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This week Jeopardy! has been broadcasting an encore presentation of the first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition between IBM's "Watson" computing system and the show's two greatest contestants - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The final episode airs tonight, September 14.
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
IBM has announced that it has achieved the highest TPC-C benchmark performance score ever achieved for an x86 server. The single rack non-clustered IBM System x running DB2 achieved more than three million transactions per minute, which breaks the industry record set by the same IBM x86 system just 8 months ago.
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software, moderated a panel discussion at Innovation Nation Forum, which was co-located with GOSCON (the Government Open Source Conference) last month in Washington, D.C. The session, "Unlocking Data Center Consolidation and the Cloud," spotlighted how Linux on the mainframe is enabling a smarter approach to IT infrastructure, and the efficiencies and cost savings that result.
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
LinuxCon North America 2011 took place last month in Vancouver, Canada. IBM, a platinum sponsor of the event, offered several presentations and break-out sessions. In a keynote presentation, Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, chairman emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology, presented "Linux: A Disruptive Force - Then and Now." Dr. Wladawsky-Berger, who was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments critical to the future of the IT industry while at IBM, drew upon more than 40 years of experience to provide a unique perspective on Linux and the evolution of IT.
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
LinuxCon is already the premiere Linux conference in North America, South America and Asia, providing an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux, and now The Linux Foundation is extending this event into Europe with the launch of LinuxCon Europe. LinuxCon Europe will take place October 26-28 at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic (co-located with the Linux Kernel Summit and GStreamer Conference).
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
This comparative report compares and contrasts the latest Linux and Solaris offerings, covering strategic implications, technical features and other selection criteria
Posted 14 Sep 2011
/ September 14, 2011 Issue
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