IDG Founder and Chairman Patrick J. McGovern dies at 76

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	IDG Founder and Chairman Patrick J. McGovern dies at 76 International Data Group (IDG) announced Thursday with great sadness that its Founder and Chairman, Patrick J. McGovern, died March 19, 2014, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California. Read More In this Issue IDC Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership in IT Advice McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT IDC Directions 2014: Cloud will be $107B industry by 2017 IDC Directions 2014: Google mapping the brain, plotting face recognition, analyst asserts 25 years of the World Wide Web IDC Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership in IT Advice IDC looks back on its industry analysis legacy. Read More McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT is led by a team of world-renowned neuroscientists committed to meeting two great challenges of modern science: understanding how the brain works and discovering new ways to prevent or treat brain disorders. The McGovern Institute was established in 2000 by Patrick J. McGovern and Lore Harp McGovern, who are committed to improving human welfare, communication and understanding through their support for neuroscience research. Read More IDC Directions 2014: Cloud will be $107B industry by 2017 Cloud computing was an estimated $47.4 billion industry in 2013 and is expected to more than double to $107 billion by 2017, research firm IDC predicts. Read More IDC Directions 2014: Google mapping the brain, plotting face recognition, analyst asserts Google's single, long-standing public objective is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," a credo scarcely less well-known than "Don't be evil." Read More 25 years of the World Wide Web Tech leaders reflect on the the Web and all the good and bad changes it's brought. Read More
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