HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Fun topic: Why do we call it a Turkey!? #socbiz #cloud #thanksgiving

Why Do We Call It a Turkey?

Turkey—the bird itself—is native to North America. But the name turkey is a geographic pretzel. As you might suspect, the English term for the bird comes from a country called Turkey. But more precisely, the word stems from Turkish merchants who, in the 16th century, imported guinea fowls to Europe, where they were called Turkey-Hens.

When similar birds were found in the Americas, they were mistaken as Turkey-Hens. So the name Turkey stuck and is now used worldwide for the bird.

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A must attend Event -- NextGen Cloud Conference! See you there! #ibm @nextgen @RDelMarzo #cloud

In a time where cloud computing is disrupting organizations more than ever before, now is a good time to learn what your business needs to join in on this exciting movement. That’s why I’m very excited to announce my upcoming “Innovate with The Cloud Built for Cognitive Business,” keynote being held as part of the NexGen Cloud Conference in San Diego December 9-10 with my colleague Nancy Pearson.
The NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo shares in the IBM mission to build leaders and innovators in this fast-moving time of IT innovation and transformation. The conference will bring together you as service-led solution providers and vendor executives for two days of skill development designed to help you succeed.
Because the complexity of solution options available has never been greater for enterprises, decision-makers are seeking out partners like you who have demonstrated that they can build solutions to solve their customer challenges and drive innovation.
In our keynote, we will talk about how your business can unleash the power of cloud-scale to increase cognitive agility, accelerate time to market, and reach new clients faster and with more impact than ever before.
We will also talk about how IBM is aligning with partners like you who combine deep understanding of business challenges with the platforms for delivery that will make clients successful as they scale to the cloud.
Cloud has exploded on the scene and ushered in a tidal wave of disruptive technologies Come learn how you can be one of them in 2016 with IBM and The NextGen Cloud Conference and Expo.
Learn more about IBM and its commitment to entrepreneurs here: www.ibmforentrepreneurs.com.
And use the Promo Code "Carter_guest" at nexencloudcon.com    !!!!

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Do you know the TOP Trends? ! Watson does ...

WOW!   Today we've announced a cool new app!   The IBM Watson Trend .   Try it out  ....  Watson Trend app is live  ( https://watsontrend.com/#/  ) and the team is excited to engage consumers to learn where we take this next.

The IBM Watson Trend app forecasts what’s in and what’s not this holiday season. It provides a visual feed of the top 100 trending products and the stories behind those trends across three popular gift categories: consumer electronics, toys, and health and fitness. Insights you can use right now to start crossing off your list!

Try it out and let us know what you think!!!

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Softlayer is faster than a speeding bullet - VoltDB report! Nearly 3X Faster than AWS!

For Second Year In A Row, Cloud Benchmark Reveals IBM SoftLayer Nearly Three Times Faster Than Amazon Web Services!!!!!!

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https://www.google.com/search?q=softlayer+benchmark

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Calling all Startups and App providers! It's Beacon time!

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Going forward a New Guinness World Record - IBM is a proud partner of the @koding Global Virtual Hackathon, over $150K in prizes, December 12-13, koding.com #hackathon

Koding Inc. has announced its second annual global virtual hackathon, set for December 12-13. Sponsored by IBM, this year’s virtual event is expected to draw more than 100,000 participants worldwide, setting a new Guinness World Record and surpassing last year’s inaugural event, which set the record for the largest-ever virtual hackathon.

IBM’s sponsorship of the event is part of the company’s strategic relationship with Koding, a developer community and cloud-based developer environment that allows users to easily work, collaborate, write and run apps—all within a Web browser. Confirmed hackathon participants will receive an invitation for a free trial of IBM Bluemix, an implementation of IBM's Open Cloud Architecture based on Cloud Foundry, an open source platform as a service.

Registration is now open, and teams of up to five developers from around the world can sign up for this year’s hackathon at https://koding.com/Hackathon. During the event, participants will have 48 hours to hack their way into $150,000 in cash prizes. This year’s themes include educational games, enterprise productivity and data visualizations.

Koding was inspired to tap the minds of developers all over the world for a second year after an overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s event. Koding’s 2014 hackathon had more than 60,000 participants from a total of 900 total cities, and more than 500 projects were completed and submitted within 48 hours.

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Developers -- Useful tools for #IoT , #open , and more!

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IBM@JavaOne 2015: Meeting the needs of the modern enterprise with Java in the Cloud!

Java?   yes Java!
The Java™ platform has been critical for us here at IBM for almost two decades and continues to be as we move deeper into the era of cloud, mobile, and cognitive computing, all of which are key themes in this year's JavaOne conference happening this week today through Thursday!
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IBM embraced the Java programming language beginning 20 years ago. As Java grew into a large-scale enterprise platform, IBM was in lock-step, building its extensive middleware suite on this innovative and versatile technology to support not only a wide array of customers in disparate industries, but also powering its own development.
Java is critical to IBM, even moreso as we find ourselves at the beginning of a new era with cloud, mobile, and cognitive computing leading the way.
It's no surprise, then, that IBM is again a Diamond sponsor at this year's JavaOne conference, supporting and endorsing the platform that continues to shape its and others' innovation in the enterprise.
Here’s an overview of some of  IBM's activities during JavaOne 2015.

Monday, October 26

Time
Location
Title
Speaker(s)
8:30 a.m.
Hilton—Franciscan Room B/C/D
HOL6939: DevOps of Java and Scala Apps to the Cloud with Cloud Foundry
Raghavan "Rags" Srinivas, Architect/Evangelist, IBM
John Wetherill, Developer Evangelist, ActiveState
11:00 a.m.
Hilton, Continental Ballroom 4
CON5630: invokedynamic: Evolution of a Language Feature
Dan Heidinga, J9 VM Interpreter Team Lead, IBM
4:00 p.m.
Parc 55, Market Street
CON10767: Bringing IBM Watson to Developers: Building a Winner with Java
Dale Lane, Software Developer, IBM
4:00 p.m.
Parc 55, Powell I/II
CON10790: Is Enterprise Java Still Relevant?
Ian Robinson, WebSphere Foundation Chief Architect
Erin Schnabel, Senior Software Engineer, IBM

Tuesday, October 27

Tuesday is all about the cloud — with some code optimization thrown in for good measure.
Time
Location
Title
Speaker(s)
12:30 p.m.
Parc 55, Market Street
CON10775: A Technical Deep Dive into Bluemix for Cloud-Based Java Development
Michael Behrendt Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architect Bluemix Core Platform, IBM
12:30 p.m.
Hilton, Imperial Ballroom B
CON5609: Confessions of an Automation Addict
Holly Cummins, Delivery Lead, WebSphere Liberty Profile, IBM
12:30 p.m.
Parc 55, Embarcadero
CON6441: All Change! How Cloud Economics Will Make You Think Differently About Java
Steve Poole, Lead Engineer IBM Cloud and Development Platforms, IBM
2:30 p.m.
Hilton, Continental Ballroom 1/2/3
CON6700: From Java Code to Machine Code: How to Write Highly Optimizable Java
Chris Bailey, Runtime Monitoring and Diagnostics Architect, IBM
2:30 p.m.
Hilton—Golden Gate 4/5
CON6946: Script Bowl 2015: The Emerging Languages Take Over
Hadi Hariri, Team Lead, JetBrains
Nick Howard, Senior Software Engineer, Twitter
Dierk Koenig, Fellow, Canoo Engineering AG
Charles Nutter, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Raghavan "Rags" Srinivas, Architect/Evangelist, IBM
Wednesday, October 28
Time
Location
Title
Speaker(s)
8:30 a.m.
Hilton, Golden Gate 4/5
CON7863: What’s in an Object? Java Garbage Collection for the Polyglot
Charlie Gracie, Advisory Software Developer, IBM
1:00 p.m.
Hilton, Golden Gate 6/7/8
CON7547: Beyond the Coffee Cup: Leveraging Java Runtime Technologies for Polyglot
Daryl Maier, Compiler Development and Performance, IBM
3:00 p.m.
Parc 55, Mission
CON7535: EJB 3.2/JPA 2.1 Best Practices with Real-Life Examples
Ahmad Gohar, Architect and Technical Team Leader, IBM
4:30 p.m.
Parc 55, Market Street
CON6447: DevOps and the Dark Side: 10 Ways to Convince Your Team That DevOps Is a Force for Good
Steve Poole, Lead Engineer IBM Cloud and Development Platforms, IBM

Thursday, October 29

IBM winds down the conference on a high note with two timely sessions and a keynote from Distinguished Engineer and IBM Java CTO John Duimovich.
Thursday's schedule of IBM talks
Time
Location
Title
Speaker(s)
12:15 p.m.
Marriott Marquis, Salon 7/8/9 (Yerba Buena Ballroom)
Java Community Keynote: Cask-Strength Java, Aged 20 Years
John Duimovich, IBM Runtimes CTO and Distinguished Engineer, IBM
2:30 p.m.
Hilton, Continental Ballroom 7/8/9
CON10777: Quickly Building IoT Solutions with MQTT
Ian Craggs, Eclipse Paho Project Lead, IBM
4:00 p.m. Parc 55, Embarcadero CON5394: Leveraging Java Optimizations to Improve Density in Cloud Environments Michael Dawson, Senior Software Developer, IBM

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Introducing StartHub for Boston Startups!

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9 Smart Camps in India select the best of the best Startups!

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