NASA-Google Team Buys D-Wave Quantum Computer; Vern Brownell Comments
NASA, Google and the Universities Space Research Association have acquired a quantum computer from science company D-Wave with the goal of advancing machine learning and solving computer science problems. USRA intends for D-Wave Two to be available to the wider U.S. academic community, D-Wave said Thursday. Lockheed Martin acquired an earlier version of a D-Wave quantum [...]
Intel and Samsung have invested in Expect Labs, which is developing a technology that aims to analyze data in real-time to provide relevant information, according to an Inquirer article. Lawrence Latif says the latest investments will help Expect Labs build its analytics and big data software and market the platform across different industries and countries. [...]
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Lockheed Martin is developing a new type of quantum computer nearly two years after acquiring an early version of the computer from a Canada-based company, the New York Times reports. D-Wave Systems developed the computer’s processor from a set of superconducting wires that run at absolute zero degree temperatures, then receive mathematical equations, according to [...]
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Joe Kava, Google vice president of data centers, has said the search giant uses 10 governing rules when forming its data center strategies, GigaOM reports. Speaking at the Green Grid Forum in Santa Clara, Calif., Kava said that Google plans to build data centers worldwide to serve different regions. Ucilia Wang writes Google aims to [...]
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Hewlett-Packard is developing a new tablet that will run on the Android operating system, ReadWrite reports. Taylor Wimberly writes HP has been working on Android-related projects since 2010 and once shipped TouchPads with Android installed instead of webOS. HP could help Google put Android in the desktop PC market, an area the search giant is [...]
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Intel will launch an online television service this year in an effort aimed at diversifying its portfolio beyond the PC market, the Financial Post reports. The computer chip maker plans to offer consumers both live programming and on-demand content via a set-top box, according to the newspaper. Erik Huggers, vice president and general manager of [...]
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Google is leasing spectrum from Clearwire for a planned test of wireless networks that could be used for a new type of radio services, Fierce Wireless reports. Citing Federal Communications Commission documents, Phil Goldstein writes Google is applying for a license to develop a new “experimental radio service” that will use leased spectrum from Clearwire. [...]
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DLT Solutions helped the U.S. government’s official health sciences college move its email systems to a Google cloud-based email platform, the company said in a blog post. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences moved 9,000 members moved their existing Novell email system to Google Apps for Government and estimates the university will save $85,000 [...]
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Juniper Pursuing SDN Tech Growth, Buying Contrail for $176M; Bob Muglia Comments
January 3, 2013 No CommentJuniper Networks has acquired software-defined networking startup Contrail Systems for $176 million to gain technology that supplements its offerings in the software-defined-networking sector, Data Storage Today reports. Jennifer LeClaire writes etworking experts who previously worked at Juniper, Cisco, Google and Aruba Networks helped form Contrail Systems inin early 2012 to help clients address virtualization issues [...]
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Google and NASA have partnered to add nighttime satellite imagery to Google Maps, Information Week reports. The collaboration came shortly after NASA released “Black Marble,” a set of high-resolution images of the Earth at night, featuring images captured over 22 days between April and October 2012. According to J. Nicholas Hoover’s report, Google Maps users [...]
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