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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Following a seal of approval from the European Commission, now the U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly following suit in the matter of Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
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HP has unveiled the next phase of Project Voyager, a venture designed to "redefine the economics and expectations of data center operations in the cloud era."
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We're going to see approximately 169 percent growth in HDD capital spending from 2011 to 2016, according to data storage consulting firm Coughlin Associates.
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A new Forrester research report sees over 1 billion smartphones being used by 2016, while app store spending increases and 'bring your own' device becomes the norm.
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Apple and Google have topped a recent poll of reputable companies and brands. But Facebook doesn't appear on the list at all.
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IBM, Tulip partner on India's largest datacenter
On Tuesday, IBM revealed a partnership with Indian Internet service provider Tulip Telecom to design and build the largest datacenter in India.
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Does IBM Have the Largest Apple Deployment in the World?
IBM may still be the mainframe giant, but it's embracing mobile devices, both internally and externally.
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IBM acquires Worklight, eyes mobile device management
Worklight makes mobile development, middleware and management tools. Separately, IBM rolled out endpoint management software.
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IBM to close down Symphony, its OpenOffice fork
Going forward, IBM will be putting its efforts behind the Apache Foundation's OpenOffice instead of its own OpenOffice fork.
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IBM's Open Virtualization Alliance, oVirt and KVM Update
IBM has placed itself in a leadership role in the X86 virtual machine software market through its investment in KVM, OVA and oVirt.
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IBM: 2012 outlook solid, 2015 roadmap on track
New IBM CEO Ginni Rometty sticks with Big Blue's 2015 and 2012 outlooks.
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IBM, electric vehicle battery maker?
Some in-the-lab technology being tested by the technology giant offers higher energy density than traditional lithium-ion batteries -- potentially enabling ranges up to 500 miles.
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IBM rolls out new social analytics tools
IBM is betting its social analytics tools will aggregate unstructured data and find signals to highlight everything from employee sentiment to market trends via unstructured data, SAP applications...
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Consistent standards for defining 'social business'
The W3C are getting more involved with defining standards around 'social business' - this is a very good thing IMO
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Silicon meets pathology via IBM probe
IBM researchers have developed a silicon microfluidic probe designed to better evaluate biopsy samples used to evaluate diseases like cancer.
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IBM shows data storage at the atomic level (images)
Researchers from Big Blue say they have been able to store a bit of information with just 12 magnetic atoms. Today's disk drives require a minimum of a million atoms to do the same job.
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IBM reports a big rise in mobile shopping
New study confirms that more consumers are shopping online from mobile devices and especially those with an Apple.
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Google acquires 200 more patents from IBM
Google has acquired over 200 more patents from IBM, adding to the 1,000 patents it bought from the technology giant last summer.
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IBM acquires Green Hat, a cloud software testing outfit
When the deal closes, Green Hat will be folded into IBM's Rational Software unit, which provides lifecycle management tools
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Passwords to become fossils by 2017?
IBM's predictions for the next five years -- fossilized passwords and biometric scanning for all.
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The future according to Big Blue
IBM unveils its annual list of five emerging technologies that will supposedly change our lives in the next five years.
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IBM acquires spend management company Emptoris
Emptoris' verticals---consumer products, financial services, healthcare, telecom, utilities and manufacturing---match up with IBM's.
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Europe accepts IBM antitrust concession; Drops investigation
European antitrust chiefs will drop an investigation into IBM, after concessions were made to steer the Commission away from a ruling.
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Highland Solutions discusses SugarCRM/IBM alliance
Software as a Service offerings can be helpful to service and solution providers as well as their customers. Highland Solutions' Scott Tabak discusses how Highland Solutions works with both...
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IBM buys DemandTec for $440 million, adds to analytics, commerce line-up
For Big Blue, the DemandTec purchase represents another pillar in its smarter commerce effort and another software as a service play.
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