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IBM to Boost Technical Skills in Mauritius
New programs to help develop technical talent in the Indian Ocean Island Region
Port Louis, Mauritius – 25 Jul 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a collaboration agreement with the University of Mauritius to help meet the demand for Computer Science skills in the Indian Ocean island region. The joint academic initiative will provide technology and training resources while boosting support for computer science professionals at the University. In tandem, IBM also launched a Mauritian technical skills training pilot initiative for IT specialists, which will be rolled out to nine other African countries.
As part of the agreement with the University of Mauritius, IBM will provide access to the latest open source and IBM Technology, assisting the University to remain current with cutting edge resources. IBM technical staff will provide guest lectures to students and IBM will also offer research collaboration for University researchers.
Talent development is a key element of IBM’s 2015 road map for sustainable business expansion and making markets within emerging economies.
LENOVO WINS THE PC VENDOR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT DISTREE FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
February 15, 2012
Unified Communications Expo 2012 is UK’s First Socially Driven Event
– Show uses ‘connected business anywhere’ ethos to enable attendees to shape content –
London, 10 February 2012: Unified Communications Expo today launches Social Speak, giving attendees the unique opportunity to influence the show’s content for the first time, at the UK’s biggest communications event from 6-7 March 2012, London’s Olympia.
Visitors and exhibitors to the show, which will demonstrate the value of ‘connected business anywhere’, are being offered the chance to shape the event through social engagement, focusing on general themes and the wider context of must-cover topics in Unified Communications.
Attendees are able to engage in specific conversations around individual seminar sessions, which will be owned and driven by industry expert session speakers www.ucexpo.co.uk/social-speak.
Derdack launches Blackberry app for enhanced management of IT alerts
· New app enables easier mobilisation and remote management of critical incidents
Potsdam, Germany, 29 September 2011: Derdack (www.derdack.com), provider of advanced enterprise notification software today announced the launch of a Blackberry application (app) which enhances the management of critical IT alerts and supports push notifications. The app complements the functionality of IT management products such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Service Manager (SCSM), HP Operations Center, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, BMC Remedy and others. It empowers IT staff to remotely acknowledge, respond to and resolve incidents faster and more easily.
IBM Unveils Cognitive Computing Chips
ARMONK, N.Y., – 18 Aug 2011: Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) researchers unveiled a new generation of experimental computer chips designed to emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition. The technology could yield many orders of magnitude less power consumption and space than used in today’s computers.
In a sharp departure from traditional concepts in designing and building computers, IBM’s first neurosynaptic computing chips recreate the phenomena between spiking neurons and synapses in biological systems, such as the brain, through advanced algorithms and silicon circuitry. Its first two prototype chips have already been fabricated and are currently undergoing testing.
