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Oracle Takes on IBM and HP with Hardware, Software and Services Triple Play by Arif Mohamed
CW+ a whitepaper from ComputerWeekly Oracle takes on IBM and HP with hardware, software and services triple play by Arif Mohamed This has been a landmark year for Oracle, the technology company headed by the charismatic and staggeringly wealthy Larry Ellison. Ellison, who is 65, has been chief executive officer since he founded Oracle in June 1977. He was listed the sixth richest person in the world in 2010. And his personal wealth of $27bn is a clear indication of Oracle’s success as an IT supplier. Oracle began the year by completing its $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The deal transformed Oracle from a software and consulting company, into a company able to compete on software, hardware and services. The deal gave Oracle Sun’s MySQL database, Sparc/Solaris servers, plus Sun’s storage hardware and flagship Java portfolio of tools and technologies. 2010 also marked the conclusion of an aggressive spending spree that has seen Oracle buying over 66 technology companies since 2002. These include CRM suppliers Siebel and PeopleSoft, middleware giant BEA Systems and storage specialist StorageTek. Six years on, Oracle has announced the fruits of its integration work, which began in 2004 when it bought PeopleSoft, which owned JD Edwards. Although Oracle has integrated the suites of applications from each subsequent merger to some degree, but it has now revealed a suite of software, Fusion Applications, which promises to unite them all for the first time through a common middleware layer, and run on optimised hardware from the Sun acquisition. Its Fusion Applications range of enterprise products, due out in January, will also give an upgrade path to enterprise users of Oracle’s legacy CRM and other business packages including PeopleSoft, Siebel and JD Edwards. -
HSBC Bank Malta Plc Interim Directors Statement
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this document. HSBC Holdings plc Overseas Regulatory Announcement The attached announcement has been released to the other stock exchanges on which HSBC Holdings plc is listed. The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement are: Douglas Flint, Stuart Gulliver, Kathleen Casey†, Safra Catz†, Laura Cha†, Marvin Cheung†, John Coombe†, Sir Jonathan Evans†, Joachim Faber†, Rona Fairhead†, Renato Fassbind†, James Hughes-Hallett†, Sam Laidlaw†, John Lipsky†, Rachel Lomax†, Iain Mackay, Marc Moses, Sir Simon Robertson† and Jonathan Symonds†. † Independent non-executive Director Hong Kong Stock Code: 5 The following is the text of an announcement made today by HSBC Bank Malta plc, a 70.03 per cent indirectly held subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. 19 May 2014 HSBC BANK MALTA P.L.C. INTERIM DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. (HSBC Malta) is required to publish the following Interim Directors’ Statement covering the period from 1 January 2014 to 19 May 2014 (the date of the Statement) under Listing Rules 5.86 and 5.88 of the Malta Financial Services Authority. During the period 1 January 2014 to 19 May 2014, against a backdrop of very challenging market conditions, HSBC Malta delivered a result that was below the same period last year. -
Blackberry Leap Smartphone-10.3.3-User Guide
BlackBerry Leap Smartphone Version: 10.3.3 User Guide User Published: 2016-12-01 SWD-20161201111404342 Contents Setup and basics........................................................................................................................................... 6 Your device at a glance...................................................................................................................................6 What's different about the BlackBerry 10 OS?.................................................................................................7 Notification icons.........................................................................................................................................13 Menu icons..................................................................................................................................................14 Setting up your device..................................................................................................................................14 Using gestures.............................................................................................................................................17 Advanced interactions................................................................................................................................. 24 Personalizing your device.............................................................................................................................25 Device Switch............................................................................................................................................. -
Our Board: Promoting Your Interests
Our Board: Promoting Your Interests 1 4 7 10 2 5 8 11 3 6 9 12 Directors 5. The Rt Hon the Lord Butler of Brockwell, 9. José Luis Durán † 1. Stephen Green, Group Chairman KG, GCB, CVO (Retiring 30 May 2008) Age 43. Chief Executive of Carrefour SA and Age 59. An executive Director since 1998; Group Age 70. Master, University College, Oxford. Chairman of its Management Board of Directors. Chief Executive from 2003 to May 2006. Joined A non-executive Director since 1998. Chairman A non-executive Director since 1 January 2008. HSBC in 1982. Chairman of HSBC Bank plc and of the Corporate Sustainability Committee and the Joined Carrefour SA in 1991. Chief Financial Officer HSBC North America Holdings Inc. and HSBC HSBC Global Education Trust. A member of the and Managing Director, Organisation and Systems Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA. A Director International Advisory Board of Marsh McLennan of Carrefour SA from 2001 to 2005. of HSBC France and The Hongkong and Shanghai Inc. Chaired the UK Government Review of Banking Corporation Limited. Group Treasurer from Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction in 10. Rona Fairhead † 1992 to 1998. Executive Director, Global Banking 2004. Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Age 46. Chief Executive Officer and Director of and Markets from 1998 to 2003. Chairman of Home Civil Service in the United Kingdom from the Financial Times Group Limited and a Director The British Bankers’ Association. 1988 to 1998. A non-executive Director of Imperial of Pearson plc. Chairman of Interactive Data Chemical Industries plc from 1998 to 2 January 2008. -
An Application Programming Interface for the MORSE Simulator
Bachelor’s Thesis Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Electrical Engineering F3 Department of Control Engineering An application programming interface for the MORSE simulator Lukáš Bertl Cybernetics and Robotics: Systems and Control [email protected] January 2017 Supervisor: RNDr. Miroslav Kulich, Ph.D. Acknowledgement / Declaration I would like to express my gratitude to I hereby declare that I have complet- my supervisor RNDr. Miroslav Kulich, ed this thesis with the topic ”An ap- Ph.D. for a great mentorship, patience plication programming interface for the and wise comments that helped me com- MORSE simulator” independently and plete this project. that I have listed all sources of informa- I would like to thank my girlfriend tion used within it in accordance with and my parents for their unlimited men- the methodical instructions for observ- tal support throughout my whole stud- ing the ethical principles in the prepara- ies. tion of university theses. Finally, I thank my brother and Kač- In Prague, January ...., 2017 ka Janatková for the proofreading of this thesis. ........................................ Lukáš Bertl iii Abstrakt / Abstract Práce představuje CCMorse, což je Thesis presents the CCMorse, a simu- knihovna pro komunikaci se simuláto- lator communication library, that I have rem, kterou jsem vytvořil. Práce dále created. The thesis also describes the popisuje proces vývoje simulačního pro development process of a MORSE sim- simulátor MORSE. ulation environment. Teze probírá nejprve teorii robotic- The thesis -
Flexible Modular Robotic Simulation Environment for Research and Education
FLEXIBLE MODULAR ROBOTIC SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Dennis Krupke∗, Guoyuan Li and Jianwei Zhang Houxiang Zhang and Hans Petter Hildre Department of Computer Science Faculty of Maritime Technology and Operations University of Hamburg Aalesund University College Email: f3krupke, li, [email protected] Email: fhozh, [email protected] ∗corresponding author knowledge there is no special purpose simulation soft- ware for modular robots that allows for fast and easy cre- KEYWORDS ation of a simulation setup while being easy to use and easy to understand. Modular robots control, educational software, Open- A modular robot GUI has been developed that enables RAVE, interactive simulation the user to focus on robotics while most of the program- ming part is hidden. This idea is also described in (Zhang ABSTRACT et al., 2006). In contrast to other powerful systems only In this paper a novel GUI for a modular robots simula- few rules have to be learned for proper use of our sys- tion environment is introduced. The GUI is intended to tem. Motivation is the most important aspect for peo- be used by unexperienced users that take part in an edu- ple who have just begun with something new to proceed cational workshop as well as by experienced researchers and succeed. The GUI enables the user to get results who want to work on the topic of control algorithms of very quickly because only some basic knowledge about modular robots with the help of a framework. It offers the application space of modular robotics is needed. This two modes for the two kinds of users. -
Getting Started
Getting started Note: This Help file explains the features available in RecordNow! and RecordNow! Deluxe. Some of the features and projects detailed in the Help are only available in RecordNow! Deluxe. Click here to connect to a Web site where you can learn more about upgrading to RecordNow! Deluxe. Welcome to RecordNow! by Sonic, your gateway to the world of digital music, video, and data recording. With RecordNow! you can make perfect copies of your CDs and DVDs, transfer music from your CD collection to your computer, create personalized audio CDs containing all of your favorite songs, and much more. In addition, a full suite of data and video recording programs by Sonic can be started from within RecordNow! to back up your computer, create drag-and-drop discs, watch movies, edit digital video, and create your own DVDs. Some of these programs may already be installed on your computer. Others are available for purchase. This Help file is divided into the following sections to help you quickly find the information you need: Getting started — Learn about System requirements, Getting help, Accessibility, and Removing RecordNow!. Things you should know — Useful information for newcomers to digital recording. Exploring RecordNow! — Learn to use RecordNow! and find out more about associated programs and upgrade options. Audio Projects — Step-by-step instructions for every type of audio project. Data projects — Step-by-step instructions for every type of data project. Backup projects — Step-by-step instructions for backup projects. Video projects — Step-by-step instructions for video projects. Utilities — Instructions on how to erase and finalize a disc, how to display detailed information about your discs and drives, and how to create disc labels. -
28Th Daaam International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation
28TH DAAAM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING AND AUTOMATION DOI: 10.2507/28th.daaam.proceedings.172 SERVICE ROBOTS INTEGRATING SOFTWARE AND REMOTE REPROGRAMMING Davydov D.V., Eprikov S.R., Kirsanov K.B., Pryanichnikov V.E. This Publication has to be referred as: Davydov, D[enis]; Eprikov, S[tanislav]; Kirsanov, K[irll] & Pryanichnikov, V[alentin] (2017). Service Robots Integrating Software 4nd Remote Reprogramming, Proceedings of the 28th DAAAM International Symposium, pp.1234-1240, B. Katalinic (Ed.), Published by DAAAM International, ISBN 978-3-902734- 11-2, ISSN 1726-9679, Vienna, Austria DOI: 10.2507/28th.daaam.proceedings.172 Abstract This paper presents a solution to the problems of redundancy and organisation of the software architecture inherent in robotic systems and its' simulators. The analysis and comparison of these solutions with the existing ones are given. It was designed a new software architecture for controlling mobile robotic complexes on the base of two models. Developed simulators and usage of the actor model were the base for creating the technological platforms for distributed software control, providing the simultaneous access of several users to a group of mobile robots and their virtual models. Keywords: building a network of robotarium; distributed control of mobile robots and their simulation software for mobile robot; reservation methods in robotics; dynamic reprogramming 1. Main problems When developing intelligent robots, one of the problems is the lack of effective software to create systems of group control. For example, in the well-known software packages (ROS, MRS, and others) does not included specific development tools for control of distributed mechatronic systems, especially in remote mode. -
Toward a Situational Technology Acceptance Model
University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations 2016 Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations Yue Zheng University of South Carolina Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation Zheng, Y.(2016). Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/3797 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Toward A Situational Technology Acceptance Model: Combining the Situational Theory of Problem Solving and Technology Acceptance Model to Promote Mobile Donations for Nonprofit Organizations by Yue Zheng Bachelor of Arts Renmin University of China, 2008 Master of Science Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 2012 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications College of Information and Communications University of South Carolina 2016 Accepted by: Brooke W. McKeever, Major Professor Andrea H. Tanner, Committee Member S. Mo Jang, Committee Member Daniela B. Friedman, Committee Member Lacy Ford, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies © Copyright by Yue Zheng, 2016 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To my parents, who consistently support my career in academia. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A dissertation cannot be finished by entirely one person. -
Openrave: a Planning Architecture for Autonomous Robotics
OpenRAVE: A Planning Architecture for Autonomous Robotics Rosen Diankov James Kuffner [email protected] [email protected] CMU-RI-TR-08-34 July 2008 Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Copyright c 2008 by Rosen Diankov and James Kuffner. All rights reserved. Abstract One of the challenges in developing real-world autonomous robots is the need for integrating and rigorously test- ing high-level scripting, motion planning, perception, and control algorithms. For this purpose, we introduce an open-source cross-platform software architecture called OpenRAVE, the Open Robotics and Animation Virtual Envi- ronment. OpenRAVE is targeted for real-world autonomous robot applications, and includes a seamless integration of 3-D simulation, visualization, planning, scripting and control. A plugin architecture allows users to easily write cus- tom controllers or extend functionality. With OpenRAVE plugins, any planning algorithm, robot controller, or sensing subsystem can be distributed and dynamically loaded at run-time, which frees developers from struggling with mono- lithic code-bases. Users of OpenRAVE can concentrate on the development of planning and scripting aspects of a problem without having to explicitly manage the details of robot kinematics and dynamics, collision detection, world updates, and robot control. The OpenRAVE architecture provides a flexible interface that can be used in conjunction with other popular robotics packages such as Player and ROS because it is focused on autonomous motion planning and high-level scripting rather than low-level control and message protocols. OpenRAVE also supports a powerful network scripting environment which makes it simple to control and monitor robots and change execution flow dur- ing run-time. -
Chi Lin Chang Taiwan (R.O.C.) +886-9-3038-6000 (張祺崙/Alan Chang) [email protected] Homepage
7F, No.233, Bade Rd. East Dist., Hsinchu City 30069 Chi Lin Chang Taiwan (R.O.C.) +886-9-3038-6000 (張祺崙/Alan Chang) [email protected] Homepage: http://qi1002.github.io/ EXPERIENCE SKILLS Mentor Graphics, LINK, Taiwan/Hsinchu— Senior Software Engineer C and C++ June 2019 - PRESENT (AMS BU) Java, C# and Python ➢ Model extractor QT Tool development and common model interface with simulator. Android framework in java/native/kernel layers Mediatek, LINK, Taiwan/Hsinchu— Manager/ Technical Manager Linux Kernel and FPGA emulation 1. June 2012 - January 2019 (CTO BU) (more than 3 years’ team management experience) ➢ Camera team for smart phone project 8032 and ARM RISC - Manage the team for camera 3A & ISP flow and support image quality tuning flows on OpenCL, OpenVX, OpenCV our camera C++ modules. Familiar to android camera interface, camera ISP/3A on OpenGLES, GPU android C++ native framework and our bit-True flow with CModel by python scripts. DNN - Caffe - Involved in the CV algorithm survey for ADAS based OpenCL + OpenVX or OpenCL + ASP, JSP, CSS and HTML openCV or Halide. (ex: canny edge, pedestrian/face detection) and survey DNN – Caffe for the possibility of ADAS application. Caffe, OpenCV, Halide are all based on C++. - Hands on IQ tuning tool development. Use Python .NET to integrate with C# and python CERTIFICATION work together seamlessly in tool. Familiar to C# and Python. ➢ GPU team for smart phone project ISO 26262 Basic Training Course (Tuv Nord) - Hands on to develop the GPU driver (based on mesa 9.0) in the multiple environments, (ex: windows, Linux, android emulator, FPGA with Linux console, FPGA with android K, Tablet with android L) and be charge of the IP bring up in the first IC. -
Annual Results 2015 Media Release
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this document. 22 February 2016 (Hong Kong Stock Code: 5) HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2015 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS Reported PBT up 1% in 2015 at $18,867m, compared with $18,680m in 2014. This primarily reflected a favourable movement in significant items. Adjusted PBT down 7% at $20,418m, compared with $21,976m in 2014. Adjusted revenue up 1% at $57,765m, compared with $57,227m in 2014. The increase was mainly in client-facing GB&M (7%), CMB (3%) and Principal RBWM (2%). Adjusted loan impairment charges up 17% at $3,721m, compared with $3,168m in 2014. The increases were across a number of countries, reflective of local themes and characteristics. Adjusted operating expenses up 5% at $36,182m reflecting wage inflation, business growth and investment in regulatory programmes and compliance. Excluding the UK bank levy, adjusted operating expenses in the second half of 2015 were broadly in line with the first half of the year reflecting strong cost management and the initial effect of our cost saving programmes. Return on equity of 7.2%, compared with 7.3% in 2014. Earnings per share and dividends per ordinary share in respect of the year were $0.65 and $0.51, respectively, compared with $0.69 and $0.50 for 2014.