Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
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The Large Hadron Collider(LHC),which aims to answer fundamental questions of the universe's existence,is one of CERN's most important projects.But as the LHC produces 1PB of data every second,big data and lack of computing resources were ...
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Astronomers building a kilometer-sized radio telescope are depending on 60-year-old magnetic tape technology to store the 1 million GB of data per day they plan to generate. The Square Kilometre Array(SKA)is a radio telescope being built ...
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Basler Insurance has selected SAS Enterprise Guide to integrate its German Ring Life Insurance and German Ring Property-Casualty Group into a single business intelligence platform with a centralised data warehouse. SAS has been selected ...
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The city of San Francisco is seen as the greenest city in the US and is keen on adopting measures to treat packaging waste as resources, which include plastic bags and glass bottles. IBM Research said because of the high value of recycled ...
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O2 and IT partner IBM have revealed a back-up tape potentially containing customers'personal data has been lost,more than a year after it went missing in Ireland. The telecoms provider says IBM only informed it the tape,used for routine ...
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The Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide will map the IT buying cycle of our readership onto relevant editorial that will inform and educate readers and help them towards making the right buying decision. On a three week cycle the publication ...
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American Honda Motor, IBM and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will collaborate on a pilot project to allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. The pilot project aims to demonstrate and test how an EV's ...
IT consortium Charityshare has deployed a Violin Memory 3000 Series all-flash array to support the roll-out of up to 2,000 virtual desktops for its Age UK operations. Violin was chosen on grounds of cost and the company's backing from HP ...
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IDG News Service-News of weak server sales,continuing turmoil at Hewlett-Packard and the ongoing U.S.political impasse over the so-called"fiscal cliff"have not given tech industry watchers much to cheer about this week. Major IT companies ...
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IBM Zapadoslovenska energetika (ZSE), a distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, have entered into partnership on a smart energy 'feasibility' study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs). ...
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US-based TEL NEXX, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electron US Holdings, has announced that it entered into a pact with IBM for a new multi-year joint development program in 3D semiconductor packaging. According to TEL Nexx, as 3D ...
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IBM has partnered with electric cars and vehicles charging infrastructure company ESB ecars to develop an integrated electric vehicle smart charging IT system that will manage electric vehicle public charge points in Ireland. Under the ...
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IBM said Asahi Kasei and Central Glass will join its 'Battery 500 Project' that aims to develop a new lithium-air battery technology capable of powering an electric car for about 500 miles (800km) on a single charge. As partners in the ...
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There is a difference in the way U.S.and Indian IT firms report their headcounts,and it tells a lot about globalization. Indian firms diligently report hiring quarter-to-quarter.It's a key metric and a source of pride.Among those ...
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