Category Archives: Technology

The Weather Company, an IBM Business, to Integrate Global Flight Tracking Data from FlightAware

Flight Tracking Enhancements to Help Improve Situational Awareness And Enable Critical Decision-Making For Airline Operators

ANDOVER, MA – 16 Aug 2017: The Weather Company, an IBM Business (NYSE: IBM) announced today that it is enhancing its global flight operations solution WSI Fusion, with live flight tracking data from FlightAware. WSI Fusion provides early insight into changing flight, airport and airspace conditions, enabling aviation providers to carefully plan and track flights, optimize operations and reduce the impacts of disruptive events. With the addition of FlightAware’s data, including its private network of over 12,000 Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations in over 160 countries, WSI Fusion customers will have access to enhanced flight following capabilities worldwide. (more…)

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Sony and Sony Global Education Develop a New System to Manage Students’ Learning Data, Built on IBM Blockchain

– New cloud-based platform to help track and manage student data to improve efficiencies in education system

TOKYO and ARMONK, NY – 09 Aug 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Japan today announced that Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education, a subsidiary of Sony that works to provide global educational services, have developed a new blockchain-based student education records platform. (more…)

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Quanten­kommuni­kation: Wie man das Rauschen über­listet

Wie kann man Quanten­information zuverlässig über­tragen, wenn man in der Verbindungs­leitung mit störendem Rauschen zu kämpfen hat? Forscher der Uni Innsbruck und der TU Wien präsentieren neue Lösungen.

Wir kommunizieren heute mit Hilfe von Funksignalen, wir schicken elektrische Impulse durch lange Leitungen – doch das könnte sich bald ändern. Derzeit wird intensiv an Methoden der Quanten-Informationsübertragung gearbeitet. So könnte man abhörsichere Datenverbindungen herstellen oder vielleicht sogar eines Tages Quantencomputer miteinander verschalten. (more…)

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