Tag: ibm
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Can Apple make Home Energy Management sexy?
Will Apple move into home energy management, and if they do, can they make it sexy and front-of-mind for everyone? I made this point in a reply to a post earlier on the IBM Global Eco Jam and I thought it could well do with being fleshed out to a full post here to see…
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IBM Eco Jam – 1 day in!
Well, the IBM Global Eco Jam has been underway nearly 24 hours at this point – how is it going? It has been incredibly active, I have to say. You can see from the screenshot I took earlier this morning that the number of posts was 987 at that point – I just checked now…
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IBM Eco Jam kicks off later today with an impressive line-up
Photo credit justmakeit The IBM Global Eco Efficiency Jam kicks off this afternoon (January 27th) at 9am EST (14:00 GMT, 15:00 here in CEST) and continues right on through until Friday afternoon. According to the IBM site the Jam is a web-based event which will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of public and private…
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Green Numbers round-up 12/18/2009
Photo credit MildlyDiverting Welcome to this Friday’s Green numbers round-up! IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years: · […]
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IBM’s John Soyring talks about IBM’s Smart Planet initiatives around water
I posted my video interview with IBM’s John Soyring previously as part of a round-up of my impressions of the IBM Connect09 event. I have since had the interview transcribed so I thought I’d post it once more as a stand-alone post, with the transcription – the content is that good. Transcription: Tom Raftery: Hi,…
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IBM’s Software Analyst Connect event, Smarter Planet and sustainability
I attended IBM’s eighth annual Software Analyst Connect (#Connect09) last week in Connecticut. The theme of the event was “IBM Software for a Smarter Planet”. You have to admire IBM for coming up with the Smart Planet branding strategy. Now anything Smart (Smart Cities, Smart Water even Smart Work) is automatically, subconsciously associated with IBM.…
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How to Reduce Energy Consumption in Retail: Change The Font On Your Cash Register
Yesterday I got an update from an ERP company called Epicor that primarily serves the mid-market. While I am not an ERP specialist its always interesting, as a middleware guy, to get a view from the app side. Greenmonk for obvious reasons also takes a keener view than the RedMonk mothership in applications in areas…
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November chat with IBM’s Rich Lechner
Rich Lechner is IBM’s VP of Energy and Environment. He is a regular interviewee here where we discuss various matters related to energy and environment. This interview was recorded while I was at the SAP TechEd 2009 event in Vienna in a crowded interview room so I apologise in advance for the poorer than normal…