On the surface, Watson, IBM’s “Jeopardy”-playing computer system, is impressive in its ability to answer complex, ambiguous questions expressed in natural language. In fact, Watson will likely be a centerpiece for IBM’s centennial celebration in June. But Watson is more than just an impressive computing system. In fact, in the future, after Watson’s technology is used and deployed in multiple ways, we expect this week’s Jeopardy matches will be seen as a historic event in information technology and big data and analytics that also portends much for society in general.
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IBM’s Watson: A Watershed Event For Information Technology–And For Society
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Promise Boosts SMB Storage Device Line
Promise Technology on Thursday unveiled a new lineup of network attached storage (NAS) devices built specifically for the small business market. The four-bay NS4700 and six-bay NS6700 represent a step up for the company’s SmartStor line, according to product manager Billy Harrison. Promise is targeting businesses with about 50 to 200 employees. Harrison adds that storage designed for consumer, prosumer and SOHO needs–all segments that Promise already serves–simply don’t cut it when put the test of heavier business workloads.
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IPv6 And DNS On The Interopnet
The early planning work on Interop is moving along. Glenn Evans, who is managing the Interopnet and characterizes the position (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) as “benevolent dictator,” and the rest of the NOC team have the daunting task of building and maintaining a production network for attendees and exhibitors, as well as providing the infrastructure to demo new technologies. At this early stage, work is being done to figure out what to offer to the show attendees and exhibitors. “If Interopnet builds it, users will come” is not a given. Here is where they are now.
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HP Acquisitions Bring New Security Technology ‘Under One Roof’
As the RSA Conference 2011 security industry convention continues this week in San Francisco, HP is revealing how recent acquisitions in the security space are starting to bear fruit. On Tuesday, HP will demonstrate new security capabilities it is offering to protect enterprise networks and software applications, based on its acquisitions of Fortify Software and ArcSight in August and September of 2010, respectively.
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AlienVault Unified SIEM Bundles Security Tools For MSPs And Enterprises
AlienVault Unified SIEM 3.0 is an integrated package of tools presented as an attractive way for managed service providers to extend their security capabilities, including a full enterprise security information and event management offering. The latest version of Unified SIEM, announced at the RSA Conference, provides tight integration of the company’s Open Source SIEM (OSSIM) with a fistful of security tools available for deployment, making it well-suited for MSPs.
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Data Security Firm nuBridges Offers Tokenization In The Cloud
A company that offers data security with a process called tokenization is about to offer the technology in the cloud. Atlanta-based nuBridges unveiled its tokenization-as-a-service (TaaS) offering, available sometime in March, at the RSA Conference 2011 security convention going on this week in San Francisco. Tokenization is the process of creating tokens that represent data secured in another database. IT professionals can use the tokens to analyze the data in various programs without exposing the actual data.
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Bitrix Site Manager Helps Online Businesses Successfully Manage Peak Traffic And Prevent DDoS Attacks
Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications, introduces its TrafficJuggler load balancing technology, which effectively addresses customers’ needs for online business continuity. It delivers industry-leading performance capable of handling traffic spikes caused by extreme visitor activity or by targeted DDoS attacks.
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WAN Optimization and the VDI Challenge
I was sitting in on a peer-to-peer exchange about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) hosted by Wikibon and listening to how great VDI is for organizations. I asked about multisite VDI and what recommendations people had for implementing VDI between sites. The speaker paused and said that she hadn’t see any multisite implementations. No surprise there. VDI itself is still in its infancy, but it hit me once again that if organizations are going to see VDI’s benefits at the remote office, they’ve got to pay close attention to their WAN acceleration layer.
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First Full-Duplex TAP To Provide PoE As An Optional Primary Power Source
Gigamon, the leading global provider of data access solutions, today announced from the RSA Conference the new G-TAP A Series. The G-TAP-ATX device is the first in a series of “Always On” network TAPs leveraging an advanced architecture to remove the TAP as a point of failure within the network.
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HP’s Critical Facilities Implementation Service Helps Plan Data Center Development
HP introduced a new service Tuesday that helps enterprises plan, design and build new data center capacity. The HP Critical Facilities Implementation (CFI) service is designed to simplify the design and project management of data center construction by providing everything from a single vendor.
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