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		<title>Acxiom Transforms Marketing Services with Smarter Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Santoro</dc:creator>
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		<description>It&amp;#8217;s common knowledge that customer demands and business needs are growing and can change in an instant! Today&amp;#8217;s enterprise computing solutions must be flexible enough to adapt to evolving day-to-day business requirements while providing exceptional performance, scalability and reliability &amp;#8230; &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/31/smarter-computing-in-action-acxiom-transforms-marketing-services-with-ibm/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/yS4Imv8-lpg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Top reads in big data: Week of May 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description>The big data kingdom is usually ruled by an elephant (the Hadoop logo), but a gorilla is king of the jungle this week. The folks at Wikibon used a hairy gorilla in our favorite post of the week. Other favorites &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/25/top-reads-in-big-data-week-of-may-20/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/ONuJl0UQ66E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>May #openITchat Recap: IT Migration Life Cyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Frost</dc:creator>
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		<description>Did you miss this week's #openITchat? Catch up by reading the Storify below:  &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/22/may-openitchat-recap-it-migration-life-cyle/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/Qs0mrOS5jb0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Webcast | Organizations That Leverage Analytics Outperform Their Industry Peers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caryn Meyers</dc:creator>
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		<description>Today, 1 in 2 business leaders make critical decisions without the information they need. Do yours? Before you answer, consider this: &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/22/webcast-organizations-that-leverage-analytics-outperform/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/1zFCbnYmWAU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>IBM at the Open Source Business Conference – May 21-22</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anirban Chatterjee</dc:creator>
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		<description>OSBC is our first major event since we launched PowerLinux about a month ago, and I'm really excited to be here. &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/21/ibm-at-the-open-source-business-conference-may-21-22/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/BRwwgJzvrZU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Top reads in big data: Week of May 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description>Who says big data can’t be fun? Certainly not I. And with that, I present to you a fun rant by one of my favorite Twitterers (or is that “tweeters”?) &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/18/top-reads-in-big-data-week-of-may-13/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/KoN_wLc1LU4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Generations of storage: A view from mother and son</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Ashmore</dc:creator>
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		<description>Tape is celebrating its 60th birthday this May. &lt;a href="http://eetimes.com/discussion/other/4372321/Tale-of-the-tape--How-IBM-ushered-in-the-age-of-digital-storage" target="_blank"&gt;Tape technology&lt;/a&gt; has changed significantly since it was introduced in 1952. &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/16/generations-of-storage-a-view-from-mother-and-son/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/1MJgZmrSCi8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Top reads in big data: Week of May 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description>I feel like a matchmaker this week, pairing up different pieces that represent similar or contrasting views on a topic. One of those sets of articles is actually about real-life matchmaking … for cattle! &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/11/3863/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/nzAJUYqOvBg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>So an IT Architect walks into a bar…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil Sherrin</dc:creator>
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		<description>No, really, this is the start of my entry. I just returned from IBM’s 2012 Impact Conference, and in my few musings that follow I hope to prove “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is no mantra. I say &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/10/so-an-it-architect-walks-into-a-bar/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/qyYB6HlJTt4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Three energy &amp; utility stats you want to know</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Topol</dc:creator>
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		<description>As a consumer or an energy and utility business, there are three statistics you should know to understand the state and future of the industry. Smart meters read every 15 minutes, bringing in 97 reads a day, over 2,900 records &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://www.smartercomputingblog.com/2012/05/09/three-energy-utility-stats-you-want-to-know/"&gt;...read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smartercomputingblog/bigdata/~4/rhz8reYJUpw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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