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Bald laufen wir mit «Google-Brillen» herum

By Guest PostNovember 7, 2013General, Media, Politicsaldous huxleys, antonio zugaldia, big business, big data, data mining, englischen staatstheoretiker, evgenij samjatins, google brillen, grosser bruder, john locke, Mark Zuckerberg, marshall mcluhan, menschen wolf, mini display, ray bradburys, thomas hobbes

Parallel zur staatlichen breitet sich eine private Überwachung grossen Stils aus. Widerstand scheint aussichtslos. (Teil 2)

Red. In einem ersten Teil befasste sich der Autor mit staatlichen Überwachungsdiensten und den möglichen Folgen für demokratische Gesellschaften. Der zweite Teil zeigt auf, welche Rolle dabei die digitale Technologie und das Internet spielen.

Zur neuen Entwicklung gehört, dass es neben der staatlichen Tätigkeit immer mehr auch Private sind (Einzelpersonen, Agenturen, Detektivbüros, Sicherheitsfirmen, privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen), die andere überwachen oder überwachen lassen, so dass man sagen kann, dass nach dem englischen Staatstheoretiker Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) der Mensch nicht nur des Menschen Wolf, sondern auch dessen Grosser Bruder und Datenspeicher ist. (more…)

Managing the Deluge of ‘Big Data’ From Space

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2013Scienceandrea donnellan, big data, chris mattmann, cloud computing, data points, distant galaxies, earth, eric de jong, extracting data, flood of data, from space, gps data, jet propulsion laboratory, mars reconnaissance orbiter, NASA, nasa mission, pasadena, ska, software engineer, spacecraft monitor, square kilometer array, steve groom

For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming back images and information to Earth. All those digital records need to be stored, indexed and processed so that spacecraft engineers, scientists and people across the globe can use the data to understand Earth and the universe beyond.

At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., mission planners and software engineers are coming up with new strategies for managing the ever-increasing flow of such large and complex data streams, referred to in the information technology community as “big data.” (more…)

IBM Commits $1 Billion to Fuel Linux and Open Source Innovation on Power Systems

By Guest PostSeptember 17, 2013Technologyaustin, big data, brad mccredie, cloud, ecosystem skills, Europe, fuel linux, ibm, ibm power7, jeopardy game, linuxcon conference, new orleans, new york, open source innovation, power systems, prototype, texas, watson

NEW ORLEANS, LA – 17 Sep 2013: At LinuxCon 2013 today, IBM announced plans to invest $1 billion (USD) in new Linux and open source technologies for IBM’s Power Systems servers. The investment aims to help clients capitalize on big data and cloud computing with modern systems built to handle the new wave of applications coming to the data center in the post-PC era.

Two immediate initiatives announced, a new client center in Europe and a Linux on Power development cloud, focus on rapidly expanding IBM’s growing ecosystem supporting Linux on Power Systems which today represents thousands of independent software vendor and open source applications worldwide. Specific details of both initiatives include: (more…)

IBM Narrows Big Data Skills Gap By Partnering With More Than 1,000 Global Universities

By Guest PostAugust 14, 2013Technologyalexander rasin, analytics, astron, big data, big data curricula, big data skills, business intelligence, curriculum materials, george washington university, global academic programs, global universities, ibm, ibm big data, janet smart, jeff pittges, rfid networks, richard rodts, software

From Washington D.C. to the Philippines, IBM Creates Big Data and Analytics Curriculum for Universities Across the Globe; Announces Winners of 2013 Big Data and Analytics Faculty Awards

ARMONK, N.Y. – 14 Aug 2013: IBM today announced that it has added nine new academic collaborations to its more than 1,000 partnerships with universities across the globe, focusing on Big Data and analytics — all of which are designed to prepare students for the 4.4 million jobs that will be created worldwide to support Big Data by 2015. The company also announced more than $100,000 in awards for Big Data curricula.

As part of IBM’s Academic Initiative, the company is launching new curricula focusing on Big Data and analytics with Georgetown University, George Washington University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Missouri, as well as a new addition to IBM’s partnership with Northwestern University. Internationally, IBM is partnering with Dublin City University, Mother Teresa Women’s University in India, the National University of Singapore, and the Philippines’ Commission on Higher Education to offer data-driven degree programs, coursework and specialization tracks. (more…)

Designing a culturally enlightened experience for the car of the future

By Guest PostJune 13, 2013Technologyair canada, americans, asia, automotive team, bangkok, Beijing, big data, brazil, car, carmakers, david walker, design technology, disney, future, Germany, gridlock traffic, john hendricks, machine learning, mega cities, melissa quintanilha, Microsoft, paramount, seoul, technology patterns, user experience, windows embedded, wood car

Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Automotive team is creating automotive solutions that meet the needs of drivers and passengers in Brazil, Beijing and points in between.

REDMOND, Wash. — June 12, 2013 — Nothing epitomizes the American car experience like the road trip. For many Americans, the image of a two-lane highway stretching toward the horizon evokes a certain sense of adventure and longing for the open road, to pack your bags and head out with no itinerary or timeline. The opposite is true in Asia, where the adventure stems more from the perpetual traffic jams and unpredictable driver behavior in mega-cities like Bangkok, Beijing and Seoul. (more…)

New IBM Center in Beijing to Speed Linux Applications on Power Systems

By Guest PostMay 14, 2013Technologyandy jiang, Beijing, big data, China, china systems center, chinese clients, cloud, colin parris, high-performance computing, hpc, ibm, ibm power 7, ibm watson, jeopardy winning system, kvm center, linux center, linux innovation center, mobile, open technology, power systems, red hat, sen min chang, social business, suse, suse linux, virtualization

Red Hat, SUSE, IBM Collaborate to Accelerate Enterprise Big Data, Cloud, Mobile and Social Computing in China

BEIJING, China – 14 May 2013: At a press conference in Beijing today, IBM further extended its reach into China with the opening of the first Linux innovation center for Power Systems clients and business partners. The Power Systems Linux Center, located inside IBM’s China Systems Center, will make it simpler for software developers to build and deploy new applications for big data, cloud, mobile and social business computing on open technology building blocks using Linux and the latest IBM POWER 7+ processor technology.

With today’s news, IBM is announcing a new collaboration with Red Hat and SUSE to meet increasing demand from businesses in China for optimized and pre-integrated computing systems running enterprise applications on Linux. The companies will use the new center to help drive more Linux-based solutions in the marketplace and accelerate Linux adoption on Power Systems. The center is open to clients, business partners, academics, and students across the nation. Skills resources include: (more…)

IBM Research Makes World’s Smallest Movie Using Atoms

By Guest PostMay 2, 2013Technologya boy, andreas heinrich, atomic memory, atoms, big data, christopher lutz, data storage, feel atoms, guinness world records, his atom, ibm research, ibm research lab, ibm scientists, law, million atoms, molecules, moore, nanoscale, nobel prize, novel, smallest movie

Future storage systems based on atomic-scale memory would be capable of storing massive amounts of Big Data
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® certifies movie as World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film

SAN JOSE, Calif. – 01 May 2013: Scientists from IBM today unveiled the world’s smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named “A Boy and His Atom,” the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS -verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action. (more…)

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…)