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Cincinnati Zoo Adds 50,000 New Visits, Drives New Revenue With IBM Business Analytics

By Guest PostJanuary 11, 2011Technologybeer hut, bird, brightstar partners, cincinnati zoo, ibm, ibm business analytics, john lucas, polar bear, processes to make key decisions, revenue, software, zoo, zoo projects

ARMONK, N.Y. & CINCINNATI, Ohio – 11 Jan 2011: IBM today announced that the Cincinnati Zoo is using IBM business analytics software to drive new revenue, improve member visits and integrate all ticketing, retail, and food sales operations. The zoo projects a $350,000 increase in revenue in the first year, and an additional 50,000 in new visits per year using the IBM analytics solution.

More than 1.2 million people a year visit Cincinnati Zoo’s exhibits, which feature over 500 animal and 3,000 plant species. The Zoo was also rated the No. 1 attraction locally and one of the top zoos in the nation by Zagat Survey. (more…)

IBM’s “Watson” Computing System to Challenge All Time Greatest Jeopardy! Champions

By Guest PostDecember 14, 2010Technologyamerica, benchmark, brad rutter, computing system, david ferrucci, emmy awards, favorite quiz show, guinness book of world records, harry friedman, ibm, ibm founder, ibm power7, ibm scientists, jeopardy, ken jennings, million dollar masters tournament, sony pictures television, thomas j watson, thomas watson, tournament of champions, ultimate knowledge, ultimate tournament of champions, watson

*Competition Scheduled for February 2011*

ARMONK, N.Y. & CULVER CITY, Calif. – 14 Dec 2010: IBM and America’s Favorite Quiz show® Jeopardy! today announced that an IBM computing system named “Watson” will compete on Jeopardy! against the show’s two most successful and celebrated contestants — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.

The first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition will air on February 14, 15 and 16, 2011, with two matches being played over three consecutive days. (more…)

Made in IBM Labs: Breakthrough Chip Technology Lights the Path to Exascale Computing

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2010Technologychip technology, cmos, cmos integrated silicon nanophotonics, computer chips, electrical, electrical signals, exaflop, ibm, nanophotonics, nanophotonics technology, optical devices, pulses of light, scientists, silicon, silicon nanophotonics, t c chen, terabits, yurii a vlasov

*IBM Silicon Nanophotonics uses optical signals to connect chips together faster and with lower power*

Yorktown Heights, N.Y. – 01 Dec 2010: IBM scientists today unveiled a new chip technology that integrates electrical and optical devices on the same piece of silicon, enabling computer chips to communicate using pulses of light (instead of electrical signals), resulting in smaller, faster and more power-efficient chips than is possible with conventional technologies.

The new technology, called CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics, is the result of a decade of development at IBM’s global Research laboratories. The patented technology will change and improve the way computer chips communicate – by integrating optical devices and functions directly onto a silicon chip, enabling over 10X improvement in integration density than is feasible with current manufacturing techniques. (more…)

NC State and IBM Researchers Discover New Way to Patch Holes in The ‘Cloud’

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2010Technologychinese goddess, cloud, cloud computing, cloud computing patch tool, computer systems, cyber-attacks, ibm, mirage, north carolina state university, nuwa, patching systems, peng ning, security upgrades, sky, update, virtual machines, vms

Researchers from North Carolina State University and IBM have invented a way to update computer systems packaged in virtual machines in a computer “cloud” – even when those programs are offline.

The new cloud computing patch tool developed by NC State and IBM is called Nuwa and protects virtual machines (VMs) from cyber-attacks by ensuring that they always receive important security upgrades. In addition, the researchers have determined that offline application of security patches is more than four times faster than online patch application. The tool is named after a Chinese goddess who patched a hole in the sky. (more…)

Samlink Turns to IBM for New Services Agreement

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2010Technologydata center operations, finland, heikki sirve, ibm, information technology, infrastructure, it, johan sandell, pc, personal computer, samlink

*IBM to manage the IT infrastructure of over 400 bank branch offices and deploy a cloud learning environment*

HELSINKI, Finland, – 24 Nov 2010: IBM announced today it has signed a new agreement with Samlink to manage the information technology (IT) infrastructure for the company’s more than 400 bank branch offices across Finland. The five-year, EURO 28 million agreement signed this month follows the IT agreement between the two companies inked one year ago in November 2009 in which IBM enabled Samlink to achieve greater efficiency in its data center operations.

IBM will manage overall IT operations and internal workstations for Samlink and its clients including self-service kiosks, wireless networks, workstation and maintenance, desktop, servers, and printers. (more…)

IBM Powers Russian Pharmaceutical Company PROTEK

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2010Technologyandrey filatov, data processing center, hp, ibm, ibm power7 systems, it infrastructure, power systems, protek, roadmap, russian federation, russian pharmaceutical distributor, victor gorbunov

*IBM’s POWER7 systems replace HP servers*

MOSCOW, – 22 Nov 2010: IBM today announced that Russian pharmaceutical distributor PROTEK has switched to IBM POWER7 systems for its data processing center. The new systems from IBM replace the previous servers from HP, enabling PROTEK to improve the performance of critical business applications while reducing power consumption and increasing return on investment.

PROTEK is one of Russia’s largest pharmaceutical companies, distributing medicines to 44,000 pharmacies and health-care institutions across the Russian Federation. PROTEK’s rapid business growth and the implementation of a new ERP system across all of its offices resulted in a sharp increase in workload for the company’s IT infrastructure. PROTEK’s legacy IT system, based on HP SuperDome servers, failed to meet its growing performance requirements. In an effort to avoid further delays in critical business data processing, PROTEK’s management board decided to switch to a new server platform. (more…)

IBM Sets Benchmark Record for x86-64 Transaction Processing, Bests HP by 27%

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2010Technologyalex yost, bladecenter, boyd davis, ibm, ibm system x, ibm system x3850 x5 server, intel, max5, max5 memory scaling technology, memory capacity, performance, processor, tpc-c benchmark, tpmc, transactions per minute c, vic verola, x86-64 processor-based server

ARMONK, N.Y. – 18 Nov 2010: IBM said today it scored the highest TPC-C benchmark performance result ever achieved by an x86-64 processor-based server. The IBM System x3850 X5 server handled 2,308,099 tpmC (transactions per minute C) at price/performance of $.64 USD / tpmC. (1)

Running on the latest Intel® Xeon® 7500 Series processor, and equipped with IBM’s MAX5 technology, the System x3850 X5 showed a 27% performance boost over HP’s result of 1,807,347 tpmC.(2)

The new result demonstrates the leadership performance that is possible with MAX5, an industry-first technology that decouples memory from the processor allowing memory to be expanded independently of the processor to increase the productivity of a single system. By increasing the memory capacity of the x3850 X5 by 50%, MAX5 allows the system to process more transactions per minute. (more…)

Made in IBM Labs: McKesson Taps IBM to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Boost Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Efficiency

By Guest PostNovember 15, 2010Technologycarbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions, dave lubowe, don walker, drug, fortune 500, ibm, information technology, mckesson, mckesson corporation, North America, refrigeration facility, scsm, supply chain sustainability management solution

*Collaborative Research Project Uses Analytics Technology to Improve Effectiveness of North American Pharmaceutical Distribution Network*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 15 Nov 2010: McKesson Corporation and IBM are teaming on an initiative aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and trimming drug distribution costs. Working with IBM researchers and business consultants, North America’s largest distributor of prescription drugs is bringing a new level of intelligence to the pharmaceutical supply chain as well as its own business operations.

McKesson supplies one-third of the prescription drugs used by hospitals and pharmacies in North America every day. The company provides pharmaceuticals to more than 40,000 health locations in the U.S., ranging from hospitals and health systems to community pharmacies and national chain stores to the Department of Veterans Affairs. (more…)

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