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IBM’s Watson Makes Jeopardy! Debut Against Human Champs
While it initially looked like a rout, the humans clawed their way back during the first round of Jeopardy! and forced IBM’s supercomputer to tie for the lead. The first segment of the long-anticipated two-game Jeopardy tournament between former Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, and Watson aired on Feb. 14. Watson and Rutter…
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PC Maker Dell Forecasts Fiscal Year Revenue Increase
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Dell Inc’s (NASDAQ:DELL) quarterly earnings and margins blew past Wall Street expectations as component costs slid and corporations replaced aging technology, propelling its shares 6 percent higher. Its forecast for a 5 to 9 percent rise in current fiscal-year revenue also modestly surpassed Street targets. Dell executives expressed full…
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IBM CEO: Analytics a Big Opportunity for the Future
If Sam Palmisano had just one word for partners, one word, it would probably be "analytics." And he should know. "I don’t bore myself anymore with market research," IBM’s CEO told a packed auditorium of IBM channel partners at the IBM PartnerWorld conference in Orlando, Fla., this week. "The estimates will never be right." Rather,…
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IBM Launches Cloud Specialty, Midmarket Analytics Software at PartnerWorld
For solution providers looking to tap into the lucrative cloud computing and business analytics technology practices, IBM is offering a helping hand. The company announced two new programs for solution providers to help them build their businesses in cloud computing and business analytics at its IBM PartnerWorld 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla. To help partners…
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Microsoft, Nokia Fight to Win Developers
(Reuters) – The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft’s smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona. Last week, Nokia and Microsoft, the global leaders in mobile phones and software, announced a wide-ranging alliance which they hope will give them a chance of building…
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Cisco Security Certifications Back by Popular Demand
Cisco Systems is bringing back three security specialist certifications it retired in 2008 and 2009 because, as two managers from Cisco told Channel Insider, businesses are having difficulty finding security professionals with specialized skill sets. The three specialist certifications being reintroduced are Cisco VPN Security Specialist (retired in March 2008), Cisco Firewall Security Specialist (retired…