Technology partnership delivers powerful big data tools for enterprises

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (R2) and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (R1) will be available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) and Oracle Linux 6 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel in 90 days.

Oracle offers direct Linux support to customers running RHEL6, Oracle Linux 6, or a combination of both maintaining compatibility with Red Hat Linux.

Effective immediately, Oracle will provide its Red Hat compatible Linux binaries, updates and errata for free https://public-yum.oracle.com. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply.

The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is Oracle’s fast, modern, reliable Linux kernel that is optimized for Oracle software and hardware.

Oracle Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is optimized for running Oracle products.

Adds Leading Cloud-based Clinical Trial Operations and Analytics Applications to Oracle Health Sciences Suite

Percentage of companies innovating with cloud expected to double by 2015

The number of enterprises turning to cloud computing to revamp existing business models will more than double in the next three years, as business leaders move to capitalize on the rapid availability of data and the growing popularity of social media, according to a new study released today by IBM. Businesses that embrace the transformative power of cloud will have a significant advantage in the race to introduce new products and services and capture new markets and revenue streams. 

To better understand the shift in how organizations use cloud today and how they plan to employ it in the future IBM, in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, surveyed more than 500 business and technology executives worldwide. The findings were compiled in a new study, titled "The Power of Cloud: Driving business model innovation." 

“Companies are starting to understand -- cloud isn’t just about gaining efficiencies and cost savings; it’s about driving the kind of fundamental innovation that provides lasting marketplace advantage,” said Saul Berman, IBM global strategy consulting leader and co-author of the study.  

Study finds nearly 90 percent of businesses are moving beyond virtualization 
New IBM SmartCloud software advances visibility, control and automation across cloud and traditional environments 
IBM extends secure cloud management to Mobile devices and physical assets

Automatic Leak Detection, Pressure Management Aims to Reduce Water Loss

IBM Research scientists and the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA), which supplies water to more than 600,000 people in the heart of Northern California’s wine country, have once again teamed up to address the pressing problem of water conservation. 

The new program, which builds on an existing IBM-SCWA water management collaboration, uses analytics technology to helpValley of the Moon Water District (VOMWD), a purchaser of wholesale water from SCWA, to reduce water loss. This is done by optimizing the setting of the pressure reducing valves at the entrance to their distribution network based on data from existing sensors as well as from SCADA, billing, pressure gauges, and flow loggers throughout the water system.          

• Researchers invent novel technique by fabricating tiny holes in a single quarter-inch chip to boost data transfer rates 
• Until now, it was not possible to transport terabits of data for existing parallel optical communications technology 
• New prototype compactly and efficiently delivers ultra-high interconnect bandwidth to power future supercomputer and data center applications

IBM scientists today will report on a prototype optical chipset, dubbed “Holey Optochip”, that is the first parallel optical transceiver to transfer one trillion bits – one terabit – of information per second, the equivalent of downloading 500 high definition movies. The report will be presented at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference taking place in Los Angeles.

Quiterian spreads its Business Partner Network in Europe through a strategic alliance with the Dutch company CPM Factory that specializes in Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence

Barcelona, March 8, 2012. - Quiterian, the developer of the self-service and agile Business Analytics platform Quiterian Analytics, announces a partnership with CPM Factory. With more than ten years of experience in Corporate Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, the Dutch company joins the Quiterian Business Partner Network made up of a worldwide group of distributors specializing in Business Intelligence and Data Mining. As a result of this agreement, CPM Factory will distribute Quiterian Analytics in its area of market influence.

Leading hotel/casino group’s Marketing Department is now using Quiterian Analytics for deeper understanding of customer needs.

Los Angeles, California – March 6, 2012 – Quiterian, the leading European developer of advanced and predictive analytics software for business and non-technical users, today announced that Station Casinos has adopted  Quiterian Analytics 3.0 (see guided tour),a Visual Data Mining platform capable of analyzing large volumes of raw data at record-breaking speeds. Selection followed a lengthy evaluation of Business Analytics tools.

Quiterian develops, markets and supports Quiterian Analytics, a self-service and agile Business Intelligence (BI) platform offering Visual Data Mining, advanced and predictive analytic tools for non-technical users. Station Casinos owns and operates 17 hotel and casino properties in the Las Vegas area and manages Aliante Station there.

IBM unveiled new capabilities planned for its security intelligence platform designed to combine deep analytics with real-time data feeds from hundreds of different sources to give organizations, for the first time, the ability to help proactively protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated and complex security threats and attacks using a single platform.