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Final Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 5:13PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies were down at the close of trading:
How Will IBM Be Affected By New Chip That Simulates Brain Function?
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 4:41PM CDT
IBM (IBM) has developed a new chip that the information technology company says possesses features of the brain.
CSC and IBM Expanding Alliance to Speed Clients' Adoption of Hybrid Cloud, Mobile and Big Data
Business Wire - Thu Aug 07, 3:30PM CDT
--CSC to establish a new IBM Center of Excellence to offer clients SoftLayer(R) cloud services and IBM Bluemix(TM) cloud development platform
Dow Today: Boeing (BA) Leads The Day Higher, International Business Machines (IBM) Lags
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 3:30PM CDT
The Dow component that led the way higher today was Boeing (NYSE:BA), which sported a $1.50 gain (+1.3%) bringing the stock to $119.84. Holding the Dow back today was International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lagged the broader Dow index with...
New IBM SyNAPSE Chip Could Open Era of Vast Neural Networks
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 1:00PM CDT
Scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of one million programmable neurons, 256 million programmable synapses and 46 billion synaptic operations per second per watt. At 5.4 billion transistors, this fully functional and production-scale chip is currently one of the largest CMOS chips ever built, yet, while running at biological real time, it consumes a minuscule 70mW--orders of magnitude less power than a modern microprocessor. A neurosynaptic supercomputer the size of a postage stamp that runs on the energy equivalent of a hearing-aid battery, this technology could transform science, technology, business, government, and society by enabling vision, audition, and multi-sensory applications.
Midday Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 12:31PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
China's Shanghai Wind Information Selects IBM to Deliver Leading Cloud-Based Risk Service
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 11:00AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Shanghai Wind Information (Wind Info) has selected IBM to help provide its users in China with new cloud-based analytics tools to better manage financial risks and meet regulatory requirements.
IBM Named the Only Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobility Services
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 10:30AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced that Gartner, Inc. has recognized IBM as a leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Mobility Services (MMS).1
FlowCon San Francisco Conference Announces Speakers from Google, Netflix, HP
CNW Group - Thu Aug 07, 10:15AM CDT
FlowCon, an industry-leading conference to share real-world examples about innovation through Continuous Delivery, design and lean product development, today announced an impressive mix of keynote speakers and presenters including Ariadna Font Llitjos, a Design Principal at IBM Watson, Dianne Marsh, a Director of Engineering at Netflix, Dinah McNutt, a Release Engineer at Google and Andrew Malcolm, Vice President Product Marketing, Mobile Products at HP.
IBM Extends Consulting to New and Existing Clients with Click-to-Buy Services
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 10:14AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an innovative move to extend its consulting services by offering clients simple, direct access to analytics assessments and other click-to-buy services. The new offerings -- called IBM Global Business Services Online -- make IBM the first major IT consultancy to offer both new and existing clients this kind of immediate access to its capabilities and expertise.
Early Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 9:59AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Khipu Chooses IBM Cloud to Seamlessly Scale to meet Growing Demand for its Virtual Education Service
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:10AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Khipu Corporation has deployed its e-learning platform, Moodle, on SoftLayer's Cloud infrastructure to enable facilitators and teachers to access virtual lessons, download educational material, conduct tests of its training program and focus on high performance teaching.
Wroclaw University of Technology Delivers Personalized Classrooms on IBM Cloud Infrastructure
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:05AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology (WRUT) today announced the that it will deploy a common and open platform for students, professors, industry partners and local government on IBM's Cloud platform. The engagement will help Wroclaw University of Technology to facilitate access to various educational resources on demand, and to deliver smart and personalized classrooms to its students.
IBM Brings e-Textbooks into the Cloud to Foster Collaboration between Teachers and Students
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:00AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the start of a cooperation with Wydawnictwa Cyfrowe LLC., a leading digital services provider for educational e-textbooks, under which IBM will provide access to the e-textbooks platform: podrecznik.edu.pl on cloud infrastructure from SoftLayer, an IBM company. As a result, publishing houses will be able to easily distribute electronic versions of textbooks, so both teachers and students can have access to new forms of interactive education.
Public/Private Cloud Storage (Solution & Software) Market Forecasts & Opportunities, 2019
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 2:14AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zfdnv2/publicprivate) has announced the addition of the "Public/Private Cloud Storage Market by Solution & by Software - Worldwide Forecasts & Analysis (2014 - 2019)" report to their offering. The cloud storage market is segmented on the basis of numerous solutions, components and their types, type of deployment, organization size, verticals and geographic regions. The total market size is estimated by adding up the individual market sizes of all the solutions such as primary storage solutions, backup storage solutions, cloud storage gateway solutions and data movement and access solutions. The incessantly growing rate of digitalization calls for easy, secure, cost efficient and reliable data storage and migration facilities, not only within multiple lines of an organization but also amongst different organizations. There are a huge number of such organizations working in different industries that require an efficient data management infrastructure. The different industries/ verticals based on which this report has been divided are Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), consumer goods and retail, telecommunication, healthcare and life sciences, media and entertainment, government, research and education, energy, manufacturing, and others. The market for cloud storage has been constantly increasing due to numerous organizations dealing with gigantic information chunks. These are inclining towards the deployment of clouds for secure data storage and management. There are a number of prominent players in the cloud storage market and a whole lot of start-up companies that are providing cloud storage platforms to cater to the continuously rising cloud based data storage requirements. Report Scope - Solution (Cloud Storage Gateways, Backup & Recovery, Data Movement & Access) - Software (Data Replication, HSM & Archiving, Security & Storage Resource Management) Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Market Overview 4 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Solutions 5 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Types Overview 6 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Deployment 7 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis & Forecast, By Organization Size 8 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis & Forecast, By Vertical 9 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis and Forecast, By Regions 10 Cloud Storage: Market Landscape 11 Company Profiles - Amazon Web Services Llc. - At&T Inc. - Ctera Networks Ltd. - Fujitsu Limited - Google Inc. - Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - IBM - Microsoft Corporation - Netapp, Inc. - Rackspace Hosting, Inc. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zf...licprivate
Novetta Names Richard Clements Chief Marketing Officer
PR Newswire - Wed Aug 06, 2:07PM CDT
Novetta Solutions, LLC ("Novetta"
, a technology firm specializing in advanced analytics, announced today the appointment of Richard Clements as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Clements will lead branding and positioning to reinforce Novetta's value proposition, and build new marketing capabilities throughout the company, as it delivers innovative and robust advanced analytics technology solutions for the world's most challenging big data problems.
Why Dell Comes Out Clean While China Blacklists Apple, Microsoft
at The Street - Wed Aug 06, 9:01AM CDT
By pre-installing a Chinese operating system on its computers, Dell has so far avoided the pain of a Beijing campaign like those against Apple and other U.S. tech firms.
Information Technology: Investing Essentials
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 06, 8:45AM CDT
In a world of increasing complexity, businesses are often looking to information technology in order to develop or reinforce a competitive advantage -- or at least to become more competitive. While the rapidly changing environment of information...
Research and Markets: Global Facility Management Market Report 2014-2019 - Solutions (CAFM, IWMS, CMMS, BIM, IWMS) & Services Analysis
Business Wire - Wed Aug 06, 8:25AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z6n38s/facility) has announced the addition of the "Facility Management Market by Solutions & Services - Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2014-2019)" report to their offering.
Final Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 5:13PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies were down at the close of trading:
How Will IBM Be Affected By New Chip That Simulates Brain Function?
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 4:41PM CDT
IBM (IBM) has developed a new chip that the information technology company says possesses features of the brain.
CSC and IBM Expanding Alliance to Speed Clients' Adoption of Hybrid Cloud, Mobile and Big Data
Business Wire - Thu Aug 07, 3:30PM CDT
--CSC to establish a new IBM Center of Excellence to offer clients SoftLayer(R) cloud services and IBM Bluemix(TM) cloud development platform
Dow Today: Boeing (BA) Leads The Day Higher, International Business Machines (IBM) Lags
at The Street - Thu Aug 07, 3:30PM CDT
The Dow component that led the way higher today was Boeing (NYSE:BA), which sported a $1.50 gain (+1.3%) bringing the stock to $119.84. Holding the Dow back today was International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lagged the broader Dow index with...
New IBM SyNAPSE Chip Could Open Era of Vast Neural Networks
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 1:00PM CDT
Scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of one million programmable neurons, 256 million programmable synapses and 46 billion synaptic operations per second per watt. At 5.4 billion transistors, this fully functional and production-scale chip is currently one of the largest CMOS chips ever built, yet, while running at biological real time, it consumes a minuscule 70mW--orders of magnitude less power than a modern microprocessor. A neurosynaptic supercomputer the size of a postage stamp that runs on the energy equivalent of a hearing-aid battery, this technology could transform science, technology, business, government, and society by enabling vision, audition, and multi-sensory applications.
Midday Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 12:31PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
China's Shanghai Wind Information Selects IBM to Deliver Leading Cloud-Based Risk Service
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 11:00AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Shanghai Wind Information (Wind Info) has selected IBM to help provide its users in China with new cloud-based analytics tools to better manage financial risks and meet regulatory requirements.
IBM Named the Only Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobility Services
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 10:30AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced that Gartner, Inc. has recognized IBM as a leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Mobility Services (MMS).1
FlowCon San Francisco Conference Announces Speakers from Google, Netflix, HP
CNW Group - Thu Aug 07, 10:15AM CDT
FlowCon, an industry-leading conference to share real-world examples about innovation through Continuous Delivery, design and lean product development, today announced an impressive mix of keynote speakers and presenters including Ariadna Font Llitjos, a Design Principal at IBM Watson, Dianne Marsh, a Director of Engineering at Netflix, Dinah McNutt, a Release Engineer at Google and Andrew Malcolm, Vice President Product Marketing, Mobile Products at HP.
IBM Extends Consulting to New and Existing Clients with Click-to-Buy Services
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 10:14AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an innovative move to extend its consulting services by offering clients simple, direct access to analytics assessments and other click-to-buy services. The new offerings -- called IBM Global Business Services Online -- make IBM the first major IT consultancy to offer both new and existing clients this kind of immediate access to its capabilities and expertise.
Early Glance: Computer companies
AP - Thu Aug 07, 9:59AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top computer companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Khipu Chooses IBM Cloud to Seamlessly Scale to meet Growing Demand for its Virtual Education Service
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:10AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Khipu Corporation has deployed its e-learning platform, Moodle, on SoftLayer's Cloud infrastructure to enable facilitators and teachers to access virtual lessons, download educational material, conduct tests of its training program and focus on high performance teaching.
Wroclaw University of Technology Delivers Personalized Classrooms on IBM Cloud Infrastructure
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:05AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology (WRUT) today announced the that it will deploy a common and open platform for students, professors, industry partners and local government on IBM's Cloud platform. The engagement will help Wroclaw University of Technology to facilitate access to various educational resources on demand, and to deliver smart and personalized classrooms to its students.
IBM Brings e-Textbooks into the Cloud to Foster Collaboration between Teachers and Students
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 07, 8:00AM CDT
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the start of a cooperation with Wydawnictwa Cyfrowe LLC., a leading digital services provider for educational e-textbooks, under which IBM will provide access to the e-textbooks platform: podrecznik.edu.pl on cloud infrastructure from SoftLayer, an IBM company. As a result, publishing houses will be able to easily distribute electronic versions of textbooks, so both teachers and students can have access to new forms of interactive education.
Public/Private Cloud Storage (Solution & Software) Market Forecasts & Opportunities, 2019
M2 - Thu Aug 07, 2:14AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zfdnv2/publicprivate) has announced the addition of the "Public/Private Cloud Storage Market by Solution & by Software - Worldwide Forecasts & Analysis (2014 - 2019)" report to their offering. The cloud storage market is segmented on the basis of numerous solutions, components and their types, type of deployment, organization size, verticals and geographic regions. The total market size is estimated by adding up the individual market sizes of all the solutions such as primary storage solutions, backup storage solutions, cloud storage gateway solutions and data movement and access solutions. The incessantly growing rate of digitalization calls for easy, secure, cost efficient and reliable data storage and migration facilities, not only within multiple lines of an organization but also amongst different organizations. There are a huge number of such organizations working in different industries that require an efficient data management infrastructure. The different industries/ verticals based on which this report has been divided are Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), consumer goods and retail, telecommunication, healthcare and life sciences, media and entertainment, government, research and education, energy, manufacturing, and others. The market for cloud storage has been constantly increasing due to numerous organizations dealing with gigantic information chunks. These are inclining towards the deployment of clouds for secure data storage and management. There are a number of prominent players in the cloud storage market and a whole lot of start-up companies that are providing cloud storage platforms to cater to the continuously rising cloud based data storage requirements. Report Scope - Solution (Cloud Storage Gateways, Backup & Recovery, Data Movement & Access) - Software (Data Replication, HSM & Archiving, Security & Storage Resource Management) Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Market Overview 4 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Solutions 5 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Types Overview 6 Cloud Storage: Market Size, Analysis & Forecast By Deployment 7 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis & Forecast, By Organization Size 8 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis & Forecast, By Vertical 9 Cloud Storage: Market Analysis and Forecast, By Regions 10 Cloud Storage: Market Landscape 11 Company Profiles - Amazon Web Services Llc. - At&T Inc. - Ctera Networks Ltd. - Fujitsu Limited - Google Inc. - Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - IBM - Microsoft Corporation - Netapp, Inc. - Rackspace Hosting, Inc. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zf...licprivate
Novetta Names Richard Clements Chief Marketing Officer
PR Newswire - Wed Aug 06, 2:07PM CDT
Novetta Solutions, LLC ("Novetta"
, a technology firm specializing in advanced analytics, announced today the appointment of Richard Clements as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Clements will lead branding and positioning to reinforce Novetta's value proposition, and build new marketing capabilities throughout the company, as it delivers innovative and robust advanced analytics technology solutions for the world's most challenging big data problems. Why Dell Comes Out Clean While China Blacklists Apple, Microsoft
at The Street - Wed Aug 06, 9:01AM CDT
By pre-installing a Chinese operating system on its computers, Dell has so far avoided the pain of a Beijing campaign like those against Apple and other U.S. tech firms.
Information Technology: Investing Essentials
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 06, 8:45AM CDT
In a world of increasing complexity, businesses are often looking to information technology in order to develop or reinforce a competitive advantage -- or at least to become more competitive. While the rapidly changing environment of information...
Research and Markets: Global Facility Management Market Report 2014-2019 - Solutions (CAFM, IWMS, CMMS, BIM, IWMS) & Services Analysis
Business Wire - Wed Aug 06, 8:25AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z6n38s/facility) has announced the addition of the "Facility Management Market by Solutions & Services - Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2014-2019)" report to their offering.
