IP: IBM HAILS 'AUTONOMIC' COMPUTING INITIATIVE

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> [Note:  Sure looks to me like IBM has started down the road to building 
> something akin to a 'HAL 9000'.  <g>  DLH]
>
> IBM HAILS 'AUTONOMIC' COMPUTING INITIATIVE
>
> Posted October 15, 2001 03:29 Pacific Time
>
> WILLING TO PUT its money where its mouth is, IBM
> Research's top executive on Monday  said the company
> is setting up a grant program for universities and
> government labs to help further its "autonomic
> computing" initiative for intelligent computers.
>
> Speaking at the Agenda conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.,
> Paul Horn, who oversees all projects at IBM Research,
> said a key piece of what will drive the growth of the
> IT industry depends on the development of
> enterprise-level systems that are self-managing and
> self-healing that will emerge from initiatives like IBM's.
>
> For the full story:
> <http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/15/011015hnautonomic.xml?1016tuam>


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