CIO2CIO Newsletter April 2011

The IBM Jeopardy Challenge, Man vs. Machine
In 2007, IBM scientist David Ferrucci and his team embarked on the challenge of building a computer that could beat the best players of the popular US TV quiz show Jeopardy!, a 25 year old trivia game ..
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Cloudy Days Ahead for Cloud Computing
Analysts from Forrester have expressed some less-than-encouraging predictions for IT departments building their first private clouds: You're not likely to succeed. But Forrester analysts insist "that's a good thing," because ..
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CIO2CIO Forum discussions

• Driving Growth with Cloud-Based Shared Services - Discuss
• Writing Applications = Lack of Flexibility - Discuss
• Managing Software License Compliance - Discuss
• Best approach for gathering ERP requirements? - Discuss
• Multiple Account Managers - Same Vendor - Discuss
• How do you structure your security team? - Discuss

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Upcoming IT Events

• Apr 25 - IDC Cloud Computing & Datacenter Roadshow 2011 - Dubai
• Apr 26 - IDC Smarter Computing - Abu Dhabi
• Apr 26 - Virtual Computing - Ways to Get There - Abu Dhabi
• Apr 27 - IDC Smarter Computing - Doha
• May 2 - Oracle Technology Summit - Kuwait
• May 4 - Oracle Technology Summit - Doha
• May 8 - IDC IT Security Roadshow 2011 - Riyadh
• May 9 - IDC Smarter Computing - Riyadh
• May 11 - IDC Cloud Computing & Datacenter Roadshow 2011 - Doha
• May 15 - Oracle Technology Summit - Riyadh
• May 16 - Oracle Technology Summit - Abu Dhabi
• May 16 - 3rd International Cloud Computing Summit - Abu Dhabi

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