Academics propose groundbreaking uses for Watson

May 26, 2012, 7:26 AM — Three winners of an academic competition at the University of Rochester to create the most innovative and useful applications for IBM's Watson cognitive computing systems were announced yesterday by Big Blue.

"The role and value of data is causing shifts inside organizations and across business cultures driving demand across a broad range of industries in the private and public sectors. These organizations are seeking new ways to tap information in traditional databases and unlock data tucked away in an unstructured format including videos, comments on social media sites and text messages," the company said in a statement.

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IBM DB2 provides application cluster transparency research that equips organizations running OLTP applications with the ability to deliver high availability and continuous uptime for transactional data, plus the flexibility and capacity they need to remain competitive.

The combined computing demands of VMs can tax even the most powerful server. Cost-effectiveness doesn't mean excessive consolidation; or rather, it means balancing workloads between multiple servers. This expert FAQ guide will help you to decide which servers and applications are candidates for virtualization.

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