Netherlands Rabobank International Selects HP Autonomy for Dodd Frank Compliance

Rabobank International, the retail bank division of Rabobank Group, has selected HP Autonomy Enterprise Content Management (ECM) to meet regulatory obligations and drive business efficiency. Autonomy will provide a single, end-to-end information governance platform for regulatory record management and help increase trading efficiency by automating key front- and back-office processes. More

IBM Labs Working on Revolutionary Photovoltaic/Desalination System under Swiss Grant

The Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation has awarded a three-year, $2.4 million (2.25 million CHF) grant to a group including IBM Research to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000X and converting 80 percent of incoming radiation into useful energy. The system should also provide desalinated water and cool air in sunny, remote locations. The group includes Airlight Energy, a supplier of solar power technology; ETH Zurich (Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers); and Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs NTB (Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnology MNT) as well as IBM Research. More

Dell Receives 2013 Confirmit ACE Award

Dell has received the 2013 Confirmit AC (Achievement in Customer Excellence) award recognizing outstanding achievement in customer, employee, and /or partner satisfaction. Dell earned the award, which demonstrates rigorous application of customer feedback processes and outstanding performance, based on positive customer feedback about support experiences. More

Dell Announces Toad BI Suite to Enable Self-Service BI

Dell Software has announced the latest version of Toad Business Intelligence Suite, that includes multiple enhancements designed to further facilitate self-service BI across complex data environments. Core new features include expanded heterogeneous data connectivity, storyboarding and enhanced visualization, and optimized data access and desktop self-service integration. Dell also announced that Concordia University of Portland, Oregon, a private, liberal arts university with 3,000 students, has installed the Toad BI Suite. More

Dell Flexible WorkStyle Consulting Helps Clients Maximize Impact of an Innovative, Remote, and Mobile Workforce

Dell Services is providing best practice capabilities and customized end-to-end tools and IT management to help maximize the individual and group productivity of mobile and geographically dispersed workforces. Flexible WorkStyle computing draws on extensive customer and internal Dell experience to tailor anytime, anywhere collaboration and accessibility for each customer’s unique needs. More

SMBs Losing US$24B in Productivity Annually from ‘Involuntary” IT Managers

Small businesses are losing more than US$24B in productivity annually when nontechnical employees, referred to as involuntary IT managers (IITMs), are tasked with managing their companies’ IT solutions. This loss is a direct result of IITMs taking time away from primary business activities, says an AMI-Partners small-business study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. The study takes a broad look at the prevalence of the IITM role in nine countries in North and Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. More

SAP Simplifies Mobile Access to Analytics for Enterprise Workers

SAP AG has announced a rapid-deployment system to simplify access to analytics on mobile devices, enabling enterprise customers to deliver real-time insights to mobile workers for better informed decisions on the go. The SAP Mobile Analytics rapid-deployment solutions provides preconfigured software, implementation services, content and end-user enablement. It puts a fixed scope and price on creating a mobile channel into existing SAP HANA platform and SAP BusinessObjects BI systems. More

Fusion-io Bring’s Memory Champion Nelson Dellis’ Mt. Everest Attempt to Computer Screens to Demonstrate Importance of Memory

Fusion-io is working with USA Memory Champion and Fusion-io Memory Master Nelson Dellis to bring the Dellis’ Memory Challenge of Climbing Mount Everest to computer screens around the world. After having to stop 280 feet short of the 29,029-foot summit on his first attempt to climb the south side of Mount Everest in 2011 due to an oxygen tank malfunction, Dellis is scaling the mountain again to support his charity, Climb for Memory. The Memory Challenge is designed to demonstrate the importance of memory in our minds and our datacenters. More

Cleversafe Announces Elevate Partner Program to Support Hyper-Scale Growth

Cleversafe has announced the Elevate Partner Program to expand channel opportunities, and address customers’ demanding data requirements for sale, security, and efficiency  that require advanced solutions. Service providers and systems integrators have been limited in their ability to deliver innovative solutions and fall short of tackling hyper-scale data growth. The Elevate Partner Program is designed to provide channel partners with the most innovative technology systems, marketing support, and training to expand enterprise market selling opportunities. More

Hortonworks, Mirantis, Red Hat Simplify Deployment of Hadoop on OpenStack

Hortonworks, the leading contributor to Apache Hadoop; Mirantis, the largest OpenStack systems integrator; and Red Hat Inc., the largest independent provider of open source solutions, have announced a partnership to contribute to Project Savanna. The partnership is working under OpenStack community guidelines to deliver Apache Hadoop on OpenStack. The collaboration plans to deliver many benefits including open source APIs and simpler transitions when moving Hadoop workloads between public and private clouds. More