Working with consultants and researchers from IBM, Shanghai Electric Power Company (Shanghai Power) has installed the Integrated Distribution Outage Planner (IDOP) as it is transforming its power grid to minimize power outages. These outages can jeopardize network reliability and service quality for its customers and as one of the largest power companies in Asia, Shanghai Power generates more than 20 billion kilowatt per hour of electricity per year.

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As part of its Academic Initiative, a program that offers colleges and universities access to the latest advances in technology and business industry expertise, IBM is providing Northwestern with curriculum materials, project-focused case studies for students to gain hands-on experience in analytics, access to a wide spectrum of software solutions, IBM thought leaders as guest speakers, as well as faculty awards to accelerate program development.

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We’ve been focused on transforming our customers’ software development processes through innovative testing and quality improvements. We are looking forward to bringing Green Hat’s innovative application virtualization and continuous integration testing expertise to IBM customers who have a growing business need to better manage their complex testing environments.

After learning the material for each software program, students can then take the Microsoft certification tests. Read more

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, Symantec repurchased approximately 16 million shares for $265 million at an average price of $17.03. Symantec has $1.06 billion remaining in the current and newly approved board authorized stock repurchase program.

Announced in January 2011, the IBM Framework addresses consumer products companies’ need to work smarter, providing innovative industry-driven solutions that help accelerate business performance. IDC Government Insights Read more

“IBM has been instrumental in our business transformation – improving our agility, increasing the visibility of data and enabling our business leaders to make better and faster decisions,” said Kamal Matta, Chief Technology Officer at Sonic Biochem. Each game averaged a million tweets, totaling seven million total tweets for the entire series as diehard fans exuded their social media voice and opinions on the players and coaches they followed.

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Symantec has approximately $1.06 billion remaining in the current and newly approved program. Since 2008, Symantec has returned $2.1 billion to shareholders through the repurchase of more than 130 million of its shares. Non-GAAP Results: Non-GAAP operating margin for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 was 23.6 percen

The interest in this locally-based, alternative and affordable form of testing delivery exemplifies the increasing popularity of LPI’s certification program in many Read more

The organization’s primary data center, housed in an older building at its U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts, suffered from space, power and cooling constraints. Additionally, IFAW was looking to upgrade its technology infrastructure to continue to effectively manage increasing global business demands.

LPI-East Africa will be managed by Evans Ikua, a long time advocate of Linux and Open Source solutions in Kenya and other nations throughout East Africa. Mr. Ikua is also the FOSS Read more

HP today announced that organizations worldwide are creating a competitive advantage by accelerating the reliable, secure delivery of applications and services with the HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 software platform. The suite delivers a comprehensive view across all IT assets, automates IT management and adjusts IT performance to meet specific business goals.

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“This program reaffirms our commitment to increase shareholder value and our confidence in the long-term strength of the company,” said Enrique Salem, president and chief executive officer, Symantec. “Our business continues to generate healthy cash flow which allows us to be opportunistic in repurchasing shares.”

The Samsung SUR40 continues to capture the attention of industry influencers, from international businesses to media outlets. Announced earlier this week, the Read more

IFAW’s infrastructure also includes HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA), which are designed to handle its growing storage requirements as a result of their donor database application. The storage arrays allow IFAW to increase storage utilization, keep the database running 24/7 and adapt quickly to changing business conditions. The EVA’s HP Command View Software eases management, ensuring less time spent on maintenance and administrative tasks.

As the workforce becomes more global, Read more