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<title>Flash Cache for Apache</title>
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<description>A case history of Petrel data access, SMB2 and &lt;a target="_blank" title="Sponsored Link" href="http://www.oilit.com/links/1007_8"&gt;NetApp high performance storage&lt;/a&gt;, reports  huge improvement in data load. The reality is more nuanced-as NetApps Mark Woods tells Oil IT Journal.</description>
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<title>What, Me Worry?</title>
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<description>IBM study finds Chemicals and Petroleum CEOs more confident than a peer group  of other verticals facing a world of increasing operational complexity.</description>
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<title>The DAMA Dictionary, master/metadata and the meaning of it all...</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_3.htm</link>
<description>Before his vacation, editor Neil McNaughton returns to the meta/master data  controversy of a previous editorial armed with the DAMA Data Dictionary, only to discover not so subtle differences between technical and financial services data management. and some framework deje vu!</description>
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<title>Oilfield business intelligence for Netezza appliances</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_4.htm</link>
<description>Operations and maintenance leverages &lt;a target="_blank" title="Sponsored Link" href="http://www.compositesw.com/index.php/solutions/industry-solutions/energy/"&gt;Composite Software&lt;/a&gt;s data virtualization.  </description>
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<title>POSC/Caesar Association User Meet</title>
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<description>Statoils GODI evolved to MapIT project. RFID specification defined in Protege.  Woodsides ALIS update. Open O and M unveils intergalactic system bus!</description>
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<title>SAP donates software to Ghanaian transparency effort</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_6.htm</link>
<description>Business Objects BI  and  Finance to assure Extractive Industries Transparency  Initiative compliance.</description>
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<title>Wipro, PointCross jump on MURA bandwagon</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_7.htm</link>
<description>White papers reveal two developments based on Microsoft Upstream Reference  Architecture.</description>
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<title>Madagascar hits V1.0-as Seismic Un*x moots S3</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_8.htm</link>
<description>Reproducible code base sees stable release as Colorado plans 21st Century  seismic processing.</description>
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<title>Software, hardware short takes</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_9.htm</link>
<description>SAIC, P2 Energy Solutions, Emerson, AspenTech, Energy Navigator, Nokia/Qt,  Paradigm, Petris Technology, PTC, Statoil, Nacre, Sintef.</description>
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<title>Book Review-Programming the Semantic Web</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_10.htm</link>
<description>An informative, practical account of what the W3Cs RDF/OWL is and isnt.  </description>
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<title>EAGE Conference 2010, Barcelona</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_11.htm</link>
<description>Allied Bionics-oils too connected to fail. Landmarks DecisionSpace Desktop-the  Petrel killer? Roxar rolls out .ROX. Is Schlumbergers Peyret a closet Mac fan? SMT whitelabels OpenSpirits data infrastructure. Total on Rescuml and Aramco on the hard path to model based control.</description>
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<title>OpenSpirit-at the EAGE and Technical Symposium</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_12.htm</link>
<description>&lt;a target="_blank" title="Sponsored Link" href="http://www.openspirit.com"&gt;OpenSpirit&lt;/a&gt; unveils Petrel adaptor. SMT and data management. Roxar .ROX application  adaptor.</description>
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<title>Honeywell User Group, Phoenix, Arizona</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_13.htm</link>
<description>Oil vertical shows quickest payout of all verticals. Fallout from Bunsfield.  Shells offshore IT Bridge.</description>
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<title>Folks, facts, orgs ...</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_14.htm</link>
<description>CGGVeritas, Apache, GEXA Energy, Energy Ventures, ENGlobal, ExxonMobil, Founder  Institute, GE, Geokinetics, Ingrain, Idea Integration, GeoFields, Isilon, Mahindra Satyam, Suez, Technip, Chevron, Landmark, SAIC, Skymira, Westheimer, Microsoft, Schlumberger.</description>
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<title>Done Deals</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_15.htm</link>
<description>Geophysical Insights, Reservoir Group, Enigma Data, Fugro, EMGS, HitecVision,  Statoil, ABB, K-TEK, Merrick Systems, Main Street Capital, Oiltech Investment Network, Total Safety.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Book Review-DAMA data management dictionary</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_16.htm</link>
<description>Data Management Associations Dictionary disappoints, falls short of Wikipedia.  </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Open Inventor extends Petrosys, SeisWare to 3D</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_17.htm</link>
<description>VSGs OpenGL extension offers software developers a short cut to 3D visualization.  </description>
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<title>INT looks ahead to future of E and P widgets</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_18.htm</link>
<description>Pervasive E and P widgets now leverage GPU rendering and 3D graphics from single  line of code.</description>
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<title>Sales, contracts, partnerships and deployments</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_19.htm</link>
<description>Amphora, Avere Systems, IHS, OneMap, P2 Energy Solutions, Knowledge Reservoir,  Technip/Samsung, Emerson, Fugro, Haugesund, Whitestar, PennWell, Toyo, SPT Group, Accenture, Statoil, Integra, ABB, Siemens, Information Builders.</description>
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<title>Standards Stuff</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_20.htm</link>
<description>WITSML 1.4.1, SEG Geophysical Best Practices, W3C Rule Interchange, Madagascar  DVD.</description>
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<title>Bugs, hacks, worms...</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_21.htm</link>
<description>Process control scare as Stuxnet worm hits SCADA. PAS releases Integrity recon.  </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>And the outlook is ... cloudy!</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_22.htm</link>
<description>Tibco and Erdas and ESRI move offerings to the cloud: silver linings or pie  in the sky?</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Going going ... green!</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_23.htm</link>
<description>Honeywells greenhouse gas management program. Statoils Gjoa project. LianDi  Clean Technology.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Paradigm ports to Windows 7-thanks to Nokia Qt</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_24.htm</link>
<description>Migration of seismic to simulation suite responds to demand from clients  IT departments.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Wireless World</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_25.htm</link>
<description>Barcodings e-Action-wearable shutdown device. RigNet comms for Seahawk Drilling.  </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Process design on an iPad?</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_26.htm</link>
<description>RedTrees Alph process designer brings subset of VMGs compounds database  to the Apple iPad.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Shell-another gamechanger from QinetiQ</title>
<link>http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1007_27.htm</link>
<description>Swords-to-ploughshares deal sees fiber acoustic perimeter defense repurposed  for downhole use.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 24:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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