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IBM and the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland (IDA Ireland) have announced a new risk management analytics research collaboration, joining IBM’s worldwide network of advanced analytic centres in the US, Germany and UK. As part of the initiative, IBM will develop enhanced methods and tools that will help companies in industries such as manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and government to better manage risk. Read press release.
FalconStor Software has announced comprehensive support for Oracle VM, Oracle's server virtualization platform. FalconStor's storage virtualization and data replication solutions for virtual servers are now integrated and available for Oracle VM, bringing a high level of data protection, recoverability and continuous availability to Oracle virtual environments. Read press release.
El Niño in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to be a dominant climate factor that will influence the December through February winter weather in the United States, according to the 2009 Winter Outlook released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
Highlights of the US Winter Outlook (December through February) include:
* Warmer-than-average temperatures are favored across much of the western and central U.S., especially in the north-central states from Montana to Wisconsin.
* Below-average temperatures are expected across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic from southern and eastern Texas to southern Pennsylvania and south through Florida.
* Above-average precipitation is expected in the southern border states, especially Texas and Florida. Recent rainfall and the prospects of more should improve current drought conditions in central and southern Texas. However, tornado records suggest that there will also be an increased chance of organized tornado activity for the Gulf Coast region this winter.
* Drier-than-average conditions are expected in the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys.
* Northeast: Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and precipitation. Winter weather in this region is often driven not by El Niño but by weather patterns over the northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation. These patterns are often more short-term, and are generally predictable only a week or so in advance.
* California: A slight tilt in the odds toward wetter-than-average conditions over the entire state.
* Alaska: Milder-than-average temperatures except along the western coast. Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-median precipitation for most areas except above median for the northwest.
* Hawaii: Below-average temperatures and precipitation are favored for the entire state.
http://www.noaa.gov
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•Date: 16th October 2009• Region: Various |
