IBM news from Network World

Supercomputer seen helping to diagnose osteoporosis

2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

IBM and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology researchers are using an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer to build intricate simulations of human bones, which could lead to earlier diagnoses of osteoporosis.

IBM develops audio-masking technology

John Ribeiro — 2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

IBM's India Research Laboratory (IRL) has developed technology that automatically detects and masks sensitive information in audio recordings.

Former HP VP charged with stealing IBM trade secrets

2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

A former HP vice president was indicted by a federal grand jury last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from his former employer, IBM.

IBM mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concerns

Grant Gross — 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

IBM has acquired Platform Solutions, a vendor of mainframes and other computer hardware, in a move that raised antitrust concerns from one IT trade group.

Dell simplifies blade server management with I/O virtualization

Jon Brodkin — 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dell is simplifying management of its blade servers with an I/O virtualization tool.

Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper and Microsoft fight cyber terror together

Tim Greene — 2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.

Cisco touts collaboration as way to transform data centers

Jim Duffy — 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

ORLANDO – Cisco offered its vision of where the industry is going and how it will get there to 11,000 customers and other attendees at the CiscoLive! conference here last week.

IBM using chocolate to capture African market

Agam Shah — 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lured by the sweet taste of chocolate, IBM hopes to use the cocoa plant as an avenue to improve its business prospects in the emerging economies of Africa.

Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future

Jon Brodkin — 2008-06-19T17:00:00Z

Blade server industry group Blade.org, founded by IBM and Intel, says big trends are network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" involving both virtualization and blade servers.

IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner supercomputer is world's fastest

Martyn Williams — 2008-06-18T00:00:00Z

A supercomputer based on the Cell processor that is found in Sony's PlayStation 3 console has rocketed into the latest Top 500 supercomputing ranking at number one to become the most powerful computer in the world.

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2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

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