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Business Definition for: Data Reduction

  • the process of summarizing large data sets into histograms or frequency distributions so that calculations such as means can be made

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U.S. EPA: boosting Cetane 5-10 points cuts NOx 2-4% - Environmental Protection Agency emissions reduction research - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
In a new draft study, U.S. EPA calculates that boosting diesel cetane from 40 to 45 would achieve about a 2% fleetwide reduction in nitrogen oxides NOx, which could be applied to state implementation plan SIP emissions reduction credits.
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2002-06-24
USA: KETRON INC., AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE DATA REDUCTION FOR NAVY.(Brief Article)
DoD Ketron Inc., a division of The Bionetics Corp., Warminster, Pa., is being awarded a $5,182,026 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-99-C-1626) to exercise an option for an additional 91,000 man-hours of effort to provide data reduction and analysis of the Navy's Aviation Maintenance...
Tags: Maryland, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2002-07-14
Track Data Announces Lower Fees On myTrack Market Data Thanks to Nasdaq Exchange Fee Reduction
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Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-12
SEPATON Introduces New Enterprise-Ready Data Protection Platform with Performance and Deduplication Power to Protect Petabytes of Data
S2100-ES2 Series 1000 VTL and DeltaStor software lead industry in backup/recovery time, scalability, and data reduction efficiency
Tags: data protection, performance
Research articles 2008-06-09
Biogen and Elan: TYSABRI'R' Two-Year Monotherapy Trial Demonstrates Significant Impact on Disability Progression and Relapse Rate in Multiple Sclerosis.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS and DUBLIN, IRELAND, Feb 17, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Data Show 42% Reduction in the Risk of Disability Progression and Sustained 67% Reduction in Relapse Rate CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS and DUBLIN, IRELAND, Feb 17, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Data Show 42%...
Tags: Biogen Idec Inc., progression
Research articles 2005-02-17
TranSwitch Corporation Announces a Workforce Reduction
SHELTON, Conn. -- TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of carrier-class semiconductor solutions for the converging voice, data and video network, today announced a workforce reduction which is being implemented in two phases. The majority of the approximately 20 employees affected will leave the Company by the end of...
Tags: workforce
Research articles 2007-03-05
Spotlight Falls on Data Reduction Systems at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference; DRS Gears up for 2006 PDMA Sharing Conference in October
UNION, N.J. -- Just five months after signing a letter of intent with Microsoft to integrate its patented PharmaSyncTM system with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, Data Reduction Systems Corp. DRS (www.drscorp.com), was hand-selected to demonstrate the joint solution at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference held recently in Boston.
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2006-08-24
Restaurant Waste Reduction Manual: A Step-by-Step Approach to Developing a Waste Reduction Campaign
Waste reduction is a dynamic process. Many restaurants have been very successful with waste reduction. This Full Circle Resources manual provides all the information needed, in a systematic manner, to develop a waste reduction campaign, which is summarized below. In general, this process can be used by any size restaurant.
Tags: Reduction
White papers 2000-06-06
U.S. Air Force Awards Harris Corporation/Bae Systems $2.5 Mil Contract For Risk Reduction Of Tactical Common Data Link - Government Activity
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) and BAE SYSTEMS, Inc., representing a world-leading partnership in the development of wideband Tactical Common Data Link TCDL solutions, recently announced that they have received a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the risk reduction phase of the Harris/BAE SYSTEMS TCDL. TCDL is a...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Harris Corp., SALES
Research articles 2001-08-27
Regulators Reject Data on Contested Pain-Reduction Drug As 'Uninterpretable'.
By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 3--Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. yesterday said regulators deemed its data on the reduction of pain, the main goal of the clinical studies supporting approval for its drug Replagal to treat the rare ...
Tags: Boston Globe, FDA, Genzyme Corp., Government, regulator
Research articles 2002-10-03
/ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD -- Roche Pharmaceuticals/.
- New Data Shows Treatment was Associated With More Than a Two Third Reduction in Deaths - New Data Shows Treatment was Associated With More Than a Two Third Reduction in Deaths
Tags: Roche Holding AG
Research articles 2006-09-29
Paint Line Color Change Reduction in Automobile Assembly Through Simulation
This paper explains why the color change reduction problem in the paint shop of automobile assembly plant is important. It also justifies why simulation model should be used in our problem and how it can be modeled analytically as well as by simulation model. It also discusses the detailed simulation...
Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Manufacturing
White papers 2003-10-31
A Look at ... Web-Based Assessment
Some days, it seems like everything is becoming "Web-based" - i.e., available on the Internet - and for good reason. As connections and speed improve, the Internet's flexibility, accessibility, potential capacity for paper reduction, potential for superior data collection, analysis, and reporting capacities, and potential reduction in costs make it...
Tags: Web, Information Today Inc., Internet, Channel Management, Marketing
White papers 2004-03-01
OPEC: REDUCTION IN OPEC OIL PRODUCTION IN APRIL 2001.(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Al-Watan newspaper reported on the reduction of daily oil production of ten OPEC countries in April 2001. The paper noted that the total daily reduction reached 880,000 barrels; of which, the UAE reduction was ... Al-Watan newspaper reported on the reduction of daily oil production...
Tags: barrel, OPEC, petroleum
Research articles 2001-11-19
SEPATON and Hifn Partner to Deliver Industry's Highest-Performing Data Reduction Solution
New Solution Combines Hifn's Hardware-Advantaged Compression with SEPATON's Data De-Duplication Expertise
Tags: industry
Research articles 2007-05-09
Managing the Reduction in Force
Even in boon times, a company may find itself facing the prospect of a reduction in force. The proposed merger of Exxon and Mobil was accompanied by an announcement that 9,000 employees would lose their jobs. How does an employer manage a reduction in force? A business should develop...
Tags: Reduction, WN & J, Mergers & Acquisitions, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 1999-01-01
U.S. AIR FORCE AWARDS HARRIS CORPORATION/BAE SYSTEMS $2.5 MIL CONTRACT FOR RISK REDUCTION OF TACTICAL COMMON DATA LINK.(Government Activity)
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) and BAE SYSTEMS, Inc., representing a world-leading partnership in the development of wideband Tactical Common Data Link TCDL solutions, recently announced that they have received a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the risk reduction phase of the Harris/BAE SYSTEMS...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Harris Corp., SALES
Research articles 2001-08-27
Asigra Introduces 64-Bit Native Televaulting to Bring an Exponential Increase in Remote Office Backup Performance
Remote Office/Branch Office Multi-Threaded Backup Software Processes Several Orders of Magnitude More Data and Allows Larger Data Block Reduction for Near Real-Time Distributed Data Protection
Tags: 64-bit, Microsoft Office, performance
Research articles 2007-04-17
Early Data on Amgen's Anti-Angiogenesis Pipeline Molecules Suggest Biologic Activity Across Tumor Types
AMG 386 Preclinical Data Suggests Greater Reduction in Tumor Growth when Angiopoietin 1/2 and VEGF Pathways are Both Inhibited
Tags: Amgen Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-13
Data Reduction Systems Announces Partnership with Microsoft®; Joint Venture Features Integration of DRS PharmaSync™ with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
UNION, N.J. -- Data Reduction Systems Corp. DRS (www.drscorp.com), a leading provider of information management products and services, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Microsoft to integrate its patented PharmaSyncTM system with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. Microsoft will showcase the joint solution at CONVERGENCE 2006,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, partnership
Research articles 2006-02-16
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