BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Redundancy
Wiktionary Definition for: Redundancy
- The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
- duplication Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
- Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
- (''mostly British'') The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
Additional Resources
- Paradise Datacom Introduces New Modem Redundancy Switch; New, Evolution Modem Redundancy Switch Offers Backup Protection in a Compact, Low-Cost, 3-RU Package
- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Paradise Datacom is introducing a new modem redundancy switch system that offers a revolutionary approach to modern redundancy protection. The new product, called the Evolution Modem Redundancy Switch System, will highlight Paradise Datacom's product display (Booth #106) at SATCON 2005 in New York City, October 26-27....
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- WORLD BANK DENIES CHINA'S PRODUCTION CAPACITY REDUNDANCY
- AsiaInfo Services 05-12-2006 World Bank Denies China's Production Capacity Redundancy SHANGHAI, May 12, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- According to World Bank, the possibility of production capacity redundancy of China does not exist. The sta AsiaInfo Services...
- Research articles 2006-05-12
- About 1,600 staff apply for Aer Lingus redundancy packages
- DUBLIN AFP — Aer Lingus said that about 1,600 employees applied before a deadline for redundancy packages offered by the Irish state airline, which aims to reduce its workforce by 1,325 to 2,668 over three years. The company said in a statement it expected the "vast majority" of applicants...
- Research articles 2004-10-15
- [996] Deductibility of employer contributions to redundancy scheme.
- Byline: Terry Hayes Jun 12, 2006 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Taxation Office has ruled on the deduction of redundancy scheme contributions by employers. The class ruling states that building contractors, who have to contribute to the...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- Cold-standby redundancy optimization for nonrepairable systems
- A solution methodology is described and demonstrated to determine optimal design configurations for nonrepairable series--parallel systems with cold-standby redundancy. This problem formulation considers non-constant component hazard functions and imperfect switching. The objective of the redundancy allocation problem is to select from available components and to determine an optimal design configuration...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- Legal Brief: Redundancy or Constructive Dismissal?
- Q: After a recent round of job cuts I was given a number of tasks that aren't on my contract. Then last week I was told those tasks were no longer needed and I am being made redundant. Can I claim constructive dismissal? A: The key question...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Redundancy And Productivity In The Speech Technology Lexicon
- Current lexica for speech technology typically contain much redundancy, while omitting useful information. A comparison with lexica in other media and for other purposes is instructive, as it highlights some features we may borrow for text-to-speech and speech recognition lexica. We describe some aspects of the new lexicon we are...
- White papers 2006-06-13
- Does redundancy equal profit?
- Not every industry profits from redundancy. In fact, eliminating silly repetitiveness was a strong part of the rumors that GM would buy Chrysler from the Daimler brand a few months ago. The saying went that GM as buyer would be able to eliminate many whitNot every industry profits from redundancy....
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Mini dc-dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel systems. (uninterruptible power supplies) (includes related articles on weak links that limit UPS reliability and the increase in converter switching frequencies) (technical)
- Mini dc/dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel systems A source of uninterrupted power is increasingly becoming a requirement for computing systems. A total or even partial power failure, and the subsequent loss of data, can be catastrophic for Mini dc/dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel...
- Research articles 1988-04-28
- Merrill Lynch employees ponder controversial redundancy offer.
- To stay or to go? More than 50,000 of Merrill Lynch's 66,000 employees are pondering this conundrum with increasing urgency as Friday's deadline looms for accepting the firm's unexpected offer of voluntary redundancy. To stay or to go? More than 50,000 of Merrill Lynch's...
- Research articles 2001-11-05
- Gate Gourmet sets out voluntary redundancy offer
- LONDON AFP — Troubled in-flight caterer Gate Gourmet unveiled on a redundancy programme for its British workforce in a bid to resolve a bitter labour row at London Heathrow airport. Gate Gourmet, owned by US private equity group Texas Pacific, said workers who opt for voluntary redundancy will receive...
- Research articles 2005-08-28
- Redundancy selection under scrutiny.
- May 15, 2003 (HR Report - ABIX via COMTEX) Redundancy selection criteria must be objective and transparent. Helen Karatasas, lawyer at law firm Deacons, says that companies must be "fair and reasonable" when retrenching their staff. She gave an example of National Australia Bank...
- Research articles 2003-05-16
- Voluntary Redundancy Fund ready for use.
- MEXICO CITY, Feb 7, 2003 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The Voluntary Redundancy Fund, which was authorized by Congress, is ready to be put into effect, said the Guillermo Bernal, chief of the Budget Policy Unit of the Treasury Secretariat.The guidelines...
- Research articles 2003-02-08
- Initial allocation compensation algorithm for redundancy allocation: The scanning heuristic
- 1. Introduction The manufacturing yield and operating reliability of a complex system can be enhanced with three main approaches: i adding redundancies to vulnerable components; ii increasing the robustness of the weak components themselves; and iii simplifying the system configuration (Kuoet al., 2001; Ha and Kuo, 2005). Among the...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Delay in informing makes redundancy harsh.
- Sep 20, 2002 (HR Report - ABIX via COMTEX) An Adelaide company has been ordered to pay $A3,000 compensation over a delay in a redundancy notification. The South Australian Industrial Relations Commission was told that Bax Global had selected a storeman for redundancy six...
- Research articles 2002-09-19
- Dataprobe Releases 2005 K-16 Redundancy Switches: Enhancing Remote Network Management Capabilities and Reliability
- PARAMUS, N.J. -- New Features and Models include SNMP Support, High Speed Network and Interface Cards Dataprobe, a leading manufacturer of innovative technology solutions for networking, systems, and site management, has released the new 2005 K-16 Redundancy Switch Series. The K-16 Series provides reliable switching of communications circuits for...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- Don't stop the presses: complex control system features complete redundancy to eliminate downtime.(EXTREME MACHINE OF THE YEAR)
- Any complex control system, or even a simple one for that matter, requires some degree of redundancy to minimize key failure points. Engineers at Tempe, AZ-based Automated Control Technologies ACT implemented redundancy in every hardware and software aspect of a paper bundling and delivery system for...
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- Dual-homing Ethernet switch for device redundancy.(NEWS)
- Fremont, CA -- As the importance of security and uptime becomes more prominent across industry, the need for effective redundancy strategies in industrial applications has increased. "Older industrial connectivity options, such as serial lines, did not support redundancy," said Frank Madren, GarrettCom's president. "As a...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- System backup - Dataprobe's Redundancy Switching System - Brief Article - Product Announcement
- PROVIDE SYSTEM REDUNDANCY FEATURES to company telephony systems. Dataprobe's Redundancy Switching System RSS prevents computer telephone integration CTI servers from becoming a single point of failure in critical applications. The RSS allows for hot-standby servers to be automatically swapped for failed systems. Switching for circuits from analog stations up to...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Compulsory redundancy of Aer Lingus workers not yet on the cards
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A spokesperson for the Impact labour union, which represents some 2,500 workers with Irish carrier, Aer Lingus, has stated that newspaper reports suggesting that the carrier's staff are facing compulsory redundancy are 'premature'. Michael Landers told RTE radio on 29...
- Research articles 2001-10-30
