Microsoft-Free Linux PCs-A launch by Microsoft

The system is intended to run in an effective pattern with the software stored both locally and on remote servers. IBM has teamed up with Canonical and Virtual Bridges in creating the offer.IBM declares the system can save businesses $500 to $800 per user on Microsoft software licenses and an additional $258 per user "since there is no need to upgrade hardware to support Windows Vista and Office."

IBM's push into non-Windows computing is the latest challenge for Microsoft's core operating system franchise. Apple, with its business concern Mac OS X system, has started making inroads into corporate computing. And so-called net books -- low-cost systems which are not capable of running Vista -- are becoming famous in emerging markets and other high-growth niches. IBM is offering virtual systems based on the Open Collaboration Client through its Global Services outsourcing and system integration unit.

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Agreement between IBM and the Czech Republic Ministry of Finance

A $100 million worth agreement is signed between IBM and the Czech Republic Ministry of Finance to deliver and implement the Treasury Integrated Information System.
The Treasury Integrated Information System is considered to enable the crystal clear administration of state finance providing competent handling of state budget resources and public finance. The Treasury Integrated Information System is already deployed by many European Union member states.
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The series hydraulic hybrid (SHH)- fuel economy

IBM’s modeling software to develop series hydraulic hybrid systems is being used by Eaton Corporation Replacing a vehicle’s conventional drive train and transmission, the series hydraulic hybrid (SHH) system drastically saves fuel and environmental benefits.Hydraulic pumps and storage tanks are used by the system to capture and store energy, similar to what is done with electric motors and batteries in a hybrid electric vehicle.
This is definitely causing fuel economy, by recovering: vehicle braking energy that normally is wasted; operating the engine more efficiently, and allowing the engine to shut off when stopped or decelerating. Like many of the components that make up today's vehicles, the hydraulic hybrid systems are software intensive.

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Another victory of technology over human brain

IBM Research and five universities are working together to build computing systems which could simulate and emulate the human brain.
The computer would go with the brain’s abilities, while rivaling its low power utilization and compressed size. With inspiration from the structure, dynamics, function, and behavior of the brain, the research team heads to break the conformist programmable machine approach. . The enduring objective of the project is to display low-power, compact computers that approach mammalian-scale intelligence.

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Another endeavor by IBM!

Researchers from Harvard University and IBM are working together to discover organic materials that will make solar cells cheaper and more efficient. They’re harnessing the influence of hundreds of thousands of idle PCs to do it.
The researchers hope to discover and isolate organic molecules which can be pooled to change more sunlight into electricity and thus making solar cells much more economical.
Alan Aspuru-Guzik, the principal investigator and a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, at Harvard, is hopeful and optimistic about the discovery.

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HP-iPhone the next launch

iPhone is the next target of HP. HP (NYSE: HPQ) has announced iPrint Photo, a free application now available on Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iPrint Photo is planned to make customers use friendly wherever there's access to a wireless network and HP printer.
The function enables wireless printing of 4x6 photos to HP inkjet printers. HP mentioned iPrint Photo is fully compatible with Bonjour, Apple's implementation of the ZeroConf (define) "zero-configuration" networking protocol. Some older HP inkjets may not be compatible with the technology. Walker said, "Our goal is to help make printing relevant in the mobile space."

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HCT- The Higher Colleges of Technology by HP

The Higher Colleges of Technology, (HCT), has been opened by HP Certified Training Centre in Middle East. The centre offers training and support for hundreds of HCT students and industry trainee students in the UAE who focus on networking skills, storage management and full IT services management skills to prepare them for the workplace. The HP Certified Training Centre also provides HCT professors the opening to undergo training in storage management, ITIL services management and networking management. Once the professors are fully competent, HP storage, services and networking management courses will become part of HCT curriculum for bachelor and master degrees in IT from the end of 2008.

1100 employees work with HP as it is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Cairo, Ramallah, Qatar, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant.

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HP’s opening in software on the Net

The company's acquisition of online photo service Snapfish last year was an example of how HP thinks it can use attention-grabbing Internet applications to bolster its conventional hardware business. Shane Robison, the company's chief strategy and technology officer, said, HP is also focusing on building a superior push into managed services. Most of HP's business comes from technical support for its products. But the company foresees managed services, which entails having clientele outsource their work to the computer giant, as another grand break. The company would advise customers on the hardware and software components they needed and how to string them together. Robison,keeping the agenda hidden, declined to say which specific cities the computing giant is targeting.

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A whopping award for EDS, an HP company

A $111 million is awarded to EDS, an HP company, to provide security readiness reviews for the Department of Defense (DoD). Dennis Stolkey, senior vice president of U.S. Public Sector at EDS, an HP company, said, “By providing security readiness reviews, we will help DISA to counter security threats.” The company expects a long standing relationships with DISA for providing security readiness reviews. HP, simplifies the technology experience for clients and businesses with a range that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure.

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Computing infrastructures

Senior vice president of Sun's Cloud Computing Business Unit Dave Douglas, said, Sun is developing hardware and software which serve as the platforms to many different clouds which are built, including public and private clouds, Douglas said. "However, we believe they will become hybrid over time,"
They build their cloud computing infrastructures, to help the clients. Sun is offering expertise and services in areas such as visualization to complement its products and technology, Douglas said.

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Computing clouds

Dave Douglas, senior vice president of Sun's Cloud Computing Business Unit, said that there are three basic ways to differentiate computing clouds. Firstly compute layers have to be involved. The first layer is infrastructure as a service, or bare-bones computing, Secondly platform as a service that provides an abstract view of resources mainly for developers. The third is software as a service, with on-demand applications such as those from salesforce.com or the iTunes Store.

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Sun's Cloud Computing

Senior vice president of Sun's Cloud Computing Business Unit, Dave Douglas, claimed that his employees are working on cloud computing and developing appropriate infrastructure for that.The first is that it needs a "one service fits all" structural design. Multiple customers are kept in mind, before building infrastructures for cloud building. Even then each customer gets his own view of resources it uses. There are so many attributes in cloud computing.

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Fame and name for data storage

It is said that Managed IT outsourcing is likely to boost in recognition at the expense of enterprises undertaking managed storage. Senior security policy professionals participating in the London meeting of the Chief Security Officer Interchange debated on changing dynamics of risk management, outsourcing and the opportunity for cloud computing.

Philippe Courtot, chief executive of management solutions provider Qualys, told the seminar he anticipates security professionals will come to realise the SaaS model is a more effective alternative for data storage than having companies take on the accountability themselves.

According to the meeting's conclusion, operating fundamentals of managed storage linger sound, while investors welcome the return on investment provided by collocation hosting.

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IBM-A small gesture

IBM's new Express Portfolio contributions will include radio frequency identification, or RFID, managed services for retailers, medical imaging storage for health care companies, and online backup and e-mail recovery.

Approximately 70 percent of the new product offerings are in the managed-services area because SMB customers often cannot afford to purchase the hardware and software or don't have a desire to operate it, Case noted.

Elaine Case, director of IBM's small- and midsize-business unit noted that the Express Portfolio was developed with an assured set of criteria that products and services had to be included.

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HP has New Vice President

Steve Smith has been named as new senior vice president of Hewlett-Packard. A division of HP services which runs clients’ computing infrastructure and elements of their businesses such as human resources. Steve Smith has replaced Uli Holdenried, who is named as managing director of HP Germany.

Steve Smith has been asked to report to Ann Livermore, executive vice president of the technology solutions group at HP. Prior to this Smith was holding the position of vice president of global professional and managed services at Lucent Technologies, the telecommunications company that also formerly employed HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina. Prior to that, Smith worked for 16 years at Electronic Data Systems, leading the company's sales force, among other posts.


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Policy-Based Encryption Gateway

Echoworx Corporation a major provider of security software products for digital communication has announced the inclusion of a secure data center in Europe. This center will be located in the UK, in Jan 2009 supporting policy based Encryption gateway. The product is endorsed to support all major European languages and Asian languages like Korean, Japanese Chinese. It has been incorporated with third party content scanning and archiving solutions, where encryption is simply added on as a security feature.

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