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IBM in talks to acquire Sun?

A big blue cloud overshadowed Sun’s announcement today unveiling their Open Cloud Computing platform. Media was a buzz today at rumors of a possible acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM. Still a rumor at this point, the story brings up many questions about how feasible this acquisition really is and...

Tags: Acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, IBM SWG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Sun Solaris, Servers, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-03-18

IBM's open source expansion could speed up IT commoditization

IBM's open source expansion could speed up IT commoditizationMinor Correction[i]The open source communities carry the burden of testing and maintenance rather than IBM.[/i]s/rather than/in addition to/Ties into the following paragraph.what one hand giveth, the other hand taketh"IBM can reduce costs by integrating open source solutions instead of commercial applications from...

Tags: Outsourcing, information technology, IBM Global Services, IBM Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

Big Blue moves to 'off the rack' services

The new mantra at IBM's Global Services is "One size fits all" as costly custom services go out of fashion. Seeking fatter profits, IBM's Global Services consulting arm is changing the tune of its familiar "Have it your way" refrain. The massive professional services...

Tags: IBM Corp., Professional Services Division, IBM Global Services, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Martin LaMonica, Technology News

News items 2006-06-06

IBM retools Global Services

IBM retools Global ServicesHigh margin services.That means large profits.Paying IBM for its expertise in structuring the connections between IT and the rest of the business.A company which looks for those services is spending a great deal of money on an admission that the organization could not handle the problems of...

Tags: Business services, IBM Global Services, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-05

IBM Global Services is the top Western European services company

IDC ranked the top 10 services companies in Western Europe for 2003: IBM Global Services EDS Accenture HP Services Capgemini BT Global Services Siemens Business Services CSC Atos Origin T-Systems The market is highly polarized, with the top 10 companies representing 29% of the market opportunity in 2003, and...

Tags: IBM Global, IBM Global Services, services company, IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2004-10-22

IDC: Top integrators

IBM Global Services, Accenture, and Lockheed Martin held the topthree spots in both the worldwide and U.S. system integration services markets. IBM Global Services, Accenture, and EDS gained the top three spots in thecustom app dev services market in both the worldwide and U.S. The pure-play Indian firms,namely Tata Consultancy...

Tags: IBM Global Services, IBM Global

Blog posts 2003-10-30

IBM grabs PWC for $3.5 billion

Big Blue offers to buy PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting arm for cash and stock, a deal that expands its already extensive services business. IBM, the biggest provider of services to help companies install and run computer systems, has agreed to buy PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting arm for an estimated $3.5 billion, the companies...

Tags: Acquisition, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Stephen Shankland, Technology News

News items 2002-07-31

Shell Oil tests "e-stations"

IBM Global Services is fueling yet another IT project at Shell Oil. The latest initiative involves wireless retail solutions for Shell Oil gas stations. IBM Global Services will develop an end-to-end infrastructure that tie Shell's retail operations to the company's back-office systems. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-09-28

Linux: Do you believe?

Are you open source developers afraid of the growing influence that IBM, Intel, Hewlett Packard and other established companies are having over open source? A couple of months back, I asked open-source backers if they were afraid of Linux becoming less of a grassroots initiative, and more one...

Tags: Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Foley, Technology News

News items 2001-02-02

XOsoft's WANSync Chosen by IBM Global Services Israel to Provide the Highest Availability for Bank Leumi's CRM Database Systems

Bank Leumi is part of the Leumi Group, which holds assets in excess of $51 billion, and is recognized as a significant force in international finance. IBM Global Services Israel is the bank's information systems integrator. The bank needed a quick solution to what was becoming an unbearable situation. IBM...

Tags: Bank, XOSoft, Database System, IBM Corp., CRM, Bank Leumi, IBM Global Services, Financial Services

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Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning

Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company faces a number of significant business challenges as it seeks to gain at least a 10 percent market share in the projected $56 billion target market...

Tags: Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Business Consulting Services, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., SCM, IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software

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Cisco Announces Hosted Email Service

Cisco just announced a new hosted email offer, WebEx Mail. at its collaboration summit. This isn't the first time that Cisco has entered the email business, but it does come at time when Cisco is moving to challenge Microsoft and IBM in broader collaboration space. Similar to...

Tags: Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Semantic Inbox, Outlook Experience, E-mail, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform

In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-08

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess

Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

"Gone Google" campaign goes global

The "Gone Google" campaign, which includes those billboards about reasons business customers have abandoned traditional software and made the switch to Google Apps, is heading overseas. The campaign, which was initially launched in the U.S. only, will be launching in other countries, including the U.K., France, Canada, Japan, Australia and...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-18

IBM delivers solid quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook

IBM delivered a solid third quarter that featured better-than-expected profit and revenue growth. The company also upped its earnings targets for 2009. IBM on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or $2.40 a share, on revenue of $23.6 billion, down 7 percent from a...

Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Responding to Today's Demands with a Dynamic Infrastructure

As the world becomes more instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected, the demands on your infrastructure continue to grow. IBM continues to chart a strategy to help you deliver a new kind of infrastructure. One that helps you reduce costs, manage risks and improve service. A dynamic infrastructure — designed for a...

Tags: Infrastructure, IBM Corp.

Webcasts 2009-10-01