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	IBM Watson taps university smarts ahead of Jeopardy! battle If you have seen any of the video of its preliminary bouts on Jeopardy! you know that IBM's Watson computer is pretty amazing.  One of the main reasons it turns out is that IBM enlisted the intelligence of eight of the country's top universities to make sure Watson has superb question answering ability. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Business Benefits of Collaborative Communications Discover how to increase employee engagement and productivity across your enterprise, even in a tough economy. This Alcatel-Lucent paper, featuring research from Gartner, shows how implementation of context-aware technology can ensure collaborative communications and build competitive advantage. Read now! In this Issue Tech M&A deals of 2011 Both Nokia, Microsoft have much to gain, and lose, in mobile deal Microsoft's IE chief talks browsing privacy RIM may rip a page from Google for Playbook Open source guru Miguel de Icaza "psyched" about Microsoft/Nokia deal What is cloud computing? Security startup hopes it holds key for cloud encryption Visa excludes U.S. merchants to spur secure card adoption Building a business wireless net, office window by office window RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave More Power, Lower Price, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security's 500h appliance delivers 1Gbps of throughput for unrivalled speed and performance across your enterprise. We've got the power to handle your biggest pipeline. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Tech M&A deals of 2011 Our running list of buyouts and mergers in IT for the year Read More Both Nokia, Microsoft have much to gain, and lose, in mobile deal Microsoft and Nokia both have a lot to lose -- and gain -- by their mobile alliance, with the Finnish handset maker deciding to adopt Windows Phone 7 as its smartphone operating system. Read More Microsoft's IE chief talks browsing privacy Microsoft's release candidate for Internet Explorer 9 -- made available for download this week -- includes a tool that lets users protect themselves from being tracked on the Web. During his recent trip to Germany, we sat down with Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft corporate vice president responsible for the development of Internet Explorer, to discuss privacy, the difference between expected and creepy tracking, Tracking Protection in IE9, market share and how hard it is to get rid of Internet Explorer 6. An edited version of the conversation follows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade The Distinction between FBC and FBI A fabric-based computing architecture can support virtualization and cloud computing. Distinguishing between fabric-based computers and fabric-based data centers is critical to select the best technologies and products. Read this paper to learn more. Read now! RIM may rip a page from Google for Playbook Just months after dismissing the importance of mobile apps, Research in Motion could be jumping aboard the app bandwagon. Read More Open source guru Miguel de Icaza "psyched" about Microsoft/Nokia deal De Icaza dismisses support for Linux-based MeeGo as "just tiny"Miguel de Icaza, founder of the open source Mono and GNOME projects, says he is "psyched" about Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 partnership with Nokia. Read More What is cloud computing? Six experts and enterprise end users weigh in on their definition of cloud computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improve Application Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Security startup hopes it holds key for cloud encryption James Williamson, IT coordinator at the New Canadian Democratic Party (NPD), on the ups and downs of storage, data protection and regulatory compliance in the cloud. Read More Visa excludes U.S. merchants to spur secure card adoption Visa has excluded U.S. businesses from a worldwide program that incents merchants to deploy more secure payment terminals, because of what it claims is the uncertainty surrounding new debit card rules. Read More Building a business wireless net, office window by office window Brough Turner is building a network that can circumvent both incumbent carriers and the FCC. Read More
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