http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Technologies"  in "Southern & Insular Africa" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:56:15 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 2735 | IBM Opens Africa Innovation Centre to Drive Business Growth and Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa http://en.redtram.com/go/151415176/top100/ 151415176 The new IBM Africa Innovation Centre, designed to fuel entrepreneurship and growth in the region, will offer an array of resources for IBM business partners, software start-ups, IT professionals and academia, enabling them to develop skills and deliver solutions to Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415176/top100/ 2735 | IBM and University of Edinburgh Use World's Most Advanced Supercomputer to Tackle HIV Virus before it Infects Human Cells http://en.redtram.com/go/151415178/top100/ 151415178 Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and IBM's TJ Watson Research Centre today announced a five-year joint research project to use supercomputing simulations combined with lab experiments to speed the design of drugs aimed at inhibiting infection by the HIV Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415178/top100/ 2735 | IBM To Help Ghana Small Enterprises Grow Their Businesses http://en.redtram.com/go/151415172/top100/ 151415172 Ten IBM employees from countries such as Canada, Germany, India, Italy, US and UK will arrive in Ghana on 11 July 2008 as part of the corporation's newly launched Corporate Service Corps programme (CSC). The programme deploys IBM's leaders of Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415172/top100/ 2735 | IBM Global CEO Study: CEOs Battle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change http://en.redtram.com/go/151415167/top100/ 151415167 The IBM Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted, today reveals a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important change ahead, and also highlights how the ability to absorb and manage Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415167/top100/ 2735 | Blue Gene supercomputer on track for delivery to South Africa http://en.redtram.com/go/151415163/top100/ 151415163 As part of IBM's Global Innovation Outlook on Africa, IBM committed to donate the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, the first of its kind in Africa, for research purposes. The powerful $1.6 million Blue Gene supercomputer is on track for delivery Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415163/top100/ 2735 | IBM at the Forefront of Energy Efficiency http://en.redtram.com/go/151415158/top100/ 151415158 Increasingly, companies are under critical energy and environmental pressures that are related to cost, regulation, stakeholder and new business development. They need to act, be seen to be acting, and achieve meaningful and measurable results. IBM is at the forefront Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415158/top100/ 2735 | Absa and IBM seal a R570 million Business Recovery Deal http://en.redtram.com/go/151415153/top100/ 151415153 Absa has awarded IBM (NYSE: IBM) a 10 year contract for the provision of business continuity and recovery services. This partnership is worth R570 million, the biggest business continuity deal in Africa to date. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415153/top100/ 2735 | IBM invites musicians to jointly compose songs about South Africa using internet technology http://en.redtram.com/go/151415150/top100/ 151415150 IBM has developed collaboration tools for musicians within "Second Life", the three-dimensional internet world, as well as in the two-dimensional internet using Web 2.0 collaboration. Musicians can upload and download audio samples or single notes hits, mix them with samples Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/151415150/top100/