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The company culture that is in place in an organization that is about to acquire new automation technology may have well-defined impacts on the success of the addition. It is wise for a company to set up a plan for implementation of the automation technology with the objective of easing the major changes into the corporate culture so that success can be realized. The target objective of the addition or changing of automation technology in a company should be to increase the productivity and reduce costs of operation while improving the corporate profits.

There are certain types of company culture that are adept at incorporating changes in automation technology. The most accepting culture is one that is not as structured with less rigid departmental definitions. This culture usually spawns more cross functional cooperation between departments. There is less protection of information and ideas from one department to another. Employees are readily able to share technical solutions and ideas across department barriers. Since this type of organization supports the sharing ideas more readily, it is far more likely to support the addition or change in automation technology. The organization as a whole will have the temperament to successful support the changes. There will be a far greater likelihood that such significant changes in production operations will be successful. Those companies with very structured departments can also be effective in implementing and supporting changes in technology. It has been noted that less structured organizations, in comparison, find it easier to get the full potential of automation changes in place.

The move for a company to go from a non-automated manufacturing environment to one that utilizes automation is usually taken in a small step toward numerical control devices. These have a limited amount of flexibility when it comes to cooperating with other automation equipment to create fully automated production. The company culture that allows for the more aggressive approach to implementing new technology will have the best chance of succeeding. Such changes do require a certain amount of immediacy in responsiveness when dealing with dealing with adjustments that need to be made. For instance, when new technology is put into place, the best scenario of automation parameters will be initially configured. There may be a case where such a combination of parameters do not allow production to be optimized and yield the expected production rate. There would need to be a change made in the parameters to get the optimum production rate. An example of this can be seen in the part feeding that might be set up for the assembly of a product on the production line. The number of parts that are fed to the assembly process does not allow the production of the expected amount of end products. The rate of feeding would have to be adjusted to get the production rate to what is expected. The less structured organization would be readily able to respond to the change and allow the adjustment.

A company whose employees have a greater appreciation of the usefulness and capabilities of information technology are usually much more responsive to the changes that are made by automation technology. The employees will be aware of the benefits that this technology can do for the profits of the business. There will be more employees in such a company who have skills in the information technology area and be able to apply those skills to set up and support automation. Such an environment produces a proactive attitude when it comes to the application of technology in any area of business operations. There will be a larger pool of employees that engineers, technicians, and other technical experts that can be called upon to move into roles of support or implementation. This pool can be a major factor in the success of a change in automation.

Management of a company that is successful in setting up new manufacturing automation will be very forward-thinking and be able to embrace the technology as a tool for creating profits and optimum results in manufacturing. Management must be willing to take a risk in order to take on the task of automated the business. Managers must be steadfast in seeing that the automation is built to get the greatest benefit for the company. Management must have an excellent rapport with employees, communicating the positive attitude about the end result of automation for manufacturing. This will help employees to continue to see the benefit of automation, while the company may be going through a lot of change that will be disrupting daily tasks.

The organization that is typically most successful in implementing new automation will pursue the change in an aggressive fashion. Management will have a positive attitude toward technology and relay that attitude readily to employees. The employee population will technically savvy and supportive of the change in technology. The pressures that usually can cause the move to new automation come from the need to replace old technology. Also that new technology can be used to do away with old inefficiencies. Competitors may have set up new technology and there is a need to keep up to stay in the marketplace.

Ocean waters cover over 70% of the earth and present significant opportunities for renewable energy systems. Ocean Energy Technologies and Components Worldwide contains comprehensive data on the U.S. and world market for the three primary Ocean Energy Technology systems: Tide Energy, Wave Energy and Ocean Thermal Energy. The report also addresses the emerging potential of Salinity Gradient systems. The report identifies key trends affecting the marketplace, along with trends driving growth, and also profiles major domestic and global marketers and geographic hot spots for ocean energy technology implementation.

This SBI study presents a comprehensive overview of the growing market for ocean energy technologies in the United States and throughout the world. Falling within the parameters of this study are all ocean energy technology systems and products. This study includes both public and privately funded systems that are in development or have already been installed. This study also includes emerging systems that are in the early development stages.

Global energy consumption amounts to over 17,400 Terawatt hours per year, with United States’ use alone accounting for approximately11,200 Terawatt hours per year. Ocean energy technology has the potential to generate over 93,100 terawatt hours/year with the two most viable options being wave technology and thermal gradient technology. Wave Energy technology alone has the potential to produce up to 80,000 TWH/year, while OTEC could produce up to 10,000 TWH/year. Salinity Gradient technology, still an emerging science, has the potential to produce 2000 TWH/year. Given the Obama administration’s commitment to green technology and renewable energy alternatives, the outlook for 2009-2010 is very positive for increased investment in both domestic and global ocean energy developments.

In September 2008, New York City installed the first Tidal-Power Turbine system in the United States. As part of a plan for New York to generate up to 80% of the city’s power from renewable energy sources, the completed Tidal-Power Plant is expected to provide power for up to 10,000 households. New York’s Tidal-Power program shows how ocean energy technology is quickly catching up to the more familiar renewable wind and solar power sources.

In Aguçadoura, Portugal, the successful installation of the world’s first multi-unit wave farm will generate 2.5 MW, enough to power 1500 homes. The wave tidal energy market alone could be worth over 0 billion per year. In Hawaii, Taiwan Industrial Technology has entered into collaboration with Lockheed Martin to develop a 10MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot plant.

Within the United States, Maine and Alaska offer the best conditions for tidal power plants, while Hawaii and the Atlantic coast have the tropical conditions required for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Recent tests along northern California’s Redwood Coast indicate that the west coast could be an ideal area for testing wave energy systems. While the U.S. is among the global leaders in Ocean Wave and Tidal Current developments, the U.K. dominates the field as of 2008. India and Japan are the global leaders in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, while Mexico and Norway are among the initial investors in Salinity Gradient systems.

Report Methodology

The information in Ocean Energy Technologies and Components Worldwide is based on primary and secondary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the European Ocean Energy Association, the International Energy Agency and the Sustainable Energy Coalition, along with information from trade associations such as the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition and business journals, company literature and websites, and research services such as Simmons Market Research Bureau.

What You’ll Get in This Report

Ocean Energy Technologies and Components Worldwide makes important predictions and recommendations regarding the future of this market, and pinpoints ways current and prospective players can capitalize on current trends and spearhead new ones. No other market research report provides both the comprehensive analysis and extensive data that Ocean Energy Technologies and Components Worldwide offers. Plus, you’ll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read and practical charts, tables and graphs.

How You’ll Benefit from This Report

If your company is already doing business in the Ocean Energy Technology market, or is considering taking the plunge, you will find this report invaluable as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight not offered in any other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market for four types of ocean energy technology, as well as projected markets and trends through 2013.

This report will help:
•    Entrepreneurs and Investors identify market opportunities and gain a better understanding of which types of areas benefit most from ocean energy technology.
•    Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor initiatives and explore demand for ocean energy technology.
•    Green Marketing and Advertising agencies working with clients in the green energy market understand the potential impact of ocean energy technology and the advantages for coastal cities.
•    Business development executives understand the dynamics of the ocean energy technology market and identify possible private and government partnerships.

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Technology is something that will never perish, in fact it would be better to say, will always remain evolving with the better results contributing varied things and adding essence of development to the economy. Different technology contribute different things, out of which Satellite Technology is quite innovative. Satellite Technology has come up with lot of other innovations which has made the lives of humans quite easier. The benefits that the Satellite Technology has imparted to the world are highly considerable and consist the following: Satellite Technology has made the media broadcasting quite easier. With the Satellite Technology, the commercial activities, corporate activities and the private level activities have all been boosted very highly. Satellite Technology is also used during the times of natural disasters, when nothing else can help. Satellite Technology is used for the national security emergencies to protect the people from invasions. Such benefits are so highly considerable that the Satellite Technology has made the lives of humans to be impossible in its absence. And so, it is very important to know how does this Satellite Technology assist Broadcasting services and what benefits does Satellite Technology impart. With the Satellite Technology, there are quite a bunch of services like Internet over Satellite, multi-media services, teleport services, TV broadcasting, Radio broadcasting, etc. All these services are available through Satellite Technology, that can be bought as per your budget. The Satellite Technology is used for all the possible purposes as well as end-to-end teleport solutions that can be thought of, like multimedia broadcasting, content distribution, IP connectivity & other telecom satcom requirements, no matter wherever you are located with the help of multiple remote hubs. Different other complete engineering support for teleport deployment starting from design, planning, program management, installation, integration, commissioning as well as implementation of teleport facilities with all time support for maintainence & network operations. Also, there are many different types of Broadcasting facilities available with the help of Satellite Technology that can be seen as below: Solutions for Radio & TV through both, fixed and mobile earth solutions. Uplinking of major TV & Radio Channels with the Fixed Earth Solutions. Digital TV signals & digital data services with Mobile Earth Stations. Television Receive Only, in terms of fixed & transportable TVRO systems & services. Facilitation of Radio Stations for broadcasting digital radio programs as well as data towards satellite receivers by Digital Audio Broadcasting Service. Different other very famous products like DTH-the highest sold Satellite broadcasting by Satellite Technology, that is used in homes across the globes, divided as per their locations to distribute the television or radio signals from very high-power geostationary satellites to the small dish antennas as well as the small satellite receivers. The internet & computer based TV broadcasting as well as Radio broadcasting is also creating waves due to the greater advantages like portabilities, flexibility & cost effective services. With this, the most effective, potential & cost saving Satellite Technology brings simplicity to the very complex broadcasting services.

Many small businesses previously run on a local scale are now global because of smarter use of computer technologies. Their enterprises were based on sound business ideas, but their businesses were running on a small scale. By integrating their business plans with smarter use of computer technologies, they have made big.  While their business plan remained the same, only better application of computer technologies made them global.

You are already a successful businessman running your business in your local territory. Now, if you can deliver your business products or services by using smart interactive latest computer technologies, you can easily deliver your products or services globally. It is not that difficult.

Today, you may be a budding entrepreneur with a promising business idea. You too have to look for newer and smarter ways for integrating your promising business idea with latest computer technologies of today. Today, in a good information technology forum, you find all the resources and information that you need to develop your own tailor-made computer applications. Today, globalization and computer technology together can make your business grow very big. At this point, it may appear somewhat crazy to some of your friends. Online information technology forum can be your place of frequent visit where you will constantly find fresh chunk of new computer technology related ideas.

If you are part of a SMEs, you should explore newer computer technology solutions that will help you deliver your products or services in improved ways. It can be by using more of online cheap services. For instance, if you are a quality text-book publisher for students, you can consider of e-delivery of your text books to your customers. In this way, you will meet the learning needs of your customer students much better as well as save your own cost.

Today, e-delivery of books allows students to access learning inputs in various flexible ways. They can opt to take a hard copy from their computer printer. They can also use contents in their classroom PC monitor as and when required. Moreover, it will save them from taking text books physically to different locations if they have their laptop or PC available. You can try such a business model in consultation with your financial analyst and technical support consultant at your information technology forum. This will give you the bigger picture.

If you are more interested in serving community than just making money, today you can make a powerful contribution to the society by delivering your products and services in a more cost-efficient way through internet. There are many social entrepreneurs today who are using a good  information technology forum  and computer technology exactly for this.

Referring a good online information technology forum will help you to know how you can market your business products or services making most of Web 2.0 technologies.  You should explore your own ways of using fast, interactive Web 2.0 computer technologies such as Really Simple Syndication (RSS). RSS is an easy way to distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and web-based contents to a wide audience. It can make your communication system very fast. Webcasting using tools such as Elluminate and Instant Presenter is yet another innovation. These are only some of the latest in computer technology tools that you should explore for your own customized plan.

You too can now make your small business grow global. A good  technical support plan drawing upon sound information technology forum strategies can give you many times more business revenue. Your net profit will be phenomenal.

MILPITAS, CA and HANNOVER, GERMANY–(Marketwire – March 2, 2010) –  PROMISE Technology Inc., a leading supplier of versatile RAID storage solutions catering to customers from enterprise to consumer, announced that it has been selected by NEC’s High-Performance Computing Group Europe (NEC HPCE) to supplement NEC’s parallel file system concept, LXFS. The first installations have been deployed in major German universities, a leading science centre in France and several leading European automotive company’s R&D facilities. PROMISE is showcasing these case studies this week at CeBIT 2010 in Hall 2, Stand B40.

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“PROMISE RAID systems are the perfect supplement to NEC’s parallel file system concept LXFS for HPC,” said Dr. Andreas Findling, Senior Product Line Manager, NEC Deutschland GmbH. “NEC has a strong history of working closely with PROMISE to provide leading RAID solutions that continually exceed our customer’s expectations for ease of use, reliability, robustness and performance.” Findling continued, “Data centre demands for higher computing power, networking bandwidth and support for virtualization applications are driving system requirements for improved host bus interface and RAID performance. The PROMISE RAID controller card, with 6Gb/s SAS and PCIe 2.0 is a key part of how NEC is meeting these demands.”

The NEC LXFS/PROMISE solution is already deployed at a leading French science centre; the first PetaByte capacity project being fully completed. This solution is a RAID 5 configuration with SAS cascading of VTrak E-Class systems — the features of which made this such a compelling and intriguing project implementation for the centre.

The joint solution has also been deployed at several major German universities gaining them the same functionalities as found within the other installations. The universities have already reaped the benefits of this joint solution deployment including the flexibility to respond to customer needs, increased ease-of-expansion, the performance benefits of the speed of the SAS interfaces, as well as reduced TCO (total cost of ownership).

A major European automotive customer deploys hundreds of compute nodes based on AMD and Intel quad-core processors connected into an InfiniBand fabric. Each of the installations manages close to 400 TBs of data. One metadata block and three Object Store Blocks with 36 TB capacities are attached to an existing Infiniband Fabric. At the core of the Object Store blocks are RAID systems delivered by PROMISE Technology’s VTrak Series E310s each deploying SAS or SATA drives, being wireless and fully redundant. Each RAID system features two RAID controllers in an active-active configuration, further increasing availability. NEC selected PROMISE RAID systems in a RAID 6 configuration because of their proven success for NEC LXFS.

“Working with a well-known company like NEC allows us to offer customers reliable turnkey systems and help them to extract maximum benefit from their technology products,” said Albrecht Hestermann, Marketing Director, PROMISE Europe. “Our goal is always to enable our partners and customers to be as efficient and effective with their technology solutions as possible.”

NEC developed the parallel file system to offer huge storage capacities especially for mid- and large-scale HPC-systems. NEC LXFS consists of one Metadata Block and at least one Object Store Block. The servers in both blocks are bound together in a failover configuration and are able to cope with failures of hardware components. All components have multi-layer redundancies at the software and the hardware level. The Metadata Block is responsible for metadata services and it also takes the management role of the file server cluster. The Object Store Block is the basic element of the scalability provided by NEC’s approach. The integrated file servers in active-active failover configuration manage multiple Object Storage Targets. The bandwidth, as well as capacity of the parallel filesystem, scales with the number of Object Store Blocks. Each OSB provides to 128 Terabyte capacity using VTrak SAS RAID storage systems, extended by VTrak JBOD systems using RAID 6 in a dual, fully redundant system configuration.

NEC has been the leader of providing high performance computing (HPC) solutions for decades. Their HPC hardware platforms range from server clusters to the most powerful vector systems, providing a total integrate HPC solution that takes the complexity out of planning and deployment. Data center demands for higher computing power, networking bandwidth and support for virtualization applications are driving system requirements for improved host bus interface and RAID performance. The Promise RAID controller card, with 6Gb/s SAS and PCIe 2.0 enabled by PMC-Sierra’s SRC 8x6G, is a key part of how NEC is meeting these demands.

About NEC
NEC Corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of information — and communication technology solutions. Its customers — which operate in numerous industrial sectors across the globe — benefit from NEC’s innovative computer-system, networking and electronic-component solutions, which it develops by integrating IT and network technologies and providing foundation semiconductor technologies sourced from NEC Electronics Corporation. Further information is available in the Internet at www.nec.com.

About PROMISE Technology, Inc.
With a long history of innovation, PROMISE Technology develops and manufactures sophisticated RAID solutions recognized worldwide, ranging from a complete line of RAID controller cards to FC/iSCSI/SAS/SATA RAID subsystems. Catering to enterprise, mid-range, entry-level consumer data protection needs, PROMISE products are distinguished by their Unified Common RAID Core and management software and unparalleled support. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., PROMISE has operations throughout Asia and Europe. For more information, visit PROMISE Technology’s website at www.PROMISE.com.

© 2010 PROMISE Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PROMISE, the PROMISE logo, VTrak, SmartStor, SuperTrak, FastTrak, VessRAID, Vess, PerfectPATH, PerfectRAID, SATA150, ULTRA133 and GreenRAID are registered or pending trademarks of PROMISE Technology, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information regarding products, services and offerings may be superseded by subsequent documents and are subject to change without notice. For the latest information and specifications regarding PROMISE Technology, Inc. and any of its offerings or services, please contact your local PROMISE office or the corporate headquarters. Visit www.promise.com for more information on PROMISE products.

Contacts – The Americas
Douglas Gruehl
PROMISE Technology, Inc.
408.228.1432
Douglas.gruehl@promise.com

Nancy Pieretti
PROMISE Technology, Inc.
603.268.8007
nancy.pieretti@promise.com

EMEA
Albrecht Hestermann
PROMISE Technology EMEA
+49 2 31 56 76 48 – 21
Albrecht.Hestermann@eu.promise.com

Loes van Emden
PROMISE Technology
loes.van.Emden@eu.promise.com
+31 (0)40 235 2614

Asia Pac
Alice Chang
PROMISE Technology, Inc.
+886 3 5782395
alice.chang@promise.com