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Asia Arms Itself to the Teeth

By PravdaMarch 19, 2011WeaponsBeijing, China, chinese arms, defense products, defense technologies, egypt, Europe, Germany, global export, India, largest importer of arms, latin america, middle east, Pakistan, russia, russian federation, south korea, stockholm international peace research institute, usa, world

India became the world’s largest importer of arms during 2006-2010, a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said. The share of India’s world arms shipments made up nine percent. China’s share was evaluated at six percent. The list of other active arms importers includes South Korea (6%) and Pakistan (5%). The largest exporters of arms in the world are the USA, Russia and Germany.

According to SIPRI experts, Russia remains the primary supplier of arms and military hardware to India. Russia’s share in arms transfers to India during the recent five years was evaluated at 82 percent. (more…)

IBM Develops South Korea’s First Renewable Energy Management System

By Guest PostNovember 4, 2010Technologychoi chang-ho, cognos business intelligence, db2 database products, esb, green growth, ibm, jeju island, kim nam-gyu, low carbon, posco ict, renewable energy management system, smart grid, south korea, websphere enterprise service bus

*POSCO ICT showcases New Smart Grid System at Jeju Smart Grid Demonstration Complex*

SEOUL, South Korea, – 04 Nov 2010: IBM today announced its collaboration with POSCO ICT to develop South Korea’s first renewable energy management system for a smart grid. As part of South Korea’s national Smart Grid initiative to achieve the vision of “Low carbon, Green growth,” the intelligent renewable energy management system will be installed as a showcase at the Smart Grid Demonstration Complex located on Jeju Island. (more…)

Samsung Electronics Completes Windows 7 Deployment in Korean Offices

By Guest PostOctober 22, 2010TechnologyMicrosoft, pc management, samsung electronics co, samsung group, south korea, su mi lee, windows 7, windows 7 enterprise, windows 7 operating system

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REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2010 —

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a Windows 7 Enterprise customer and the flagship company of the Samsung Group, has completed deployment of Windows 7 throughout its offices in South Korea, the global headquarters of the consumer electronics manufacturing company. Samsung Electronics’ offices in South Korea house a majority of the company’s 150,000 employees worldwide.

To reduce the amount of time spent managing its client computing environment, Samsung Electronics upgraded to the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system and the Windows Internet Explorer 8 browser across its offices in South Korea. As a result of the deployment, Samsung Electronics has enhanced IT security; simplified IT maintenance, which resulted in a 20 percent cost savings; reduced power consumption by 34 percent; and significantly improved employee productivity. (more…)

BP, Deepwater Horizon and the Armageddon Scenario

By PravdaJuly 25, 20103 commentsEnvironment, Politicsbp exploration, chris landau, deepest oil, deepwater horizon, environmental catastrophe, extinction, gas, gas bubbles, geologist, gulf of mexico, halliburton inc, late paleocene, media blackout, methane, ocean bed, oilrig, permian, south korea, state-of-the-art, terrence aym, thermal maximum, tiber reservoir, wildlife

What exactly is going on in the Gulf of Mexico? When there are reports of media blackouts, then the natural reaction is to start investigating, and in the current environmental catastrophe, the more stones one turns, the more horrific the potential scenario becomes. While scare mongering is as pointless as it is dangerous, the truth remains that the media have the duty to inform.

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Asia Arms Itself to the Teeth

IBM Develops South Korea’s First Renewable Energy Management System

Samsung Electronics Completes Windows 7 Deployment in Korean Offices

BP, Deepwater Horizon and the Armageddon Scenario