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hideInternational Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color), is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
IBM has been well known through most of its recent history as the world's largest computer company and systems integrator. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is the largest and most profitable information technology employer in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based technology company and has eight research laboratories worldwide. The company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries. IBM employees have earned three Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. As a chip maker, IBM has been among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders in past years.
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IBM puts executive on leave after charges
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. has placed a top executive on leave after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.
IBM sees better profit despite tech sales slump
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. is a rare example of a company that has kept boosting profit and jacking up its guidance even as the recession has sapped its sales.
Oracle's Larry Ellison to IBM: 'make our day'
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle over business software performance.
Oracle plays up promise of Sun take-over
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison opened fire on US technology veteran IBM and expressed optimism about the pending 7.4-billion-dollar-deal to buy Sun Microsystems.
Tech industry braces for more antitrust scrutiny
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After eight years of light antitrust scrutiny under a Republican White House, the technology and telecommunications industries are bracing for stepped up oversight by the Obama administration's Justice Department.
Justice Dept probing IBM's computer market conduct
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM Corp. has abused its dominant position in the market for mainframe computers, the data-crunching heavy lifters of the computing world that ...
IBM Researchers Develop Analytics Technology For Telecommunications Industry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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IBM today announced two analytics-focused research projects that will help telecom service providers and e-retailers improve customer service and new-customer acquisitions.
IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.
IBM Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Moving Atoms (w/ Video)
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On this day in 1989, IBM Fellow Don Eigler became the first person in history to move and control an individual atom. Shortly thereafter, on November 11 of that year, Eigler and his team ...
IBM offers low-cost computing solution for Africa
Sep 23, 2009 |
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US computer giant IBM and South Africa's Canonical on Wednesday announced the launch of a Web-based service aimed at helping African businesses that cannot afford traditional personal computers.
New IBM Lotus Connections Software Brings Consumer Social Networking Features to the Office
Sep 22, 2009 |
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IBM today announced an expanded set of social software tools and capabilities for enterprise collaboration that brings popular features like micro-blogging from the home into the business environment.
IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money ...
IBM sees better profits for 2009 (Update)
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. has proved a rare animal in the recession. Like everyone else, its sales have been hurt. Profit margins, though, have only gotten better and better, and on Thursday IBM ramped up its full-year earnings ...
Secure, 3D Meeting Service Now Available with Lotus Sametime
Jun 24, 2009 |
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IBM today announced that a new service, Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime, is now available. The service allows Lotus Sametime users to set up and use virtual meeting spaces securely behind-the-firewall ...
IBM and ETH Zurich unveil plan to build new kind of water-cooled supercomputer
Jun 23, 2009 |
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In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly ...
