modeling in news
RSS modeling in newsGates: 'We need more software research'
News Through the extensive use of modeling, Microsoft thinks that it can make business applications become less expensive to run and maintain, Gates said. Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday called on the academic... [03 Aug 2004]
Longhorn… What Longhorn? says Ballmer
News The package, intended for delivery with the main Visual Studio 2005 release in the first half of next year, will include modeling tools for representing back-end systems and managing how a new application fits into the environment. [25 May 2004]
Gates chats up CEOs
News Microsoft has said it plans to begin testing new modeling tools, codenamed Whitehorse, this year. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates touted advances in development tools, web services and other technologies during a speech to top business executives. [21 May 2004]
Apple: The supercomputer company (...no really)
News Virginia Tech will use the cluster to perform research on nanoscale electronics, chemistry, aerodynamics, molecular statics, computational acoustics and molecular modeling, among other tasks. Apple has landed a major customer for its Power Mac G5... [03 Sep 2003]
Fingerprint scanners: Coming to a laptop near you?
News A notebook computer made by Gateway makes an appearance in photos modeling the new hardware device, but Bondar said that no agreement with the PC maker has been signed. DigitalPersona plans to announce on Tuesday a fingerprint scanner for laptops... [06 May 2003]
Standards group tackles XML documents
News On top of the proposed document formats, the OASIS UBL group has released diagrams based on the unified modeling language (UML), a standard for software development, that give software engineers tools to build applications using XML documents. [29 Jan 2003]
Borland shares rise on takeover rumours
News Microsoft relies on Rational's high-end application modeling tools for complex applications that bridge Microsoft and IBM software platforms. In October, Borland spent $185m to purchase TogetherSoft, a company which sells an application modeling... [13 Dec 2002]
IBM bids $2.1bn for Rational
News Rational's "life cycle" tools for modeling and project management will complement IBM's focus on development tools focused on specific programming languages such as Java, C and Cobol, said Mills. IBM is set to buy modeling tools company Rational... [09 Dec 2002]
SGI to unveil new supercomputer
News Through aerodynamic modeling, the company can change the shape of the chips and speed up manufacturing. The Origin 3900, which SGI will also show off at the Supercomputing 2002 trade show beginning 18 November in Baltimore, can hold up to 128... [11 Nov 2002]
IBM supercomputer so fast it's ridiculous
News In a statement, IBM said mega-processor computers will be used for "distribution, simulations, and modeling, webserving, data mining or business intelligence" in the future. IBM is developing a range of supercomputers that it claims will run 15... [09 Nov 2001]
IBM adds data mining to DB2
News Jeff Jones, senior program manager at IBM Data Management Solutions, said the Intelligent Miner Scoring services enable companies to mine data for predictive modeling, such as customer buying behavior. [26 Mar 2001]
