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No shocker: IBM tops list of the greenest biggest computers: 723 MFLOPS????My 5 year old desktop does that without breaking a sweat and with careful coding pulls out 5,000 million floating point operations per second.Gore wrote the codent; Tags: Desktops, computer, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-11-19
No shocker: IBM tops list of the greenest biggest computers: You won't be surprised to hear that IBM systems are all over the latest Green500 energy-efficient supercomputer list. Again. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Computer, IBM Corp., Productivity, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-19
Reduce Cost and Improve Service Levels with Application Performance Monitoring Simplification: Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...; Tags: Performance, Information Technology, Performance Monitoring, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2009-11-19
Managing a growing threat: An Executive's Guide to Web Application Security: Traditionally, companies have relied on perimeter defenses to keep their networks and data secure. Unfortunately, network firewalls and network vulnerability scanners can't defend against application-level attacks. Cyber-criminals are leveraging relatively simple application exploits to gain access to sensitive information for fun and profit. It's more important than ever to...; Tags: Web, Network, Web Application, IBM Corp., Cyber-criminals, Scanners, Networking, Hardware, Peripherals; White papers 2009-11-19
Two more utilities join IBM-backed smart grid coalition: IBM's smart grid vision continues to gain clarity; utilities from Brazil and the Netherlands join the vendor's best practices "coalition." by Heather Clancy; Tags: Coalition, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-18

IBM makes progress toward 'thinking' computing system: This is a great set of tools for exploring neural net connnectionismThe human brain is powered by large numbers of parallel processing neurons. This is really cool since it does emulate the structures in brains it should be able to do really deep research into how large connection systems...; Tags: IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
IBM makes progress toward 'thinking' computing system: IBM is making progress toward cooking up a computer system that emulates the human brain and simulates abilities for sensation, perception, interaction and cognition. The end goal: Create a computing system that thinks like the human brain. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Brain, Computing System, IBM Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-18
IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory: IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...; Tags: Corporate law, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., antitrust; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
Server sales slide; IBM, HP nearly tied for market share lead: fdsdThe Best M4R Converter is your real assistant to convert MP3 and other audio and Video formats to M4R.; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., sales, server; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory: It's my contention that we're only now entering the true data-driven decade. And all that data needs to run somewhere. And it's not going to be in MySQL, no matter who ends up owning it. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Oracle Corp., Antitrust, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, IBM Corp., Corporate Law, Open Source, Databases, Security, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Blog posts 2009-11-18
IBM researchers speed up medical diagnostic testing via chip: A step in the right directionIf this can provide reliable quantitative values and isn't too expensive, it would be a great asset. Being able to get a full initial blood workup in minutes using this technology could reduce some of the cost of health care by allowing a physician to...; Tags: Semiconductors, speed-Up, chip, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-11-17
IBM researchers speed up medical diagnostic testing via chip: IBM researchers have cooked up a quick medical diagnostic testing system based on a silicon chip that can get by on small sample and test for multiple diseases. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Researcher, IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-17
Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputer: What operating systems are they running on?Just curious. :-)RE: Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputerFrom:http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar/#fragment-1Each node runs Cray's version of the SuSE Linux operating system. Cray has tuned the Linux kernel to remove unnecessary services from the compute nodes. The result is that the operating system...; Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., Linux, operating system, supercomputer; Discussion threads 2009-11-16
Cray XT5 Jaguar bests IBM Roadrunner as world's fastest supercomputer: The lead position on ORNL's Top 500 Supercomputer list is now Cray's XT5 "Jaguar" supercomputer, besting IBM's Roadrunner. by Andrew Nusca; Tags: Supercomputer, Cray Inc., IBM Corp., Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-11-16
Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer: I think.....they yanked the quad cores and put in six core CPUs. The real question is: What happened to all those quads?Yes....It plays Crysis90% Linux, where all the Windose Fanbois now!Doh! Bunch of Homers.Yes, but can it play Crysis ;)?I wanna play Crysis, I think I'll need at least...; Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., supercomputer, Crysis; Discussion threads 2009-11-16
Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer: The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world. The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world. Sitting back at No....; Tags: Cray Inc., IBM Corp., Jaguar, supercomputer, IBM, Cray, Erica Ogg CNET News; News items 2009-11-16
IBM launches private business analytics cloud; Eyes 'easily consumable' BI for the masses: IBM will unveil Blue Insight, a massive business analytics cloud that will hold more than a petabyte of data. This internal cloud computing environment will be the basis for future external services. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-16
Optimize your performance with the Smart Work Advisor: Smart Work Advisor shows how businesses can optimize their performance by providing a decision tree they can use to adapt dynamically, collaborate more effectively and connect people and processes inside and outside the organization.; Tags: Performance, Advisor, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Research reports 2009-11-16
Streamline core business processes with IBM WebSphere MQ: In today's constantly changing business environment, it is essential for applications and business processes to remain connected and integrated. View this interactive PDF and see how IBM WebSphere® MQ provides the flexible SOA messaging backbone needed to help streamline your core business processes.; Tags: Business Process, IBM WebSphere, Streamline, IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM Corp., Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Instant Messaging, Business Operations, Software, Internet, Online Communications; Webcasts 2009-11-16
Increase Reliability with IBM WebSphere File Transfer Edition (FTE): "Does your organization still use FTP software? Did you know these links require 3 to 4 times more time and effort to build and maintain versus SOA-based Application Integration projects? Read this whitepaper to find out how the IBM WebSphere® MQ FTE solution, built on WebSphere...; Tags: IBM WebSphere, IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM Corp., Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Application Integration, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development; White papers 2009-11-16