items tagged with IBM
Big Blue sees Red -- Celebrating 40 years of IBM international technical support
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 03:58:20
IBM recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its international technical support organisation, ITSO, and has committed to continue producing its core product, free IBM Redbooks, which these days are downloaded in the tens of millions.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-25 03:58:20
IBM recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its international technical support organisation, ITSO, and has committed to continue producing its core product, free IBM Redbooks, which these days are downloaded in the tens of millions.
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Why Apple was right and IBM was wrong
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-25 02:56:30
Time magazine suggests Apple is making the same mistake with the iPhone that it did with computers. I say Time is the one making the mistake.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-09-25 02:56:30
Time magazine suggests Apple is making the same mistake with the iPhone that it did with computers. I say Time is the one making the mistake.
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New and open IBM standards policy revealed
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-09-23 09:48:52
IBM is instituting a new corporate policy that, it promises, will formalise behaviour with regards to creating open technical standards. So just what is Big Blue actually doing to encourage improved quality and transparency of tech standards then?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-09-23 09:48:52
IBM is instituting a new corporate policy that, it promises, will formalise behaviour with regards to creating open technical standards. So just what is Big Blue actually doing to encourage improved quality and transparency of tech standards then?
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Windows HPC Server 2008 goes RTM
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-23 02:40:11
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-23 02:40:11
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Another $US40 billion buyback ahead for Microsoft
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2008-09-22 23:34:28
Microsoft has revealed that a $US40 billion share repurchased program has been completed, and that the company has initiated a further buyback of similar magnitude.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2008-09-22 23:34:28
Microsoft has revealed that a $US40 billion share repurchased program has been completed, and that the company has initiated a further buyback of similar magnitude.
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Chinese Penguin Love: The Lenovo and Linux Story
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-09-13 06:28:45
Speaking from China, Tux the penguin says "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" as the media continues to report that Lenovo is slaying the kernel mascot with the relish of a Canadians near a seal pup. iTWire digs a little deeper to reveal just WTF is really happening with Lenovo and Linux...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-09-13 06:28:45
Speaking from China, Tux the penguin says "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" as the media continues to report that Lenovo is slaying the kernel mascot with the relish of a Canadians near a seal pup. iTWire digs a little deeper to reveal just WTF is really happening with Lenovo and Linux...
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IBM's Rich Lechner explains sweeping storage initiative - iTWire podcast
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-10 00:07:29
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Pod Casts
2008-09-10 00:07:29
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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IBM's sweeping initiative to address major shift in world’s data flow - UPDATED
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-09 01:00:54
IBM today announced its largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services that are the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio, with the aim of enabling clients to tackle information challenges and move data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-09 01:00:54
IBM today announced its largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services that are the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio, with the aim of enabling clients to tackle information challenges and move data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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IFS picks a pair of unpickled people
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-09-04 00:25:02
Enterprise applications provider IFS has made two senior sales appointments.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-09-04 00:25:02
Enterprise applications provider IFS has made two senior sales appointments.
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Microsoft says Watson's on to drive Software + Services in Australia
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-09-02 18:57:39
Microsoft has appointed Peter Watson as the director of platform strategy for its Australian operations.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-09-02 18:57:39
Microsoft has appointed Peter Watson as the director of platform strategy for its Australian operations.
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How Windows Vista is turning people to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-27 17:09:28
The much-hyped "year of the Linux desktop" may still not be with us but there’s no doubting the free open-source operating system has gained significant traction in the last year. One reason for this is, with equal certainty, the mess that is Windows Vista. Here's how it's actively driving new interest in Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-27 17:09:28
The much-hyped "year of the Linux desktop" may still not be with us but there’s no doubting the free open-source operating system has gained significant traction in the last year. One reason for this is, with equal certainty, the mess that is Windows Vista. Here's how it's actively driving new interest in Linux.
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IBM brings another jobs boost to Ballarat
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-27 03:03:00
IBM will expand its presence in the Australian regional city of Ballarat with a new IT centre that will see the company's 800-strong workforce expand by another 300 over the next five years.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-27 03:03:00
IBM will expand its presence in the Australian regional city of Ballarat with a new IT centre that will see the company's 800-strong workforce expand by another 300 over the next five years.
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Giant HP/EDS merger one step closer: a $13.9 billion story
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2008-08-26 16:44:22
Shareholders in HP and EDS have approved the IT industry's second largest merger and acquisition, with HP set to gobble up global outsourcing giant EDS for a whopping $US13.9 billion. It's a deal that's only exceeded by HP's other major merger of the 21st century: the $US25 billion acquisition of Compaq. What remains for the deal to truly be sealed?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2008-08-26 16:44:22
Shareholders in HP and EDS have approved the IT industry's second largest merger and acquisition, with HP set to gobble up global outsourcing giant EDS for a whopping $US13.9 billion. It's a deal that's only exceeded by HP's other major merger of the 21st century: the $US25 billion acquisition of Compaq. What remains for the deal to truly be sealed?
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Isn't Linux just UNIX under a different name?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Green supercomputer heading to Canada
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Janus joins Haley to nurture Nordic business
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-08-13 19:42:43
Policy automation specialist Haley has appointed Michael Janus as director for the Nordic region. He will be based in Copenhagen.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-08-13 19:42:43
Policy automation specialist Haley has appointed Michael Janus as director for the Nordic region. He will be based in Copenhagen.
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Lotus Domino delivering to iPhone in 2008?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-10 23:57:16
IBM has revealed plans to release the predictably named Lotus iNotes software for Apple's iPhone by the end of the year, making Domino email, calendars and contacts accessible to iPhone users. While the software is "planned" for 2008, it sounds like there could be some iSlippage into 2009.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-10 23:57:16
IBM has revealed plans to release the predictably named Lotus iNotes software for Apple's iPhone by the end of the year, making Domino email, calendars and contacts accessible to iPhone users. While the software is "planned" for 2008, it sounds like there could be some iSlippage into 2009.
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Apple tops vulnerability list, but Microsoft still ahead on exploits
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-10 21:44:34
Apple may have disclosed more vulnerabilities than any other vendor during the first half of 2008, but Microsoft and HP are still 'beating' the Cupertino kids when it comes to the number of public exploits. These are among the findings in a report published by IBM's X-Force security R&D team.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-10 21:44:34
Apple may have disclosed more vulnerabilities than any other vendor during the first half of 2008, but Microsoft and HP are still 'beating' the Cupertino kids when it comes to the number of public exploits. These are among the findings in a report published by IBM's X-Force security R&D team.
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Linux developers should stop copying Microsoft and start looking at Apple
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-08 10:21:46
Speaking at the LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco, an IBM VP has berated developers of open source applications for cloning Microsoft Windows when it comes to interface design...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-08 10:21:46
Speaking at the LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco, an IBM VP has berated developers of open source applications for cloning Microsoft Windows when it comes to interface design...
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IBM and friends promise "Microsoft-free" desktops for worldwide market
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-06 02:10:54
IBM, three major Linux distributors and their hardware partners are teaming up to deliver "Microsoft-free" desktop PCs to the one billion unit worldwide market. The cost could be as little as half that of systems using Microsoft equivalents.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-08-06 02:10:54
IBM, three major Linux distributors and their hardware partners are teaming up to deliver "Microsoft-free" desktop PCs to the one billion unit worldwide market. The cost could be as little as half that of systems using Microsoft equivalents.
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