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IBM Watson/ XPrize open $5 million AI competition for world-changing applications

Network World

IBM and the XPrize organization have opened registration and set guidelines to competing for a $5 million purse to those interested in building advanced AI-based applications that could address the world’s biggest issues – everything from clean water to better energy resources.

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Oracle to launch two sovereign cloud regions for the European Union

CIO Business Intelligence

In a bid to help enterprises and institutions in the European Union navigate data privacy, residency, and other regulatory guidelines, Oracle plans to launch two sovereign cloud regions for the European Union this year. Cloud Management, Cloud Security, Government, Government IT, Managed Cloud Services

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Microsoft gives developers a new method for estimating quantum computing needs

GeekWire

That’s a key question, because the guidelines used for classical computing don’t necessarily apply to the quantum frontier. Just last week, IBM unveiled its largest quantum processor , which knits together a mere 433 qubits. “So we do need to get ready,” she said.

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SAP and IBM under scanner of Indian investigative agency for Air India deal

CIO Business Intelligence

India’s premier investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has filed a charge sheet against former Air India Chief Managing Director, SAP India, and IBM India for alleged irregularities in acquiring an ERP solution by Air India in 2011. Enterprise Applications, IBM, SAP

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What is data governance? Best practices for managing data assets

CIO Business Intelligence

The Business Application Research Center (BARC) warns that data governance is a highly complex, ongoing program, not a “big bang initiative,” and it runs the risk of participants losing trust and interest over time. Meant specifically to support self-service analytics, TrustCheck attaches guidelines and rules to data assets.

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Enterprise Networking in a Cloud World

Cloud Musings

Another important environmental change is that both servers and applications have joined data with respect to mobility. This leads to an increased need to categorize those assets and apply appropriate security controls with respect to business/mission functions, data user role, location of access, legal/regulatory guidelines and user devices.

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The Importance of an Online Encryption Policy

CTOvision

Though you may have the best IT department in the world and advanced computing resources, if there are no written methodical steps that will serve as guidelines or Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for computing and data storage, then all these hiring-sprees of IT talents and investments are doomed to fail.

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