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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…)

Die Utopie ist tot – lang lebe die Utopie!

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2014Politicsbig data, cyberpunks, die utopie, eu in gefahr, Facebook, faz, florian schmitt, Google, guenter hack, internet der dinge, katharina grosse, leena simon, martin schulz, matthias zimmer, netzneutralitaet, philosophin, politik digital, science fiction, tot, universitaet oxford, viktor mayer schoenberger, zerbrochene kultur

Was in älterern filmischen und literarischen Darstellungen als Dystopie erschien, ist zum Teil heute Realität. Günter Hack diagnostiziert in der FAZ das Ende der Utopien. Doch vielleicht hat gerade das Internet das Potential, sich selbst neu zu erschaffen und neue Utopien zu entwickeln. Das Neue – es ist heute dringend erforderlich! Und das nicht nur in utopischer Form, sondern auch in Form neuerer rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen für den Datenschutz, aber auch in Form einer Änderung unserer Gewohnheiten. Da hilft es auch nichts, dass die Perspektive außerhalb der westlichen Hemisphäre ganz anders aussieht, wie uns Leena Simon von ihrer Reise aus Indien berichtet. Manchmal muss mit Traditionen auch gebrochen werden, um ein neues Leben zu ermöglichen.

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New scientific field looks at the big picture

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2014Sciencebig data, big picture, carol fergus, data intensive science, data mining experts, dave schimel, environmental problems, field of ecology, geographic information system, john wingfield, macrosystems ecology, michigan state university, new scientific field, nsf, pang ning tan, patricia soranno, statistical modeling, tools

Big data is changing the field of ecology. The shift is dramatic enough to warrant the creation of an entirely new field: macrosystems ecology. (more…)

Made in IBM Labs: Scientists Set New Speed Record for Big Data

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2014Technologyadc technology, big data, circuits conference, epfl, gigabits per second, ibm labs, isscc, lukas kull, made in, martin schmatz, new speed record, san francisco, scientists, semtech corp, solid-state, thomas toifl, yusuf leblebici

Ultra-high definition 4K movie or 40,000 songs from the Cloud could be downloaded in a few seconds

SAN FRANCISCO – 13 Feb 2014: IBM today announced that it has achieved a new technological advancement that will helpimprove Internet speeds to 200 – 400 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) at extremely low power.

The speed boost is based on a device that can be used to improve transferring Big Data between clouds and data centers four times faster than current technology. At this speed 160 Gigabytes, the equivalent of a two-hour, 4K ultra-high definition movie or 40,000 songs, could be downloaded in only a few seconds. The device was presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco. (more…)

IBM Provides Developers No-Charge Access to Power Systems Servers in the Cloud

By Guest PostFebruary 11, 2014Technologybig data, cloud, doug balog, ibm, mobile, no charge access, pdp, power development platform, power systems servers, power7, social business computing

New Development Cloud Provides Open Platform for Innovation to Speed Up Big Data Application Development

LAS VEGAS, N.V. – 11 Feb 2014: IBM today unveiled an application development cloud called the IBM Power Development Platform, providing software developers withno-charge access[1] over the cloud to IBM Power Systems servers to build, port and testapplications. IBM expects the new resourcewill be of particular interest to Linux developers, many of whom are seeking and using more powerful, modern servers built to handle the new wave of open, collaborative applications built for Big Data, mobile and social business computing. (more…)

IBM Brings Watson to Africa

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2014Technologyaaron williams, africa, big data, cedd, cognitive computing, economic growth, ibm, ibm innovation, kamal bhattacharya, michel bezy, new era, project lucy, rahamon bello, sub-saharan africa, university of lagos, watson

$100M “Project Lucy” Initiative Heralds New Era of Data-Driven Development

LAGOS and NAIROBI – 06 Feb 2014: IBM has launched a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and spur business opportunities across the world’s fastest growing continent. Dubbed “Project Lucy” after the earliest known human ancestor, IBM will invest US$100 million in the initiative, giving scientists and partners access to the world’s most advanced cognitive computing technologies. (more…)

IBM Sets U.S. Patent Record

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014TechnologyAmazon, analytics, bernie meyerson, big data, cloud computing, cognitive systems, emc, era, Google, hp, ibm, intel, neural network, neuromorphic, oracle, patent leadership, simulation, sun, symantec, synapse project, synaptic weights, synaptronic, technical fields, us patent record, watson

Achieves 21st Straight Year of Patent Leadership
IBM inventors received more than 6,800 U.S. patents in 2013

ARMONK, N.Y. – 14 Jan 2014: IBM today announced that its inventors received a record-setting 6,809 patents in 2013 – the 21^st consecutive year the company topped the annual list of U.S. patent leaders. (more…)

IBM Forms New Watson Group to Meet Growing Demand for Cognitive Innovations

By Guest PostJanuary 9, 2014Technologyanalytics, big data, cloud delivered, cognitive applications, cognitive innovations, ibm, ibm clients, ibm founder, information technology, md buyline, michael rhodin, new watson group, new york city, research firm gartner, silicon alley, thomas j watson

Headquartered in NYC’s “Silicon Alley,” New IBM Watson Group to Include Watson Innovation Hub, Fueling New Products and Start-ups
Watson Group Introduces New Cloud Solutions to Accelerate Research, Visualize Big Data and Enable Analytics Exploration

ARMONK, N.Y. – 09 Jan 2014: IBM today announced it will establish the IBM Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to the development and commercialization of cloud-delivered cognitive innovations. The move signifies a strategic shift by IBM to accelerate into the marketplace a new class of software, services and apps that think, improve by learning, and discover answers and insights to complex questions from massive amounts of Big Data. (more…)

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