If a tablet can’t integrate into your enterprise environment well enough to perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests, the Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by an Intel Atom processor and Windows 8 completed common scenarios more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, and encountered nearly no integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we intended, while the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple, everyday tasks.
The longer students must wait for apps or documents to open, the more opportunities there are for distractions such as chatting and doodling, and the longer it takes to get to learning in the classroom or at home. We put two Chromebook models to the test, and found that the Intel processor-powered Dell Chromebook 11 moved through the student scenarios with up to 55 percent less waiting than the ARM processor-based HP Chromebook 11. It also delivered 75 percent more frames per second and lasted 86 percent longer on a single charge while lightly browsing the Internet. The bottom line: With the Intel processor-powered Dell Chromebook 11, students can get to learning sooner, waste less time waiting, and keep learning longer.
Intel Core i5 processor-powered HP EliteBooks: A better experience for enterp...Principled Technologies
Workers have a range of tasks to complete and use a number of different applications. Laptops for these users, while providing advantages in mobility, are not always equal in terms of performance, experience, or battery life. We found that Intel Core i5 processor-powered HP EliteBooks provided a number of advantages in performance and application responsiveness over an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook, while also delivering longer battery life. When your organization needs notebooks for a broad range of users performing different yet vital tasks, our testing shows that an Intel processor-powered HP EliteBook could offer a better experience than an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook notebook.
Fault tolerance ease of setup comparison: NEC hardware-based FT vs. software-...Principled Technologies
For enterprise datacenter staff, time is of the essence. While using a software-based FT solution such as VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance is an effective way to eliminate downtime, the five extra steps required to configure every single VM can add up.
In our hands-on tests, setting up a server with eight fault-tolerant virtual machines took only 41 steps on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4, vs. 60 steps when we used a VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance, a difference of 36.6 percent. With a greater number of VMs per server, this difference would increase. Hardware-based fault tolerance on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 also reduced the number of necessary hardware components required by half compared to the software-based based FT approach.
With dozens of servers hosting hundreds of VMs, your IT staff can benefit enormously from the hardware-based fault tolerance that the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 delivers.
Intel Core i5 & Core i3 processor-powered HP EliteBooks: A better experience ...Principled Technologies
Workers have a range of tasks to complete and use a number of different applications. Laptops for these users, while providing advantages in mobility, are not always equal in terms of performance, experience, or battery life. We found that Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processor-powered HP EliteBooks provided a number of advantages in performance and application responsiveness over an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook, while also delivering longer battery life. When your organization needs notebooks for a broad range of users performing different yet vital tasks, our testing shows that an Intel processor-powered HP EliteBook could offer a better experience than an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook notebook.
Support a range of student activities with an Acer Chromebook 712 powered by...Principled Technologies
Whether your school’s students will be returning to the classroom or learning from home next year, having a fast Chromebook could enable them to quickly accomplish a variety of tasks. In our hands-on tests, we found that an Intel Core i3-10110U processor-powered Acer Chromebook 712 performed tasks faster than the same model Chromebook with an Intel Celeron 5205U. Despite the performance difference, both Chromebooks we tested offered key features—such as Wi-Fi 6 and MIL-STD-810G-certified durability—that potential customers may find useful. The Intel Celeron 5205U processor-powered Chromebook also carries a lower price tag than the Intel Core i3-10110U processor-powered Chromebook at the time of this writing, and is available in a touchscreen configuration.
High-end notebook performance comparison: Dell Precision M3800 vs. 2012 and 2...Principled Technologies
Mobile workers cannot waste time with a slow or inefficient workstation. Workstation productivity must meet the user demands in terms of speed and ability, especially when dealing with multimedia content.
We found that the Dell Precision M3800 outperformed both the current and older generation Apple MacBook Pro on several key performance tests. At a cost savings of up to 13.5 percent savings over the 2013 MacBook Pro, the Dell Precision M3800 can boost the productivity of a user performing compute-intensive multimedia work and provides greater storage capacity. By harnessing the touch-screen capabilities of Windows 8, this system can further improve the experience for users.
Save time and achieve payback quickly with 5th generation Intel Core i5 proce...Principled Technologies
Upgrading your employees’ laptops to 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor-powered laptops could boost their productivity. We created four business scenarios to compare a four-year-old laptop running Windows 7 to Intel Core i5-5200U processor-powered Dell Latitude E5450 laptops running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. Regardless of the version of Windows, the 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor-powered laptops completed the group of four tasks in less than half the time.
For a worker who performs these tasks four times daily, these productivity savings could pay back the cost of the newer laptop within 4 months. With these advantages, upgrading to a laptop with a 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor can meet the needs of your employees and your budget.
An Intel Celeron N4020 processor-powered Dell Chromebook had better video chat and web app performance, a longer battery life, and shorter app wait times compared to an AMD A4‑9120C processor-powered HP Chromebook
The longer students must wait for apps or documents to open, the more opportunities there are for distractions such as chatting and doodling, and the longer it takes to get to learning in the classroom or at home. We put two Chromebook models to the test, and found that the Intel processor-powered Dell Chromebook 11 moved through the student scenarios with up to 55 percent less waiting than the ARM processor-based HP Chromebook 11. It also delivered 75 percent more frames per second and lasted 86 percent longer on a single charge while lightly browsing the Internet. The bottom line: With the Intel processor-powered Dell Chromebook 11, students can get to learning sooner, waste less time waiting, and keep learning longer.
Intel Core i5 processor-powered HP EliteBooks: A better experience for enterp...Principled Technologies
Workers have a range of tasks to complete and use a number of different applications. Laptops for these users, while providing advantages in mobility, are not always equal in terms of performance, experience, or battery life. We found that Intel Core i5 processor-powered HP EliteBooks provided a number of advantages in performance and application responsiveness over an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook, while also delivering longer battery life. When your organization needs notebooks for a broad range of users performing different yet vital tasks, our testing shows that an Intel processor-powered HP EliteBook could offer a better experience than an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook notebook.
Fault tolerance ease of setup comparison: NEC hardware-based FT vs. software-...Principled Technologies
For enterprise datacenter staff, time is of the essence. While using a software-based FT solution such as VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance is an effective way to eliminate downtime, the five extra steps required to configure every single VM can add up.
In our hands-on tests, setting up a server with eight fault-tolerant virtual machines took only 41 steps on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4, vs. 60 steps when we used a VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance, a difference of 36.6 percent. With a greater number of VMs per server, this difference would increase. Hardware-based fault tolerance on the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 also reduced the number of necessary hardware components required by half compared to the software-based based FT approach.
With dozens of servers hosting hundreds of VMs, your IT staff can benefit enormously from the hardware-based fault tolerance that the NEC Express5800/R320d-M4 delivers.
Intel Core i5 & Core i3 processor-powered HP EliteBooks: A better experience ...Principled Technologies
Workers have a range of tasks to complete and use a number of different applications. Laptops for these users, while providing advantages in mobility, are not always equal in terms of performance, experience, or battery life. We found that Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processor-powered HP EliteBooks provided a number of advantages in performance and application responsiveness over an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook, while also delivering longer battery life. When your organization needs notebooks for a broad range of users performing different yet vital tasks, our testing shows that an Intel processor-powered HP EliteBook could offer a better experience than an AMD processor-based HP EliteBook notebook.
Support a range of student activities with an Acer Chromebook 712 powered by...Principled Technologies
Whether your school’s students will be returning to the classroom or learning from home next year, having a fast Chromebook could enable them to quickly accomplish a variety of tasks. In our hands-on tests, we found that an Intel Core i3-10110U processor-powered Acer Chromebook 712 performed tasks faster than the same model Chromebook with an Intel Celeron 5205U. Despite the performance difference, both Chromebooks we tested offered key features—such as Wi-Fi 6 and MIL-STD-810G-certified durability—that potential customers may find useful. The Intel Celeron 5205U processor-powered Chromebook also carries a lower price tag than the Intel Core i3-10110U processor-powered Chromebook at the time of this writing, and is available in a touchscreen configuration.
High-end notebook performance comparison: Dell Precision M3800 vs. 2012 and 2...Principled Technologies
Mobile workers cannot waste time with a slow or inefficient workstation. Workstation productivity must meet the user demands in terms of speed and ability, especially when dealing with multimedia content.
We found that the Dell Precision M3800 outperformed both the current and older generation Apple MacBook Pro on several key performance tests. At a cost savings of up to 13.5 percent savings over the 2013 MacBook Pro, the Dell Precision M3800 can boost the productivity of a user performing compute-intensive multimedia work and provides greater storage capacity. By harnessing the touch-screen capabilities of Windows 8, this system can further improve the experience for users.
Save time and achieve payback quickly with 5th generation Intel Core i5 proce...Principled Technologies
Upgrading your employees’ laptops to 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor-powered laptops could boost their productivity. We created four business scenarios to compare a four-year-old laptop running Windows 7 to Intel Core i5-5200U processor-powered Dell Latitude E5450 laptops running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. Regardless of the version of Windows, the 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor-powered laptops completed the group of four tasks in less than half the time.
For a worker who performs these tasks four times daily, these productivity savings could pay back the cost of the newer laptop within 4 months. With these advantages, upgrading to a laptop with a 5th generation Intel Core i5 processor can meet the needs of your employees and your budget.
An Intel Celeron N4020 processor-powered Dell Chromebook had better video chat and web app performance, a longer battery life, and shorter app wait times compared to an AMD A4‑9120C processor-powered HP Chromebook
Обзор современных возможностей по распараллеливанию и векторизации приложений...yaevents
В начале сентября был выпушен новый инструментарий Intel® Parallel Studio 2011. Intel® Parallel Studio 2011 включает в себя 4 компонента (Parallel Adviser, Parallel Composer, Parallel Amplifier и Parallel Inspector), которые позволяют быстро и эффективно перейти от последовательного приложения к параллельному приложению для систем с общей памятью. В релизе Intel® Parallel Composer появились новые компиляторные возможности: Intel® Cilk™ Plus, Array Notation, Guided Auto-parallelization(GAP) и другие. Вы познакомитесь на примерах с этими расширениями, а также увидите, как они применялись в разработке симулятора перемещения частиц.
New Dell Precision M3800 mobile workstation vs. Apple MacBook Pro with Retina...Principled Technologies
In media editing, some of the most common tasks are also the most resource intensive. Looking at tasks commonly performed in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, we found that the Dell Precision M3800 mobile workstation outperformed the Apple MacBook Pro across the board in rendering and previewing video—saving valuable time by completing the tasks we timed almost 3 minutes faster than the MacBook Pro. The Dell Precision M3800 also delivered a lower surface temperature while running an intensive workload and offered twice the maximum SSD storage capacity. These advantages make the Dell Precision M3800 a better choice for media editors that could benefit from using a mobile workstation for demanding professional applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v4 Enterprise Database Applications ShowcaseIntel IT Center
The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family delivers the high performance, increased memory, and I/O bandwidth required for all forms of enterprise databases, is ideal for next-generation application workloads, and is the powerhouse for software-defined infrastructure (SDI) environments where automation and orchestration capabilities are foundational. See how database solutions deployed on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 v4 product family can deliver increased performance and throughput, as demonstrated by key software partners.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 EAMG 2.0Intel IT Center
This set of Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800/4800 v4 family proof points spans several key business segments. The Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800/4800 v4 product family delivers the horsepower for real-time, high-capacity data analysis that can help businesses derive rapid actionable insights to deliver innovative new services and customer experiences. With high performance, industry’s largest memory, robust reliability, and hardware-enhanced security features, the E7-8800/4800 v4 is optimal for scale-up platforms, delivering rapid in-memory computing for today’s most demanding real-time data and transaction-intensive workloads.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v4 Big Data Analytics Applications ShowcaseIntel IT Center
Deeper insights in less time at lower costs are made possible by the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family, delivering critical performance enhancements through key platform technologies that benefit the software-defined data center. See how leading software vendors are leveraging these for optimum performance.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Telec...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Telecommunications and Cloud software companies who have seen performance increases with Intel products.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Tec...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Technical Computing software companies who have seen performance increases with Intel products.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase – Big D...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Big Data/Analytics software companies who have seen preformance increases with Intel products.
Today’s workers do not want their computers to keep them waiting and they certainly want their notebooks to run as long as possible when unplugged. Selecting notebooks that perform everyday tasks quickly and have long battery life makes good business sense. In our tests, the Dell Latitude E5430 delivered better performance and longer battery life than the HP ProBook 4440s. This makes it an excellent choice for your employees.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Data ...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Data Center Optimization & Security software companies who have seen preformance increases with Intel products.
Comparing tablets in common workplace scenarios: Intel Core i5 vPro processor...Principled Technologies
If a tablet can’t integrate into your enterprise environment well enough to perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702 tablet powered by an Intel Core i5 vPro processor and Windows 8 not only completed common scenarios more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, it did so without encountering any integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Core i5 vPro processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we intended, while the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple, everyday tasks.
If a tablet can’t integrate into your secure enterprise environment well enough to perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702 tablet powered by an Intel Core i5 vPro processor and Windows 8 not only completed common scenarios generally more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, it did so without encountering any integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Core i5 vPro processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we intended, and let us be full participants in a WebEx conference. In contrast, the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple, everyday tasks.
Intel processor-powered Windows 8 tablet vs. ARM processor-based Windows RT t...Principled Technologies
With the same touch-friendly Modern UI interface and built-in apps, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets look very similar on the surface. For enterprises, however, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets have significant differences that can affect deployment, management, and end-user experience. In our testing, the representative ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet displayed a number of compatibility issues that could create headaches for enterprise IT staff, unlike the representative Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet. The ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet also showed a number of compatibility issues with Microsoft Office files, which could decrease productivity for enterprise end users. We found no compatibility issues on the Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet, which was also more responsive when launching applications and opening files than the ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet. For the full Windows and Office experience on the go, the Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet is clearly the better choice for enterprises.
Get a better Office 365 experience on an Intel processor-powered tabletPrincipled Technologies
You can use Office 365 to access your Office apps and files on many types of devices. The experience you will have with these different devices varies considerably—which device can help you be the most productive? In our hands-on analysis, we found the Surface Pro 2 powered by Intel delivered a better Office 365 experience than the other devices, with greater performance and more options to get your work done.
Total cost of ownership: Save with a Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro vs. ...Principled Technologies
We estimated costs for an organization to purchase, deploy, manage, and secure a Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 with Intel Core processor featuring Intel vPro technology versus a sub-$1,000 laptop combined with either an iPad or Android tablet. At first blush, one might expect a laptop and a low-cost tablet to be cheaper than a 2 in 1 Intel vPro. That was not true for this comparison: The Dell Venue 11 Pro device at $1289.97 including tablet dock and keyboard case did cost more than the laptop model we used in this analysis, which was priced at $779.00. The cost advantages of the Dell Venue 11 Pro became obvious when we added in the costs of the tablet, hardware support, consumer tablet replacement costs, and costs to deploy, manage, secure, and support two devices versus one Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro device with business-grade security. The savings would become even more dramatic if you factored in the costs associated with additional peripheral devices and accessories, and the time employees must spend managing files and content (costs we omitted from our analysis).
For companies that want to provide their workers with tablet devices and for companies that support bring-your-own employee-purchased or BYOD solutions, the benefits of a single 2 in 1 device such as the Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro are many.
Обзор современных возможностей по распараллеливанию и векторизации приложений...yaevents
В начале сентября был выпушен новый инструментарий Intel® Parallel Studio 2011. Intel® Parallel Studio 2011 включает в себя 4 компонента (Parallel Adviser, Parallel Composer, Parallel Amplifier и Parallel Inspector), которые позволяют быстро и эффективно перейти от последовательного приложения к параллельному приложению для систем с общей памятью. В релизе Intel® Parallel Composer появились новые компиляторные возможности: Intel® Cilk™ Plus, Array Notation, Guided Auto-parallelization(GAP) и другие. Вы познакомитесь на примерах с этими расширениями, а также увидите, как они применялись в разработке симулятора перемещения частиц.
New Dell Precision M3800 mobile workstation vs. Apple MacBook Pro with Retina...Principled Technologies
In media editing, some of the most common tasks are also the most resource intensive. Looking at tasks commonly performed in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, we found that the Dell Precision M3800 mobile workstation outperformed the Apple MacBook Pro across the board in rendering and previewing video—saving valuable time by completing the tasks we timed almost 3 minutes faster than the MacBook Pro. The Dell Precision M3800 also delivered a lower surface temperature while running an intensive workload and offered twice the maximum SSD storage capacity. These advantages make the Dell Precision M3800 a better choice for media editors that could benefit from using a mobile workstation for demanding professional applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v4 Enterprise Database Applications ShowcaseIntel IT Center
The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family delivers the high performance, increased memory, and I/O bandwidth required for all forms of enterprise databases, is ideal for next-generation application workloads, and is the powerhouse for software-defined infrastructure (SDI) environments where automation and orchestration capabilities are foundational. See how database solutions deployed on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 v4 product family can deliver increased performance and throughput, as demonstrated by key software partners.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800/4800 v4 EAMG 2.0Intel IT Center
This set of Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800/4800 v4 family proof points spans several key business segments. The Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800/4800 v4 product family delivers the horsepower for real-time, high-capacity data analysis that can help businesses derive rapid actionable insights to deliver innovative new services and customer experiences. With high performance, industry’s largest memory, robust reliability, and hardware-enhanced security features, the E7-8800/4800 v4 is optimal for scale-up platforms, delivering rapid in-memory computing for today’s most demanding real-time data and transaction-intensive workloads.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v4 Big Data Analytics Applications ShowcaseIntel IT Center
Deeper insights in less time at lower costs are made possible by the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family, delivering critical performance enhancements through key platform technologies that benefit the software-defined data center. See how leading software vendors are leveraging these for optimum performance.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Telec...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Telecommunications and Cloud software companies who have seen performance increases with Intel products.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Tec...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Technical Computing software companies who have seen performance increases with Intel products.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase – Big D...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Big Data/Analytics software companies who have seen preformance increases with Intel products.
Today’s workers do not want their computers to keep them waiting and they certainly want their notebooks to run as long as possible when unplugged. Selecting notebooks that perform everyday tasks quickly and have long battery life makes good business sense. In our tests, the Dell Latitude E5430 delivered better performance and longer battery life than the HP ProBook 4440s. This makes it an excellent choice for your employees.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase - Data ...Intel IT Center
This Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family Application Showcase focuses on Data Center Optimization & Security software companies who have seen preformance increases with Intel products.
Comparing tablets in common workplace scenarios: Intel Core i5 vPro processor...Principled Technologies
If a tablet can’t integrate into your enterprise environment well enough to perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702 tablet powered by an Intel Core i5 vPro processor and Windows 8 not only completed common scenarios more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, it did so without encountering any integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Core i5 vPro processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we intended, while the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple, everyday tasks.
If a tablet can’t integrate into your secure enterprise environment well enough to perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q702 tablet powered by an Intel Core i5 vPro processor and Windows 8 not only completed common scenarios generally more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, it did so without encountering any integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Core i5 vPro processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we intended, and let us be full participants in a WebEx conference. In contrast, the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple, everyday tasks.
Intel processor-powered Windows 8 tablet vs. ARM processor-based Windows RT t...Principled Technologies
With the same touch-friendly Modern UI interface and built-in apps, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets look very similar on the surface. For enterprises, however, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets have significant differences that can affect deployment, management, and end-user experience. In our testing, the representative ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet displayed a number of compatibility issues that could create headaches for enterprise IT staff, unlike the representative Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet. The ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet also showed a number of compatibility issues with Microsoft Office files, which could decrease productivity for enterprise end users. We found no compatibility issues on the Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet, which was also more responsive when launching applications and opening files than the ARM processor-based Windows RT tablet. For the full Windows and Office experience on the go, the Intel Atom processor-powered Windows 8 tablet is clearly the better choice for enterprises.
Get a better Office 365 experience on an Intel processor-powered tabletPrincipled Technologies
You can use Office 365 to access your Office apps and files on many types of devices. The experience you will have with these different devices varies considerably—which device can help you be the most productive? In our hands-on analysis, we found the Surface Pro 2 powered by Intel delivered a better Office 365 experience than the other devices, with greater performance and more options to get your work done.
Total cost of ownership: Save with a Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro vs. ...Principled Technologies
We estimated costs for an organization to purchase, deploy, manage, and secure a Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 with Intel Core processor featuring Intel vPro technology versus a sub-$1,000 laptop combined with either an iPad or Android tablet. At first blush, one might expect a laptop and a low-cost tablet to be cheaper than a 2 in 1 Intel vPro. That was not true for this comparison: The Dell Venue 11 Pro device at $1289.97 including tablet dock and keyboard case did cost more than the laptop model we used in this analysis, which was priced at $779.00. The cost advantages of the Dell Venue 11 Pro became obvious when we added in the costs of the tablet, hardware support, consumer tablet replacement costs, and costs to deploy, manage, secure, and support two devices versus one Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro device with business-grade security. The savings would become even more dramatic if you factored in the costs associated with additional peripheral devices and accessories, and the time employees must spend managing files and content (costs we omitted from our analysis).
For companies that want to provide their workers with tablet devices and for companies that support bring-your-own employee-purchased or BYOD solutions, the benefits of a single 2 in 1 device such as the Dell Venue 11 Pro 2 in 1 Intel vPro are many.
Tablets in schools: Dell Latitude 10 essentials configuration with Windows 8 ...Principled Technologies
When deciding which tablet your school will invest in, it is essential to view the entire picture—not just initial acquisition costs, but how much it will cost to own over the years. As our cost-of-ownership analysis and IT task testing demonstrates, the Windows 8-based Dell Latitude 10 essentials configuration tablet can provide a school with great savings thanks to its ability to integrate into an existing school environment. Because this tablet supports the SCCM management tool that lets IT staff manage hundreds of devices simultaneously, installing and updating software on a fleet of these tablets can take minutes rather than weeks. This time savings can dramatically increase the number of devices a single IT staff member can manage; in our hypothetical scenario, it doubled this number from 250 Apple iPads to 500 Latitude 10 essentials configuration. Time is money and for schools, money can be tight. Selecting a tablet that can cut management time in half can result in significant savings and enable district IT professionals to focus more time on supporting innovation in learning.
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Devices (Module 7 of 8)Intergen
We ran the "Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp" one day hands-on workshop in early June 2014. These eight modules were designed to get IT managers, project managers, sysadmin and devops up to speed with the new Windows 8.1 and Office 2013. The bootcamp focused on how to move off earlier versions of Windows and Office to a modern desktop and tablet platforms with the latest security and mobility technologies.
Keep an eye in our SlideShare feed for all eight modules:
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Introduction (Module 1 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Platform Delivery (Module 2 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Windows ToGo (Module 3 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Security (Module 4 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: UE-V (Module 5 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: App-V (Module 6 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Devices (Module 7 of 8)
Windows Accelerate IT Pro Bootcamp: Closing (Module 8 of 8)
For other events (Intergen or Microsoft Community) check our events page at http://www.intergen.co.nz/upcoming-events/
Why buy a tablet AND a PC, when you can buy one device that does it all? As a long time Windows Tablet user, I've finally found nirvana with a new class of device that works as both a tablet AND a PC. This document explains why I prefer this approach over two separate devices.
Increase output and productivity with the Dell Precision 3551 mobile workstat...Principled Technologies
If you’re tackling design, media, or photography projects, consider upgrading to a Dell™ Precision™ mobile workstation instead of a Latitude™ laptop. Mobile workstations can come with a superior processor, advanced graphics, additional memory, and are specifically designed to perform those resource-intensive tasks. This increased capability can come at a steeper price, but our research shows that, in this case, the performance benefits quickly outweigh the difference in cost.
Make the most of your time as well as your space with Dell OptiPlex small and...Principled Technologies
In our benchmark and scenario-based comparisons, we found Dell OptiPlex compact desktops powered by Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors outperformed comparable HP ProDesk and EliteDesk compact desktops powered by AMD Ryzen 3, 5, and 7 PRO processors.
A better experience through performance: Intel Core i5 & Core i3 processor-po...Principled Technologies
Workers have a range of tasks to complete and use a number of different applications. Laptops for these users, while providing advantages in mobility, are not always equal in terms of performance, experience, or battery life. We found that Intel Core i5 and Core i3 processor-powered Lenovo Ultrabooks provided a number of advantages in performance and application responsiveness over comparable AMD processor-based notebooks, while also delivering better battery life. When your organization needs notebooks for a broad range of users performing different yet vital tasks, our testing shows that an Intel processor-powered Lenovo Ultrabook could offer a better experience than AMD processor-based HP EliteBook notebooks.
Improve PC app performance, battery charging, and end-user experiences with ...Principled Technologies
on Dell Latitude 9430 laptops and OptiPlex 7400 all-in-one desktop PCs
Whether your company is purchasing new PCs to improve productivity, to better meet end-user needs, or to gain a competitive edge, in our hands-on tests, speedy performance and adjustments from the AIbased Dell Optimizer had a positive impact. We found that enabling Dell Optimizer 3.1 on two different Dell business PCs running Windows 11 Pro improved system responsiveness
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Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
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Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
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Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Boost PC performance: How more available memory can improve productivityPrincipled Technologies
With more memory available, system performance of three Dell devices increased, which can translate to a better user experience
Conclusion
When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
Conclusion
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R760 server cluster running VCF 5.1 processed over 78 percent more TPM and 79 percent more NOPM than a Dell PowerEdge R750 server cluster running VCF 4.5. It’s also worth noting that the PowerEdge R750 cluster bottlenecked on vSAN storage, with max write latency at 8.9ms. For reference, the PowerEdge R760 cluster clocked in at 3.8ms max write latency. This higher latency is due in part to the single disk group per host on the moderately configured PowerEdge R750 cluster, while the better-configured PowerEdge R760 cluster supported four disk groups per host. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Based on our research using publicly available materials, it appears that Dell supports nine of the ten PC security features we investigated, HP supports six of them, and Lenovo supports three features.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS ...Principled Technologies
In our tests, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS outperformed similarly configured solutions from Vendor A, achieving more IOPS, better throughput, and more consistent performance on both NVMe-supported configurations and configurations backed by Elastic Block Store (EBS) alone.
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS supports a full NVMe backed configuration, but Vendor A doesn’t—its solution uses EBS for storage capacity and NVMe as an extended read cache—which means APEX Block Storage for AWS can deliver faster storage performance.
Scale up your storage with higher-performing Dell APEX Block Storage for AWSPrincipled Technologies
Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger and more consistent storage performance for better business agility than a Vendor A solution
Conclusion
Enterprises desiring the flexibility and convenience of the cloud for their block storage workloads can find fast-performing solutions with the enterprise storage features they’re used to in on-premises infrastructure by selecting Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS.
Our hands-on tests showed that compared to the Vendor A solution, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered stronger, more consistent storage performance in both NVMe-supported and EBS-backed configurations. Using NVMe-supported configurations, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS achieved 4.7x the random read IOPS and 5.1x the throughput on sequential read operations per node vs. Vendor A. In our EBS-backed comparison, Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS offered 2.2x the throughput per node on sequential read operations vs. Vendor A.
Plus, the ability to scale beyond three nodes—up to 512 storage nodes with capacity of up to 8 PBs—enables Dell APEX Block Storage for AWS to help ensure performance and capacity as your team plans for the future.
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We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to Dell Precision 3660 and 5860 tower workstations in optimized performance modes
Conclusion
HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users can change the BIOS settings to dial in the performance mode that best suits their needs: High Performance Mode, Performance Mode, or Quiet Mode. In good
news for both creative and technical professionals, we found that an Intel Core i9-13900 processor-powered HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation set to High Performance mode received higher CPU-based benchmark scores than both a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 and a Dell Precision 5860 equipped with an Intel Xeon w5-2455x processor. Plus, the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation was quieter while running CPU-intensive Cinebench 2024 and SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 workloads than both Dell Precision tower workstations. This means HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation users who prize performance over everything else can do so without sacrificing a quiet workspace.
Open up new possibilities with higher transactional database performance from...Principled Technologies
In our PostgreSQL tests, R7i instances boosted performance over R6i instances with previous-gen processors
If you use the open-source PostgreSQL database to run your critical business operations, you have many cloud options from which to choose. While many of these instances can do the job, some can deliver stronger performance, which can mean getting a greater return on your cloud investment.
We conducted hands-on testing with the HammerDB TPROC-C benchmark to see how the PostgreSQL performance of Amazon EC2 R7i instances, enabled by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, stacked up to that of R6i instances with previous-generation processors. We learned that small, medium-sized, and large R7i instances with the newer processors delivered better OLTP performance, with improvements as high as 13.8 percent. By choosing the R7i instances, your organization has the potential to support more users, deliver a better experience to those users, and even lower your cloud operating expenditures by requiring fewer instances to get the job done.
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Dive into the world of Website Designing and Developing with Pixlogix! Looking to create a stunning online presence? Look no further! Our comprehensive checklist covers everything you need to know to craft a website that stands out. From user-friendly design to seamless functionality, we've got you covered. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource! Check out our checklist now at Pixlogix and start your journey towards a captivating online presence today.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
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The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
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My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
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Comparing tablets in common workplace scenarios: Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet vs. Apple iPad
1. COMPARING TABLETS IN COMMON WORKPLACE SCENARIOS: INTEL ATOM PROCESSOR-
BASED WINDOWS 8 TABLET VS. APPLE IPAD
The popularity of tablets in the workplace is rising as employees seek lighter,
sleeker, more portable devices to use in the office, at meetings, and when traveling. Not
all tablets fit successfully into a business culture, and it is essential to select a device
that lets workers complete everyday tasks with ease.
In the Principled Technologies labs, we compared the user experiences that two
tablets provide: an Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by an Intel Atom processor
and Microsoft® Windows® 8 and a third-generation Apple iPad. Our tests looked at the
tablets’ abilities to perform common tasks such as opening email, opening and editing
attachments, connecting to network file shares, collaborating with colleagues,
connecting to a VPN, and working with a WebEx video conference. The verdict? We
found that the Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to meet the
needs of a typical enterprise worker for the scenarios we tested, while the Apple iPad
presented a number of obstacles to completing basic tasks.
Tablets for the workplace should make office life easier for the worker, not add
roadblocks to performing everyday activities. When selecting a tablet for the office, the
most easily integrated tablet provides the greatest benefit to your workers and your
organization.
DECEMBER 2012
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by Intel Corp.
2. IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS
To learn about the enterprise compatibility of the tablets, we created scenarios
reflecting everyday work tasks. We measured the amount of time it took to complete
these scenarios; in all cases, the Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by the Intel
Atom processor and Windows 8 took less time. In some cases, the time difference was
slight, and in others, it was dramatic. For example, the Intel Atom processor-based
tablet opened a large Excel file in just 7 seconds, compared to 4 minutes for the iPad.
However, in many cases time was only part of the story. It is vital that a
document retains its formatting and looks the way it is supposed to. No one wants to be
the person who ruined a client deliverable because his or her app couldn’t handle a
certain font or formatting type and altered a collaborative document. And If your device
doesn’t allow you to be a full participant in a Web conference, but limits your role to
that of a viewer, it becomes a serious problem.
In this report, we provide both the time the tablets took to complete the
scenarios and the issues they encountered. For detailed system configuration
descriptions, see Appendix A. Appendix B provides detailed results and Appendix C
details our test procedure. Appendix D includes the characteristics of our test files.
THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB
A big advantage in choosing an Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet is
that it supports familiar, frequently used programs that typical offices use. This allows
such tablets to integrate into the existing environment while maintaining easy
collaboration with other devices.
The experience with the Apple iPad, in contrast, can be quite different. With
over 700,000 apps currently available in the App Store, choosing the right one for the
job can be a challenge. What works for some users may not work for others depending
on how they use the application and the specific environment in which they intend to
use it. Because we couldn’t test every app, we chose for each scenario what we believed
were the most likely applications a user would choose based on popularity and our test
usage scenario. Because we wanted to avoid penalizing the iPad for the possible
shortcomings of an application, for office productivity-related tasks on the iPad, we
chose both Quickoffice Pro HD and Apple’s Productivity offerings—Pages, Numbers, and
Keynote.
Comparing tablets in common workplace scenarios: A Principled Technologies test report 2
Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet vs. Apple iPad
3. WHAT WE FOUND
The Intel Atom processor-based Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet with Microsoft
Office 2010 encountered few issues performing our test scenarios. It completed them
more quickly than the Apple iPad and required no extra steps to complete the tasks.
When handling documents, the Intel Atom processor-based Windows 8 tablet
introduced no formatting problems; the files appeared as intended, and saving files
created no new issues. With the Apple iPad, that was not always the case.
With the iPad, we encountered several issues, including crashing applications,
Excel files not opening because they contained too many rows, formatting problems
that rendered documents unusable, the inability to collaboratively work on a shared
Excel file, the inability to be a WebEx conference presenter, and more. While the Apple
iPad was an adequate viewing device and could perform some tasks with relative ease,
our findings suggest that it would present several issues for tasks that employees
perform on a daily basis when using file types commonly used in the workplace.
Figure 1 shows a Microsoft Word DOCX version of a Principled Technologies test
report when viewed on both the Acer ICONIA W510-1422 and the Apple iPad using
Apple Pages. The Apple iPad was unable to display the document correctly, removing
the header, footer, and main graphic, and altering the text font. Such dramatic
formatting issues mean that employees would be unable to use the Apple iPad to
handle this document format for work.
Acer ICONIA W510-1422 with Microsoft Office Apple iPad with Apple Pages
Figure 1: How one Word DOCX document appeared on the two tablets.
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4. TEST SCENARIOS
Scenario 1 – Working with Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets
An employee comes to work and checks email. She opens an email attachment
(Word DOCX), makes changes to the attachment, and emails the file back to the sender.
She then connects to the company’s network file share and opens, edits, and saves a
spreadsheet (Excel XLSX) on the network.
Tasks
Opening/editing/saving a DOCX file from email
Opening/editing/saving an XLSX file from a file server
What we encountered
It is important to note that the reason we used two Word DOCX files and two
Excel XLSX files was that neither Quickoffice Pro HD nor Apple Pages/Numbers could
otherwise complete the scenario on the Apple iPad.
The Intel Atom processor-based Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet with Windows 8
successfully completed the scenario, taking less time than the Apple iPad to complete
the tasks while encountering no problems completing them.
We encountered multiple issues using the iPad to complete this scenario (17
issues using Quickoffice Pro HD and 39 issues using Apple Pages), including two
“showstoppers” that left us unable to continue. For a complete list of issues that the
tablets encountered, see Appendix B.
We attempted to edit the Word DOCX1 file with Quickoffice Pro HD but when
we scrolled to page 3 of the document, the Quickoffice Pro HD application crashed,
preventing us from editing it and saving it as outlined in the methodology. We were able
to open and edit the document with the Apple Pages application, but it introduced
several formatting issues that altered the document and made it difficult to use.
We encountered another showstopper when we attempted to open the Excel
XLSX1 file using the Apple Numbers application. After several seconds, we received an
error message that read, “Numbers was unable to open the spreadsheet because it
contained ‘too many cells.’” The Quickoffice Pro HD application on the Apple iPad was
able to open the Excel XLSX1 file, but it took 5 minutes to do so, while the Intel Atom
processor-based Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet with Windows 8 and Microsoft Office
took just 15 seconds to open the same file.
Figure 2 details the times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to
complete the first scenario for Word and Excel documents. For a full list of compatibility
issues we encountered, see Appendix B.
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5. Word DOCX1 and Excel XLSX1 times
Acer ICONIA W510-1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft Office) (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Time to open email and
open Word DOCX1 00:10.66 00:06.18 00:13.64
attachment
Time to edit and email
edited Word DOCX1 00:29.25 FAIL (application crashed) 00:33.37
attachment
Time to connect to FAIL (application could not
network file server and 00:15.79 05:00.06 open a spreadsheet with
open an Excel XLSX1 file “too many cells”)
Time to edit and save the
Excel XLSX1 file to the 00:06.34 05:58.80 FAIL
network file server
Incomplete scenario Incomplete scenario
Total time 1:02.04
11:05.04 00:47.01
Figure 2: Times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to complete the scenario.
Figure 3 details the times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to
complete the second scenario for Word and Excel documents.
Time to complete scenario with Word DOCX2 and Excel XLSX2
Acer ICONIA W510-1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft Office) (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Time to open email and
open Word DOCX2 00:09.78 00:07.34 00:14.55
attachment
Time to edit and email
edited Word DOCX2 00:29.40 00:44.68 00:32.03
attachment
Time to connect to
network file server and 00:09.12 00:16.87 00:39.22
open an Excel XLSX2 file
Time to edit and save the
Excel XLSX2 file to the 00:05.87 00:30.03 00:41.68
network file server
Total time 0:54.17 01:38.92 02:07.48
Figure 3: Times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to complete the scenario.
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6. Scenario 2 – Working with PowerPoint presentations
An employee opens a PowerPoint PPTX file from the SharePoint server. After
editing it, he saves the PPTX deck locally to the tablet. He prints multiple copies of it to
distribute at the upcoming presentation, and then connects the tablet to the wireless
projector for the presentation.
Tasks
Opening/editing/saving PPTX file from SharePoint server
Connecting to a network printer (Brother MFC-8860DN) and printing PPTX
Connecting to a wireless projector and presenting PPTX
What we encountered
The Intel Atom processor-based Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet with Windows 8
had no issues connecting to the SharePoint server, editing and saving the PPTX file,
connecting to the network printer, printing out the PPTX in a little over a minute, and
then connecting to the wireless projector and displaying the presentation. Everything
worked the way the user intended without the need for a separate PC.
In contrast, the Apple iPad created several hurdles to completing this scenario.
On the iPad, the SharePlus Pro application allowed us to access the SharePoint server
with no issues, but SharePlus Pro allowed us to only view the PowerPoint PPTX file, not
edit it. To edit the PPTX file, we had to use either QuickOffice Pro HD or Keynote, which
lead to further compatibility issues we detail in Appendix B.
To print from the iPad to the networked Brother MFC-8860DN printer, we used
the PrintCentral Pro application. However, we were unable to print directly because the
Brother MFC-8860DN is not an Apple AirPrint-supported printer. This issue required us
to use a separate PC acting as a print server to print the document. This limited our print
options, forcing the PPTX deck to print in portrait mode, with no gray-scale option. Once
we set up the print capability in this manner, it took over 6 minutes for the printout to
finish. Also, the printout did not look as intended - after the first few pages, the slides
started to slip, so that the bottom of each slide included the top of the following slide
(See Figure 4). It was not a document worthy of passing out at a conference.
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7. Acer ICONIA W510-1422 with Microsoft Office Apple iPad with Apple Pages
Figure 4: How the PowerPoint slides appeared when printed from the two tablets.
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8. Finally, connecting and presenting wirelessly to the Dell M110 wireless projector
using the Apple iPad was a very complicated endeavor. To use the iPad wirelessly with
the Dell M110 projector required using the MobiShow Pro application. Using MobiShow
Pro meant that we had to first convert the entire PowerPoint presentation from the
PPTX file format to the PtG2 file format on a separate PC. This introduced the extra
steps of moving the edited PPTX file from the iPad back to a PC for conversion and then
back to the iPad where MobiShow Pro could then connect to the wireless projector and
show the presentation. The extra equipment and many extra steps the Apple iPad
required for a PowerPoint presentation created quite a hassle.
Figure 5 details the times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to
complete this scenario. The Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by an Intel Atom
processor and Windows 8 took just over 2 minutes to complete the tasks, while it took
the Apple iPad over 12 minutes to do the same using either application. For a full list of
issues we encountered, see Appendix B.
Time to complete scenario
Acer ICONIA W510-1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft Office) (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Time to open PPTX file
00:08.80 00:01.40 00:01.40
on SharePoint server
Time to edit and save the
00:29.51 00:32.15 00:40.93
PPTX file to the tablet
Time to print out
01:14.53 06:22.53 06:22.53
presentation
Time to prepare/convert 0:00.00 (no additional
04:52.78 04:52.78
slide presentation preparation time needed)
Time to connect to
00:25.46 00:31.54 00:31.54
wireless projector
Total time 2:18.3 12:20.40 12:29.18
Figure 5: Times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to complete the scenario.
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9. Scenario 3 – Collaborating with multiple file types
One employee gives another employee a USB Flash drive with eight types of
documents on it. The second employee copies the files onto her tablet and opens, edits,
and saves each one locally. She then copies one of the files, a shared Excel spreadsheet,
to the network, where she collaborates on it with a third colleague.
Tasks
Transferring files from a USB flash drive onto the tablet
Opening/editing/saving different file types locally
Sharing and collaborating in Excel
What we encountered
The Intel Atom processor-based Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet with Windows 8
had no issues retrieving files from a USB flash drive, editing and saving multiple file
types, or allowing collaboration.
The Apple iPad was, again, much more difficult to work with. The iPad has no
USB port and the USB adapter kits on the market work with only digital photo and video
cameras to transfer pictures and video files, other file types. To copy the files from the
flash drive to the iPad, we chose to use Dropbox, which required us to have a separate
PC with Dropbox installed. Once we got the files onto the iPad, many elements of the
files were not rendered, formatted, or even opened the way that the original files on a
PC were. Figure 6 shows how a PowerPoint animated slide was presented using
Quickoffice Pro HD on screen, and the issues that the Apple iPad presented. For a full list
of the issues we encountered on the tablets, see Appendix B.
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10. Acer ICONIA W510-1422 with Microsoft Office Apple iPad with Apple Pages
Figure 6: How a PowerPoint slide animation appeared on the two tablets.
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11. Another reason we were unable to complete this scenario with the Apple iPad
was that Quickoffice Pro HD and Apple Numbers do not allow users to work
collaboratively at the same time on shared Excel spreadsheets. A user must work on it,
save and close it, and then notify the next user that the file is available for editing. This
of course was not an issue with the Intel Atom processor-based Acer tablet equipped
with Microsoft Office.
Figure 7 details the time it took the tablets to complete this scenario. The Acer
ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by the Intel Atom processor and Windows 8 took
just over 3 minutes to complete the tasks, while it took the Apple iPad up to 26 minutes
while encountering as many as 38 issues with the documents. For a complete list of the
issues we encountered completing this scenario, see Appendix B.
Time to complete scenario
Acer ICONIA W510- Apple iPad
Apple iPad
1422 (with Apple Pages,
(with Quickoffice Pro HD)
(with Microsoft Office) Numbers, and Keynote)
Time to transfer the files from USB
00:14.00 01:21.20 01:21.20
flash drive to tablet
Time to open Excel XLS 00:03.78 00:04.58 00:33.21
Time to edit and save Excel XLS 00:07.65 00:14.29 00:13.12
FAIL
The document can't be
Time to open Excel XLSX1 00:07.02 04:32.40
opened because it
contains too many cells.
FAIL
The document can't be
Time to edit and save Excel XLSX1 00:06.41 05:42.73
opened because it
contains too many cells.
Time to open Excel XLSX2 00:03.74 00:10.36 00:30.50
Time to edit and save Excel XLSX2 00:06.39 00:22.69 00:13.07
Time to open Word DOC 00:04.92 00:04.31 00:12.43
Time to edit and save Word DOC 00:21.43 00:30.67 00:17.87
Time to open Word DOCX1 00:05.31 00:04.93 00:12.09
FAIL
Time to edit and save Word DOCX1 00:19.28 00:18.39
Quickoffice crashed
Time to open Word DOCX2 00:04.87 00:05.95 00:12.01
Time to edit and save Word DOCX2 00:21.18 00:27.03 00:17.40
Time to open PowerPoint PPT 00:05.57 00:08.59 00:12.59
Time to edit and save PowerPoint
00:06.79 00:18.17 00:08.77
PPT
Time to open PowerPoint PPTX 00:04.69 00:09.65 00:18.63
Time to edit and save PowerPoint
00:06.68 00:20.80 00:10.37
PPTX
Time to connect to network file 00:10.10 00:28.68 FAIL
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12. Time to complete scenario
Acer ICONIA W510- Apple iPad
Apple iPad
1422 (with Apple Pages,
(with Quickoffice Pro HD)
(with Microsoft Office) Numbers, and Keynote)
server and copy a shared Excel The document can't be
XLSX1 file to the network opened because it
contains too many cells.
FAIL
Time to open, edit, and save the
The document can't be
Excel XLSX1 file to the network file 00:24.60 10:13.78
opened because it
server
contains too many cells.
Time to connect to network file
server and copy a shared Excel 00:06.62 00:28.07 00:51.02
XLSX2 file to the network
Time to open, edit, and save the
Excel XLSX2 file to the network file 00:15.36 00:50.41 01:12.40
server
Incomplete scenario Incomplete scenario
Total time 03:26.39
26:39.29 07:15.07
Figure 7: Times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to complete the scenario.
Scenario 4 – Connecting to the VPN and participating in a video conference
An employee working from home needs to access a file from work, a conference
agenda, before participating in a WebEx video conference. She connects through the
VPN to open the file, make a change to it, and save it both on the network and on her
local device. She then connects to a WebEx video conference and shares the file during
the call. During the conference, she, like each of the other attendees, takes a turn as
presenter.
Tasks
Connecting to VPN
Opening, editing, and saving files directly over the VPN
Connecting to a WebEx video conference, sharing a file with other
conference participants, and taking a turn as presenter
What we encountered
While the iPad could connect through the VPN and access the agenda document
with no issues, there were problems with editing and saving the file. Most importantly,
the iPad prevents users from acting as full WebEx conference participants—they cannot
present information.
Even if the user did have the ability to take a turn as a presenter, the document
itself would be unsuitable for sharing—it contained simply too many formatting errors
using both Quickoffice Pro HD and Pages. The document header was either partially or
entirely missing and tables were incorrectly formatted. The Quickoffice version was
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13. missing a conference center map graphic and pie chart. The Pages version reorganized
the tables and incorrectly inserted the third table after the incomplete conference
center map graphic.
Our simple editing task, adding one word to the document title, posed a
problem because neither iPad application rendered the title correctly. Even after we
added a title back into the document, other elements remained missing—the company
logo and one table. While Quickoffice displayed some of the document’s existing tables,
it did not permit us to add new ones. Figure 8 shows how the tablets rendered the
document. Both iPad apps rendered it in such a way that it would be unsuitable to
present to colleagues.
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14. Intel Atom processor-based tablet
iPad using Quickoffice
iPad using Pages
Figure 8: The same document displayed on the Intel Atom processor tablet and with two different apps on the iPad.
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15. The iPad was able to connect to the WebEx videoconference call with no issues.
However, the iPad limits users to viewing conference content and does not allow the
user to present material. Figure 9 shows the WebEx frequently asked question and
response illustrating this serious limitation.
Figure 9: WebEx on iPad's inability to present. WebEx FAQ found at http://www.webex.com/products/web-
conferencing/mobile-iphone-ipad-faq.html.
While we had to edit the registry and disable Windows 8 Driver Signing to allow
the Acer ICONIA W510-1422 to connect to the VPN, it had no issues with document
formatting or with editing and saving the document over the VPN, and completed the
tasks more quickly than the iPad.
Likewise, we encountered few issues during the WebEx videoconference. The
Intel Atom processor-based tablet allowed us to connect and perform all of the tasks a
full conference participant would need to do, including taking their turn as presenter
and sharing a correctly rendered document that others could view and annotate. During
the videoconference, the camera would not work, so we were unable to transmit live
video of the presenter. Audio and desktop sharing worked as desired.
Figure 10 details the times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to
complete the first scenario. For a full list of compatibility issues we encountered, see
Appendix B.
Time to complete workflow
Acer ICONIA W510-1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
Microsoft Office QuickOffice Pro HD Pages
Time to connect to the VPN 00:23.37 00:11.80 00:11.80
Time to open Word DOCX 00:06.73 00:07.53 00:11.99
Time to edit and save the Word 00:19.26 Incomplete Task Incomplete Task
DOCX file back to the network 00:57.95 00:52.85
Time to save the edited Word 00:05.98
00:16.33 00:09.90
DOCX file locally
Time to connect to WebEx
00:40.43 00:15.95 00:15.95
conference
Incomplete scenario Incomplete scenario
Total time 01:35.77
01:49.56 01:42.49
Figure 10: Times, in minutes:seconds, that it took the tablets to complete the scenario.
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16. IN CONCLUSION
If a tablet can’t integrate into your enterprise environment well enough to
perform basic tasks for your workers, it has no business in your workplace. In our tests,
the Acer ICONIA W510-1422 tablet powered by an Intel Atom processor and Windows 8
completed common scenarios more quickly than the third-generation Apple iPad, and
encountered nearly no integration issues for the tasks we tested. The Intel Atom
processor-based Windows 8 tablet was able to open, edit, and save documents as we
intended, while the Apple iPad was unable to get the job done with these simple,
everyday tasks.
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17. APPENDIX A – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 11 provides detailed configuration information for the test systems.
System Apple iPad (3rd generation) Acer ICONIA W510-1422
General
Number of processor packages 1 1
Number of cores per processor 2 2
Number of hardware threads per core 1 2
Total number of threads 2 4
System dimensions (width x depth x
9.50” x 7.31” x 0.37” 10.2” x 6.6” x 0.4”
height)
System weight 1 lb. 7 oz. 1 lb. 3 oz.
CPU
Vendor Apple Intel
Name NA Atom
Model number A5X Z2760
Core frequency (GHz) 1.00 1.80
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB 24 KB + 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB (512 KB per core)
Memory module(s)
Type DDR2-533 LPDDR2
Speed (MHz) 533 800
Size (MB) 1,024 2,048
Hard disk
Vendor and model number Integrated flash storage Integrated flash storage
Size (GB) 16 64
Operating system
Name Apple iOS 6.0 Windows 8 Pro
Graphics
Vendor and model number PowerVR SGX543MP4 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
Resolution 2,048 x 1,536 1,366 x 768
Wireless
Vendor and model number 802.11a/b/g/n Broadcom 802.11abgn
Ports
USB Type 0 1 x Micro USB 2.0
Micro HDMI, Micro SD, headphone
Other Headphone jack
jack
Monitor
LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi- LED backlight Active Matrix TFT Color
LCD type
Touch display with IPS technology LCD
Screen size 9.7” 10.1”
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18. System Apple iPad (3rd generation) Acer ICONIA W510-1422
Battery
Type Apple A1389 integrated Li-polymer 2-Cell Li-polymer
Rated capacity 11560 mAh (42.5WH) 3650 mAh (27Wh)
Figure 11: System configuration information for the test systems.
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19. APPENDIX B – DETAILED TEST RESULTS
Scenario 1 – Working with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets
Figure 12 details the issues we encountered completing our first scenario on the tablets. The Acer ICONIA W510-
1422 tablet powered by the Intel Atom processor and Windows 8 was easy to work with, presenting no issues
completing the work tasks. The Apple iPad had a number of notable issues completing the work using both Quickoffice
Pro HD and Apple iPad Pages.
Acer ICONIA W510-
1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Office)
Word DOCX1: The header was missing. Word DOCX1: When the document was
Word DOCX1: The footer was missing. opened with Pages, a Document Import
Word DOCX1: The hyperlinks in the table Warnings dialog appeared with the following
of contents page did not work. messages:
Word DOCX1: The page numbers in the o The missing font Times New Roman was
table of contents were formatted replaced by TimesNewRomanPSMT.
incorrectly with the digits after 10 o All comments were removed.
wrapped. o 3 fonts were missing. Your text might
Word DOCX1: While we were scrolling to look different.
page 3 to view and make edits, the Word DOCX1: Tracked changes were
Quickoffice Pro HD application crashed missing.
and exited to the home Screen. This was Word DOCX1: The table of contents did not
a showstopper. work.
Word DOCX2: The header was missing. Word DOCX1: We were unable to add a
Word DOCX2: The footer was missing. comment to the document.
Word DOCX2: The report charts were Word DOCX1: Bullet points were not
missing. rendered.
None Word DOCX2: The color formatting in Word DOCX1: An extra blank page was
the table was missing. added before the Appendix section.
Word DOCX2: The border formatting in Word DOCX1: When email document was
the table was incorrect. selected and the Word format was selected,
Word DOCX2: The formatting of the last the document was saved as a DOC file and
table was rendered incorrectly. not a DOCX file.
Word DOCX2: An extra blank page was Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX1 file
added to the end of the document. from a different PC: The original comments
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 were missing.
file from a different PC: The first page Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX1 file
header appeared on every page rather from a different PC: The table of contents
than on only the first page. It overwrote did not work.
the subsequent page header. Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX1 file
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 from a different PC: Line spacing in the
file from a different PC: The first page middle of paragraphs was inconsistent.
footer appeared on every page rather Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX1 file
than on only the first page. It overwrote from a different PC: Bullet points were
the subsequent page footer. missing.
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20. Acer ICONIA W510-
1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Office)
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 Word DOCX2: When the document was
file from a different PC: The page break opened with Pages, a Document Import
formatting was incorrect. Warnings dialog appeared with the following
Excel XLSX1: It took roughly 5 minutes to messages:
load the XLSX file. o The font Calibri is missing. Your text
Excel XLSX1: It took over 6 minutes to might look different.
save the edited XLSX file back to the o Objects in headers, footers, shapes, text
network. boxes, and table cells were removed.
o All comments were removed.
o The missing font Courier New was
replaced by CourierNewPSMT.
o The missing font Arial was replaced by
ArialMT.
Word DOCX2: The front-page header was
missing.
Word DOCX2: The front-page footer was
missing.
Word DOCX2: The front-page report graphic
was missing.
Word DOCX2: Tracked changes were
missing.
Word DOCX2: Page formatting was rendered
incorrectly.
Word DOCX2: Bullet points were missing.
Word DOCX2: Comments were missing.
Word DOCX2: The report charts were
missing.
Word DOCX2: The company logo (object)
graphic was missing
Word DOCX2: When email document was
selected and the Word format was selected,
the document was saved as a DOC file and
not a DOCX file.
Viewing the emailed iPad Pages-edited
DOCX2 (changed to DOC) from the sender
PC: The front-page header was missing.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: The front-page graphic
was missing.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: The font was changed
from Calibri to Helvetica.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
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21. Acer ICONIA W510-
1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Office)
from a different PC: Inconsistent line spacing
in the middle of paragraphs.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: No previous tracked
changes were shown.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: No previous comments
were shown.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Page formatting was
rendered incorrectly.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Bullet points were
missing.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Report charts were
missing.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Table fonts were
changed from Calibri to Arial.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Appendix table font was
changed from Calibri to Helvetica.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: An extra blank page was
added between Appendix A and Appendix B.
Viewing the emailed iPad edited DOCX2 file
from a different PC: Company logo (object)
was missing from last page.
Excel XLSX1: Numbers was unable to open
the spreadsheet because it contained “too
many cells.” This was a showstopper.
Excel XLSX2: When the spreadsheet was
opened with Numbers a Spreadsheet Import
Warnings dialog appeared with the following
message:
o Pivot tables aren’t supported and were
converted to regular tables.
Excel XLSX2: When saving the XLSX file, the
Numbers application saved it as an XLS file,
not an XLSX file.
Figure 12: Compatibility issues with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
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22. Scenario 2 – Working with PowerPoint presentations
Figure 13 presents the problems the tablets had working in PowerPoint.
Acer ICONIA W510-
1422 Apple iPad Apple iPad
(with Microsoft (with Quickoffice Pro HD) (with Apple Pages)
Office)
SharePlus Pro was able to access the files SharePlus Pro was able to access the files
but not able to edit the files. but not able to edit the files.
It was not possible to change the slide When the file was opened with Keynote, a
transparency as outlined in the test Presentation Import Warnings dialog
methodology. appeared with the following message:
o 2 fonts are missing. Your text might
look different.
o Movies aren’t supported and were
removed.
o Start and stop movie builds were
None
removed.
o All emphasis builds were removed.
o Build order was changed on one or
more slides.
It was not possible to change the slide
transparency as outlined in the test
methodology.
When saving the PPTX file, the Keynote
application saves it as a PPT file, not a PPTX
file.
Figure 13: Compatibility issues for working with a PowerPoint slide presentation.
Figure 14 presents the problems the tablets had when printing a PowerPoint slide deck.
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The network printer model was a Brother MFC-8860DN and was not compatible with Apple
AirPrint. Therefore, we used the Print Central Pro application from the Apple App Store.
In addition to Print Central Pro, we needed to use a separate PC that acted as a print server
for the iPad.
It was not possible to print in gray-scale mode.
None
It took over 6 minutes to print the PPTX slide deck.
The PPTX slide presentation was printed in portrait mode, even though Landscape mode
was selected.
The PPTX slide print out gradually started “slipping.” The top of the next slide started to
appear on the bottom of each slide.
Figure 14: Compatibility issues printing a PowerPoint slide deck.
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23. Figure 15 presents the problems that the tablets had when presenting an edited PowerPoint slide deck on a
mobile projector.
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To present the presentation with the To present the presentation with the Dell
Dell M110 ultra mobile projector, it was M110 ultra mobile projector, it was
necessary to convert the presentation to necessary to convert the presentation to a
a PtG2 file using Dell’s PtG2 Converter PtG2 file using Dell’s PtG2 Converter
software so that it could be used with software so that it could be used with the
the MobiShow Pro application. MobiShow Pro application.
Slide 24 has an animation that is The transition animation between slides was
None supposed to stop blinking and show a different. Instead of a smooth fade, it was a
fax machine. On the iPad, the animation pixelated fade.
stopped blinking and showed a printer, a The movie slide animations were all garbled
fax machine, a cell phone, and a router. together on one slide.
Bits of the movie animation were missing.
The slide animation boxes were different
colors, i.e., red instead of orange.
The slide 24 animation did not blink.
Figure 15: Compatibility issues when presenting an edited PowerPoint slide deck.
Scenario 3 – Collaborating with multiple file types
Figure 16 presents the problems that the tablets had when collaborating with multiple document types
originating from a USB flash drive.
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There was no way to get the document There was no way to get the document files
files directly from the USB flash drive to directly from the USB flash drive to the iPad.
the iPad. We used a separate PC to copy We used a separate PC to copy the files to a
the files to a Dropbox account. Dropbox account.
Word DOC: The header was missing. Word DOC: When the document was
Word DOC: The footer was missing. opened with Pages, a Document Import
Word DOC: The hyperlinks in the table of Warnings dialog appeared with the following
None
contents page did not work. message:
Word DOC: The numbers in the table of o The missing font Times New Roman was
contents were formatted incorrectly replaced by TimesNewRomanPSMT
with the digits after 10 wrapped. o 3 fonts are missing. Your text might
Word DOC: Some indent formatting was look different.
incorrect. Word DOC: The table of contents did not
Word DOC: Some bold formatting was work.
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incorrect or missing. Word DOC: We were not able to add a
Word DOCX1: The header was missing. comment to the document.
Word DOCX1: The footer was missing. Word DOC: We were unable to track
Word DOCX1: The hyperlinks in the table changes.
of contents did not work. Word DOC: The original Segoe font was
Word DOCX1: The numbers in the table replaced with Helvetica.
of contents were formatted incorrectly Word DOC: Bullet points were not rendered.
with the digits after 10 wrapped. Word DOC: Some of the bold formatting was
Word DOCX1: While scrolling to page 3 incorrect or missing.
the Quickoffice Pro HD application Word DOC: Some indentation formatting
crashed and exited to the home Screen. was incorrect.
Word DOCX2: The header was missing. Word DOC: An extra page was added after
Word DOCX2: The footer was missing. the last document page.
Word DOCX2: The report charts were Word DOCX1: When the document was
missing. opened with Pages, a Document Import
Word DOCX2: The color formatting in Warnings dialog appeared with the following
the table was missing. message:
Word DOCX2: The border formatting in o The missing font Times New Roman was
the table was incorrect. replaced by TimesNewRomanPSMT
Word DOCX2: The formatting of the last o All comments were removed
table was rendered incorrectly. o 3 fonts are missing. Your text might
Word DOCX2: An extra blank page was look different.
added to the end of the document. Word DOCX1: Tracked changes were
PowerPoint PPT: The transition between missing.
slides was not the same. Word DOCX1: The table of contents did not
PowerPoint PPT: The slide 2 animation work.
was incorrect, with the column 1 words Word DOCX1: We were not able to add a
over top of other words and not in comment to the document.
column 1 and no gradual animation. Word DOCX1: Bullet points did not appear.
PowerPoint PPT: The slide 7 artwork was Word DOCX1: An extra blank page was
rendered incorrectly with rectangular added before the Appendix section.
boxes instead of pictures. Word DOCX2: When the document was
PowerPoint PPT: Slide 17 hyperlinks opened with Pages, a Document Import
were not underlined. Warnings dialog appeared with the following
PowerPoint PPTX: The slides were message:
missing the gradient colors used in fonts o The font Calibri is missing. Your text
and bullet points, and were instead plain might look different.
white. o Objects in headers, footers, shapes,
PowerPoint PPTX: The slide 4 animations text boxes, and table cells were
were missing and instead were all removed.
stacked on top of each other in a garbled o All comments were removed.
mess. o The missing font Courier New was
PowerPoint PPTX: Slide 8, 9, 10, and 11 replaced by CourierNewPSMT.
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missing animations and instead was o The missing font Arial was replaced
showing entire slide instead of showing by ArialMT.
things that were hidden and gradually Word DOCX2: The front-page header was
revealed. missing.
PowerPoint PPTX: Slide 24 animations Word DOCX2: The front-page footer was
were missing and the application missing.
windows that should have been shown Word DOCX2: The front-page report graphic
were either missing or cut off. was missing.
PowerPoint PPTX: Slide 26 hyperlinks Word DOCX2: Tracked changes were
were not underlined. missing.
Excel XLSX1: It took roughly 5 minutes to Word DOCX2: Page formatting was rendered
load the XLSX file. incorrectly.
Excel XLSX1: It took over 6 minutes to Word DOCX2: Bullet points were missing.
save the edited XLSX file back to the Word DOCX2: Comments were missing.
network. Word DOCX2: The report charts were
Collaborating on a Shared XLSX file: missing.
Quickoffice does not support working on Word DOCX2: The company logo (object)
a shared XLSX file at the same time as graphic was missing.
another user. Excel XLS: When the spreadsheet was
opened with Numbers, a Spreadsheet
Import Warnings dialog appeared with the
following message:
o Unsupported formulas were removed.
The last calculated values were
imported.
o Pivot tables aren’t supported and were
converted to regular tables.
Excel XLSX1: Numbers was unable to open
the spreadsheet because it contained “too
many cells.”
Excel XLSX2: When the spreadsheet was
opened with Numbers, a Spreadsheet
Import Warnings dialog appeared with the
following message:
o Pivot tables aren’t supported and were
converted to regular tables.
Excel XLSX2: When saving the XLSX file, the
Numbers application saved it as an XLS file,
not an XLSX file.
PowerPoint PPT: When the PPT file was
opened with Keynote, a Presentation Import
Warnings dialog appeared with the following
message:
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o The missing font Arial was replaced by
ArialMT.
o The font Segoe Semibold is missing.
Your text might look different.
PowerPoint PPT: The animation between
slides was different.
PowerPoint PPTX: When the PPT file was
opened with Keynote, a Presentation Import
Warnings dialog appeared with the following
messages:
o 2 fonts are missing. Your text might
look different.
o Movies aren’t supported and were
removed.
o Start and stop movie builds were
removed.
o All emphasis builds were removed.
o Build order was changed on one or
more slides.
PowerPoint PPTX: The fonts were colored
but not in the gradient way of the original.
PowerPoint PPTX: The slide 4 animations
were out of order and in some cases
missing.
PowerPoint PPTX: The slide 8 picture colors
were incorrect, i.e., original orange boxes
were presented as green or red boxes.
PowerPoint PPTX: The slide 24 animations
did not blink as they were supposed to.
PowerPoint PPTX: Slide 26 hyperlinks were
not underlined.
Figure 16: Compatibility issues when working with multiple file types originating from a USB flash drive.
Scenario 4 – Connecting to the VPN and participating in a video conference
Figures 17 through 11 detail the issues we encountered completing our first scenario on the tablets. The Apple
iPad had a number of notable issues completing the work using both Quickoffice Pro HD and Apple iPad Pages.
Connecting to the VPN
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application, it was necessary to edit the registry
and disable Windows 8 driver signing.
Figure 17: Issues connecting to the VPN.
Opening, editing, and saving files directly over the VPN
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We could use the FileBrowser application to access
and view the file, but not to edit it.
None.
To edit the file, we had to open it in either Quickoffice
Pro HD or Pages.
Figure 18: Issues opening, editing, and saving files directly over the VPN.
Viewing a Microsoft Word document as intended
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None. The document header was missing. When we opened the document with Pages,
The color fill was missing. The entire a Document Import Warnings dialog
document was black and white. appeared with the following message:
Text that was supposed to appear o The missing font Times New Roman was
rotated 90 within a column was instead replaced by TimesNewRomanPSMT
broken up horizontally inside the o The missing font Trebuchet MS was
column. replaced by TrebuchetMS.
The second table was formatted o Objects in headers, footers, shapes, text
incorrectly, with incorrect column and boxes, and table cells were removed.
row height. o The font Calibri is missing. Your text
A large blank space appeared between might look different.
the second and third tables. The company logo was missing from the
The map graphic of the conference header.
center was missing. The table in the header was replaced with
The pie chart was missing. the word “Text.”
We encountered intermittent problems Text that was supposed to appear rotated
when attempting to save the edited 90 within a column was instead broken up
Word DOCX back to the network over horizontally inside the column.
the VPN using FileBrowser. The error Table 2 was split across two pages.
occasionally produced said “Save Failed. A large blank space appeared between the
Could not save file – a copy has been second table and where the third table
stored in ‘My Files’.” should have been.
When editing the Word DOCX over the The third table was reorganized and inserted
VPN, there was a noticeable lag time incorrectly after the conference center map
between typing a letter and seeing it graphic.
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appear on the screen. The map graphic of the conference center
was incomplete.
When editing the Word DOCX, we could not
set the font size to 26 so had to use 24.
When we saved the document back to the
VPN, Pages saved it as a DOC file (not
DOCX).
After we had edited the file and saved it
back to the network over the VPN using
Pages, we received a Document Import
Warnings dialog with the following message:
o The missing font Times New Roman was
replaced by TimesNewRomanPSMT.
o The missing font Trebuchet MS was
replaced by TrebuchetMS-Bold.
Figure 19: Issues sharing a file with other conference participants.
Connecting to a WebEx video conference
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None. None.
Figure 20: Issues connecting to a WebEx video conference.
Taking a turn as a conference presenter
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Apple iPad WebEx presentation notable issues
issues
Neither the front nor rear-facing video camera worked
during the WebEx video conference call. We
received the following error when we attempted
to enable the video camera through the WebEx It is not possible to present content from the iPad. It is
only possible to view the content of other’s PCs.
application “We can’t connect to your webcam. Is
the webcam installed properly or are you using it
in another application?”
Figure 21: Issues taking a turn as a conference presenter.
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29. APPENDIX C - HOW WE TESTED
Scenario 1 – Working with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets
Performing this scenario on the PC
1. Send an email with the attached test Word Docx (WordDOCX1 or WordDOCX2) to the system under test.
2. Simultaneously start the timer and on the system under test, open Outlook.
3. Open the Word docx attachment.
4. Stop the timer when the Word file has opened. Note any formatting issues with document.
5. Simultaneously start the timer and delete the second paragraph on page 3.
6. Highlight the third paragraph on page 3, and add the comment “I like this paragraph.”
7. Press the File tab, followed by Save & Send.
8. Choose Send Using E-mail as an attachment.
9. Stop the timer after the document has been saved and emailed back to the original email sender. Note any
formatting issues with the document.
10. Simultaneously start the timer and minimize Outlook.
11. Press the FileShare desktop shortcut.
12. Open the test Excel xlsx (ExcelXLSX) file.
13. Stop the timer when the Excel file has opened. Note any formatting issues with document.
14. Simultaneously start the timer and highlight cell A1 in yellow.
15. Enter 0011 in cell B2.
16. Stop the timer when the Excel XLSX file has been saved to the network.
Performing this scenario on the iPad
1. Send an email with the attached test Word docx (WordDOCX1 or WordDOCX2) to the system under test.
2. Simultaneously start the timer and on the system under test, open Mail.
3. Open the Word docx attachment with the Quickoffice Pro HD or Pages application.
4. Stop the timer when the Word file has opened. Note any formatting issues with document.
5. Simultaneously start the timer and delete the second paragraph on page 3.
6. Highlight the third paragraph on page 3, and add the comment “I like this paragraph.”
7. Stop the timer after the document has been saved and emailed back to the original email sender. Using the
sender PC, note any formatting issues with the received document.
8. Simultaneously start the timer and double-press the Home button to switch to the FileBrowser application and
choose the network File share server.
9. For Quickoffice Pro HD:
a. Select the test Excel xlsx (ExcelXLSX) file, and choose Open In Quickoffice Pro HD.
b. Stop the timer when the Excel file has opened. Note any formatting issues with document.
c. Simultaneously start the timer and press SettingsCell Color.
d. Highlight cell A1 in yellow, and enter 0011 in cell B2.
e. Press Close, and press Save Back.
f. Select Open In File Browser.
g. Select Save a copy.
h. Stop the timer when the Excel XLSX file has been saved to the network file share. Note any issues.
10. For Numbers:
a. Select the test Excel xlsx (ExcelXLSX) file, and choose Open In Numbers.
b. Stop the timer when the Excel file has opened. Note any formatting issues with document.
c. Simultaneously start the timer and press SettingsCell Color.
d. Highlight cell A1 in yellow, and enter 0011 in cell B2.
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30. e. Press Spreadsheets.
f. Press Edit, and select the XLSX spreadsheet.
g. Press the Action toolbar button in the top left corner, and select Open in Another App.
h. Choose the Excel option.
i. Press Choose App.
j. Select Open In File Browser.
k. Press the Action toolbar button, and select Paste 1 file here.
l. Stop the timer when the Excel XLSX file has been saved to the network file share. Note any issues.
Scenario 2 – Working with PowerPoint presentations
Performing this scenario on the PC
1. Press the Internet Explorer tile to launch Internet Explorer.
2. Enter the SharePoint server name into the address bar.
3. Select the PPTX file.
4. Choose Edit.
5. Simultaneously start the timer and press OK to open the PPTX file.
6. Stop the timer when the PPTX file has opened. Note any issues.
7. Simultaneously start the timer and make the following changes:
a. On Page 2, add the word “More” to the header.
b. On Page 3, adjust the background transparency to 50%.
8. Stop the timer when the file has been saved locally to the tablet after it has been edited as outlined above. Note
any issues.
9. Simultaneously start the timer and print out the slide presentation:
a. Selecting FilePrint.
b. Select Full Page Slides and select Scale to Fit Paper.
c. Select Grayscale.
d. Press Print.
10. Stop the timer when the presentation has finished printing. Note any issues.
11. Turn on the wireless projector (Dell M110).
12. Simultaneously start the timer and connect to the wireless projector.
a. Launch the projector application by pressing the Dell M110 desktop shortcut.
b. At the Info screen, press OK.
c. At the Connect to Access Point screen, verify that Dell M110 is listed, and press OK.
d. Enter the Login Code that the projector is showing on the screen, and press OK.
e. At the Info screen, press OK.
f. Open the PPTX presentation.
13. Stop the timer when the presentation is open.
Performing this scenario on the iPad
1. Press the SharePlus Pro application.
2. Select the SharePoint server.
3. Select the Shared Documents directory.
4. Press the PPTX file.
5. Simultaneously start the timer and open the PPTX file by pressing the PPTX icon with small gray print saying Tap
to open.
6. Stop the timer when the PPTX file has opened. Note any issues.
7. For Quickoffice Pro HD:
a. Simultaneously start the timer and press Edit.
b. Select Open in Quickoffice.
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