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IBM Study: CIOs Have a New Boss – Customers

By Guest PostMarch 13, 2014Technologybusiness strategy, business value, cio, critical trends, customers, data scientists, ibm study, ibv, macro economic changes, market factors, new boss, peter korsten, statistician, value

Study of more than 1,600 CIOs adds customer satisfaction to the tech executives’ performance review

ARMONK, N.Y. – 13 Mar 2014: With consumers engaging more directly with businesses through mobile and social media, more than 60 percent of CIOs will focus more heavily on improving the customer experience and getting closer to customers, according to a new report released by IBM.

The report, entitled “Moving from the Back Office to the Front Lines – CIO Insights from the Global C-suite Study” is based on face-to-face conversations with more than 1,600 CIOs from 70 countries and 20 industries worldwide. The research, conducted by IBM’s Institute for Business Value, reveals that customers drive CIOs to turn their focus to the front lines. (more…)

UCLA researchers create Google Glass app for instant medical diagnostic test results

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2014Technologyaydogan ozcan, bingen cortazar, breakthrough technology, diagnostic test results, google glass app, hiv, malaria, medical, mehmet turan, prostate cancer, rapid diagnostic tests, rdts, romain caire, steve feng, telemedicine, ucla researchers, ucla technology

A team of researchers from UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like computer to perform instant, wireless diagnostic testing for a variety of diseases and health conditions.

With the new UCLA technology, Google Glass wearers can use the device’s hands-free camera to capture pictures of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), small strips on which blood or fluid samples are placed and which change color to indicate the presence of HIV, malaria, prostate cancer or other conditions. Without relying on any additional devices, users can upload these images to a UCLA-designed server platform and receive accurate analyses — far more detailed than with the human eye — in as little as eight seconds. (more…)

New Technique Targets C Code to Spot, Contain Malware Attacks

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2014Technologyandroid application, android devices, c code, c programming language, daniel dean, false positives, google play, helen gu, malware attacks, new technique, north Carolina, prec, security tool, smartphone, state university, tsung hsuan ho, will enck, written in java

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new tool to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices. The tool improves on previous techniques by targeting code written in the C programming language – which is often used to create root exploit malware, whereas the bulk of Android applications are written in Java.

Root exploits take over the system administration functions of an operating system, such as Android. A successful Android root exploit effectively gives hackers unfettered control of a user’s smartphone. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Startup Wants to Know How Damaged Your DNA Is

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2014Health, Technologyaging, berkeley lab startup, cancer, chemical spill, damage, DNA, dna damage, dna repair, double strand breaks, elk river, environmental event, exogen, genetics, immunity, jonathan tang, NASA, repair, scid, severe combined immunodeficiency, steve yannone, sylvain costes, west virginia

Exogen can check the DNA health not only of an individual but that of an entire region, thus answering questions on the impact of environmental events.

Currently if a scientist or doctor wanted to measure the level of a person’s DNA damage, they would have to look at some cells in a fluorescent microscope and manually count the number of DNA breaks. This kind of counting is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and a highly subjective process. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientist Sylvain Costes, who has spent over a decade studying the effects of low-dose radiation on cellular processes, came up with a way to automate the job using a proprietary algorithm and a machine to scan specimens and objectively score the damaged DNA. (more…)

IBM Challenges Mobile Developers to Bring the Power of Watson to the Palm of Your Hand

By Guest PostFebruary 26, 2014Technologycognitive apps, cognitive computing, ibm watson, mobile developer challenge, mobile developers

Challenge to Spur Innovation and Accelerate Mobile Apps on Watson

BARCELONA, SPAIN – (MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS) – 26 Feb 2014: IBM today launched the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge, a first of its kind, global competition to encourage developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by Watson. IBM announced the challenge at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the company is demonstrating its mobile and Watson capabilities. (more…)

IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development

By Guest PostFebruary 24, 2014Technologyacquire, adam kocoloski, apache couchdb, apache couchdb project, API, big data, cloud database service, cloudant, cloudant technology, database administrators, dba, dbaas, derek schoettle, ibm, mobile, nosql, sean poulley, web app

ARMONK, N.Y. – 24 Feb 2014: IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boston, MA-based Cloudant, Inc., a privately held database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that enables developers to easily and quickly create next generation mobile and web apps.

Cloudant will extend IBM’s Big Data and Analytics, Cloud Computing and Mobile offerings by further helping clients take advantage of these key growth initiatives. Financial terms were not disclosed. (more…)

IBM Research and Thiess Use Data ‘Vital Signs’ to Predict Mining Equipment Health and Drive Business Performance

By Guest PostFebruary 20, 2014Technologymachine management, mine production, mining equipment health, operational data, operational performance

First-of-a-kind program infuses Big Data, advanced analytics and modeling to merge mechanics, field knowledge and diverse data sources to increase operational performance in mine production

SAN JOSE, Calif., and Queensland, Australia – 20 Feb 2014: IBM today announced a new collaboration with Thiess, one of the world’s largest contract miners, to use Big Data to improve machine availability and operational productivity utilizing predictive analytics and modeling technologies. This initial collaboration focuses on Thiess’ Mining haul trucks and excavators, and will help unify asset management and business operations. (more…)

IBM Predictive Analytics to Detect Patients at Risk for Heart Failure

By Guest PostFebruary 19, 2014Technologyheart failure, ibm team, predictive analytics, predictive modeling

Big Data Solution Identifies 8,500 Patients at Risk for Heart Failure Using Insights from Electronic Medical Records

ARMONK, N.Y. – 19 Feb 2014: IBM today announced that Virginia health system Carilion Clinic has indentified 8,500 patients at risk for developing heart failure in a pilot project that could lead to early intervention and better care for these patients. (more…)

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