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PLCs: Black Magic in a Box
by
Debbie McClung
| October 2008
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  • Systems

Beyond the bones and bloodlines of electrical installations—the cable, conduit, relays, panel boards and the more sophisticated building automation controls—are the brains, the programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

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Think Thin
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| October 2008
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  • Systems

Thin provisioning, a method of optimizing efficiency, flexibly allocates disk storage space among users, based on the minimum storage space a user requires at a specific time.

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Out of Existence
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| October 2008
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  • Systems

Virtualization occurs when a simulation replaces something that exists in the physical world.

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Where's the Fire
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| June 2008
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Alarm communications have evolved, especially over the past decade, and one of the most relevant changes is the ongoing push to communicate using Internet protocol.

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Campus Security Notification
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| May 2008
| under
  • Systems

Most people still equate public address systems with the loud, tinny horn systems of the past. The quality and stability of these systems has certainly improved.

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ILM Flies
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| April 2008
| under
  • Systems

Construction has changed. It is no longer a business simply associated with bricks and mortar. Construction has become a comprehensive offering that includes everything contained within a building.

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