IBM to offer Watson as cloud development platform

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	IBM to offer Watson supercomputer as cloud development platform IBM is preparing to give third parties access to its Watson supercomputer. The goal? Spur the growth of applications that take advantage of the system's artificial intelligence capabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: Boundary, Inc. Benefits of Consolidated Operations Management Points of failure are now more distributed than ever. Organizations have to manage hybrid on-premise and cloud applications. Pulling this information together in one place has been almost impossible. Read now! In this Issue Opinion: Why IBM will win the war with Amazon Web Services Review: Box beats Dropbox -- and all the rest -- for business Amazon bashes private clouds, launches virtual desktops Rosetta Stone CIO makes a rapid move to the cloud BNSF Railway stays on track as it moves to the cloud Amazon's new analytics tool can scrutinize massive amounts of data IBM and Amazon are battling for an explosive fed cloud market Windows Azure now supports use of hard drives to import, export data WHITE PAPER: Boundary, Inc. Consolidated Operations Management Points of failure are now more distributed than ever. Organizations have to manage hybrid on-premise and cloud applications. Pulling this information together in one place has been almost impossible. Read now! Opinion: Why IBM will win the war with Amazon Web Services Amazon dominates the cloud, but IBM, strengthened by its SoftLayer acquisition, has unleashed a marketing campaign that fires on all cylinders. Read More Review: Box beats Dropbox -- and all the rest -- for business Box trumps Dropbox, Egnyte, Citrix ShareFile, EMC Syncplicity and OwnCloud with rich mix of file sync, file sharing, user management, deep reporting and enterprise integration. Read More Amazon bashes private clouds, launches virtual desktops Private clouds offer "none of the benefits" of a robust public cloud and are only a stopgap solution perpetuated by "old-guard" IT companies such as IBM, says one Amazon exec. Read More Rosetta Stone CIO makes a rapid move to the cloud Pradeep Mannakkara, CIO at Rosetta Stone, has established a plan to transform the company's technology stack, shifting much of the aging infrastructure to a cloud-based platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Enterprise Facing your OS's end of life? Google can help. If your organization has yet to complete its Windows XP migration, read Google's guide for pointers on improving security during the migration process and advantages of cloud-based solutions. Learn about Chrome browser's extended support for XP and why businesses are switching to Google Apps for Business and Chromebooks. Read now! BNSF Railway stays on track as it moves to the cloud When BNSF Railway decided to move its Microsoft email and collaboration systems from its own premises to a public cloud, it considered suites from various vendors, but ultimately picked Office 365. Read More Amazon's new analytics tool can scrutinize massive amounts of data Amazon Web Services has rolled out a new cloud-based data analytics tool, Kenesis, that can analyze massive amounts of data in real time and be paid for by the hour. Read More IBM and Amazon are battling for an explosive fed cloud market The fight between IBM and Amazon Web Services over a CIA cloud computing contract is just a preview of what's ahead as federal investment in cloud computing shows remarkable growth. Read More Windows Azure now supports use of hard drives to import, export data Microsoft is offering Windows Azure customers the ability to transfer their data offline to and from Azure storage accounts using hard disk drives. Read More
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