April 2009
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my DeveloperWorks Goes Social
For a decade, IBM’s developerWorks site has been a gathering place for developers that use IBM tools to perform research and get answers to their programming questions. Beginning today, the site is going to get a little more social. IBM recently surveyed hundreds of software development professionals around the world and found nearly three quarters said they use forums, blogs, wikis, and...
Apr 30th
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Smart Infrastructure Brings Efficiencies to Roads,...
LAB TIME Sharon Nunes, right, who heads I.B.M.’s environmental innovation group, watches Young-Hye Na demonstrate a project that makes inexpensive membranes for desalinization. New York Times: Bringing Efficiency to the Infrastructure Jessica Brandi Lifland for The New York Times
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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“The board of I.B.M. raised its dividend by 10 percent on Tuesday and authorized...”
– I.B.M. Raises Its Quarterly Dividend 10% - NYTimes.com
Apr 28th
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“The State of Arkansas will be the first to implement real-time technology to...”
– State of Arkansas Department of Education Selects IBM Technology Dashboard to Track Economic Recovery Spending
Apr 28th
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“IBM today announced a significant expansion of its capabilities around business...”
– IBM To Open Global Network of Advanced Analytics Centers
Apr 28th
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“Just in case you’re not getting enough up-to-the-minute news about swine...”
– CDC using Twitter for swine flu information | CNET News
Apr 27th
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“This video is mind blowing. Well, for Dharmendra S. Modha, manager of cognitive computing at the IBM Almaden Research Center, his job is mind developing. Er, coming up with a computing brain that mimics our own. This is a HUGE challenge and he talks about all the people and organizations that IBM is working with to make this happen.” (Scobleizer TV on Fast Company)
Apr 27th
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Smarter computing: IBM Computer to challenge human... →
Apr 27th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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“Based on our survey of 225 business leaders worldwide, we found that enterprises...”
– Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise (an IBM Institute for Business Value Report)
Apr 23rd
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“Today, the National Science Foundation announced it has awarded nearly five...”
– National Science Foundation Awards Millions to Fourteen Universities for Cloud Computing Research (via IBM Press)
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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When first presented in 1989 cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But, as Scott Pelley reports, there’s renewed buzz among scientists that cold fusion could lead to monumental breakthroughs in energy Cold Fusion Is Hot Again - CBS News
Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Remote Monitoring of the Heart A new wireless sensor patch from Corventis allows automated early detection of heart failure. (Corventis) The patch measures temperature, heart and respiration rates, levels of physical activity, body position, and body-fluid levels, then beams data to a special cell-phone-like gadget in the patient’s pocket or home. From there, the data is wirelessly...
Apr 21st
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“New computing models fundamentally require businesses to rethink how they deal...”
–  Brian Truskowski, general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS). Source:  IBM Introduces Products and Services to Combat New Security Threats (IBM Press)
Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Making the Connection
Getting a high-speed wireless Internet connection on the road isn’t always easy. Just ask the growing number of mobile workers, many of whom struggle to find Wi-Fi hot spots when they’re traveling but want to avoid paying for the special cards and service plans needed to link laptops to high-speed cell phone networks. Making the Connection - WSJ.com
Apr 20th
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Apr 17th
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Leveraging security data for business intelligence →
In the traditional surveillance environment, video analytics is relegated to a forensic role—with no real ability to counter threats. Smart Surveillance from IBM applies automated signal analysis and pattern recognition to video, creating real-time alerts and faster response time.
Apr 17th
Betting as a Prediction Market: Twitter
Forget the pundits. If you want to know the real odds of something happening or not, follow the money. And at least one online bookie is saying that it’s more than 50% likely that someone will acquire Twitter this year.
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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The top 20 tweeters for bizanalytics
@ibmbizanalytics 22 Tweets. @merv 20 Tweets. @jamet123 8 Tweets. @TimothyBlair 7 Tweets. @IBMResearch 4 Tweets. @jackmason 4 Tweets. ...
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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(For full-screen, click lower right corner button) The Age of Analytics: Moving from the “Sense & Respond” Managment Model of the ’90s to the Faster, More Realtime and Dynamic Nature of Perceive.Predict.Perform
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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“According to IBM, with an instrumented data explosion, powerful software will be...”
– IBM Business Analytics and Optimization – The Dawn of New Era « Fern Halper’s data makes the world go ’round
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