IBM unveils new analysis packages
IBM has unveiled three packages of services and software to help organizations analyze their data for profit and improved efficiency.
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Mary MacKillop Place gallery installs multi-touch screen technology (+slideshow)
Mary MacKillop Place gallery installs multi-touch screen technology
Jolicloud Me to integrate content from multiple online services
French startup Jolicloud announced a new service Monday that will allow users to access through a single interface the content they have published on various photo sharing sites and social networks.
Citrix releases desktop as a service improvements for providers
As desktop as a service (DaaS) continues to mature as a potential option for enterprises, service providers are attempting to automate and optimize their DaaS offerings, which officials at Citrix say will ultimately lead to lower costs and more choices for end users.
Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal
Sprint Nextel has terminated its 15-year spectrum-hosting agreement with LightSquared, eliminating the would-be wholesale mobile operator's main carrier partnership even as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeks to shut down its network plans.
Report: Sprint to dump LightSquared partnership
Sprint Nextel will drop its planned 15-year 4G network partnership with would-be hybrid network operator LightSquared, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Avaya buys Radvision for $230 million
Avaya has purchased videoconferencing company Radvision for $230 million, the company announced today.
Piston Cloud has made the tough private cloud decisions for you
Joshua McKenty, co-founder and chief executive officer of Piston Cloud, what he calls The Enterprise OpenStack Company, was in on the ground floor of OpenStack's creation, working as he was on the Anso Labs team at NASA to build a compute cloud on top of open source platform Eucalyptus. The team eventually gave up on that and wrote Nova, which NASA uses today to power its Nebula Cloud environment, and Nova was ultimately contributed to the OpenStack project, which it formed with Rackspace. McKenty left NASA after Anso was acquired by Rackspace in 2010, and formed Piston Cloud in 2011 with co-founders Gretchen Curtis (also of NASA) and Christopher MacGown of Rackspace. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with McKenty for a deep dive on why OpenStack matters and where Piston Cloud fits in.
US, other countries file trade complaint against China
The Office of U.S. Trade Representative, along with officials in the European Union and Japan, have filed a trade complaint against China over what they're calling unfair export restraints on rare earths and other elements used in the manufacturing of mobile phones, laptops and MP3 players.
SAP ports HANA in-memory database to its financial planning app
SAP on Tuesday further expanded the reach of its HANA in-memory database, announcing that HANA now supports the 10.0 version of its BusinessObjects financial planning and consolidation application running on NetWeaver.
BroadVision revamps Clearvale enterprise social networking software
BroadVision's Clearvale enterprise social networking software will now lets companies create networks on an ad hoc manner in which a mix of employees, partners and customers can participate.
IBM user group: 75% of companies aren't collecting social media information
A recent survey of the IBM SHARE user group found just 25% of respondents were collecting data from social media networks for business purposes, though many more are apparently planning to do so in the near future.
HP, IBM, CA deliver powerful toolkits
A network that measures downtime in millions of dollars per minute (or per second!) needs a serious, enterprise-level network management tool. Nothing less will do.
SaaS seeds ready to bloom
One expected benefit from the shift to the cloud is the emergence of a refreshing new crop of innovative software suppliers.
Integration in the Cloud
Just two weeks after Mohawk Fine Papers made the decision to sell its products on Amazon.com, things were looking good for the company: Integration work was complete, connections to its ERP system had lit up and sales were rolling in. "Amazon generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenue immediately," says Paul Stamas, vice president of IT at the $300 million, 725-employee manufacturer of premium papers.
IBM Touts Quantum Computing Advance
Scientists at IBM Research say they have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing that will allow engineers to begin creating a full-scale quantum machine.
Software AG promotes Keys
Business Process Excellence (BPE) solution provider, Software AG, has promoted Stephen Keys to senior vice-president of Asia-Pacific and Japan.
China will not issue 4G licenses for another 2 to 3 years, says official
China will likely wait another two or three years to issue 4G licenses for LTE TDD networks, a top government official said, citing the need to build more 4G base stations, and to allow vendors time to develop handsets that can take advantage of the high-speed networks.
IBM moves 1Tbps of data on an optical chip
IBM researchers have developed a prototype optical chip that can transfer data at 1Tbps (terabit per second), the equivalent of downloading 500 high-definition movies, using light pulses, the company said Thursday.
Anti-offshoring bill scores 77 U.S. House co-sponsors
WASHINGTON - A bill designed to discourage U.S. companies from setting up offshore call centers is gaining bipartisan support in the U.S. House.
