Abstract: A water level measuring apparatus for a water storage container. The water level measuring apparatus includes a water pressure sensor disposed at a bottom of the water storage container to generate water pressure data and a controller for determining a water level in the water storage container based upon the water pressure data generated by the water pressure sensor. A water monitoring system including a water level measuring apparatus to determine pressure data associated with a water container. The water monitoring system also includes a water level control system that sends and receives information from the water level measuring apparatus. A method of monitoring water levels in water containers. Water pressure data is captured from the water containers. The pressure data is sent from the water level measuring apparatus of the water monitoring system to the water level control system of the water monitoring system. Water depth data is generated for the water containers from the pressure data.

Abstract: A method of optimising a storage network comprising the steps of: defining a plurality F of flows through a set N of fabric nodes; investigating the cost of establishing some routes through the storage network; and updating a route desirability variable as a function of the cost.

Abstract: An electronic device, operable as a trader in a market, the electronic device comprising: communication means for communicating a quote price to the market and for receiving a preceding market quote price made in the market; a plurality of trader agents including trader agents for buying by communicating a bid at a quote price in the market and trader agents for selling by communicating an offer at a quote price in the market; and selection means for selecting, in dependence upon the preceding market quote price and upon whether the device's next quote price is an offer or a bid, which of the plurality of trader agents communicates the next quote price to the market.

Abstract: A method for controlling the cooling of a computing environment comprising: deploying at least one portable device to separate, at least partially, a first portion of the computing environment from an adjacent portion of the computing environment; and increasing a mass flow of air to/from the first, at least partially, separated portion.