HP Streamlines HUD Housing Complaints with New Mobile App

HP Enterprise Services has announced a new mobile app for the U.S. department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The application allows citizens to easily access useful information regarding housing discrimination, file complaints with HUD, and find regional contact information via their iPhones. HP developed the Housing Discrimination Complaint Application in conjunction with HUD and its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. More

Small Online Retailer Makes Big Splash with Unique Shopping Experience

LabelSneak, a small online retailer of discounted designer men’s wear, is using IBM Smarter Commerce technologies to create a unique shopping experience aimed at the millennial consumer. The new site design has spurred a 148 percent growth in LabelSneak’s revenue, tripling sales in less than one year. More

South Korea Uses IBM Big Data Technology to Improve Weather Forecasting

South Korea’s Meteorological Administration (KMA) and IBM have announced a project to help KMA and its affiliated National Meteorological Satellite Center apply Big Data analysis to produce more accurate environmental forecasting. Every day KMA gathers more than 1.6 Tbytes of meteorological data including data from the country’s first communications, ocean, and meteorological satellite, Cheollian. To handle this torrent of data, IBM has provided KMA with the latest IBM storage technologies, capable of recording 20 Gbytes of data per second and with a total storage capacity of 9.3 Pbytes. More

Azerbaijani Businesses use IBM Technology to Control Big Data

Azersun Holding and the International Bank of Azerbaijan have chosen IBM PureFlex Storage solutions over HP and Cisco to better process, manage, and store large data volumes. Azersun Holding, the largest producer and exporter in the country’s food industry, is using IBM PureFlex and Storwize V7000 to process and store more than 100 Tbytes of data. The International Bank o Azerbaijan, with 36 branches and 95 service outlets, is improving access to critical business information with an IBM Storwize V7000 storage infrastructure. More

Dell “Annie” Ad on TED’s List of 10 Best Global Advertisements

Dell’s “Annie – the girl who could fly” advertisement is one of the top 10 ads of the year in TED’s annual “Ads Worth Spreading” report. The non-profit organization that showcases “ideas worth spreading” through its set of global conferences recognized Dell for creating a meaningful connection with viewers. More

Nimble Storage SmartStack for VDI with VMware Designed for Midsized Organizations

Nimble Storage has announced a reference storage designed to complement VMware Horizon View 5.2 for midsized VDI deployments based on Himble’s flash-optimized hybrid storage technology. Nimble Storage SmartStack for VDI is a pre-validated, easy-to-deploy VDI solution delivered by a network of joint channel partners. The fully validated and tested reference architecture eliminated the complexities of configuring compute, networking, and storage. More

Private Companies Embracing Bold Innovation to Meet Growth Objectives says PwC Survey

U.S. private companies are embracing innovation to spur growth according the PwC US’s Trendsetter Barometer survey. Thirty-nine percent of respondents are creating novel products and services never before seen in the marketplace that they expect to be important sources of growth through the next year. Twenty percent expect novel products and services to be even more important to their growth objectives over the next two-to-three years. More

Financial Services M&A Activity Momentum Growing says PwC US

Despite continued financial uncertainty, the momentum of financial services mergers & acquisitions is growing due in part to increased availability of attractive financing, PwC US reports. US banking, insurance, asset management, and other financial services deal activity in 2012 differed little from 2011. However, 4Q12 saw a significant surge in M&A activity that is expected to continue into 2013. more

PwC Announces Gold Sponsorship of SAPinsider HR 2013 Conference

PwC has announced that it will be a Gold sponsor of the SAPinsider HP2013 conference at The Bellagio in Las Vegas February 26-March 1. Attendees will learn how to use, evaluate, deploy, and support SAP functionality for SAP ERP HCM, SuccessFactors, self services, talent management, HR reporting, payroll, and time management. More

Secretary of Interior Names Deloitte Geospatial Leader Matt Gentile to National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed Matt Gentile, principal of the Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and leader of the Deloitte Geospatial practice, along with 12 other professionals, to serve as members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. The committee makes recommendations on federal geospatial policy and management issues and advice on development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. More