Solar thermal industry “ugly duckling” into a “White Swan” With the national energy-saving emission reduction, the need for industrial upgrading, solar energy heat utilization industry, suddenly from the “grassroots” into a “noble”, there has been 20-year history in the process of the most prosperous scene. Last year, sales of solar water heaters on the market, “soared 3000-foot”, the industry output from 35 billion yuan to 500 billion yuan mark a breakthrough, an increase of the previous 3 years combined; sun, [...]
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Reduce Utility Bills
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Dec 262011
Reduce Utility Bills Are you looking for a cheap and easy way to reduce utility bills? Try this experiment: open your windows! Opening windows and allowing natural air to flow through your home will do wonders not only for your indoor environment, but your mood as well. It’s a well known fact that allowing outdoor air to help cool your home drives down utility bills. As the air circulates through the house, it drives temperatures down. If your thermometer is [...]
Open Source ERP Popularity In Software Market
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Dec 262011
Open Source ERP Popularity In Software Market Enterprise resource planning, well known as ERP is an integrated application of software intended to improve the performances of resources in an organization. This multi module software functions by bringing all data of an institution under a single database. Implementing ERP software in a company helps business owners in better management of resources. Inventory control, better management of human capital, supply chain management, better access control and customer relationship management are some of [...]
Open Source Vs. Commercial E-Learning Software
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Dec 262011
Open Source Vs. Commercial E-Learning Software Learning used to mean going to school, sitting in a classroom, and listening to the teacher or professor discuss the topic of the day. Today, Information Technology is being utilized to provide a virtual learning environment for the students. Learning is no longer exclusively relegated to the classroom. Long distance learning can be done anywhere and anytime. With the introduction of smart phones, a student can learn the French language while sipping coffee at [...]
Dec 262011
Open Source Software Development – Overview & Benefits In today’s scenario, companies across the different levels are using technology & internet to promote business online, increase the operational efficiency, reduce the cost, manage multiple branches internationally, make proper co-ordination among various departments, simplifying the business processes. Since, the nature of technology is very dynamic and its trends change over the period of time; Cost, Skilled Resources have been one of the main factors to integrate technology with business. For various [...]
Must Have Free Software for Geeks
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Dec 202011
Antriksh Yadav asked: Are you a techie? Love gadgets? Computer expert? Like hacking and tweaking software and hardware? You’re a geek. Believe it or not, you’re pretty much like me. Okay now, let’s not fight over the definition of a geek.Here’s a list of software (all free) for geeks, according to me. You can download each by clicking its name:Firefox/Chrome: These top dogs in the web browser world are not only recommended for everyone, but also they are a geek’s [...]
Web Designing – Usefulness of PHP
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Dec 162011
Alan L Smith asked: A web designer can design interactive and appealing websites as well as applications with the help of PHP. PHP is the acronym of hypertext preprocessor and is one of the most recognized languages for scripting the web designs. There are hardly any restrictions when using PHP for web designing. Some of the prominent uses of PHP are as follows.GUIGUI stands for Graphical User Interface. The PHP can be used for a range of utilities. These utilities [...]
Dec 112011
Michael Gabriel L. Sumastre asked: A not-so-new concept, open-source (OS) is the emerging alternative that has been gaining more and more popularity over the years. The open-source business intelligence has extended its breadth, and has become the trend – from financial and office software to Web, desktop utilities and games to practically almost all significant ways of organizing business tasks.Revolutionizing business and software strategies in a massive way, the open-source movement allows information to be produced, distributed and controlled in [...]
Some of the Major Issues Regarding Financial Information Exchange (FIX) Engine Vendor
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Dec 072011
John Herris asked: What is FIX?If you are interested in issues related to financial information then you must carry on reading. In this article, I am going to introduce you with FIX protocol and its vendor. Now a day’s Financial Information Exchange (FIX) procedure has became one of the most accepted protocols among worldwide participants in financial industry such as money managers, hedge funds, ECNs and traditional exchanges. These market participants have a common vision of universal language for the [...]