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The Incredible Synthesis of Modern Media
Daniel P. Kelly
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
October 7, 2007
The process of media evolution is taking place right in front of every person on the planet and they need to only look at themselves as its driving force. This nearly unstoppable movement is called convergence, which involves different kinds of media – video, text, radio, and the Internet – to meld together to form a singular method of mass communication. What this would entail is that of looking for news, information, and entertainment would be drastically simplified to one unified media source.
Unfortunately, it's a geologically slow process as the current population is only experiencing a first taste in what convergence can eventually offer. The Internet provides a suitable platform for the resolution of media as it is able to make exceptional use of traditional forms of communication like text, video, and sound. However, the Internet is only a piece of the contemporary convergence puzzle.
The traditional forms of media are just now trying to breach their protective shells to try radical methods of sending information to a mass audience. The distinct realms of newspapers, television, radio, and the Internet are just now starting to seep into each other and blur their boundaries by the slightest of margins. In a modern world, those distinctions that once ruled the media industry are becoming more detrimental than in previous years. Unequivocally, this trend provides numerous benefits to an increasingly fragmented audience and to struggling media outlets.
The time that any single person has to devote to media has changed drastically over the past half century from perhaps a few television channels and a local newspaper to hundreds of television channels, national and local papers, the Internet, satellite radio and countless others. Marcel Fenez states, "In a converged media economy, the scarce resource is consumer time and attention (1)."
This is the necessity of convergence for the individual media consumer. An eclectic approach to mass communication is necessary to provide every piece of essential information in a succinct format.
In many ways, convergence is a consumer-driven phenomenon. The population's newly divided attention has caused a shift in media strategy to deliver news, information and entertainment where it is most convenient for any single person. This change is clearly articulated by Randy Covington in Myths and Realities of Convergence that:Newspaper circulation in the United States is falling at a rate of roughly five percent a year, and viewership of television news is in decline, while new media outlets and fresh formats for telling news are growing explosively. Internet penetration in the United States approaches 80 percent, and high-speed broadband accessibility is becoming commonplace. (54)So, this has caused standard forms of media to re-evaluate what opportunities they are possibly missing by distributing messages in their traditional forms. Those opportunities are being clearly missed among a younger crowd, which have the lowest readership due most likely to their perpetually "wired" nature. This trend is also being reflected in the general population as a report by BIGresearch found that in the market of Columbus, Ohio that half of the consumers used multiple media concurrently (Quinn 34). This proposition is frightening for traditional media, as they struggle for the attention of someone who is actively ingesting their content. Clearly, these statistics show that the individual appetite for media has grown considerably yet the traditional forms are quickly looking more like the kids' menu than a suitable entrée. Why settle for the grayed chicken fingers provided by local paper when the option for an Alaskan King crab buffet is readily available on any local computer. More people are coming to this realization every day regardless of their affinity to King crab.
For media consumers, convergence also provides the news value of timeliness – receiving news and information in a suitably quick manner – at an entirely new level than previously imagined. Instead of waiting for the nightly newscast or the next day's paper, cell phones and computers can be updated with breaking news instantly.
This is especially important in the realm of journalism, as timeliness is one of seven sacred news values that form the foundation of the industry. This is due only to the demands of the collective public to have events quickly translated, summarized, and disseminated to them in a timely manner.
The Internet has only made the public more expectant of media to make news a liquid, perpetual process rather than bound to dated schedule in the creation of news All of these aspects give media consumers an incredible amount of power and allows for a greater degree of control over their individual media intake. For the longest time, consumers were trapped between waiting for news either through the morning newspaper, 24-hour news networks, and the nightly news. Even popular forms of television are still set on strict schedules that demand viewers bend their timetables simply to watch an enjoyable program. None of these are tailored to any individual person, which is the exact strength of converged media.
With the Internet, the ability to have "on-demand" information and entertainment is becoming more possible every single day. There are numerous news websites – affiliated and not affiliated with traditional news sources – that provide updates at all hours so there are no gaps in the news cycle.
Also, users of the site can easily distinguish between what information is relevant to them simply by scanning the headlines for the various articles. In this case, a well-written headline is even more useful in converged than traditional media. Scanning the headlines of The New York Times website is far more graceful than with the actual newspaper, which is bulky on its lightest days. People are also able to use Google to rent TV shows and basketball games, instead of being restricted to watching them during normal time slots (Oser 2). So, people are able to set their own schedule now and fit media into their lives as they deem necessary and not feel like they have to slog through a newspaper or lose sleep watching a news episode of a television show.
Convergence is a radical development but many people are likely to still see a wealth of traditional media and think that the idea is being blown out of proportion. They would be right in many respects, as society is still a ways off from a singular streaming source of media and entertainment. What is true is that society is only starting to see the very beginnings of convergence in a very rough and patchwork state. A better understanding of the business provides an explanation as to why change has happened at all.
Traditional forms of media have been around for decades and their numerous successes have hardened their dissemination strategies. Due to their domination of individual markets, traditional media are profitable ventures on the whole due mostly to their large amount of advertising. And so, this cycle was dutifully maintained for a majority of the last century as radio, television and newspapers found their own safe havens and guarded them fiercely. The Internet disturbed this equilibrium as it has quickly swiped the attention of the entire world away from traditional forms of media to their computer monitors. Now, audience statistics simply don't add up for a traditional form of media as the collective attention becomes more divided and difficult to predict. It is in this environment that intelligent media professionals realized their growing antiquity, stood up, and took the first baby steps of convergence.
These initial steps are the cross training of media professionals and the merging of traditional media.
That means that individuals in each profession are learning to become more versatile by acquiring more skills in other forms of mass communication. An example would be a reporter doing a podcast, reporting on camera, and writing an article for the next day's newspaper all from the same news event. This change has created cooperation out of rivalry as usually competing forms of media are now working together to help fill the gaps present in each form of presentation. In other cases, it means putting every form of media essentially under one roof.
This was the particular case for the Nordjyske newspaper in Northern Denmark, which was quickly losing readership and an overall lack of morale. Editor-in-chief Ulrick Haggerup decided that in order to avoid the fate of other Danish newspapers – tanking financially – that convergence was the only rescuer. Haggerup himself says, "in fact, this was and is a survival strategy while also providing a more satisfying and fun life for reporters (18)." What was once solely a newspaper for northern Denmark, became Nordjyske Media that had a website, a 24-hour cable show, and two printed publications. Haggerup also stressed that the focus wasn't cutting costs but providing great news content to the public in a form that suited them (Haggerup 18).
This is precisely the approach that media outlets should take in providing news and entertainment to the public. It may currently be too drastic a step to scrap every traditional form of media and focus entirely on providing media over the Internet, as many consumers are still attached to those forms. A cleverly divided approach focused on providing good content and not just advertising space simultaneously satisfies every media consumer. A newer breed of media professional is also required that is willing to look at convergence as a toolbox with each form of media as useful in its proper usage. Haggerup links the evolution of newspapers to Darwin's theory of evolution in that, "It won't be the biggest news organization, nor the newspaper that now has the highest circulation or has the editors and reporters earning the highest salary. It will be the news entity that learns how to adapt fast to the changing media habits of those it serves...(19)"
Convergence is an incredible benefit of living in a technological world in how it is gradually providing the tools to access news, entertainment, and general information to give individuals a new level of freedom. Media organizations are starting to see where the eyes of the general public are heading and are shedding their former selves to become more presentable to a technologically adept audience. This will remarkably improve the communication between the media and the public. There is a lessened chance in a disconnect occurring between the two because they can communicate on the same platform – the Internet – simultaneously and essentially create a running dialogue on both the content and distribution of media. While the traditional media still hold their purpose, it is certainly in a lessened role to the possibilities that online and on-demand media provide. The great epiphany of convergence is that the media are followers and are wholly dependant on the public in order to survive as successful businesses. Demands of media to provide instant information are difficult to meet, but that is the factor that the Internet has added to the world of information. Honestly, the developments are beneficial to both sides as the public gets exactly what they want while media are being spurred to innovate instead of grasping their outdated conventions of dissemination. Convergence is a harsh morning light for people dreaming of simpler ideas in media, but eventually, everyone has to pry their own eyes open to an invigorating sunrise.
Works Cited
Covington, Randy. "Myths and Realities of Convergence." Nieman Reports 60.4 (Winter 2006): 54-56. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. 1 October 2007. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=23683089&site=ehost-live
Fenez, Marcel. "Converging towards total control by consumers." Media Asia (27 Jan. 2006): 21-21. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. 1 October 2007. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=19898719&site=ehost-live
Gage, Ralph. "Navigating the Road to Convergence." Nieman Reports 60 (2006): 19-22. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCOhost. 26 Apr 2007. http://0-web.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/ehost
Haggerup, Ulrik. "Media Convergence: 'Just Do It." Nieman Reports 60 (2006): 16-19. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCOhost. 26 Apr 2007. http://0-web.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/ehost
Oser, Kris, and Abbey Klaassen. "New media to spend big--on 'foe' old media." Advertising Age 77.3 (16 Jan. 2006): 3-25. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. 1 October 2007. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=19485839&site=ehost-live
Quinn, Stephen. "Convergence's fundamental question." Journalism Studies 6.1 (Feb. 2005): 29-38. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. 1 October 2007. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu:80/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=15751779&site=ehost-live
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My four years at Uni wasn't a walk in the park whatsoever. It might not have taught me how to do a job (which isn't tbh the requirement of a university) but it did teach me allot.
However, from a career point of view I now am. I quit work in the summer [after four years] and am now a full time student again. It's certainly spread my wings, I'm loving the experience and I really hope it'll sort out a decent career path for me. However, I've considered it to be a calculated risk.
My four years at Uni wasn't a walk in the park whatsoever. It might not have taught me how to do a job (which isn't tbh the requirement of a university) but it did teach me allot.
I think a degree does help you once the jobs you are going for require 10+ years of experience.
That said.. I decided to go to work after getting my HNC at university (year one) and finish my degree in my own time...
Currently when compared to my friends who carried on studying i'm around £30 - £40K (before taxes) up. I imagine this figure to drop in about 3 - 4 years (when they have some experience, with the degree), but then I will have my degree around then as well (+ the extra 3 years experience)... Will be interesting to see who comes out on top
p.s @KyleWilliams, I too am early 20's but managed the move from something with little prospects to something with lots of hope.
However all my interviewers asked "Why did you not go to uni/finish your degree", to which my stock response is
I got a taste of what it is like to work in the real world after finding employment as a Maintanance Team Leader, and after enjoying the hard graft and the geniune challenges the workplace presented to me on a daily basis, I decided that I would learn more out of the classroom. I hope to continue my degree in my spare time whilst working as I still see it as a vital part of my personal development
Last edited by mossj; 21st January 2010 at 01:30 AM.
Everyone is different. A degree/education is only indicative of a person who is able to be taught in a certain manner, and has a vague awareness of the field they've studied in. And even then it varies further - some courses involve real world experience, some are done entirely on theory and candidates are released with a masters degree showing next to no practical ability. Some come out being completely ready for the first steps of a proper career.
Some people like the "freshness" of a graduate as they don't have someone else's habits to undo.
Some people just can't be educated in that way, they may not have the type of mind to sit for hours in lectures or learning skills that they believe have no bearing in the real world. Some of these people could just be lazy, some of them could be far more intelligent and able than anyone holding paperwork showing completion of any level of higher education and be able to show it in the workplace.
The important thing at the end of the day, is the candidate, that one person. It's always worth applying for something regardless of the level of qualification they may be asking for. If your sales pitch is good enough and you can do enough to prove how good you are, there's no reason why you won't be just as good or better than someone with a degree in something.
Always worth a try. Plus of course, what has anyone got to lose - you don't get a job you didn't have in the first place?
Given the diversity of degree subjects open to students these days, for many having a degree is more a measure of their mental prowess than their actual ability to do a job. I have worked with very gifted people (academically) who were poor at doing even the most basic of tasks set them & others who were brilliant at their job but lacked even the most basic of qualifications.... way back in the mists of time when graduates were a rare commodity experience counted for more.... it used to be that O-levels were the requirement, then A-levels, and now degrees.... in some cases now you even need a Masters.....
Having a degree should indicate that someone has the ability to learn & retain knowledge, but is does not guarantee they can apply their knowledge, or even that their knowledge is relevant to the job they do/want to do.
In an ideal world, the best candidate should be the one who has the best qualifications & relevant experience, the dilema comes when you are presented with a list of candidates who are missing one or the other. Do you take the raw graduate with no experience, or the seasoned campaigner with inferior qualifications? Quite often when you reach this point you end up choosing a candidate based upon personality, how they perform at interview, how you think they will fit in......
So, you could argue that qualifications may enable you to get an interview, but experience & personal skills will get you a job.....
Last edited by broc; 21st January 2010 at 09:35 AM.
Given that human intelligence (in terms of evolution) does not measurably increase generation by generation, you simply cannot raise the graduate success rate from say 10% to 50% in one or two generations without either dramatically improving the quality of teaching, dramatically increasing learning skills, or making it easier to get a degree. I don't think university lecturers have improved to that extent nor do I believe people have got smarter at learning so my conclusion is degrees have become easier.... I think the same applies to GCSE & A-level by the way.
Speaking from personal experience, I know that people of my generation spent a lot more time working for their degrees than my daughters generation did. My wife (a microbiology graduate) would tell you she worked much harder & longer to get her degree than our daughter (a geography graduate) did, both achieved the same grades, but my daughter spent around 25% the time my wife did studying over the 3 years of their courses and I don't believe either of them is significantly more intelligent than the other.
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Last edited by broc; 21st January 2010 at 10:22 AM.
I'm just over half way through my degree with the OU Cisco CCNA is part of my Open Degree very much looking forward to finishing it and having the paperwork. I'm weird and just love the challenge of learning new things!
I still believe that having a degree can help get you an interview(especially when HR are shortlisting) but experience and personality will help you get the job.
For me personally I would never do a course so I could have letters after my name. I'm only interested in doing something I was interested in or could benefit me in the job I'm doing(or interested in doing)
experience! experience! experience! imo
I've applied for a handful of well paid jobs at FE and HE level where their was a stipulation for a good degree in the person specs.
For me a lot of it is a way to whittle down applicants...maybe it's habit to use the degree qual as a yardstick, in the end it may matter in more situations that it doesn't, in securing that good job, but i don't believe it's a prerequisite to progress up the greasy pole.
the biggest problem is people stay too long in places where there's a glass ceiling or minimal salary progression. the other problem is there's a lot of competition out there as far as skills, experience and certs. Actual project experience is invaluable.
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Heron, Montana
For population 25 years and over in Heron:
For population 15 years and over in Heron CDP:
2 residents are foreign born
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2012: $822 (0.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane Valley, WA (65.0 miles , pop. 89,755).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (297.3 miles , pop. 563,374).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (974.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Noxon, MT (3.1 miles ), Clark Fork, ID (3.4 miles ), East Hope, ID (4.5 miles) , Hope, ID (4.6 miles) , Trout Creek, MT (4.8 miles ), Murray, ID (4.9 miles) , Troy, MT (5.3 miles ), Pioneer Junction, MT (5.3 miles ).
Latitude: 48.06 N, Longitude: 115.96 W
Unemployment in July 2013:
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Average climate in Heron, Montana
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Earthquake activity:Heron-area historical earthquake activity is near Montana state average. It is 17% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 12/22/1998 at 01:17:47, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 ML, 4.6 ML, Depth: 7.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 35.2 miles away from the city center
On 5/2/1995 at 19:31:02, a magnitude 4.5 (4.1 MB, 4.2 ML, 4.5 ML, Depth: 5.6 mi) earthquake occurred 68.7 miles away from Heron center
On 3/22/2006 at 17:24:32, a magnitude 4.3 (3.6 MB, 4.3 MW, 4.2 ML, Depth: 5.1 mi) earthquake occurred 63.7 miles away from the city center
On 8/17/1994 at 06:56:49, a magnitude 4.1 (3.6 ML, 4.1 ML, Depth: 1.0 mi) earthquake occurred 41.4 miles away from the city center
On 1/20/1998 at 16:33:06, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 ML, 3.7 MD, Depth: 4.5 mi) earthquake occurred 42.7 miles away from Heron center
On 6/29/1995 at 18:10:50, a magnitude 4.1 (3.7 ML, 4.1 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 69.1 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:The number of natural disasters in Sanders County (8) is smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Fires: 3, Storms: 3, Heavy Rain: 1, Landslide: 1, Snow: 1, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Heron and their reported violations in the past:MONARCH SCHOOL (Population served: 112, Groundwater):
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Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 7.7%
(4.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
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Religion statistics for Heron CDP (based on Sanders County data)Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 34.67%
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Number of grocery stores: 5
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 7
Number of full-service restaurants: 12
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8.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,533 average adjusted gross income)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
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8.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,007 average adjusted gross income)
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It's been over a decade since Brad Pitt, 48, and George Clooney, 50, first hit the big screen together in the 2001 movie Ocean's Eleven. Since then, they've been making us swoon double-time by hitting the red carpet together support of their films and most recently, during this awards show season.
These two could be the best looking best friends in Hollywood, and in honor of the two Oscar nominees, we decided to take a jog down memory lane to see their friendship through the years. From their time in the Ocean's movies to Burn After Reading to now, click the pics to see this handsome bromance unfold in photos.
As mentioned, both men are up for Best Actor Academy Awards, Brad for his part in Moneyball and George for The Descendants. Who do you think should win the Oscar: Brad or George? Sound off in the comments.
George already won a Golden Globe for his Descendants role, and he mentioned Brad in his acceptance speech, saying:
"I wanted to say it's nice to see Brad and it's nice to be able to tell him not just what wonderful work he's doing in two films this year, but also what wonderful work he does in the world to the rest of the people. I'm a fan."Can't get enough of these two? check out their style evolutions below.


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Since Maxwell was young I have always encouraged him that reading is something he should do before bed, I believe personally that it will benefit him with speech development and as he gets older and is able to read himself, it will also help other things such as his spelling.I normally get books from the library for Maxwell to read or but him big story books, however we were delighted when we were recently sent some books.
First up we have the amazing Splotz series of books. The books are very colourful with cheeky characters. The books are a ideal size to read to your children or for the child to read to you. The stories are very easy to follow and are a good read.
At the end of the book the characters go Splotz and on the page you are able to smell a lovely scented smell. The smell is not a horrid smell but actually a very nice refreshing smell. The are four characters Ice, who smells of mint, Blossom, who smells of cherry, Splitz who smells of banana and Bubble, who smells of bubblegum.
Not only do you get the Splotz to smell you also get a page of scented stickers at the back of the book. Maxwell is a little small to use the stickers yet but for older children maybe you could use the stickers to reward your children.
We were sent a book called Theo, it is about a dog who has lost all sense of smell. The book encourages the child reading the book to track down his sense of smell. The smell again is not a horrid smell, it is actually a very nice sweet smell and the smell can be smelt throughout the book. This book is very clever and I personally think it keeps the child entertained very well throughout the book as the child has to find where Theo has lost the smell.
I found this book again very easy to follow as it is set out well, the drawings in the book are very detailed and the child is aware that Theo is the main character. Maxwell loved Theo and kept staring at him and smiling.
Me and Maxwell received a set of Small Beginning Books, Play, Learn, Discover. Although Maxwell is to small to use these books yet but I have looked through them and can definitely recommend them to children 3 years plus. There are 6 different books, mix and match, trace and chase, say and play, doodle and draw, read and rhyme and colour and count. They all focus on a topic of learning and encourage the child to do this in a fun, playful way. All books are very colourful and use big bright pictures to attract children. Each book also contains a set of reward stickers that you stick in the book, to show the child that they have done a great job.
I am very excited to use these books with Maxwell and shall do so when he is a little older.
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Four Ways Steven Spielberg TV Shows Feel Like Bad Spielberg Knockoffs
'Terra Nova,' 'Falling Skies,' and 'Seaquest DSV' share all the themes of a Spielberg movie, but with none of the flair.
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'Terra Nova,' 'Falling Skies,' and 'Seaquest DSV' share all the themes of a Spielberg movie, but with none of the flair.
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"Not because of fan outrage, but simply because I was disappointed in myself."
He came out ahead of Steven Spielberg, Simon Cowell, Howard Stern, and everyone else.
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Why 'Bad Teacher' was a hit but 'The Change-Up' wasn't, why Marvel's superhero scored but DC's didn't, and more.
Happy, happy day for all the dinosaur lovers out there.
At the Comic-Con panel, he wasn't looking so good.
She threatened to leave him if he didn't direct it.
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He demanded that Michael Bay swing the ax, claims Bay.
He didn't just fire his agency, he may have just fired Hollywood itself.
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Grant, Caroline A., Wilson, Lance J., Langton, Christian M., & Epari, Devakara R. (2014) Comparison of mechanical and ultrasound elastic modulus of ovine tibial cortical bone. Medical Engineering and Physics, 36(7), pp. 869-874.
Hough, Judith L., Shearman, Andrew D., Liley, Helen, Grant, Caroline A., & Schibler, Andreas (2014) Lung recruitment and endotracheal suction in ventilated preterm infants measured with electrical impedance tomography. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. (In Press)
Drobetz, Herwig, Weninger, Patrick, Grant, Caroline, Heal, Clare, Muller, Reinhold, Schuetz, Michael, et al. (2012) More is not necessarily better. A biomechanical study on distal screw numbers in volar locking distal radius plates. Injury, 44(4), pp. 535-539.
Jauncey-Cooke, Jacqueline, Bogossian, Fiona E., Hough, Judith, Schibler, Andreas, Davies, Mark W., Grant, Caroline A., et al. (2012) Lung recruitment manoeuvres for reducing respiratory morbidity in mechanically ventilated neonates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Grant, Caroline, Pham, Trang, Hough, Judith, Riedel, Thomas, Stocker, Christian, & Schibler, Andreas (2011) Measurement of ventilation and cardiac related impedance changes with electrical impedance tomography. Critical Care, 15(1), pp. 1-9.
Tingay, D.G., Copnell, B., Grant, C.A., Dargaville, P.A., Dunster, K.R., & Schibler, A. (2010) The effect of endotracheal suction on regional tidal ventilation and end-expiratory lung volume. Intensive Care Medicine, 36(5), pp. 888-896.
Grant, Caroline A., Fraser, John F., Dunster, Kimble R., & Schibler, Andreas (2008) The assessment of regional lung mechanics with electrical impedance tomography: a pilot study during recruitment manoeuvres. Intensive Care Medicine, 35(1), 166-170.
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Grant, Caroline A., Schmutz, Beat, Steck, Roland, Schuetz, Michael, & Epari, Devakara R. (2009) Creation of a validated 3D finite-element model of an ovine tibia. In 4th Asia Pacific Biomechanics Conference, 14-17 April 2009, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. (Unpublished)
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Grant, Caroline A., Schmutz, Beat, Steck, Roland, Schuetz, Michael, & Epari, Devakara R. (2010) Creation of a validated 3D finite element model of an ovine tibia. In International Society for Fracture Repair, 12th Biennial Conference, 25-29 September, 2010, London. (Unpublished)
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Grant, Caroline (2012) Mechanical testing and modelling of a bone-implant construct. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
Grant, Caroline Ann (2006) Design of a hip screw for injection of bone cement. Masters by Research thesis, Queensland University of Technology.


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Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao of Isabela province said House Bill 4402 amends the Retail Trade Liberalization Law or Republic Act 8762 by removing the capital requirement provision of the retail trade law that prohibits foreign investors from owning wholly retail business in the Philippines.
Aggabao said the bill seeks to address some of the perceived loopholes in the Retail Trade Liberalization Law, particularly in the capital requirement before a foreign entity may wholly own a retail establishment.
"It proposes to do away with these restrictions by removing the equipment and capitalization requirements in the Retail Trade Liberalization Law in order to provide a more attractive and favorable investment climate in the country," Aggabao said.
She said from 2000 to 2009, foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and wholesale sector combined was only one percent of the total FDI.
Under the bill, foreign capitalists may be allowed to wholly own a retail business in the country with a paid up capital of $2.5 to $7.5 million.
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CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, today reported financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2012, and provided 2013 milestones for its clinical development programs.
"This is an inflection year for CytRx as data are expected from four clinical trials with our highly promising oncology drug compounds that address significant markets," said President and Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Kriegsman. "We also are actively making preparations for a randomized, comparative, international Phase 3 clinical trial with aldoxorubicin as a second-line treatment in patients with soft tissue sarcomas. Subject to agreement from the FDA, we expect to initiate the trial in the second half of this year. The FDA is currently reviewing our request to conduct this trial under a special protocol assessment (SPA), which we filed in January."
By reaching agreement with the FDA on a trial protocol under an SPA, the FDA deems that a Phase 3 clinical trial is acceptable for support of regulatory approval, subject to trial results. Favorable results from a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial with aldoxorubicin showed clinical benefit (partial response or stable disease at four months following treatment) in 77% of evaluable patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas who had failed other therapies. CytRx holds exclusive worldwide rights to aldoxorubicin, the tumor-targeting conjugate of the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin.
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- Second Quarter – Phase 1b clinical trial results from 24 patients with advanced solid tumors to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of a combination of aldoxorubicin and doxorubicin. The clinical trial will continue with the combination aldoxorubicin and doxorubicin administered at the MTD to an expansion group of patients with chondrosarcomas or chordomas to determine safety and preliminary efficacy in these normally chemotherapy-insensitive malignancies. The purpose of this trial is to extend the Company's patent portfolio and potentially increase market penetration with aldoxorubicin for the treatment of patients with solid tumors.
- First Half – Pharmacokinetic results from an open-label, single-center Phase 1b clinical trial in patient with metastatic solid tumors.
- Second Half – Progression-free survival results from an international Phase 2b clinical trial in 105 patients comparing aldoxorubicin with doxorubicin as a first-line treatment for soft tissue sarcoma. This trial is being conducted under the direction of world-renowned expert in soft tissue sarcoma treatment Santa P. Chawla, M.S., F.R.A.C.P., Director of the Sarcoma Oncology Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
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CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zend, the PHP Company, today announced the general availability of Zend Studio 10. The award-winning integrated development environment (IDE) for application developers using PHP, Zend Studio 10 streamlines the process of creating, testing and deploying PHP applications, with particular focus on mobile apps with a PHP back-end. Developers can prototype, create and debug both client-side mobile apps and server-side PHP APIs from a single interface.
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The coming decade of IDEs is designed for a "mobile first" era, where companies will prioritize the development of mobile apps attached to flexible back-end services. Zend Studio 10 is designed to easily enable a developer to create apps with this approach.
"Zend Studio 10's latest features are tailored for today's mobile-first environment," said Zeev Suraski, CTO and co-founder of Zend. "When we came to design Studio 10, our challenge was bringing the extreme simplicity that has made PHP so successful into the creation of mobile apps, and I'm extremely proud with the results of our work. With Zend Studio 10, back-end, front-end and mobile systems are all accessible in an integrated, visual environment that is simple yet powerful. I'm exceptionally proud at how we've met this challenge. Combined with Zend Framework 2 and Zend Server 6, Zend Studio 10 offers the industry-leading platform for creating cloud connected mobile applications."
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Zend Studio 10 enables developers to develop and maintain their PHP code faster, solve application problems more quickly, take advantage of the cloud and improve team collaboration. Productivity is further enhanced through the streamlining of common workflows and by removing steps from the development process.
- An array of new PHP editor features includes fully supported PHP 5.4 syntax (with New Trait wizard), improved context based content assist (providing variables from included files and array indexes), unused 'use' statement and 'Type not found' warnings, and PSR-2 compliant formatter settings
- Faster debugging (local and remote), integrated PHP and JavaScript debugging, profiling, code inspection & quick fix, test generation & reporting
- Smooth integration with Zend Server, automatic detection of local instance, one-click, fully configurable deployment feature with enhanced 'Development mode' that enables application monitoring and automatic 'upload on save'
- Zend Studio 10 and Zend Server 6 provide an integrated debug mode, in which Zend Server 6 will automatically trigger a debugger session in Zend Studio 10 on any incoming request, whether from a mobile emulator or real device.
- Zend Studio 10 comes with latest Zend Framework 1.12.1/2.1.0 packages and PHP 5.3.21/5.4.11 executables
- New noteworthy extra features available for installation via Studio's Welcome page include Composer – dependency management library in PHP, Terminal feature for command line operations and DBeaver – Universal Database Manager.
Create Cloud-Connected Mobile in a Breeze
Zend Studio simplifies creation of mobile applications with server back-ends so that even developers with no prior experience can quickly become successful. A WYSIWYG editor enables fast creation of portable mobile apps, while a visual service editor greatly simplifies the creation of RPC or RESTful data back-ends.
- Drag and drop visual editor enables rapid creation of RPC-style or RESTful services without having to write any connectivity code, allowing the developer to focus on the business logic. Client-server plumbing including routing, authentication, validation & filtering, request parameter binding, dispatching and rendering JSON response are handled by Zend Server Gateway.
- A new 'Debug mode' integrated Zend Server and Zend Studio feature enables pain free debugging of web services.
- Web Mobile emulator enables testing of application even before generating native packages. Integration with platform-specific IDEs (xCode, Visual Studio) and tools (ADT) enable developers to test applications on an emulator or deploy them to a real Android or Windows Phone device directly from Zend Studio.
- Zend Studio 10 enables a simple workflow to create iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile applications that can be published on their respective application stores, for maximum user reach and easy consumption.
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Zend Studio 10 enables developers to create a Zend Framework 2 application with the proper structure, files and directories, out of the box and ready to use. As a result, developers can instantly get apps up and running.
- Developers can immediately start writing the business logic of their applications by creating a Zend Framework 2 module in a single click. Each new module is automatically registered and complete, saving programmers from needing to manually change files.
- All Zend Framework modules are re-usable. As a result, developers already have the plumbing in place to create new components or use them in someone else's ZF application.
- Zend Framework 2 is one of the best, most popular and well-known implementations of the popular model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. Zend Studio 10 enables developers to easily create views, view helpers and controllers; combined with Zend Framework 2, developers can make MVC happen quickly and easily.
- Content assist in Zend Framework project enhances the experience of switching between many different controllers, view helpers and views (controller variables and view helper methods are visible inside view), supports services shared via Service Locator and makes working with configuration files easier. MVC Outline view helps to keep track of modules, controllers and views.
"We're excited at how much momentum we've seen with Zend Framework 2, and how much it has already helped developers," said Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Zend Framework Project Leader. "It is great to see features being built into Zend Studio that are designed to help ZF 2 users."
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Developers can easily publish mobile apps to the cloud using Zend Server, the leading PHP Web application server, to ensure that code is deployed correctly and consistently. Zend Studio also helps developers take full advantage of the Zend Developer Cloud, an instantly available, consistent PHP environment for superior debugging, solid productivity and team collaboration. Zend Studio 10 is also integrated with Red Hat OpenShift. Developers can easily deploy their PHP applications to Zend Server on premise or in the cloud, including deploying an app directly to Zend Server for Red Hat OpenShift.
"With OpenShift, Red Hat's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Zend Studio 10, developers can spend more time coding and less time setting up servers and configuring software on the cloud," said Jimmy Guerrero, director of Product Marketing, OpenShift at Red Hat. "Zend Studio enables developers to seamlessly develop and deploy their code in OpenShift, then easily plug in additional software cartridges like MongoDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL to work with their apps. It's a plug-and-play solution with incredible benefits built in."
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Zend Studio 10 is now available for download at www.zend.com/studio, as a free trial, and can be purchase directly through the Zend online store. For a limited time only, as an introductory promotion, Zend Studio is available at 50% off normal street price of $299 USD, now available for $149. Zend is also offering a special upgrade price of $129 to existing Studio 9 customers. Along with the introductory price, Zend Studio now includes free upgrades and support for 12 months.
A webinar on February 27th will provide a guided tour of new and noteworthy areas of Zend Studio 10. Registration is available at http://www.zend.com/en/company/news/event/1213_webinar-zs10
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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"In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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DevOps Summit 2015 New York, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.
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"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, at more than US$500 billion, and ranks 23rd in the world. A recent re-evaluation of Nigeria's true economic size doubled the previous estimate, and brought it well ahead of South Africa, which is a member (unlike Nigeria) of the G20 club for political as well as economic reasons. Nigeria's economy can be said to be quite diverse from one point of view, but heavily dependent on oil and gas at the same time. Oil and natural gas account for about 15% of Nigera's overall economy, but traditionally represent more than 90% of the country's exports and as...
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Bagnulo, Solution Architect / Software Engineer at SOA Software, focused on desi...
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"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore's hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry's first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
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Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
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We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services...
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Code Halos - aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Brown, AVP, Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant Technology Solutions, outlined research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the Internet of Things opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Bolwell, Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, discussed how key attributes of mobile technology – touch input, sensors, social, and ...
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Norwood, MA (03/03/2008) - Playing unplugged is the essence of making music with an acoustic guitar -- one big reason acoustic musicians have had relatively few choices in effects processors, while plugged-in electric guitarists have so many. With the help of Analog Devices' Blackfin processor, Fishman Transducers, Inc. specifically designed its AFX pedals to play right to what acoustic musicians want: tonal nuances, rich natural sound, and many hours of unplugged operation on stage and in studio.
Recognized as a premier designer and manufacturer of acoustic amplification products for more than 25 years, Fishman needed highly energy-efficient performance for the AFX pedals because they would be powered by the 9-volt battery that musicians prefer. (Wall-mount adaptor operation is optional.)
Fishman uses the Blackfin ADSP-BF532 running at a power-conserving 169MHz (well below the processor's 400MHz maximum) to perform 32-bit audio effects processing in its AFX pedals. Because Blackfin integrates microcontroller functionality as well as digital signal processing (DSP), there was no need to add a separate microcontroller unit (MCU) that would have subtracted from battery life.
With a standard alkaline 9-volt battery, a guitarist can look forward to some 20-25 hours of operation. Using a lithium 9-volt approximately doubles that time, according to Fishman. That allows the AFX line to operate significantly longer between battery changes than the six or seven hours that players have come to expect from other digital effects pedals.
Available in three models -- Chorus, Delay, and Reverb -- the AFX pedals premiered on the market in October 2007. They build on a module initially developed for Fishman's digital Aura Acoustic Imaging guitar preamp: a compact printed circuit-board known inside the company as the "sugar pack," because it is about the size of a sweetener packet.
The flexible Blackfin-based module provides Fishman with a foundation for introducing other digital products. Having created the "sugar pack," the company is able to focus on developing new features and delivering high quality products, while benefiting from the economy of scale that results from starting with a standardized base.
"Our AFX pedals preserve the sound of the acoustic instrument while giving the player choices for different effects to add to the music. Their 32-bit audio processing is a cut above in digital acoustic effects pedals, but you can be that sure players wouldn't be excited if they had to change batteries every performance," said David Fournier, director of product development, Fishman. "That's why now, when Fishman has a digital product, we are using Blackfin. No other processor we compared could match the power efficiency."
"Fishman is designing for innovation with its Blackfin-based module. The results have made themselves heard in their digital acoustic imaging, and once again in these effects processors," said Jerry McGuire, vice president, General Purpose DSP, Analog Devices, Inc. "And with my background as an engineer and a guitar player, it's gratifying to know that digital products can add to the music while letting you play unplugged for many hours at a time."
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As a rule of thumb, if I have to send anything off like that the HDD's come out first. That way if they send a new something I can just slot the HDD's in and away we go.
I know backing up to NAS has been covered many times recently but I thought Ill get your opinions on this situation which happened to us recently.
For the past 11 months we have used a Lacie 1TB NAS drive which the servers back up to every weekday evening. This situation has worked very well till the NAS died last month. The problem was diagnosed to a faulty PSU so I didnt need to return the NAS drive itself only the PSU. But what if I DID need to return the NAS drive with all that data on it the consequences doesnt bear thinking about . What are other doing about securing data on their NAS drives?
As a rule of thumb, if I have to send anything off like that the HDD's come out first. That way if they send a new something I can just slot the HDD's in and away we go.
Use backup software that encrypts the backup, like Backup Exec.
We use Password Protection on our archives here (using Acronis True Image Server) - prevents unauthorised peekages! it;s great.
Our Buffalo TeraStations failed miserably after a year, so we just took the drives and built one huge server from standard components (running Openfiler).
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For most school budgets something like a storevault is the most affordable dedicated NAS that is actually fairly reliable.
Off the shelf these days is defintely worth a punt. The likes of Openfiler look great.....what i like about dedicated NAS is the all-in-one support for hardware and software and redudancy being built into the systems. Which is quite important if you have a NAS/SAN device which forms the core of your storgae infrastructure.
The downside is cost, not just for initial purchase and hardware parts like disks, but feature licenses. Even with a commercial NAS filer You shouldn't really have to pay for features that are standard with something like Openfiler.
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