Sunday, February 20, 2011

Stuff too deep for "Watson" to wrap his puny brain around February 14-18 2011

Scientists calculate total data stored to date: 295+ exabytes

CA Technologies Readies New Release Of ERwin Data Modeler

Data Warehousing Has Fiscal, Innovative Changes in Store

Jeopardy Champs Take On IBM's Watson Computer
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1848992/5553367/167353/0/

How Much Data Can Humankind Generate?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1848992/5553367/167356/0/

IBM Simplifies Enterprise Software Development
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4526802&access=EH

SAP, Sybase Each Recognized as a Leader in Enterprise Database Warehousing Platform by Independent Research Firm
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4526851&access=EH

Sybase IQ Delivers Best Performance Results for Enterprise-Scale Data Warehousing and Analytics
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4526856&access=EH

Dataupia Brings Enterprise-Class High Availability to Real-Time Platform for Big Data Analytics
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4526954&access=EH

Sybase 365 Enables Global Roll Out of Next Generation LTE Networks
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4527552&access=EH

Inside Watson, IBM's Jeopardy Computer

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Warehousing Platforms, Q1 2011
By
James G. Kobielus

Appliance Power: Deliver Advanced Analytics Into Customer-Facing Processes
By
James G. Kobielus

HP acquires Vertica

http://bit.ly/dP9LG3

HP to Acquire Vertica: Customers Can Analyze Massive Amounts of Big Data at Speed and Scale

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110214006220/en/HP-Acquire-Vertica-Customers-Analyze-Massive-Amounts

Next Big Thing in Data Analytics: No More Physical Cubes http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4527974&access=EH

SenSage Catalyzes Evolution of SIEM Market Through Creation of 'Open Security Intelligence'

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4528107&access=EH

'eGo' Turns The Human Body Into Its Own Wireless Network

Metadata Runs Amok

IBM's Watson Challenge No Gimmick

HP Acquiring Vertica, Ramping Steadily Back Into Enterprise Data Warehousing Market

http://www.information-management.com/blogs/data_warehouse_analytics_BI_HP_Vertica-10019736-1.html

The Internet kill switch idea is already hurting cloud computing

HP buying Vertica for analytics

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021411-hp-buying-vertica-for.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-02-14

Q&A: Netezza to focus on workload optimized systems, CEO says

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021411-qa-netezza-to-focus-on.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_systems_2011-02-14

If All Data Were a CD Stack, It Would Pass the Moon
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0320011M5V34&nl=2&full_skip=1

Membase plops down on CouchDB

Neudesic Pulse Version 1.2 Released; Includes Deep Integration With Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4528836&access=EH

IBM Launches New Appliance to Extend Enterprise Security http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4528897&access=EH

GSMA and Neustar to Work with Twitter for Real-time Mobile Communications Delivery http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4528973&access=EH

HP To Acquire Analytics Specialist Vertica

Kognitio to offer virtual cube analytics

Could Google Risk Taking on the CRM Market?

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=77308&full_skip=1

RSA Announces Identity And Compliance Profiling Services For The Cloud

GARTNER: DATA DISCOVERY VENDORS TAKE ON BI HEAVYWEIGHTS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13300792/2433922

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 to offer fully integrated data management
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13300794/2433922

Darryl K. Taft: IBM's Watson: The Future of Computing

How IBM's Watson Churns Analytics

Oracle Exec Says Exadata Can Do It All

IBM's Watson surges to giant Jeopardy lead, retains tie against human competitors

What makes IBM Watson so smart?

HP buying Vertica for analytics

Yahoo Decides to Friend Facebook

H-P Acquires Analytics Startup in New CEO’s First Deal

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/02/14/h-p-acquires-analytics-startup-in-new-ceo%e2%80%99s-first-deal/?mod=djemTECH_h

Myriad Launches Text-Based Social Networking Service

What If Storage Hardware Mattered?

IBM's Watson's ability to converse is a huge advance for AI research

IBM sweetens the pot for partners

VMware's Maritz: OS, Hardware No Longer Relevant With Cloud

IBM Offers New Cloud Computing, Business Analytics Resources For Channel Partners

Innovation Transforms Data Warehousing

Slideshow: 10 Tenets Of Enterprise Data Management

HP re-enters analytic database market with Vertica acquisition

Leading Developers Dismiss Charge That Cloud Is 'Vapor'

RSA Launches Industry's First End-to-End Incident Management Solution
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4529698&access=EH

Securing Databases In The Cloud: Part 2

RSA Announces Identity And Compliance Profiling Services For The Cloud

Kapow Software Surpasses 500th Enterprise Customer in Q4 2010; Grows New Subscriptions by 54 Percent http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4530874&access=EH

CA Technologies Adds Mobility and More to its Advanced Authentication Cloud Security Service http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4530920&access=EH

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Released for On-Premises and Partner-Hosted Deployments http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4530925&access=EH

Verizon Advances Enterprise Identity Protection http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4531062&access=EH

How the Federal Government Can Get Ahead of the Impending Data Revolution

How Cloudera Became a Leader in BI/Hadoop

Q&A: Solid Value Proposition a Key to MDM Success

Gartner and "Good Enough" Data Integration

Microsoft Unveils SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0

http://redmondmag.com/articles/2011/02/15/sql-server-fast-track-data-warehouse-3.aspx

Samsung, SAP to roll out analytics for Android devices

Intel's mini-SATA SSD packs a performance wallop

What to expect in cloud-based communications in 2020

Q&A: SAAS CPM SYSTEM OUSTS EXCEL, AUTOMATES BUDGETING AND PLANNING
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13307025/2433922

IBM's Watson Heralds the Future of Computing

HP combining IPS and SIEM to better fight malware

Infoblox ramps up IP address management for virtual environments

The Mad Science of Google Labs

Moontoast: social network monetizing

MICROSOFT AZURE TUTORIAL: A LOOK AT THE CLOUD PLATFORM
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13307046/2433922

What to expect in cloud-based communications in 2020
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7195077/7006273/358497/0/

With Vertica Deal, HP Ramping Back Into Enterprise Data Warehousing Market

Opinion: Social media gurus who aren't

Glyn Meek: Texting -- goodbye English, we once loved you

Open office dilemma: OpenOffice.org vs. LibreOffice

Cloud Meets CRM: How to Track Who's Who

Nokia Leaps Off 'Burning Platform' Into Microsoft's Arms
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71849.html

IBM's Watson Takes One Small Step for a Computer
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71867.html

Massive Information Stockpile Guides Humanity's Course
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/71850.html

Google's Android Roadmap: New Clues Emerge
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1883587/5553367/169025/0/

Has Zune Finally Met Its Inevitable Demise?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1883587/5553367/169042/0/

Google Lets Users Block Content Farms
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1883587/5553367/169036/0/

You've been labeled at work. What do you do now?

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/youve-been-labeled-at-work-what-do-you-do-now/2821?tag=nl.e101

Google Woos Publishers With Payment Service

HP's Half Step Back Into Data Warehousing

Google Public Data Explorer Admits Public

Oracle Releases Database Firewall

Investing In Social CRM

Constant Contact Buys Social CRM Developer

Practical Analysis: HP's IaaS Cloud Misses The Enterprise Mark

Can The Jeopardy Challenge Help IBM Compete With Apple And Google?

SAP hopes to boost StreamWork sales with OpenSocial

IBM's Watson could usher new era in medicine

IBM's Watson Heralds the Future of Computing

Oracle Unveils Health Care Analytics App for Supply Chain

Trivia Pursuit: Analytics, Entertainment and IBM’s Watson Computer

Bringing Agility to Business Intelligence

Don’t Repeat Doomed Identity and Access Management History

Automating Business Process Discovery

HP has another go

VAX Notes - a DEC legacy

Jennings explains his Jeopardy loss to Watson

7 other game shows that Watson should be on

Exabytes and exabytes: Data growing 23% a year

IBM to Collaborate with Nuance to Apply IBM's 'Watson' Analytics Technology to Healthcare
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4532223&access=EH

'CLOUD IN A BOX' PROMISES TO SNAP IN PRIVATE CLOUD RESOURCES ON
DEMAND
http://go.techtarget.com/r/13312975/2433922

CA Looks To Broaden Use of Modeling Tool to Data Integration, Cloud

Microsoft builds speedy flash bridge between RAM, hard disk

3 Human Obstacles to CRM Success
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/71880.html

X Prize $30 million private race to the moon is on

Google Will Blend Pals' Opinions Into Search Results

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=101009A77M7T&nl=2&full_skip=1

HP boosts data analytics with purchase of Vertica
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274767/hp-vertica-acquisition

Commerce Dept. Unveils National Broadband Map

Social Media Marketing Up 40% Among Local Businesses

Google Makes Search Results Social

IBM's Watson Trounces Puny Humans At Jeopardy

Microsoft builds speedy flash bridge between RAM, hard disk

Microsoft Upgrades On-Premise CRM App, Offers Links To Partner Marketplace

Facebook Makes a Silent Change to Newsfeeds
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1895312/5553367/169708/0/

Jennings Explains Jeopardy Loss to Watson
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1895312/5553367/169719/0/

IBM Watson's next adventure: Healthcare with Nuance

Microsoft puts Facebook into Bing Bar

Open Government May Do More Harm Than Good

Terracotta Adds Search to Cached Databases

IBM's Watson could usher in new era of medicine

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209899/IBM_s_Watson_could_usher_in_new_era_of_medicine?source=CTWNLE_nlt_wktop10_2011-02-18

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum, Project Ubertooth Detailed At ShmooCon

Seven Breakthrough Sentiment Analysis Scenarios

IBM's Watson Makes Our PCs Look Bad