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• IBM IOD 2011: CIOs must look to real-time analytics for 'big data'

  By Chloe Herrick | 26 October, 2011 17:32

  CIOs faced with the encroaching issue of ‘big data’ should look to investing in real-time platforms in order to remain competitive in the future, according to IBM chief scientist, Jeff Jonas.

• CLP Group powers up with in-memory computing

  By Brad Howarth | 20 January, 2011 10:20

  The utilities sector has been quick to adopt the real-time vision, particularly those organisations that have made an early move to smart grid deployments. Australian-born CIO, Joe Locandro, says the organisation has long used real-time monitoring — or what it calls condition-based monitoring — for its power plants and infrastructure. Thousands of sensors measure variables such as vibration, heat and voltage consistency, and feed them into OSIsoft’s PI System enterprise infrastructure management software.

• Facebook releases real-time Web server tech as open source

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 11 September, 2009 05:04

  Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users post status updates in real time, a functionality popularized by Twitter.