High-Tech Phones Save Labor: at WorldEnergySource.com.Business/Energy Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002 High-tech phones that recognize speech and unify messages are reducing administrative personnel and improving the efficiency of key executives, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the new Energy Houston magazine, available now at WorldEnergySource.com. Thanks to recent breakthroughs, speech recognition is now the technology "with the greatest potential to make life easier," according to Ken Jones, chief technology officer at HTIS HTIS Hazardous Technical Information Services Inc., writing in Energy Houston magazine. "With IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , we now have convergence of voice, data and video on a system that simplifies reviewing and responding to any message, be it voicemail, fax or email," notes Jones. "The increase in productivity can be amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ." Energy security is a hot topic in the new issue of Energy Houston. Energy Security Council executive director Bud Covert stresses that cooperation between industry and government is now mandatory in thwarting thwart tr.v. thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts 1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans. 2. terrorist attacks. And EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Energy Industries Group managing director Dan Vanlandingham asks the provoking question: Is Houston in the crosshairs of a future terrorist attack? As the world's energy capital, Houston presents an inviting target that must be hardened. WorldEnergySource.com now offers more speed and ease of access thanks to a major upgrade. In response to the worldwide shortage of energy personnel, a new employment center featuring 12 major energy sites is bringing employers and qualified people together online. Already, some 230 companies in the U.S. alone are posting job openings, while resumes are coming in at the rate of 350 a month. "The watchword in today's global energy industry is cooperation, and it's generating big results in our effort to keep vital energy operations manned at full strength," said Richard Loomis, president of International Business Publishers Inc. (IBP IBP (Fraunhofer) Institut für Bauphysik (Stuttgart, Germany) IBP Interactive Business Planner IBP Integrated Bar of the Philippines IBP International Buyer Program ), the operator of WorldEnergySource.com. IBP publishes World Energy and Energy Houston magazines, and produces World Energy Television. Its thought-leading content, all available on WorldEnergySource.com, presents the unedited ideas and voices of energy industry leaders worldwide, including company CEOs and presidents, energy ministers and top government officials. In addition to candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. video interviews and articles with a unique insiders viewpoint, WorldEnergySource.com offers daily news items, corporate profiles, over 50 stock exchanges, commodity prices and links to major energy companies. It's all translatable into seven languages, and key-worded and indexed. Registration on the Web site is free. |
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