Fans and gamers challenged to make Feb. 5, 2012, ‘The Most Active Super Bowl Sunday Ever.’ INDIANAPOLIS — In an effort to inspire the masses to get off the couch this Sunday, Kinect for Xbox 360, the official console sponsor of the NFL, and NFL PLAY 60 today announced a challenge to fans and gamers [...]

TechStars taps Microsoft BizSpark Plus to give startups a head start. BOULDER, Colo. — TechStars, recently recognized as the No. 1 startup accelerator in the world, and Microsoft Corp. are working together to help startups fast-track their businesses. TechStars today announced an enhanced relationship with Microsoft through the new BizSpark Plus program for accelerators and [...]

Industry consortium developing integrated environmental monitoring system powered by IBM streaming analytics technology ARMONK, NY: IBM (NYSE: IBM) has been selected for a global research project to develop the world’s first integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations. IBM researchers, developers and a team [...]

IBM completes acquisition of Emptoris to expand Smarter Commerce nitiative ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Emptoris Inc. The acquisition expands IBM’s cloud-based analytics offerings that provide supply chain intelligence leading to better inventory management and cost efficiencies. Emptoris solutions bring more intelligence to procurement and supply chain [...]

ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today named Profitero the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year and winner of its SmartCamp competition for startup companies. Profitero analyzes competitor pricing data, offering retailers new levels of insight to help them maximize profits by adjusting pricing and merchandising strategies. IBM is working with entrepreneurs around the world to [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif. HP today announced a portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled switches, providing customers with the broadest choice in the industry for simplifying network management while meeting a wide range of bandwidth, performance and budget needs.(1) The portfolio spans 16 models and includes the HP 3500, 5400 and 8200 series switches. Additionally, HP plans to expand [...]

Plano, Texas Expansion of outsourcing services helps reduce operating costs and improve technical agility Dell Services and Atos today announced a significant offering of IT outsourcing services that will provide a standardized cloud-based IT infrastructure and global support solution for Wolters Kluwer customers in the legal, tax, finance and healthcare industries. The acceleration and adoption [...]

Round Rock, Texas Schoolwires is integrating salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud with on-premise applications Dell Cloud Business Applications provides Schoolwires scalability and one, trusted partner with turnkey, end-to-end services Schoolwires, a leading provider of Web-based solutions designed to help districts engage more effectively with all members of their K-12 communities to support student, teacher and district success, [...]

MOSCOW – Cisco today announced that a new video conferencing system based on Cisco TelePresence® technology has been deployed at M.Video, the largest Russian consumer electronics retailer. The project, which aims to optimize collaboration and decision-making within the company, was implemented by CROC, a Cisco® Gold Certified Partner in Russia. The solution was implemented in [...]

CISCO LIVE! – LONDON, UK – Mounting expectations of fast network performance, seamless access to cloud services, consistent connectivity and high-quality experiences on any wireless device coupled with the growing number of mobile devices are placing huge demands on wireless network infrastructures. To support these demands, Cisco is introducing the Cisco Aironet® 3600 Series Access [...]