There were a lot of announcements from IBM this month. Some of the headlines may be of interest. I am particularly interested in the Mayo Clinic/IBM medical happenings. They are so important to the future of healthcare. This is something to keep your eye on. The complete index of IBM Happenings by year and month is here.
List of Announcements for August 2004
Mayo Clinic, IBM to drive medical breakthroughs
The collaboration will focus on harnessing patient data to improve diagnoses and deep computing power to model diseases to find cures.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7255.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7255.wss
IBM contributes database software to Apache
IBM is offering “Derby,” a copy of its Cloudscape database, to the ASF to spur more communal innovation for Java application development.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7254.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7254.wss
A teleconference was held on August 2 to discuss Derby. Additional materials and replay information are available at: https://www-03.ibm.com/itanalyst/crsite.nsf/pages/homepage
IBM transforms Intel-server market with new technology
The new “scale-out” IBM eServer xSeries servers include additional sophisticated, high-performance features inspired by legendary IBM mainframes and supercomputers.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7248.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7248.wss
US Army chooses IBM supercomputer
The powerful 10 teraflop system will be used by DoD researchers to speed the development of advanced military systems.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7251.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7251.wss
IBM introduces chip morphing technology
The new technology, called “eFUSE,” combines software algorithms and microscopic electrical fuses to produce chips that can regulate their own actions.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7246.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7246.wss
IBM, Red Hat achieve security certification
The CAPP/EAL3+ achievement crosses the IBM eServer product line, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS on xSeries, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS on xSeries, iSeries, pSeries and zSeries.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7252.wss
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7252.wss
