Cindy Waxer

National Travel Systems Unravels Telecom Quilt

National Travel Systems may rank among the top five largest privately held travel management companies in the United States, but not long ago, the Lubbock, Texas, companys communications system was practically unnavigable. Chris Allen would know. A major account representative at AMA TechTel Communications, a solutions integrator and communications company based in Amarillo, Texas, Allen […]

DOD Gets a Handle on Sensitive Content

For the Department of Defense, enabling computers to recognize objects within an image using sophisticated algorithms has long been a top priority. Known as Image Understanding, these algorithms can create a description of the world to help build battlefield awareness and improve target recognition for military personnel. However, when it came to sharing discoveries and […]

Aquarium Profits from a Whale of a System

Its not every day that an aquarium boasts a Web-based ticketing system fit for a professional sports league, event management technology capable of planning meals for 1,100 guests and high-tech displays that can be accessed remotely. Then again, its not every day that a venue such as Georgia Aquarium opens its doors. Opened on Nov. […]

Universitys iSCSI Systems Make the Grade

For a well-respected educational institution, North Carolina Central University had a storage system that was barely making the grade. With more than 8,000 students and 1,600 faculty and staff members, the nations first public university founded for African-Americans relied on more than 50 servers with DAS (direct-attached storage) running on a hodgepodge of platforms, including […]