June 2009
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“Virtual space technology will never replace good, old face-to-face meetings,...”
– Linux News: Virtual Worlds: The Business Case for Virtual Business, Part 2
Jun 30th
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Future Data Centers to Heat Buildings?
IBM is developing a new “on-chip water-cooling system” that allows thermal energy from a cluster of computer processors to be recycled in order to provide hot water for heating an office.  IBM is currently piloting a large computer system fitted with the technology and is expecting to show how the technology can save up to 30 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year—the...
Jun 30th
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“…Some physicians and surgeons have been quietly rethinking and reinventing...”
– The Doctor of the Future | Fast Company
Jun 30th
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“The state senate in Albany was in a bit of a shambles Monday. So instead of...”
– NY mayor: Info to the people will improve gov’t | Politics and Law - CNET News
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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What we think: thought leadership from the IBM...
Feed Your Thought Leadership Head! This is the RSS Feed for Global Business Services, IBM’s consulting organization, think tank, the Institute for Business Value, which produces many of IBM’s major studies such as the Global CEO Survey. Feeds are a great way to organize and manage content from a variety of sources, and enable users to scan and absorb much more content than from...
Jun 29th
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SmarterCities New York City: October 1/2 2009...
IBM will host two unique gatherings, SmarterCities, in 2009, on June 23-24, in Berlin, and October 1-2, in New York City. SmarterCities will explore how progressive cities are modernizing to spur economic development, drive greater innovation, transform for competitive advantage and meet the pressing demands of a more engaged and intelligent citizenry. These are the first two in a series of...
Jun 29th
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Watch the Smarter Analytics channel via the New Intelligence Video Studio from IBM Global Business Services.
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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“The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and InnoCentive recently unveiled proposals...”
– Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and InnoCentive unveil proposals that aim to increase Chicagoland local transit ridership to 1 billion rides a year
Jun 29th
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“World hunger is projected to reach a historic high in 2009 with 1,020 million...”
– FAONewsroom: 1.02 billion people hungry
Jun 29th
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Jun 27th
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“Security and privacy issues over cloud computing are not very different from...”
– Twitter breach revives security issues with cloud computing (via ComputerWorld)
Jun 27th
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Jun 25th
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Sensors + Twitter = Innovation
Innovation often occurs at the intersection of two points. In this case, the intersection of Sensors and Twitter. Sensors: There are billions of sensors today. More and more of them are becoming embedded into our infrastructure, the products we use….and thus our daily lives. Twitter: Twitter is here to stay. More and more people are finding innovative ways to use Twitter. It is just a...
Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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“The global rail industry in 2009 and beyond will struggle to meet the increasing...”
– Quote from Keith Dierkx, Director, IBM Global Rail Programs found at IBM Study Highlights Exploding Demand for Smarter, Faster Rail Systems
Jun 25th
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The emergence of new smarter systems which are interconnected and streaming real time information are presenting business and governments with a unique opportunity to transform decision making.  New opportunities to use this data to predict business outcomes, optimize old systems and spot trends before they happen are actually a reality.
Jun 25th
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“This technology will allow us to shift to a risk-based inspection system that...”
– Fire Department of New York Selects IBM for Intelligent Fire Safety System (press release)
Jun 25th
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Smarter Fire Departments = Smarter Cities
On page 18 of the Fire Department of New York’s 2009 – 2010 Strategic Plan, we find the text quoted below that describes a stated goal of the famous city’s fire department. Develop a comprehensive data analysis system that will improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of a Coordinated Building Inspection and Data Analysis System (CBIDAS).  This risk-based inspection and computerized...
Jun 25th
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Cultivating a Smarter Food Supply →
Jun 25th
Ordinary people create their part of a smarter... →
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IBM CEO, SmarterCities Berlin, Keynote Address... →
Jun 25th
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Andy Stanford-Clarke, Master Inventor at IBM, uses his home to show how sensors can tweet.  (from a blog post titled BBC - dot.life: Things that tweet)
Jun 25th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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“Recognizing the pressure increasing urbanization will place on urban planners...”
– IBM Offers Smarter City Assessment Tool to Help Cities Prepare for Challenges and Opportunities of Unprecedented Urbanization
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 23rd
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The Smarter Cities Channel, on the IBM Global Business Services Video Studio
Jun 23rd
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A critical moment in time for the environment and... →
Jun 23rd
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CNBC: How New Intelligence Will Tame The...
“Next year, the world’s store of digital information will reach an estimated 988 exabytes – that’s equivalent to a stack of books reaching from the sun to Pluto and back.” Steve LaValle Global Leader of Strategy Services for IBM Business Analytics Jim Bramante Managing Partner, North America IBM Global Business Services When one in three business leaders are making major...
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