The WFonline White Paper Library is a resource guide for technical and application papers, supplied by vendors, to help you manage and solve work related problems. Select from a broad variety of papers, applications and industrial and technology related subjects. New white papers will be added monthly, so be sure to check this valuable resource section regularly.
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Vendor:
Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 9125 8000
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A surge arrester is subject to electrical surges caused by lightning strikes and overvoltage throughout its service life. The surge arrester evacuates the current by creating an irreversible internal short-circuit. This white paper explains why a disconnection device should be dedicated to a surge arrester.
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Vendor:
APC by Schneider Electric
Phone:
1800 652 725
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IT virtualisation, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data centre physical infrastructure (DCPI). This white paper discusses the effects and possible solutions for dealing with them.
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Vendor:
SolarWinds Software Asia Pte Ltd
Phone:
0011 65 6593 7626
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For any size data centre, having a proper management solution is critical for ensuring an orderly and problem-free environment. In this white paper we look at the top five areas you should look at when choosing a management solution for your virtual environment.
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Vendor:
Sophos Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 9409 9100
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Modern web threats can infect your network, subvert systems into botnets or steal sensitive data. To meet these challenges to your security, you need to put in place user education and awareness, preventive measures and a modern web security solution. Read this guide for tips.
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Vendor:
LogMeIn Australia Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 8093 9905
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With an ever-growing remote workforce, increasingly complex and changing IT environments and the mobile device boom, mid to large organisations and the managed service providers who look after their IT infrastructure are facing a myriad of challenges, especially when it comes to remote support. IDC research has shown that poor support is the number one reason for customers changing managed service providers.
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Vendor:
LogMeIn Australia Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 8093 9905
Extract:
Even if you have a remote support tool, the changing demands of employees and customers may necessitate a change. End users are much more distributed, more mobile and rely on an array of personal and corporate-issued client devices to access applications and data. This puts more pressure on the helpdesk to improve its responsiveness both on and off the corporate LAN. Now may be the time to re-evaluate your remote support to add new capabilities, increase efficiency and consolidate support tools.
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Vendor:
LogMeIn Australia Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 8093 9905
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This paper explores the challenges and hidden costs of supporting a remote workforce with legacy tools. In addition, it identifies best practices that decision-makers can use to choose enterprise helpdesk support tools that better meet the needs of remote employees, while helping to reduce costs.
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Vendor:
Sophos Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 9409 9100
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According to the 2010 Annual US Cost of a Data Breach Study, 35% of US organisations reported that a lost or stolen mobile device caused a data security breach. Increasingly, employees use their laptops, Androids, iPads and other personal mobile devices for work and blend their unprotected devices with business data. This introduces even greater risk to an organisation’s data, network and reputation.
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Vendor:
Hitachi Data Systems
Phone:
02 9325 3300
Extract:
The stresses associated with the economic crisis are driving several fundamental changes in executives’ attitudes towards IT investments. Faced with a future where organisations need to deploy and effectively use hundreds or thousands of server application instances in a virtual environment, optimally configured, converged IT solutions should be deployed.
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Vendor:
LogMeIn Australia Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 8093 9905
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Not long ago, service and support vendors and practitioners could discuss their industry and mention the internet in passing - a novelty that might someday hold promise as a platform for their customer-facing applications. Today, the industry is at a point where it can nearly remove references to the web altogether when talking about the latest shocking service slight, clever customer comeback, hot or cool technology, application platform or snarky tech community, because it’s almost a given that’s where the action’s taking place.
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Vendor:
BigAir Group Limited
Phone:
02 9993 1300
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Copper and fibre-based underground wired networks have their benefits, but are not suitable for every job. Fixed wireless networks, based on directional antennas, provide a cost-effective and flexible way of enabling data communications. This white paper provides an overview of the technology and business benefits of fixed wireless ethernet.
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Vendor:
National Instruments Australia
Phone:
02 9491 4000
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This report details key trends, methodologies and technologies impacting test engineering organisations in every industry. The Automated Test Outlook combines input from academic and industry research, business intelligence and customer advisory boards. Read this white paper for more information.
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Vendor:
AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd
Phone:
03 9017 8225
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Industry consumes vast quantities of oxygen and nitrogen annually, all of which is obtained from the air around us. There are two main techniques used to separate these two primary gases from air. These processes are cryogenic separation and pressure swing adsorption (PSA).
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Vendor:
Hydro Innovations
Phone:
02 9647 2700
Extract:
Are water operators as safe as they could be? A recent survey conducted with operators and engineers questions this. During the September 2011 WIOA (Water Industry Operators Association) meeting and exhibition at Bendigo in Victoria, Hydro Innovations conducted a survey of operators and other water industry professionals as part of the official competition program. This paper summarises the findings of this survey and details explanations for them.
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Vendor:
Emerson Process Management
Phone:
03 9721 0200
Extract:
Security has always been a relevant concern during the design and deployment of automated control systems. But recent worldwide events, combined with technological and industry trends of the last decade, have significantly raised the visibility and public awareness of this issue.
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Vendor:
Emerson Process Management
Phone:
03 9721 0200
Extract:
Choosing an all-digital ICSS architecture with its 'smart' devices and embedded predictive diagnostics is more likely to meet an aggressive project schedule and end up costing less to purchase, engineer, install, commission, and maintain.
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Vendor:
MSA Australia Pty Ltd
Phone:
02 9688 0333
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In today’s working environment, confined spaces are ongoing areas of review. Nearly all workers can expect to come into contact with a gas detector during their working career but few have the opportunity to understand the basics. Are you safe?
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Vendor:
Harris Software Systems Pty Ltd
Phone:
07 3253 2000
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Facing the challenge of networking voice communications and control systems in a mission-critical environment requires careful planning, product selection and implementation. This technical paper steps through a real-life case study which culminated in a hybrid voice communication and control system (VCCS) with a fully digital, totally non-blocking voice communication system with a distributed, parallel operating core that provides high-reliability, fault-tolerant voice communications.
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Vendor:
Matthews Intelligent Identification Pty Ltd
Phone:
03 9763 0533
Extract:
In recent times, the technology options for machine vision inspection systems have increased, the cost of these solutions has reduced and hence the adoption has dramatically increased. These solutions, if implemented wisely, can provide a competitive advantage for manufacturers as well as provide cost savings.
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Vendor:
Vaisala Pty Ltd
Phone:
03 9815 6700
Extract:
The eight steps outlined in this white paper will help users to meet cGMP for the thermal validation of environmental chambers and to comply with FDA requirements.