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IBM Unveils New Technology to Connect a Smarter Planet

By Guest PostApril 29, 2013Technologyapple, big data, bob s johnson, cleveland, cloud based apps, connect, ibm, ibm messagesight, ibm mobilefirst, idc, m2m, machine to machine, marie wieck, message, mobile, mobile environments, mobilefirst strategy, mqtt, network bandwidth, new data, new technology, ohio, passbook, queuing telemetry transport, smarter planet, Technology, urbancode, websphere, world wide web

New Appliance, Software and Services Extend the IBM MobileFirst Strategy

LAS VEGAS – 29 Apr 2013: IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy took a major technological step forward today with the introduction of IBM MessageSight, a new appliance designed to help organizations manage and communicate with the billions of mobile devices and sensors found in systems such as automobiles, traffic management systems, smart buildings and household appliances.

Over the next 15 years, the number of machines and sensors connected to the Internet will explode. According to IMS Research, there will be more than 22 billion web-connected devices by 2020[i].These new devices will generate more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of new data every day[ii], while every hour enough information is consumed by Internet traffic to fill seven million DVDs.[iii] (more…)

A techie with a dream sparks a new generation of computer scientists

By Guest PostApril 25, 2013Technologyadvanced placement, ap, bay area, citizenship, computer scientists, dream, education, education in america, Google, harvard university, high schools, kevin wang, microsoft employee, microsoft innovators, microsoft youthspark, new generation, porsche 911, public affairs, teals, techie, united states, washington state

Read the improbable story of a Microsoft employee who twice turned down a traditional tech sector job so he could teach high school students, and then landed his dream job.

REDMOND, Wash. — Kevin Wang could have followed his career.

Instead, he chose to follow his calling.

It was the early 2000s, and Wang had just graduated from Berkeley with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. He was trying to decide which tech company he should offer his services to, when a high school came calling. (more…)

elicit Helps Improve Your Website’s Searchability

By Guest PostApril 3, 2013Technologyadam heneghan, algorithms, browse, chip aubry, elicit, eric, giant step, information, javascript analytics, microsoft bizspark startup, one off solutions, saas model, search, search results, searchability, seo generated noise, startups, website, windows azure

Microsoft BizSpark startup uses Windows Azure to put keyword search control into the hands of humans rather than algorithms.

REDMOND, Wash. — April 3, 2013 — One of the biggest fears for website developers is that their visitors click an internal search button on the site, can’t find what they’re looking for and leave frustrated. Because every failed search can mean a lost opportunity for business owners, elicit was founded to help people find what they are looking for within a website.

The founders of elicit are all serial entrepreneurs who met when working together at various startups. Brothers Eric and Adam Heneghan are the co-founders of Giant Step, a digital marketing firm; Jeff Froom is an application and interaction developer; and Chip Aubry is a software architecture expert. While working at an interactive marketing agency, they formed the idea for elicit based on feedback from customers. (more…)

IBM Master The Mainframe Contest Prepares Students With In Demand IT Skills For A Smarter Planet

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2013Technologyanalytics, austria, benjamin paul, big data, canada, certificate programs, cloud rise, ibm, India, it skills, mainframe contest, master, michael todd, miles nosler, mobile, mobile computing projects, poland, smarter planet, social business, spain, students, sushain cherivirala, system z job, US, william cunningham

Over 4,600 students compete from US and Canada

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – 29 Mar 2013: Throughout the last 49 years, the IBM mainframe has advanced, anticipating both the present and future needs of businesses. Organizations are moving more cloud, mobile, big data and analytics computing projects on to mainframes and joining them with traditional projects like transaction processing, operational analytics and database management to develop solutions that can empower a Smarter Planet. Because of these trends, today’s mainframes are growing in popularity, requiring a new generation of mainframe experts. (more…)

Now Online: A Century of Women’s Entrepreneurialism

By Guest PostMarch 28, 2013Economy, Technologyamerican women, corporate conscience, entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, microsoft technology, women entrepreneurs, women in business, women owned businesses

Microsoft partners with the U.S. National Women’s History Museum to launch an exhibit examining the journey of American women who have started businesses over the last century.

REDMOND, Wash. – March 28, 2013 – At Microsoft, advocating for women in business is rooted in the corporate conscience, along with the belief in women’s power to blaze trails and shape their own destinies through entrepreneurship. In recognition of March commemorating both International Women’s Day and National Women’s History Month in the United States, Microsoft is shining a light on the stories of women entrepreneurs around the world and showcasing how technology has played a transformative role in enabling entrepreneurship. (more…)

To Celebrate Kids Helping Kids Across the Globe, Microsoft Sponsors First U.S. We Day

By Guest PostMarch 27, 2013Technologychild labor, christmas toy giveaway, coast of uganda, craig kielburger, digigirlz, free the children, jennifer hudson, keyarena, kids helping kids, lori harnick, magic johnson, martin luther king, martin sheen, mia farrow, microsoft ceo, microsoft sponsors, nelly furtado, Pakistan, seattle, steve ballmer, we act program, we day, we day event, young canadian, youthspark initiative

As part of its YouthSpark initiative to create opportunities for youth, Microsoft welcomes 15,000 students to We Day at Seattle’s KeyArena.

SEATTLE — March 27, 2013 — At the age of 12, while looking for the morning comics in the newspaper, Craig Kielburger stumbled upon a news item about a 12-year-old boy killed in Pakistan for speaking out against child labor. Outraged by the story, he desperately wanted to do something to help. After a number of phone calls and attempts to contact nonprofit organizations, Kielburger realized it wasn’t so easy for kids to get involved with social activism. That’s when he got an idea.

That same year, the young Canadian founded his own nonprofit, Free The Children, to pave the way for kids to help other kids around the world. Twelve years later, in 2007, Kielburger took his organization to the next level, launching the We Act program in schools across Canada and creating a more widespread approach to helping youth make a difference. As part of the program, Free The Children hosts a celebration in each participating city called We Day. (more…)

UCLA Relies on Breakthrough ‘Big Data’ Technology from IBM To Help Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2013Technologybrain damage, brain injury research, death, department of neurosurgery, eme, excel medical electronics, hospitals in america, ibm, ibm research, ibm software, laboratory, martin kohn, patients, rising brain pressure, spinal cord, t j watson, traumatic brain injury, ucla

Bedside Early-Warning System from IBM and Excel Medical Electronics Can Analyze Large Amounts of Data in Real Time to Predict Dangerous Changes in a Patient’s Condition

Armonk, N.Y. and Los Angeles, CA – 26 Mar 2013: IBM, and Excel Medical Electronics (EME) are collaborating with the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery in a study to test the effectiveness of a real-time alarm intended to predict rising brain pressure in patients with traumatic brain injuries. The experimental system uses big data analytics software developed by IBM Research and EME that analyzes in real-time streams of vital signs continuously collected from the bedside monitor to spot subtle changes in the patient’s pulse, blood and intracranial pressure, heart activity, and respiration, signaling that dangerous high-risk increases in brain pressure are on the way. (more…)

High-speed rail study finds that remote cities benefit from connection to global hubs

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2013Technologybakersfield, bullet trains, cangzhou, China, environmental economist, hang lung center, high speed, los angeles, matthew kahn, megacities like beijing, palmdale, qinhuangdao, quality of life, rail system, second tier, second tier cities, shijiazhuang, siqi zheng, tsinghua university, ucla, water pollution, yangquan

Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life and create other unintended consequences by sharply reducing commute times from smaller cities to large megacities, economists from UCLA and China’s Tsinghua University observed in a new study in China. A similar dynamic, they said, could play out as California builds its own high-speed rail system.

Because high-speed rail effectively brings cities closer together by reducing travel times, it allows people to enjoy many of the benefits of big cities while living in “second-tier” cities far from the pollution and congestion. By making second-tier cities attractive to those who would otherwise flock to global hubs, bullet trains could act as a safety valve for crowded megacities in the developing world and ease the effects of overpopulation, the study authors report. (more…)

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