IBM is partnering with universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access via the Watson developer cloud to Watson. Enrollment is open for fall 2014 cognitive computing courses at Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, the Ohio State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, and the University of Texas in Austin.

Fusion-io is collaborating with Oracle on the development of flash-aware interfaces for MySQL. These interfaces include NVM Compression, a flash-aware interface that can double...

Microsoft is releasing the source code for early versions of MS-DOS and Word for Windows, working with the Computer History Museum. The museum will make...

IBM has been selected by BP to integrate and manage BP’s business applications globally. The company will also be providing enhanced service desk support for 60,000 BP employees and 80,000 devices in the Americas and Europe.

With consumers engaging more directly with businesses through mobile and social media, more than 60 percent of CIOs will focus more heavily on improving...