BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Center
- a department, area, or function to which costs and/or revenues are charged
Wiktionary Definition for: Center
- geometry The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- geometry The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference of the circle.
- geometry The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the surface of the sphere.
- geometry The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure.
- A place where some function or activity occurs.
- Ex:''shopping center''
- Ex:''convention center''
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
- Ex:''the center of the controversy''
- Ex:''the center of attention''
- basketball The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- Icehockey The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- fb The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- Of, at, or related to a center.
- To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
Additional Resources
- Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure
- In cloud computing competition, data center capacity isn't a pure commodity, not merely the table stakes that every vendor must have to be in the game. Maybe someday it will approach that, but near term, the companies that can efficiently ramp data center capacity up and down could gain a...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Dell Enters Unified Data Center Fray Against Cisco, HP, IBM
- Dell is partnering with Brocade and Scalent to develop its Efficient Enterprise initiative, a unified data center solution that will compete with similar strategies rolled out by such rivals as Cisco, HP and IBM. Dell officials say they will use their own data center systems, Brocade networking technologies and Scalent...
- News items 2009-09-01
- HP, Cisco And IBM: Winner Takes The Data Center
- IBM, said to be in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems, is showing that it will not be left behind in the battle for control of the data center, which is fast becoming the center of the IT universe. And it's becoming equally clear...
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Is Your Call Center Shafting Customers?
- Is your call center screwing up those hard-won customer relationships? If so, you might want to prepare yourself to be yelled at, next time you call your customer contacts. In the post "How to Show Your Customers You Despise Them" in BNET's Sterling...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- NASA negotiating to build Space Camp in I-X Center. (NASA Lewis Research Center, International Exposition Center)
- NASA negotiating to build Space Camp in I-X Center The NASA Lewis Research Center has resurrected plans to build a museum, visitor center and Space Camp off NASA grounds and is in negotiations to locate the complex in 110,000 square feet of the InteNASA...
- Research articles 1990-04-16
- Customer Interface magazine named official publisher of Advanstar's Call Center events. (First).(Advanstar Communications )
- Advanstar Communications has designated Customer Interface magazine as the official publisher of its call center events, including Call Center Las Vegas, Call Center Canada, and ICCM. Beginning with Call Center Las Vegas, to be held February 1 Advanstar Communications...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- CHINA: HP OPENINGS A SOFTWARE SUB-CENTER IN CHONGQING.
- According to fdi.gov.cn: On October 25, HP global software service center China Chongqing sub-center celebrated its inauguration at the Hilton Hotel. The sub-center is reportedly HP's largest and last sub-center in China established for its global According to fdi.gov.cn: On October 25, HP global software...
- Research articles 2005-10-30
- New leader reorganizes NIH acquisition center
- NIH prepares to issue third CIO-SP GWAC Rob Coen arrived five months ago as deputy program manager at the National Institutes of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center and promptly flipped the center's operations and organizational structure. The remade organization boasts a streamlined structure, without the assisted acquisition services wing....
- News items 2009-08-17
- Trade center designation gives local firms leg up. (Cleveland, Ohio; World Trade Center)(World Trade Conference)
- Ten months ago, Cleveland took another step toward becoming a leading international center of commerce when it joined 280 other cities across the globe as a World Trade Center. Karen Riggle, manager of World Trade Center Cleveland, said receiving a frTen months ago, Cleveland took another...
- Research articles 1995-05-15
- Clinic's center encourages research with NASA Glenn.(News)(John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field)(Brief Article)
- Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND The Cleveland Clinic has established a Center for Space Medicine in which it will work with NASA Glenn Research Center to study medical problems humans encounter during long-term space flight. The center was formed by Dr Byline: SHANNON...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- Georgia International Convention Center, Atlanta: new Gateway Center project to be complete in 2003. (Hospitality).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- The Georgia International Convention Center/Gateway Center project is reaching its half-way mark. Construction began in August 2001 and is scheduled to be complete June 2003. The $95 million Georgia International Convention Center will be located in The Georgia International Convention Center/Gateway Center project is...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center announces creation of the Center
- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced the creation of the Center for Biosecurity, with headquarters in Baltimore and offices in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. The center will result from the move to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, on Nov. 1, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense...
- Research articles 2003-09-18
- Henry Ford Health System opens medical center in New Center Area
- Michigan Chronicle 09-20-2005 As another measure of its commitment to health care in the city of Detroit, Henry Ford Health System has opened a new medical center. The $8.2 million, 80,000-square-foot Henry Ford Medical Center -- New Center One, is located at...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- Penn State Hershey Sleep Research and Treatment Center Moves into the Hershey Center for Applied Research
- HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Hershey Center for Applied Research HCAR announced today a new tenant in Building One: Penn State Hershey Sleep Research and Treatment Center Sleep Center. With collaboration between the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, the 12-bed...
- Research articles 2008-10-15
- Rockefeller Center Properties Inc. Trust —RCPI— to Seek Bids for Sale or Recapitalization of Rockefeller Center
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 2000 Rockefeller Center Properties Inc. Trust the owners of Rockefeller Center today announced its plans to seek bids for the sale of Rockefeller Center. Since acquiring the 12 historic Rockefeller Center buildings in July 1996, RCPI Trust has fulfilled its objectives...
- Research articles 2000-05-22
- 3 Ways To Find A Call Center Job
- Finding a call center job is easier than you would think. Call center jobs have such a high turnover that it makes it easy for someone armed with a little knowledge to get into a call center job. Once you get that call center job, most agents can stay for...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Rent-A-Center Beats Wal-Mart to Financial Services, Provides Warning
- Rent-A-Center has been getting a boost in the recession, seeing higher comparable store sales as consumers turn to it for furniture, appliances and electronics, but it has been tripped up a bit by an expansion into financial services, which might be an object lesson for Wal-Mart as it looks for...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
- Today, a number of companies are either consolidating their data centers or implementing new data center projects. Their decisions are often based on the appropriate "tier level" of the IT facility. The tier level is determined by an industry standard classification system for infrastructure performance. A four-tier system rates a...
- White papers 2009-10-01
- NSA to build $1.5B cybersecurity center near Salt Lake City
- Computerworld - The National Security Agency NSA is setting up a new $1.5 billion cybersecurity data center at the Utah National Guard's Camp Williams near Salt Lake City. The 1-million-square foot center will form the hub of the highly-classified Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative CNCI launched during the Bush Administration. It...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Merck Serono to Spend $225 Million on New Beijing R&D Center
- ChinaBio Today submits: Merck Serono, a division of Germany’s Merck KGaA MRK, will build a global R&D center in Beijing, China, spending $225 million over the next four years. The center, which will eventually house 200 employees, will be the fourth major R&D center for the company. The Beijing...
- External links 2009-11-25
