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By G C Network | May 18, 2008

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By G C Network | May 18, 2008

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Location Based Services – April 25, 2008

By G C Network | May 18, 2008

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IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference – April 23, 2008

By G C Network | May 18, 2008

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Telephone & Web = WOW !! – April 21, 2008

By G C Network | May 18, 2008

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The Power of Family Oral History – April 19, 2008

By G C Network | May 18, 2008

Although I just started this yesterday, I’ve decided to backdate this entry to last Saturday, April 12, 2008. That’s when my family had it’s 3rd Annual Black History Party. The…

On June 5th, IBM announced it will establish the first Cloud Computing Center for software companies in China, which will be situated at the new Wuxi Tai Hu New Town Science and Education Industrial Park in Wuxi, China.

The center will offer emerging Chinese software companies the ability to tap into a virtual computing environment to support their development activities. It will be established through an agreement signed today between IBM and Wuxi Tai Lake Industry Investment and Development Company.

On the same day, IBM released an updated version of IBM’s Tivoli Provisioning Manager focused on allowing data centers to benefit from cloud computing, allowing them to scale more cost-effectively. IBM is now positioning TPM at the forefront of its “Blue Cloud” cloud computing initiative.

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