IBM Corp.
IBM's retooling to become focused on software and services is legendary. The company is an outsourcing and services leader and has placed its bet on analytics for the near future. IBM's software assets focus on everything from business intelligence to analytics to collaboration to middleware and open source development. On the hardware side of the house, IBM is a mainframe and server leader. Big Blue also has a large research unit and is the patent leader.
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Netflix starts appealing to customers (and ISPs) in more subtle ways with the introduction of its own content delivery network, Open Connect.
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Once just an instant messaging startup, Meebo has been officially picked up by Google.
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RIM has dropped to a new low: less than $10 a share on the Nasdaq, its lowest point in just shy of a decade. Will the free-fall ever end?
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Amazon is giving a boost to its entry-level Kindle with a crisper interface as well as some stronger parental controls.
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HP StoreOnce is boasted to offer backup performance and data recovery rates up to three times and five times faster respectively than the closest competitive offering.
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Is workflow analysis better than relying on benchmarks?
IBM's Dave Turek discussed Exascale computing and why the benchmarks the industry is relying on today simply aren't good enough.
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IBM revamps storage approach, integrates Platform Computing technology
In IBM's fact sheet on the overhaul, the company made it clear that it was going after EMC, NetApp and HP.
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Big data blowout: Microgen posts 7 billion transactions per hour
Finance, telecom, utilities and media companies -- those with structured transactional data -- will benefit the most.
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Microsoft, Skype and the acquisition integration paradox
A brief survey of acquisitions indicates that integration appears to be the way to go. What does that mean about the line Microsoft is walking with the Skype acquisition?
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IBM's Intelligent Clusters - an old idea done well
IBM's pre-configured, pre-tested clusters take the uncertainty out of multi-system deployments. Regardless of how good the idea, IBM didn't think of this first. It is yet another legacy of Digital...
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IBM bans Siri: Privacy risk, or corporate paranoia at its best?
IBM has banned Siri over concerns Apple and its partners could actively read uploaded queries. Corporate paranoia at its finest, or is IBM right to ban the intelligent assistant?
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Yuchun Lee's journey from card counter to IBM's social media guru
The man in charge of IBM's effort to help chief marketing officers do their jobs learned how to take a chance while "Bringing Down the House" in Las Vegas.
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Tale of the magnetic tape: 60 years at IBM
In 1952 IBM solved the problem of using magnetic tape to back up computer-generated data.
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IBM Rounds Out Its Linux Offerings With Power Linux
In the latest evolution of its Linux push, IBM has added to its non-x86 Linux server line with the introduction of new dedicated Power 7 rack and blade servers that only run Linux. “Hah�, you...
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IBM acquires analytics provider Tealeaf for Smarter Commerce
IBM is beefing up its Smarter Commerce initiative by adding analytics software provider Tealeaf to its portfolio.
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What's in a name? IBM's branding puzzle
Creating a unified vision out of a huge portfolio of separate products has been a challenge for IBM. The Smarter Planet campaign has gone a long way towards making IBM's products much more...
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IBM Impact confab has a Steve Jobs vibe
Steve Jobs once threw rocks at IBM. Now, Big Blue treats him like a rock star.
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IBM: Clock runs out on massive Siebel implementation, enter SugarCRM
IBM is leaving Siebel behind for a new CRM system. One analyst argues that IBM's move is the sign of the times for on-premise enterprise software vendors.
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Can analytics cut rugby injuries? IBM thinks so
The Leicester Tigers rugby football club will start crunching player data, performance and stress levels to curtail injuries.
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Red Hat and SUSE join IBM in new Linux system, Canonical opts out
While Red Hat and SUSE are throwing their support behind IBM's new Linux POWER servers, Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, has opted to sit this one out.
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IBM acquires Vivisimo, adds to analytics portfolio
Vivisimo's software scans unstructured data, automates discovery and puts it in an easy to navigate format.
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IBM launches integrated PowerLinux systems
Two new Linux systems support either Red Hat or SUSE, use Power7 chips and have IBM's virtualization technology.
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IBM electric vehicle battery project adds two materials partners
Asahi Kasei and Central Glass bring component-level expertise in membrane technology and electrolytes necessary for high-density batteries.
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IBM sees big gains ahead for PureSystems
IBM's PureSystems are expected to drive revenue in the years ahead. The numbers in future quarters will tell the tale.
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IBM Q1 sales light, earnings outlook strong
IBM services backlog was flat, hardware was pressured and emerging markets, analytics and cloud represented growth
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