IBM opens two Linux centres in Brazil

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IBM opens Linux center in Brazil

IBM opens Linux center in Brazil 09/09/2004 08:13 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - IBM Corp. will spend more than $1 million to help fund a Linux technology center in Brazil. The center, created in conjunction with the Brazilian government, aims to train 700 public service professionals on the use of Linux by year's end.

IBM opens SOA design centres

IBM opens SOA design centres 05/19/2004 07:19 AM
Computer Weekly May 19 2004 11:33AM GMT

Plant DNA bank opens in Brazil

Plant DNA bank opens in Brazil 06/10/2004 08:13 AM
Brazil has opened its first plant bank to preserve the genetic codes of hundreds of endangered species.

Noble Systems Opens Office in Brazil

Noble Systems Opens Office in Brazil 08/18/2004 02:34 AM
Noble Systems Corporation (NSC), a global leader in contact center technology solutions, expands its international operations with the opening of its sales and support center in Brazil. Noble Systems has experienced substantial growth resulting from new international installations of its innovative Noble Solution Suite of contact center technology products. With an office located in São Paolo, Noble Systems is better poised to work with the South American contact center industry. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2004]

Brazil Opens 1000th Computer Center

Brazil Opens 1000th Computer Center 04/07/2005 09:36 PM
Brazzil Magazine Apr 8 2005 1:04AM GMT

Yahoo! News - Revolution in architecture
opens in Curitiba, Brazil

Yahoo! News - Revolution in architecture
opens in Curitiba, Brazil 12/19/2004 03:52 PM
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IBM dances with Linux in Brazil

IBM dances with Linux in Brazil 06/14/2004 11:52 AM
ZDNet Jun 14 2004 3:25PM GMT

In Brazil, Microsoft blasts Linux use

In Brazil, Microsoft blasts Linux use 06/04/2004 10:43 AM
ZDNet Jun 4 2004 1:56PM GMT

Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux
Battleground?

Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux
Battleground? 04/08/2005 12:06 PM
Brazil, a country whose government is unabashedly pro-open-source, is set to become Microsoft's next target for Redmond's entry-level Windows XP Starter Edition.

Brazil looks to Linux to bridge
technology gap

Brazil looks to Linux to bridge
technology gap 11/17/2003 02:05 AM
Boston Globe Nov 17 2003 1:00AM ET

IBM moves Linux beat to Brazil

IBM moves Linux beat to Brazil 06/14/2004 10:07 AM
New consulting services are designed to trigger spread of open-source OS.

In Brazil, Microsoft decries Linux use

In Brazil, Microsoft decries Linux use 06/04/2004 09:11 AM
CNET Jun 4 2004 1:22PM GMT

Linux in Government: Navy Sonar Opens
New Opportunities for Linux Clusters and
IBM G5 servers

Linux in Government: Navy Sonar Opens
New Opportunities for Linux Clusters and
IBM G5 servers 09/17/2004 12:43 AM
A win in the nuclear submarine cluster market suggests that IBM's POWER architecture is joining the Linux HPC big leagues.

Linux in Government: Linux Lab at the
University of South Florida Opens Eyes

Linux in Government: Linux Lab at the
University of South Florida Opens Eyes 12/19/2004 03:17 PM
Students find some refuge in Linux learning experience.

Big Blue sambas Linux centers into
Brazil

Big Blue sambas Linux centers into
Brazil 12/05/2003 05:25 PM
IBM opens two centers in Sao Paulo devoted to developing the open-source operating system for use in the country's public sector.

Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux
Battleground? (Ziff Davis)

Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux
Battleground? (Ziff Davis) 04/08/2005 03:17 PM
Ziff Davis - Brazil, a country whose government is unabashedly pro-open-source, is set to become Microsoft's next target for Redmond's entry-level Windows XP Starter Edition.

SCO opens new front in Linux war

SCO opens new front in Linux war 12/23/2003 12:56 PM
SCO Group targets a new group in an effort to profit from what it says is illegal use of Unix intellectual property in Linux, but Novell claims it still holds copyrights.

Linux opens up challenge to Microsoft

Linux opens up challenge to Microsoft 07/30/2004 06:26 AM

NT's Retirement Opens Windows For Linux

NT's Retirement Opens Windows For Linux 12/29/2004 01:06 AM
TechWeb Dec 29 2004 4:09AM GMT

Linux Biometrics Site Opens Doors

Linux Biometrics Site Opens Doors 04/10/2005 02:36 PM

Sun Opens Its 3-D 'Looking Glass' Linux
Desktop

Sun Opens Its 3-D 'Looking Glass' Linux
Desktop 06/28/2004 01:11 PM
Sun is putting into the hands of the open-source community Project Looking Glass, its next-generation, 3-D Linux desktop system that has been receiving rave reviews.

OSDL opens IP advice centre for Linux
developers

OSDL opens IP advice centre for Linux
developers 02/01/2005 09:18 PM
Fight back against spurious legal action

Navy Sonar Opens New Opportunities for
Linux Clusters and IBM G5 servers

Navy Sonar Opens New Opportunities for
Linux Clusters and IBM G5 servers 09/17/2004 10:38 AM

Xandros Opens Beta Test for Linux
Desktop Deployment Tool

Xandros Opens Beta Test for Linux
Desktop Deployment Tool 04/26/2004 11:49 AM
Xandros, having made moves into the enterprise desktop market with the release of its Linux business desktop, is following up with a business desktop management program.

Xandros Opens Beta Test for Linux
Desktop Deployment Tool (Ziff Davis)

Xandros Opens Beta Test for Linux
Desktop Deployment Tool (Ziff Davis) 04/26/2004 01:04 PM
Ziff Davis - Xandros, having made moves into the enterprise desktop market with the release of its Linux business desktop, is following up with a business desktop management program.

Ski centres up for sale

Ski centres up for sale 02/13/2004 09:26 AM
The Glencoe and Glenshee ski resorts are being put on the market after losing £1m in two years.

CMS Computers'new centres

CMS Computers'new centres 12/24/2003 08:49 AM
News Today Dec 24 2003 7:42AM ET

UK call centres 'unbeatable'

UK call centres 'unbeatable' 05/07/2004 06:18 AM
The Register May 7 2004 10:41AM GMT

Praise for new family centres

Praise for new family centres 06/12/2004 12:02 AM
Ofsted inspectors say a new breed of family centre is helping tackle the effects of poverty on young children.

Data centres suck it up

Data centres suck it up 07/10/2004 01:16 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 10 2004 5:21AM GMT

Call centres are a nightmare

Call centres are a nightmare 09/07/2004 07:01 AM
Press '3' to read this story or hold for a hack

EU in battle over air traffic control
centres

EU in battle over air traffic control
centres 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
Personal Computer World Feb 19 2004 8:11PM GMT

HP cans Centres of Excellence scheme

HP cans Centres of Excellence scheme 06/28/2004 06:33 AM
Personal Computer World Jun 28 2004 10:49AM GMT

Apple Centres For Middle East

Apple Centres For Middle East 05/19/2004 08:55 AM
The distributor of Apple products in the Middle East is seeking to set up the region's first chain of Apple Centres. By Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

E Cape creates multimedia centres

E Cape creates multimedia centres 08/02/2004 10:18 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Aug 3 2004 2:21AM GMT

Maintenance of computerised reservation
centres

Maintenance of computerised reservation
centres 10/31/2003 10:39 PM
The Hindu Oct 31 2003 9:26PM ET

On future developments in home media
centres...

On future developments in home media
centres... 06/05/2005 10:48 PM

A couple of days ago I was e-mail interviewed by a guy writing an article on future developments in televisions and home media centres who was interested in the piece I wrote on Social Software for Set-Top Boxes. For what it's worth - here are my answers in full, slightly edited for clarity:

In your presentation you outlined some interesting ideas (buddy lists, watch with friends etc.) - Is anyone going down this route? Online gaming is leading this kind of hybridised social / entertainment stuff - things like Xbox Live already make it possible for you to talk and chat and play alongside people from all over the world - and to manage those relationships. Simultaneously, each of these boxes is coming closer and closer to the idea of a home entertainment hub, so I wouldn't be surprised if the edges between the various activities you could do with them started to blur. Also, around the same time that I put up my stuff on Social Software for Set-Top Boxes, the PARC people also started talking about similar stuff. Obviously, a huge amount of the technology that we take for granted today was developed at PARC, so that bodes quite well for the future.

Is TV and PC convergence a dead idea? I think the idea of a screen in the corner of your room that you watch TV on and then completely change modes so that you can do your taxes is pretty much inevitably going to have limited appeal. There are machines that can do this kind of stuff already of course, but they're really targeted towards people with very limited space - students and the like. I think the future looks much more interesting than that - with some of the functionality that has been associated with PCs starting to appear in entertainment appliances all around the home. The technology behind all the devices is probably going to be pretty much the same and slightly further off I think we can expect that they'll all be talking to each other behind the scenes. The various devices in your home will be acting together to give you relatively unified access to your data and media and to the network - but each device will provide its own way of mediating that data - it's own tailored interface.

What about the Apple media hub? Yeah, I don't know quite what Apple are doing to be honest. With computer technology gradually moving out of the desktop PC and into the rest of the home, you'd think they'd be right at the forefront. That kind of thing - making complex concepts and devices comprehensible - is exactly what they're great at. Sony and Microsoft are clearly making huge inroads with their gaming machines to the extent that they already have low-powered media hubs attached to millions of televisions worldwide - I really would have thought that Apple would similarly be looking to get into that space by leveraging their advantage in the digital audio space. But while there are rumours that the Mac Mini is destined to be a foundation for that kind of thing, there's very little actual evidence of it so far.

Is D-TV more likely to see a continuation of selected internet or internet-like functions rather than fully-fledged net access? Fundamentally the interface just isn't there for web-browsers on the TV to really take off enormously. I don't doubt that people will continue to develop them, and I don't doubt that there will be some people who use them, but having to have an extra wireless keyboard or input device and having to control the screen from the other side of a room makes the whole enterprise less than optimal. In the longer term, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't pretty easy to install network-enabled apps on your TV that allowed you to do things like access your Flickr photostream or the iTunes music store, but I would think you'll probably do that kind of stuff via a different lean-forward interface somewhere else in your home.

How do the next generation of games consoles fit in to the mix? I think they're fundamental - unlike with set-top boxes, it's not a fully commoditised market, there's enormous scope for technological development and each of the major players is throwing enormous amounts of money into the area - often expecting years of loss-leading before profit. Of course they're looking to the future. Of course they're competing to own this new critical space under the TV and at the heart of the connected home. That's not to say that the gaming element is just a Trojan horse - it's clearly not - but I think it's also fairly clear that it's not the end of the road. The set-top box space is a really powerful and important area - for a start it can potentially mediate all your media consumption. Whoever controls that has a lot of power. And the market for operating systems is huge - how many more people in the world have televisions than computers right now? Think how much money you could make by having your media centre installed on every new TV sold. And boxes like the X-box are in the perfect space to position for that final leap...

Call centres 'bad for income and health'

Call centres 'bad for income and health' 06/23/2004 04:30 AM
UNISON backs workers

Apple Centres coming to Middle East

Apple Centres coming to Middle East 05/19/2004 10:18 AM
The distributor of Apple products in the Middle East is seeking to set up the region's first chain of Apple Centres, according to Macworld UK...
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