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IBM on Wednesday said it was establishing a consortium with the European Union and universities to research new cloud-computing models to reduce the cost of hosting and maintaining Internet-based services.
The consortium will undertake research that could lead to the development of new computer science models that bring together managed Internet-based services from diverse hardware and [...]
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IBM & EU: Cloud-computing Consortium
July 7th, 2010 
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1 Comment »IBM: Chicago School to Offer Degree
June 16th, 2010 admin
The Chicago-based DePaul University will offer what it says is the nation’s first master’s degree in predictive analysis, the school announced on Wednesday in conjunction with IBM, which will provide resources for the program. “We realized there was a need to create a program that prepared students in careers in data analytics and business intelligence,” [...]
Posted in IBM, Informative News Tags: analysis, certificates, Chicago, Computing, craft, Data, data mining, Degree, degrees, DePaul, digital media, IBM, program, School, skills, technical, U.S. colleges, University, Users, Web data 1 Comment »IBM Expands Rational Conference
June 7th, 2010 admin
IBM has expanded the scope of its annual conference for Rational Software users, which kicks off on Monday in Orlando, renaming the event IBM Innovate. “We’ve broadened the focus and the theme of this conference to be one of innovation,” said Scott Hebner, vice president of Rational marketing and strategy. “It’s not just about IT [...]
Posted in IBM Tags: Applications, Conference, customers, IBM, IBM Innovate, Product, Rational software, theme, Users No Comments »IBM Unveils Power7 Blades
April 12th, 2010 admin
IBM is beefing up its server line-up with the first blades based on its Power7 processor, the company announced Tuesday. It is also introducing a new, low-end edition of its AIX operating system for smaller businesses and enterprises doing consolidation projects. IBM plans to ship three Power7 blades on June 4. The new processor crams [...]
IBM Previews New Server Architecture
March 1st, 2010 admin
IBM on Tuesday announced new System x and BladeCenter servers, which are based on a new server design that the company claims will boost application performance while reducing energy costs in data centers. The EX5 servers take a step away from traditional x86 server architecture in which processors and memory are locked together. The new [...]
Posted in IBM Tags: Application, BladeCenter servers, Eight-core Nehalem-EX, Energy efficiency, IBM, Improved, Processor, System x No Comments »IBM Details World’s Fastest Graphene Transistor
February 6th, 2010 admin
Thanks to a change in recipe, IBM has created a graphene-based processor that can execute 100 billion cycles per second (100GHz), almost four times the speed of previous experimental graphene chips. With this research, IBM has also shown that graphene-based transistors can be produced by the wafer, which could pave the way for commercial-scale production [...]
Posted in IBM Tags: Chips, Electrons, Graphene Transistor, IBM, Processor, Single-atom No Comments »IBM Computer Chips From DNA
August 16th, 2009 admin Scientists at IBM are experimenting with using DNA molecules as a way to create tiny circuits that could form the basis of smaller, more powerful computer chips. The company is researching ways in which DNA can arrange itself into patterns on the surface of a chip, and then act as a [...]
IBM Aims System Z at Specific Workloads
August 14th, 2009 admin IBM is trying to shore up flagging sales of its System z mainframe with a set of hardware, software and services combinations aimed at specific application workloads. The seven bundles announced Friday target data warehousing, application development, disaster recovery, SOA (service oriented architecture), security, electronic payments and SAP applications. The last one [...]
IBM to Pay $1.2B for Analytics Developer SPSS
July 28th, 2009 admin IBM has agreed to acquire SPSS, a Chicago-based analytics software specialist, the companies said Tuesday. The two have come together quickly: Only last month, IBM announced plans to embed technology licensed from SPSS in future versions of its business intelligence and performance management tools. Now it has agreed to buy the whole [...]
IBM Lotus Foundations Reach Adds IM, VOIP
July 15th, 2009 admin IBM Lotus Foundations Reach brings VOIP, instant messaging, presence and several more messaging and collaboration tools to its Lotus Foundations Start appliance. The offerings are aimed at Microsoft’s Office, Small Business Server and Office Communications Server suites. IBM also created widgets to let users access LinkedIn and TripIt from Lotus Notes. IBM July 15 said it [...]
