The standard is somewhat limited by the maximum data transmission speed of 1Mbps, making it suitable for sharing modems and other peripherals between PCs, but not really for frequent sharing of executables or other large files.
The deal involves a total of 10,000 licences of Groove version 1.3 software, which will be used for remote real-time meetings, project collaboration and sharing of business processes across the whole of Dell's organisation.
Hunter said: "Backing-up files is a vital 'behind the scenes' processing task. Jock Hunter, UK country manager of SBB, commented: "This could be down to a failure to schedule the payment instruction because it was a non-routine event - a bank holiday.
With Storage Tank, existing systems can be linked, so vaster amounts of data can be stored. For example, video and audio streaming files can be physically stored automatically on a particular storage device suited to that task, while infrequently...
TiVo's digital video recorders uses hard drives to store large amounts of content and let viewers pause live shows and program their systems to record TV broadcasts and even skip ad breaks. and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo...
The metadata develops and is built over time, so software can learn how you work and eventually is able to spot patterns and automatically anticipate a worker's needs - for example proposing meetings with relevant colleagues or providing research...