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Academics propose groundbreaking uses for Watson

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:26 am

Three winners of an academic competition at the University of Rochester to create the most innovative and useful applications for IBM's Watson cognitive computing systems were announced yesterday by Big Blue.
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Top 7 dilemmas facing today's developers

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:25 am

Your boss wants it yesterday, but it better be good when judged by the standards of tomorrow. Your customers want every feature they can imagine, but don't you dare confuse them by giving them all the buttons they want. Your fellow programmers want your code documented, but they just respond "tl;dr" to anything you write.
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Greenpeace questions the green in clouds

Posted April 30, 2012 - 11:45 pm

That apple ain’t green.
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Clearing up a few myths about the newly renovated Chrome OS

Posted April 16, 2012 - 12:34 pm

Now that Google’s released a developer preview of Chrome OS’ almost entirely new look, it feels like a good time to do some Q&A.
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North American companies give cloud the most business

Posted March 31, 2012 - 1:45 pm

Where in the world are data center services booming?
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Lackluster cloud demand kills a data center

Posted February 28, 2012 - 11:18 pm

Killer clouds for this data center
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Telcos fire up new data centers

Posted February 23, 2012 - 11:25 pm

Calling for more data center space!
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IPOs destined for the clouds

Posted February 13, 2012 - 7:16 pm

While the focus last year was on social media IPOs, this year could be all about cloud-based companies going public.
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The tech IPO everyone's (not) talking about

Posted January 30, 2012 - 1:17 pm

Security vendor AVG Technologies could be launching its initial public offering on Thursday.
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Chromebooks are the electric car of laptops

Posted January 27, 2012 - 1:41 pm

The Chromebook looks right now to the average laptop buyer like an all-electric car looks to the average car buyer: full of what-if questions and untested theories of living
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More reasons why Dropbox has won so many geeky hearts

Posted December 23, 2011 - 12:17 pm

Here are a few intangibles that have made Dropbox such a big success among the early adopting, tech-loving crowd.
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Microsoft's quietly huge moves into Apple's ecosystem

Posted December 16, 2011 - 9:00 am

Add up Microsoft's SkyDrive app for iOS, and the rumored Office suite for iPad, and they signal a marked shift in their mobile direction.
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Kindle Fire reviews: Reading clouds instead of testing buttons

Posted December 12, 2011 - 6:27 pm

Gadget reviewers are letting market position and cloud strategy bury the actual appeal and usability of devices that aren't cheap. The Kindle Fire is a prime example.
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Data centers could take up residence to heat homes

Posted November 28, 2011 - 3:20 pm

Honey, did you change the filter on the data center in our closet?
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New (big) data centers and new (few) jobs

Posted November 25, 2011 - 2:48 pm

Do computers make us fat and poor?
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Data center and cloud providers talk security, performance and easing concerns

Posted November 2, 2011 - 10:27 am

Worried that a data center in the cloud is too risky?
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Is your data center ready for the consumerization of IT?

Posted October 25, 2011 - 2:25 pm

The consumerization of IT in the enterprise. It’s the hot topic that could burn you, if you don’t prepare.
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Cisco finds way to improve switch revenue: kill the Flip videocam

Posted April 12, 2011 - 1:32 pm

Cisco has five major product lines and 30 peripheral businesses. A drop in switching forced it to refocus on its most lucrative businesses.
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What today's server shipments tell you about the cloud future

Posted December 1, 2010 - 5:44 pm

The most recent data on server shipments gives you a preview of what the IT landscape will look like in the next few years -- and the opportunity to plan for a new world rather than find yourself dumped there, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden.
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Cloud storage free-for-all: Will others match SugarSync's 5GB giveaway?

Posted November 16, 2010 - 3:05 pm

There are a slew of services for storing, syncing and sharing files in the cloud, and as vendors try to win over consumers and small businesses, the giveaways keep getting better.
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Windows Azure offers cloud-based supercomputing for HPC customers

Posted November 16, 2010 - 2:39 pm

Windows HPC Server customers will soon be able to run high-performance computing workloads on Windows Azure, Microsoft says.
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So About The Cloud's Ugly Truth ...

Posted February 16, 2010 - 11:52 am

Sure, we're connected all the time. And sure, my Blackberry never leaves my side. And my users now expect instantaneous feedback. Anytime. But maybe this is a small price to pay.
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A cloud computing primer

Posted February 13, 2009 - 1:45 am

With cloud computing all the rage these days, the concept is continuing to make its way into businesses everywhere. However, there are still organizations out there that do not know what cloud computing means to them which also means that they don’t know whether or not cloud computing could be good for the bottom line. In this post, I’ll explain the relatively non-technical basics behind the concept of cloud computing and explain why services “in the cloud” can result in a healthier bottom line for business.
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