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... www.bkacad.comConnecting Upper Layer Services to the Media11• To support a wide variety of network functions, the DataLinklayer is often divided into two sublayers: an upper sublayer and an lower sublayer. – ... www.bkacad.comOverviewUpon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:• Explain the role ofDataLinklayer protocols in data transmission. • Describe how the DataLinklayer prepares data for transmission ... DataLinkLayer Protocols- The Frame31• Remember that although there are many different DataLinklayer protocols that describe Data Linklayer frames, each frame...
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... fraction of the entire data center cost, decisions for the so-called physical layer are often taken lightly. But the fact remains that 70% of all network downtime is attributed to the physical layer, ... percentage of terminations as copper, fiber optic cabling and connectivity is a significant part of the data center. Fiber links are also the most critical links because they carry data to and ... outside world, huge streams ofdata are transferred to and from equipment areas at extremely high data rates. The infrastructure must consistently support the flow ofdata without errors that...
... module end of a permanent link, are supported by Fluke Networks and by Krone Australia as acceptable adaptors for testing of permanent links to Class D performance. But with the release of the ... Field Performance Testing V10 050111 Page 2 of 9 Performance Testing of Permanent Links and Channels Testing of telecommunications Permanent Links and Channels to determine performance ... ability to test Class E Permanent Links between the two units is the same, provided they have the latest software version loaded. The testing of Class E permanent links and channels necessitates...
... onefootinfront of theother.www.it-ebooks.infoChapter2.VariationsinDashboardUsesand Data Dashboardscanbeusedtomonitormanytypes ofdata andtosupportalmostanyset of objectivesbusinessdeemsimportant.Therearemanywaystocategorizedashbo ... Percentage of thisyear'sbudgetsofarApriorprediction of themeasure Forecast of whereweexpectedtobetodayRelationshiptoafutureprediction of themeasure Percentage of thisquarter'sforecastSomemeasure of thenormforthismeasure ... wereonceagainabletogrow.Whatreallycausedheadstoturninrecognition of dashboardsasmuchmorethanyoureverydayfledglingtechnology,however,wastheEnronscandalin2001.Theaftermathputnewpressureoncorporationstodemonstratetheirabilitytocloselymonitorwhatwasgoingonintheirmidstandtotherebyassureshareholdersthattheywereincontrol.Thisincreasedaccountability,combinedwiththeconcurrenteconomicdownturn,sentChiefInformationOfficers(CIOs)onamissiontofindanythingthatcouldhelpmanagersatalllevelsmoreeasilyandefficientlykeepaneyeonperformance.MostBIvendorsthathadn'talreadystartedofferingadashboardproductsoonbegantodoso,sometimesbycleverlychangingthename of anexistingproduct,sometimesbyquicklypurchasingtherightstoanexistingproductfromasmallervendor,andsometimesbycobblingtogetherpieces of productsthatalreadyexisted.Themarketplacesoonofferedavastarray of dashboardsoftwarefromwhichtochoose.1.3.DispellingtheConfusionLikemanyproductsthathitthehigh‐techscenewithasplash,dashboardsareveiledinmarketinghype.VirtuallyeveryvendorintheBIspaceclaimstoselldashboardsoftware,butfewclarifywhatdashboardsactuallyare.I'mreminded of theearlyyears ofdata warehousing,wheneagertolearnaboutthisnewapproachto data managementIaskedmyIBMaccountmanagerhowIBMdefinedtheterm.Hisresponsewasclassicandrefreshinglycandid:"By data warehousingweatIBMmeanwhateverthecustomerthinksitmeans."Irealizethatthiswasn'tIBM'sofficialdefinition,whichI'msureexistedsomewhereintheirliterature,butitwasmyblue‐suitedfriend'sway of sayingthatasasalesperson,itwasusefultoleavethetermvagueandflexible.Aslongasaproductorserviceremainsundefinedorlooselydefined,itiseasytoclaimthatyourcompanysellsit.Thoseraresoftwarevendorsthathavetakenthetimetodefinethetermintheirmarketingliteraturestartwiththespecificfeatures of theirproductsasthecore of thedefinition,ratherthanagenericdescription.Asaresult,vendordefinitionstendtobeself‐validatinglists of technologiesandfeatures.Forexample,Dr.GregoryL.Hovis,Director of ProductDeploymentforSnippetsSoftware,Inc.,asserts:www.it-ebooks.infoCategorizingdashboardsCommonthreadsindashboard data Non‐quantitativedashboard data Dashboardsareusedtosupportabroadspectrum of informationneeds,spanningtheentirerange of businesseffortsthatmightben...
... effectiveness of retrieval tasks across a set of 11 different data visualization techniques. The data visualizations represent an identical hierarchical dataset, which has been normalized in terms of ... purpose of this research was to increase the awareness of the positive role and purpose of aesthetic in the design ofdata visualization techniques. This paper focused on the effect in which data ... the assessment ofdata visualization. Drawing analogy from the linear task of an online shopping cart with an information retrieval function within data visualization, the core of the efficiency...
... thatMnv−2pdvolg≤ C.(3.14)Proof. This is Lemma 4.3 of [CGY02b] (see also Lemma 4.1 of [Gur93]).This completes the proof of Proposition 3.3.Remark.Ifu ∈ C2is a Γ-admissible solution of (1.13), then by ... ωnis the volume ratio of Euclideanspace.Proof. The proof is based on a construction of the geometric tangent conecorresponding to the end N1, as follows. Take any sequence of numbers risuchthat ... B(x0,ρ/2).An important feature of (1.19) is that both sides of the inequality havethe same homogeneity under the natural dilation structure of equation (1.18);see the proof of Lemma 3.1 and the remark...
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