Abstract: A resource management solution based on management policies is provided, where each management policy comprises an indication of a management activity and at least one of the management policies comprising an indication of an application condition. A corresponding method comprises deploying a set of operative management policies assigned to each one of a set of target computing machines onto the target computing machine to cause the target computing machine to verify the application condition of each assigned operative management policy according to status information available on the target computing machine.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for inserting a PDF shared resource back into a PDF statement is provided. The method includes storing a set of statements, wherein each statement has been extracted from a document and each statement contains indirect objects. A set of resources is then stored, wherein the resources have been extracted from the document, and the resources include a set of indirect objects. All of the indirect objects in a selected one of the stored statements are then enumerated and a determination is made of which of the indirect objects contain keys. A key value for the enumerated indirect objects containing keys is then read, and the indirect objects in the stored set of resources associated with each key are identified. Stream data is then copied from the indirect objects in the stored set of resources into the selected ones of the stored statements.

Abstract: RFID tags to provide a relatively low power and power conserving wireless communication system to dynamically and automatically transfer all preselected data developed in designated digital devices to a centralized data processing system. Inclusion, in the target mobile wireless devices from which data is to be transferred, of an RFID tag, preferably passive, to minimize power consumption that is conventionally recognizable by a short range RF transceiver in the computer system to which data is to be transferred. Thus, each mobile wireless device being tracked includes a short range RFID tag, a short range RF transceiver and storage means for the digital data developed by the device that is to be transferred.

Abstract: A method, system and device for simulating cable failures in a network are disclosed. In a first aspect, a plurality of optical cables which couple a plurality of devices within the network to each other are provided. The method and system includes providing at least one programmable device on one of the plurality of optical cables. The at least one programmable device allows for controlled simulated cable failures. In a second aspect, the network comprises: a plurality of devices and a plurality of optical cables for interconnecting the devices. The network also includes at least one programmable device coupled to one of the optical cables, the at least one programmable device allows for controlled simulated cable failures. In a third aspect, the programmable device is used in a network for simulating cable failures in the network. The network includes a plurality of devices and a plurality of optical cables for interconnecting the devices.

Abstract: A structure and method are provided in which a stress present in a film is reduced in magnitude by oxidizing the film through atomic oxygen supplied to a surface of the film. In an embodiment, a mask is used to selectively block portions of the film so that the stress is relaxed only in areas exposed to the oxidation process. A structure and method are further provided in which a film having a stress is formed over source and drain regions of an NFET and a PFET. The stress present in the film over the source and drain regions of either the NFET or the PFET is then relaxed by oxidizing the film through exposure to atomic oxygen to provide enhanced mobility in at least one of the NFET or the PFET while maintaining desirable mobility in the other of the NFET and PFET.

Abstract: An electronic component unit such as a speaker unit which is to be installed in the main body of a notebook-sized PC, includes an integral connector with compression type terminals that are connected with lead wires to a speaker. When the speaker unit is disposed on a speaker-unit mounting portion, the compression type terminals are disposed at a position where they contact with the lands of a system board. The speaker unit is fixed by inserting screws into the support portions of a housing, and at the same time, the compression type terminals are elastically contacted with the lands and electrically connected thereto.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented multiple-stage evaluation of a user-defined predicate. A statement is executed in a database stored on a data storage device connected to a computer. The statement is received containing a user-defined predicate with a user-defined function. Then, multiple-stage evaluation of the user-defined predicate is performed.