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An intranet implemented with a 100 Mbit/s Ethernet
and an 11 MBit/s wireless local area network provides the onboard information
technology platform. Servers and clients are rugged IBM ThinkPad T23 Pentium
III 1,13 GHz laptop as clients and servers. They are ideally suited for
the marine environment given their robustness, size and weight. They run
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office XP with Lotus Notes
as information repository, replication engine and e-mail tool. Over two
bundled 64KB Inmarsat high speed data links Lotus Notes synchronizes data
on board with a Notes server in a Berlin data center. This technology
minimizes the - still very expensive - satellite online connection costs.
The two HSD lines provide internet access, video conferencing and electronic
banking capability.
All laptops are equipped with hardware and
software to capture, edit, and present multimedia data from digital photography
and digital video. The vessels documents, spare parts inventory, procurement
and maintenance cycle are managed by the ideayacht software. All parts
(SKUs) are labeled with a waterproof bar code and stored in fixed location
bins. All parts transaction are recorded with a handheld scanning device
to keep inventory information up-to-date.
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In terms of peripherals, the boat is equipped
with laser and color printers, scanners, dedicated fax machines as well
as DVD- and CD-ROM writers for archiving or publishing of digital pictures
and movies. In terms of entertainment, the vessel has a central video
and audio entertainment center in the lower salon, video and audio in
the crew mess and the stern quarter. Beyond those group entertainment
points, the boat relies on personal video and audio devices that can connect
in each cabin to a ceiling mounted speaker system.
An extranet provides all kinds of media rich
information about the vessel and its activities for a closed user group
using a Web server in the data center. Data includes an extensive photo
database for presentations of electronic albums and for individual selections
of print outs. This way, family and friends can stay in touch no matter
how remote an adventure may be.
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