The U.S. Air Force has contracted with IBM to design a cloud computing system secure enough to support defense and intelligence networks.
The 10-month project will utilise IBM’s “stream computing,” a technique for real-time analysis of thousands of data streams that would be used to detect and prevent malicious attacks and system failures.
The project will push [...] [...more]
In the 1950s IBM was at the forefront of business intelligence, so it is only fitting that they are now leaders in the business analytics world. They recently acquired two data analytics companies SPCC and Redbill plus have introduced a new internal cloud-based analytics product. With this new product they are offering a companion product [...] [...more]
IBM intends to set up a Cloud Computing Center in Wuxi, China so dozens of emerging Chinese software companies can tap into a virtual computing environment to support their development. It appears to be a three-way deal between IBM, Wuxi Tai Lake Industry Investment and Development Company Ltd, and the Wuxi municipal government. IBM is [...] [...more]