita
(iii) Optical Storage - CD/DVD Drives, Media, Authoring Software
(iv) Document Management Software
2. Printer/Copier Industry
(i) Diversified Companies
- Xerox Corp
- IBM Corp
- Hewlett Packard
- Creo Inc (CreoSciTex)
Creo is world's largest supplier of prepress equipment, for the graphic arts industry. We are also active in the creative desktop market. - T/R Systems
Overview
T/R Systems designs, develops and markets innovative digital document software and hardware applications. We offer two main applications: the MicroPress, our digital document production output management system; and
Digital StoreFront, our web-based print job submission, management and control application.
- Electronics for Imaging
- PrintMe extends the value of such widespread information access by providing a mobile and Internet printing solution that enables printing from a desktop, PDA, laptop, or cell phone.
- Facsimile Communication over IP Networks -B.V.S. Girish, M.Tech IIT-K project, 1997
- Page description language or PDL - from Wikipedia
- Portable Document Format or PDF - from Wikipedia
- Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG
- Pixel Translations
- Pixel Translations - Product Overview
- ISIS ? Image and Scanner Interface Specification. The industry standard, enterprise-level interface that unites a universe of scanners and applications, supporting EVERY feature of leading document scanners.
- Introduction to Raster Image Processing. Find out how RIPs operate and what benefits they offer. - By Mark Coudray , ScreenWeb.com
3. Digital Electronics, Imaging, Optics
(i) Display Technologies - Companies, Websites, Links
- Display Panel Companies
- Planar Systems
- Universal Display Corp
- Chips and Components
- ATI Technologies
- nVidia Corp
- Consumer Electronics Association or CEA
- The Society for Information Display - When you join the Society for Information Display, you are joining the international display community ? and a local one. From Osaka to Eindhoven, you will find 6000 colleagues passionately involved in display and display-system design, integration, marketing, display standards, manufacturing, human factors, applications, and R&D.
- TiVo and DVR, PVR services
- TRON (The Real Time Operating System Nucleus) - an Operating System (OS) specification that will be coupled to a global man-machine interface that can work with other, different computer operating systems, such as those of IBM, SUN, APPLE, and DEC.
- Links relative to Smart Cards and Electronic Payment Systems. - UCL Microelectronics Lab, Crypto Group @ Universit? catholique de Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium
- Card Technology - the magazine for smart cards, networks and ID solutions
- Articles in SmartCardAlliance
- White paper on how public transit smart cards may be a catalyst for convergence with retail payment.
- White paper on smart cards in healthcare, and role they play in securing privacy and access to information under the new HIPAA regulations.
- Secure physical access white paper
- Contactless payment white paper
- Privacy white paper
- Smart Cards and Retail Payments Resources
- Contactless Technology whitepaper
4. Sensor Networks, Embedded Devices, Handhelds (i) Embedded Devices, Handhelds
(ii) Sensor Networks, Sensors
- Crossbow , San Jose, CA
Crossbow sensors integrate silicon micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) with digital signal processing and communications technology. We are the industry leaders in using low power radio technology to create low-cost wireless sensor networks with global connectivity. Our integrated, intelligent sensing solutions are based on industry standards and require no external components or signal conditioning.
Crossbow develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of inertial sensors including gyros, accelerometers, tilt, and magnetic sensors. We offer sensor-based analog and digital subsystems. - Ember - At Ember, we are experts in embedded wireless networking. We offer our customers a family of low-cost, low-power, and high performance radio chips enhanced with EmberNet™ embedded networking software. Optimized for sensing and control applications, this self-organizing, self-healing, wireless mesh technology is uncompromisingly robust, secure and easy to use.
5. Channel Sales, Dealers, Distributors, VARs, System Integrators to Computer and Electronics Industries
(i) Dealers and Distributors - Companies, Websites, Links
- Arrow Electronics is one of the world’s largest distributors of electronic components and computer products and a leading provider of solutions and services to the technology sector, with 2003 sales of $8.67 billion.
Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and over 150,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and commercial customers through more than 200 sales facilities and 18 distribution centers in 41 countries.
Arrow North American Computer Products - Avnet, Inc, Phoenix-based, is an authorized B2B distributor for the products of more than 250 of the world's leading technology manufacturers. Its two operating groups, Avnet Electronics Marketing & Avnet Technology Solutions, market, inventory, distribute and add value to electronic components, embedded systems and enterprise computing products for customers in 68 countries. Sales for FY 2003 were US $9.05 billion.
- Ingram Micro Inc is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. Since its beginnings in 1979, Ingram Micro has connected technology solution providers with vendors worldwide, identifying markets and technologies that shape the IT industry. The company offers a broad array of solutions and services to nearly 165,000 resellers by distributing and marketing hundreds of thousands of IT products worldwide from nearly 1,400 suppliers.
Sales (net) for fiscal year 2003 was More than $22 billion. Ingram Micro is a member of the Global Technology Distribution Council. For more information about the GTDC, visit www.gtdc.org. - Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ/NMS: TECD), founded in 1974, is a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services. Ranked 111th on the FORTUNE 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more than 90,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Tech Data’s extensive service offering includes pre- and post-sale training and technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $17.4 billion for its most recent fiscal year, which ended January 31, 2004.
