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The Smarter Cities initiative is part of IBM's larger Smarter Planet Programme

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Former White House CIO Brook Colangelo has turned his attention to harnessing technology for education

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield give a thumbs up after the Russian Soyuz space capsule landed some 150 km southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhsta. Photograph: Reuters

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Graphic: Dearbhla Kelly/ITPM. Sources: Peter Sondergaard/Gartner, EMC and IDC

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