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The cost savings and other advantages realized by going prepaid, even for mobile phone use, has positioned prepaid long distance as the preferred calling option for international students from coast to coast. Prepaid mobile and prepaid calling cards as well as voice over the Internet will save foreign students $2 million. These economic factors as well as a lack of established credit history continue to drive the vast majority of ESL students to purchase prepaid telecom products.

While the benefits of extremely low rates and free international long distance on select prepaid mobile plans are compelling, the need to memorize long PINs has tended to impede universal acceptance. To assist users in making calls almost as if they were using their home phone long distance service, features like PIN-less dialing and Speed Dial have been added to some of the more advanced prepaid services such as Peanuts-LD and EverCall Plus. Prepaid service providers have thought of ingenious ways to reduce the number of key presses to an incredible 3 to join your party on the line. Callers now tend to use the one-touch feature on their cellular handsets to simplify international dialing.

These days the prepaid calling connection quality will surprise many as it approaches home-based telephone quality because of the improved network environment, even as the savings have increased. Making sure that voice communication over prepaid service networks remains high quality is not an easy task. Prepaid product developers are hard at work to come up with solutions to meet the international callers’ demand for superior signal quality regardless of which networks are used.

Today’s foreign students come to the U.S. from all corners of the world. Their telecommunications needs are more complex and diverse than ever before. Thanks to those prepaid service providers who espouse new technologies faster than the telecom giants, the ESL student population has truly benefited from cell phone and PC-based technologies, allowing them to staying in touch with friends and family clear across the globe.

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Agriculture Crop Management and Production Improved by Satellite Remote Sensing Technology and Geographic Information Systems (gis)

Scientists for many years have been using satellite remote sensing technology, utilizing low and medium resolution sensors to improve water balance and farming yield assessment on large geographical scales around the world. With the availability of high resolution satellite sensors such as IKONOS, QuickBird and soon GeoEye-1, the current remote sensing NDVI algorithms utilized have become more accurate and reliable, providing detailed crop information for agriculture management to improve production and crop health.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) data indicate that annually 2500 km3 of freshwater is used for agricultural production, which amounts to 70% of the water resources that the world population consumes in a year. China is now consuming more than twice as much as what its ecosystems can supply sustainably, having doubled its needs since the 1960s, as indicated in a new WWF report. With the global population continuing to grow at a high pace, it is essential to optimize the use of water resources and to increase agricultural production in view of the prospect of having to feed 8 billion humans by 2030.

Agriculture resources are among the most important renewable, dynamic natural resources. Comprehensive, reliable and timely information on agricultural resources is very much necessary for countries whose main source of the economy is agriculture. Agriculture surveys are conducted through the nation in order to gather information and statistics on crops, rangeland, livestock and other related agricultural resources. This data is most important for the implementation of effective management decisions.

Satellite images can show variations in organic matter and drainage patterns. Soils higher in organic matter can be differentiated from lighter sandier soil that has a lower organic matter content. “Satellite image data have the potential to provide real-time analysis for large areas of attributes of a growing crop that can assist in making timely management decisions that affect the outcome of the current crop” said Leopold J. Romeijn, President of Satellite Imaging Corporation of Houston, Texas. However, like other precision agriculture technologies the information gained from satellite imagery are more meaningful when used with other available data and visualized and analyzed with a 2D/3D Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Satellite Imagery analysis for agriculture production allows for:

– Fast and accurate overview
– Quantitative green vegetation assessment
– Underlying soil characteristics
– TreeGrading

Remote sensing satellite imaging is an evolving technology with the potential for contributing to studies for land cover and change detection by making globally comprehensive evaluations of many environmental and human actions possible. These changes, in turn, influence management and policy decision-making. Satellite image data enable direct observation of the land surface at repetitive intervals and therefore allow mapping of the extent and monitoring and assessment of:

– Crop health
– Storm Water Runoff
– Change detection
– Air Quality
– Environmental analysis
– Energy Savings
– Irrigated landscape mapping
– Carbon Storage and Avoidance
– Yield determination
– Soils and Fertility Analysis

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a simple numerical indicator that can be used to analyze remote sensing measurements from a space or airborne platform, and assess whether the target being observed contains live green vegetation or not. AgroWatch (*) algorithms were developed by DigitalGlobe to enhance the NDVI results.

High or medium resolution satellite image data products help quantify crop status, soil conditions and rates of crop change throughout the field as small as 2′ x 2′. NDVI products reduce the field time by 50% by quickly identifying the problem areas – often before they are visible to the naked eye and to provide a solution to the problem which can significantly boost field productivity and crop quality, while reducing costs.

Green Vegetation Index – Colorized Map

The Green Vegetation Index – Colorized Map (GVC) colorizes the green vegetation index (GVI) values to show the spatial distribution of remotely sensed vegetation. The index is related to crop vigor, vegetation amount or biomass, resulting from inputs, environmental, physical and cultural factors affecting crops. The NDVI algorithm is applied to calibrate satellite images to separate the reflectance of vegetation from variation caused by underlying soils or water. The product is produced for a given field as well as for a region of interest.

Green Vegetation Index – Sharpened Map (GVS) is a superior product which combines pansharpened information and GVC values to improve manual image interpretation intended to facilitate the identification and mapping of significant spatial features. Information about green biomass density is contained in the original GVC product, which uses colors to show various levels in increments of 5 (on a scale from 0 to 100). GVS uses the registered panchromatic image (collected to make this a visible pan image) to modulate the brightness of each GVC color. The result has the excellent properties of a pansharpened image, but with quantitative numbers that are close (within 2 units) of the original GVC numbers.

More information on Green Vegetation Index.

Soil Zone Index

To develop a Soil Zone Index map, satellite images of the agriculture fields are calibrated and then spectral algorithms are applied that isolate soil components from vegetation. The final satellite image shows what the soil surface of your field looks like, including irrigation patterns, sand streaks, clay lenses, and organic matter and crop residue variations. If the crop has less than 50 percent canopy cover, the NDVI algorithms sees it all, and the Soil Zone map shows only the underlying soil. With a Soil Zone map, you can clearly see landscape variations. Lighter colors indicate dry, salty or coarsely textured soils, while darker colors indicate wet or organic soils. Often, variations in color indicate topographic variations across fields, which can greatly impact your crop management strategies and zone creation for precision agriculture management applications.

More information on Soil Zone Index

TreeGrading

The TreeGrading product provides an assessment of each individual tree in an orchard to help growers manage trees for top production. High resolution QuickBird, IKONOS or SPOT-5 satellite image data can be collected in support of Agriculture Management developing TreeGrading Maps to reveal the location and extent of each tree canopy determined by using a proprietary spectral algorithm. The properties of the GVI satellite images within each polygon are extracted to an industry standard Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database. The GIS software is then used to view and analyze the data. A satellite image and GIS map of missing trees is also created so the manager can plan for replacement.

More information on TreeGrading

Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) provides archived and new IKONOS, QuickBird, SPOT-5, ALOS and other Satellite Image data for many areas around the Globe and utilizes advanced Remote Sensing techniques, Color and Panchromatic image data processing services, orthorectification, culture and feature extractions, pan sharpening with image data fusion from different sensors and resolutions, enhancements, georeferencing, mosaicing and color/grayscale balancing for GIS and other geospatial applications. For more information on satellite image products and services, please contact us or visit our website.

 

WiFi Phones ? The New Crown Of Geekdom

Even them coffee makers and washing machines have got bluetooth and pretty soon and by pretty soon I mean this year they will also have WiFi access as well. This will be so much fun with WiFi all around us. Their will be so much Wifi that we could literally flow in the huge amount of waves crisscrossing out world, our brains and our bodies Our bank accounts would be hacked from our WiFi enabled ball pens and our house will be watched  by perverts from around the globe through our video cameras and handy cams present in various in our closets and dressing tables. Privacy will be a thing of a past and people will just have to search the web using certain special applications and what you had for dinner and how much of the veggies the little one slipped to the family dog will exposed to the whole world.

Privacy will be a thing of the past and will slowly become a laughabe matter. Nobody would be safe and just one simple click of a mouse button and one can be easily cut of from the world and even from their own belongings in their own home. One could operate everything from the touch screen panel on the arm rest of recliner. Lazyness through WiFi phones will be considered the norm and slowly and steadily through evolution the limbs of human being will start to get shorter and less muscular. Our heads will get bigger with a higher percentage of individuals dying from cancer and other related illness’s.

Human beings will slowly doom their own race through such technological enhancements. With human beings to be soon WiFi enables as well. All out thoughts could be downloaded on hardrive. A hacker could actually manage to control our minds through this new technological wildfire that uis gripping the world.v Now even small mp3 players and even wrist watches have adapted this technology in the market. Soon their will be nothing left in this world that does not have WiFi connectivity just like Bluetooth is today.

6 Reasons WAN Optimization is Integral, As Per Technology Industry Experts

Recent reports that companies have suggested broad IT budget cuts may have come as a dampener for new technologies on the anvil, but if McKinsey consulting has to be believed, the deployment of WAN Optimization in an organization, would only present it with benefits.

The deployment of WAN Optimization across a company shouldn’t be delayed, as per a set of technology industry experts. They believe that while cutting down costs during economically tough times may be the necessity, but that doesn’t mean companies have to reduce their IT spending completely.

 

Here are 6 reasons why WAN Optimization is critical to a company

 

Prepares companies for the future – Probably now, it may not be the right time to talk of scalability of a company, with most companies intent on reducing costs due to the downturn. But when the time is right, implementing WAN optimization across the board, can only help companies scale up to higher levels.

 

Data protection gets less expensive, and of course, faster – Companies have been investing ridiculous amounts in data protection and data backup, all of course through the conventional methods. With WAN Optimization, companies can reduce the bandwidth required for backing up data and also get it done relatively cheaper.

 

Outsourcing becomes productive – When work is outsourced, data sharing often becomes a pain. With WAN optimization, companies across the globe can access and share information at a lightning speed, thus benefiting the outsourcing model in a big way.

 

Boosts employee morale – Of all things, no employee would like to work on an application that runs like a tortoise. Application performance can easily be attributed as a single major reason why employees would get dissatisfied from an IT point of view. With WAN optimization at work, employees can now work with applications that are lightning quick.

 

Achieve workload balance – In case of bigger projects, the need for a lot of staff to be on the projects is often felt by companies. With WAN optimization done, companies could look at allocating resources to projects on a more real-time manner.

 

Realization of ROI – Projects like CRM, ERP and many more may need a fast IT performance, while eliminating the need of distributed IT infrastructure. The implementation of WAN Optimization allows companies to accelerate the speed of execution of these turnkey projects, all at almost a 0-error percentage.

 

 

It is quite simple and clear to understand why implementing WAN optimization is one of the critical things to happen for a company. Technology industry experts have studied these implications and are quite clear on what they think is the best way to move ahead.

MAIT Manufacturers Association for Information Technology

The organisation’s special focus is on domestic market development and attracting foreign investment in the Indian IT Industry. Set up in 1982 for purposes of scientific, educational and IT industry promotion, MAIT has emerged as an effective, influential and dynamic organisation. Representing actively Hardware, Training, Design/R&D and the associated services sectors of the Indian IT Industry,

MAIT is represented on all concerned Government of India forums and works in close association with the Department of IT, Ministry of Communications & IT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, DGFT, Ministry of Finance, BIS, ESC, NIC, STQC, CII, TEMA, ELCINA, CETMA, etc. for the advancement of the IT Industry in India.

MAIT also recognises the importance of Information Technology Industry growing with sound business relations with the rest of the world. In this direction, MAIT from time to time exchanges delegations and structured information with overseas counterpart organisations – industry data, published reports and newsletters – and encourages cross attending of annual events as a part of its effort to promote international understanding.

MAIT represents 92% of the Hardware Sector (by turnover). MAIT membership comprising Indian and Multinational companies is categorised into Corporate and Affiliate. The Corporate Members are engaged in manufacture of IT products or provide services or in any other closely related IT business and the Affiliate Members support the cause of MAIT. Application of membership is subject to approval of the Executive Council.

Activities of MAIT

Interface with the Central Government on Policy issues and regular dissemination of Policy information to members.
Market Development through Events and Exhibitions.
Interface with IT Users through workshops and seminars.
Statistics on IT Industry performance in India and overseas.
Facilitating Best Business Practice exchange
Online Tender-Bulletin service.
Weekly MAIT e-Newsletters on Topics of interest to the Industry.
Market Intelligence Reports.
Hosting IT delegation and organizing IT delegations to potential partner countries.
Studies on vertical markets or any specific issues as required by members from time to time.
Workshops/Tutorials on new Technology/Technology Transfers.
Regional offices in Bangalore and Mumbai take up State level issues in South and Western Regions respectively

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