We’ve always been a company that’s been about trying to get new kinds of hardware and software out there and letting people play with them and take them in directions you’d never imagine,” Schofield says. “Kinect is a new kind of device, but I really think it follows in a long, consistent history of Microsoft trying to put things out there.

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Historically, to run simulation testing on a software program, a development team must construct an actual testing lab made up of both hardware and software. This time consuming and labor intensive process has become even more compounded with the short development cycle needed to compete in rapidly expanding markets such as those for smart phones and tablets.

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The HP Client Virtualization, Analysis and Modeling service with SysTrack technology empowers organizations with an unparalleled understanding of their environments by providing the information needed to more quickly deliver high-priority business services, reduce cost and safeguard business continuity.

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“Currently, we are running simulations to study how a drop of water affects the reliability of the insulating material. Surprisingly, this is very significant, particularly when it is extrapolated across the entire power grid,” adds Shemella. The research was conducted by Philip Shemella, Teodoro Laino and Alessandro Curioni from IBM Research – Zurich and Oliver Fritz, ABB Corporate Research – Baden-Dattwil.

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“Growing enterprise adoption of strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing and disaster recovery continues to be a key factor driving customer adoption of Riverbed WAN optimization solutions in the Asia Pacific region and around the world,” said John Higgs, Senior Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific & Japan at Riverbed.

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“We congratulate MJ on this well-deserved recognition as she continues to play a critical role in aligning our sales team with the IT infrastructure needs of organizations worldwide,” said Dave Peranich, executive vice president of worldwide global field operations at Riverbed. “MJ has demonstrated strong leadership skills and dedication to providing excellent sales and support that resonate within the organization, as well as with our customers and partners.”

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It is no secret the major role that botnets play in spamming and in 2010, spam-sending botnets were responsible for as much as 88 percent of the world’s spam falling to 77 percent by the end of the year. Previously, Rustock had been responsible for 47.5 percent of all spam, approximately 44.1 billion spam emails each day, making it the single, largest spam-sending botnet. Both Lethic and Xarvester accounted for less than 0.5 percent of all spam each.

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