After the hype Nov 21, 2009
IBM bought property in 2006, American Apparel opened a shop the same summer, Reuters installed avatar journalist Adam Pasick - also known as Adam Reuters - to report on virtual happenings, and countries established virtual embassies. The number of people joining the site jumped from 450,000 to four million in 2007. (BBC News -- UK)
Ambitious plans to propel Malaysia to the forefront of ICT Nov 21, 2009
Indeed, Cyberjaya today is well known for its back-end IT support centres run by multinationals such as Shell, DHL, HSBC, IBM and BMW.. Badlisham points out that this BPO (business process outsourcing) push has resulted in lots of jobs, not just for the IT trained but also for accountants, tax, oil and gas and legal experts as the multinationals keep growing their outsourcing centres. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Chrome shines, Gore opines, staffs decline Nov 21, 2009
Nancy Weil, IDG News Service\Boston Bureau. Friday, November 20, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
When the law chases the Internet Nov 21, 2009
And yet cybercrime is now considered a greater worry than physical crime among US businesses, according to a new IBM survey. Nearly 9 out of 10 companies experienced a computer security incident in 2005, the FBI has found, with viruses, computer theft, and other such crimes costing US firms more than $67 billion a year. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
More than powerful! German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world Nov 21, 2009
QPACE was developed by an academic consortium of universities and research centers as well as the German IBM research and development center in Bblingen within the framework of a state-sponsored research association ... The heart of QPACE is the IBM PowerXCell 8i processor, an enhancement of the Cell/B.E. processor, which originally was developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM for the Sony PlayStation 3 ... One example of this is the new cooling concept developed in the IBM research and development... (EurekAlert!)
BluePhoenix and IBM sign deal Nov 21, 2009
IBM awards multimillion-dollar contract to BluePhoenix - Triangle Business Journal ... IBM awards multimillion-dollar contract to BluePhoenix ... The company says its contract with IBM will include work modernizing the retailer s databases to get them to work on IBM s systems. (Triangle Business Journal)
Big G, 3M rank on Fortune 'leader' list Nov 21, 2009
IBM, Armonk, N.Y. and Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, were number 1 and 2 respectively on both the global and North American lists. Fortune, which partnered with consultants Hewitt Associates and the RBL Group to produce the rankings, surveyed more than 500 global companies in search of the top businesses at attracting, retaining, and nurturing talent. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
'Chrome OS will change game in end-to-end user experience' Nov 21, 2009
At the same time companies like IBM, Google and Microsoft are coming up with their own cloud. Is interoperability going to be a challenge. (India Times)
The 2009 WIRED Store Debuts This Weekend - Presented by American Express and Chevy Nov 21, 2009
WIRED Store partners include: Acer, Activision, Alessi, Andrew Marc, Areaware, AriZona, Asus, BBC, Beck's, Behance LLC, Biomorph, Bluelounge, Built, Bulova, Caf Bustelo, Delta Faucet, DNA 11/Canvaspop, Dolby Laboratories, Dynamism, Dyson, eBay, Epilog Laser, Eye-Fi, Inc., Glenfiddich, IBM Lotus, Incase, iGo, Kapitall, KarmaLoop, Kicker, Koncept, LG, MSI Computer Corp., Nero, Nokia, Nordic Track, OWLE, Phiaton, Pong Research, Powermat, Rabbit Air, Samsung Electronics, Sleek Audio, Sony, SPOT... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Google rides Chrome OS onto Microsoft turf Nov 20, 2009
He added that partnerships with Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM could help push the new operating system into the enterprise. "This will be a long-term trench warfare type of battle," Olds said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Report slams Google Apps' enterprise prospects, Google says: just you wait Nov 20, 2009
Current offerings from companies like Microsoft and IBM give both businesses are certainly more feature-packed than Google Apps. The key, says Burton, will be for businesses to view both options as supplementary to each other. (Yahoo News -- Internet Portals & Search Engines)
Building the Smart Home Wirelessly Nov 20, 2009
The team points out that more than 70 manufacturers, including Echelon, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel, Panasonic, Philips, Sony, and Toshiba have joined OSGi, which means that the standard could be widely adopted and implemented by technologists. The NCKU team has built on this open network system using RFID so that devices and individuals can be connected to video devices in the smart home for entertainment or security purposes. (Science Daily)
Dell's profit, stock drop Nov 20, 2009
Some of the computer-industry's biggest players such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Archives: A Bold Shakeup for Dell Nov 20, 2009
He acquired software, storage, and technology services companies to try to compete with more diversified and bigger rivals Hewlett-Packard () and IBM (). The company faltered nonetheless. (BusinessWeek)
Yao lectures about accounting Nov 20, 2009
I actually started out as a system engineer for IBM, he said. He left IBM for Hewlett Packard later, then transferred to Australia to join accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP for 16 years. (The Maroon, LA)
MCAD Commentary Nov 20, 2009
Jeff Rowe On October 26, 2009 IBM and Dassault Systemes signed an agreement under which Dassault Systemes (DS) intends to acquire IBM sales. Dr. Russ Henke & Dr. Jack Horgan. (MCADCafe)
Does a work-from-home system contribute ot increased employee productivity? Nov 20, 2009
A raft of technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard, Nokia Siemens Networks, Dell, Cisco and IBM reckon that letting employees work from home not only saves office expenses, but also helps ramp up productivity by saving precious time wasted in Indias labyrinthine peak-hour traffic ... At Dell India, about 20% of the 12,000 employees work remotely, akin to IBM, Nokia Siemens Networks, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft ... At IBM, about 42% of its global workforce of around 400,000 works from outside... (India Times)
NetApp: We're Not Afraid of EMC Nov 20, 2009
He also said a new partnership with Fujitsu will be bigger than NetApp's relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM). "Fujitsu is multi-hundred million dollar partner of ours and I think that this represents a very, very interesting relationship for us going forward, and it gives them an opportunity to streamline their storage story and allows them to have a single story worldwide around storage," Georgens said. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Search site aims to rival Google Nov 20, 2009
The other founder Tom Patterson worked for IBM and others on search and storage technologies. By declaring its aim of taking on Google, Cuil joins a long list of others that have tried and largely failed to dent the search giant's market share. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Leak fuels fears over India's ID project Nov 20, 2009
Google, IBM, Yahoo, Microsoft and India's own Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys are lobbying the government for slices of the pie. On November 12, Yahoo chief executive officer Carol Bartz met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, fishing for her company's involvement in the project. (Asia Times Online)
Cash for Clunkers: 100% Gainers to Sell Now Nov 20, 2009
Two for the roadIBM (NYSE: IBM), for example, is trading with a below-market P/E despite rock-solid profitability and deep-pocketed financial health ... And that's where I'm currently stuck with both IBM and Merck. (MSNBC -- Business)
10 companies that groom you for the top Nov 20, 2009
World's best companies for leaders - IBM (1) - FORTUNE ... IBM CEO Samuel PalmisanoHeadquarters: Armonk, NYRevenue: $103 ... Where the average company might offer several hundred employees an international opportunity for two or three years, IBM gives "mobility assignments" to thousands for three to six months. (CNN -- Money)
Selectmen see finishing overlay district planning within months Nov 20, 2009
Area A is the part of town commonly referred to as the Common or the center of town, Area B is the area spanning from IBM to Beaver Brook Road, and Area C is the land that is currently zoned residential along Route 119 down to Powers Road. Town Administrator Keith Bergman told selectmen that the plan is to have the final proposed bylaws ready for sub-areas A, B, and C by the end of the calendar year. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Goldman Sach's Shareholders Seethe Nov 20, 2009
The PC maker saw its quarterly profit drop 54% "raising questions about the personal-computer maker's strategy of focusing on profitability at the expense of market share," writes the WSJ. Dell's results are thrown into greater relief when you consider that Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft all have reported positive results in recent weeks. Talking of a certain Redmond, WA behemoth, Microsoft is delighted to report that its new operating system, - so well in fact that Microsoft... (Slate)
Read today's letters to the editor Nov 20, 2009
Boeing outsources aircraft manufacturing, IBM seeks replacement engineers from India, GM builds plants in Mexico, United Airlines outsources aircraft maintenance to Mexico. The tax revenue required to support a strong America is gone. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
A computer that 'thinks' like brain Nov 20, 2009
Researchers from IBM Corp are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer ... Dharmendra Modha, manager of cognitive computing for IBM Research and senior author of the paper, called it a "truly unprecedented scale of simulation" ... Researchers from IBM Corp are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. (India Times, India)
Tiny chip could diagnose disease Nov 19, 2009
Now, scientists at IBM's research labs in Zurich have developed a cheap lab-on-a-chip that has the potential to diagnose dozens of diseases ... Those channels can be designed with incredible precision on a silicon chip - something with which IBM has significant experience. (BBC News -- Technology)
IBM eyes Raipur, Bhopal for expansion Nov 19, 2009
JAIPUR: IT solutions provider IBM is planning to expand its footprints in tier II and tier III cities with a bouquet of hardware, software and services offerings primarily targeted at mid-market clients. IBM Growth markets vice president Harish Krishnamurthy told ET that the company is soon going to set up its hubs in potential cities like Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubhaneshwar, Vizag and Nagpur ... At present, IBM has a direct presence in 22 cities across the country. (India Times)
IBM reports progress in creating brain-like computer Nov 19, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) on Wednesday announced that its researchers have made significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates the way the brain works. Reporting their results at a supercomputing conference being held in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, IBM researchers said they have achieved a simulation with 1 billion neurons and 10 billion synapses using a supercomputer that has 147,456 processors. (Xinhuanet, China)
Supreme Court: When Do Ideas Deserve Patents? Nov 19, 2009
Tech powers IBM, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo. and financial firms like American Express and Goldman Sachs control hundreds of such business-method patents for everything from search-engine optimization to risk assessment. (Time.com)
IBM computer simulates cats cerebral cortex Nov 19, 2009
IBM computer simulates cats cerebral cortex - Science- msnbc ... IBM computer simulates cats cerebral cortex ... But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Salesforce Chatter Brings Social Networking To Business Nov 19, 2009
King pointed out that IBM beat Salesforce to the social-networking party with LotusLive, introduced in January. Before launching the service, IBM deployed LotusLive internally to every employee around the globe for VoIP telephony and avatar-driven virtual meetings ... IBM's work may represent the largest beta test ever of social networking in the enterprise and the jury is still out. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Medicine gobbles up research money Nov 19, 2009
I listened to presentations by the presidential science adviser, representatives from six national laboratories, a congresswoman, a senator, a government program director and representatives from IBM and General Electric. Although I enjoyed the attention, I couldn t help noticing the contrast between this conference, which launched the research centers for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, and a medical conference that I had written about just a few months earlier. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
IBM Launches Cloud Computing Service Nov 19, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM launched a new cloud computing service on Monday, aiming to take on companies such as Amazon ... IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, has lagged behind younger companies in rolling out cloud services. (Datamation)
Cat Brain-Based Computer: Scientists Perform Cat-Scale Cortical Simulations and Map the Human Brain Nov 19, 2009
18, 2009) IBM has announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, while rivaling the brain's low power and energy consumption and compact size ... The cognitive computing team, led by IBM Research, has achieved significant advances in large-scale cortical simulation and a new algorithm that synthesizes neurological data -- two major milestones that indicate the... (Science Daily)
When the law chases the Internet Nov 19, 2009
And yet cybercrime is now considered a greater worry than physical crime among US businesses, according to a new IBM survey. Nearly 9 out of 10 companies experienced a computer security incident in 2005, the FBI has found, with viruses, computer theft, and other such crimes costing US firms more than $67 billion a year. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Analysts Expect Strong Earnings from NetApp, Brocade Nov 19, 2009
They said that EMC (NYSE: EMC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are not interested in buying Brocade and that HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell would have trouble digesting the storage and network switch maker because of Brocade's OEM sales model. " I n our opinion, the stars are all aligned for Brocade at this time and there has never been such an opportunity for Brocade to build a strong company with a large presence in the storage and data networking space," Roy and Hebbar wrote. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
> Business Profile: AccelOps software looks at whole data center Nov 19, 2009
Vicki Thompson CEO Imin Lee says AccelOps is targeting data center customers that don;t want to pay for the solutions that big players like Hewlett-Packard and IBM provide for Fortune 500 businesses. Related News. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Cray claims fastest supercomputer crown Nov 19, 2009
That dropped previous No. 1 Los Alamos National Laboratory s IBM Roadrunner system in New Mexico to No. 2 with a speed of 1 ... Roadrunner, IBM, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1 ... JUGENE, IBM, Forschungszentrum Juelich (825. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
12th annual Top Forty Under 40 award recipients announced Nov 19, 2009
David Allen, University of Memphis; Sheri Bancroft, Hutchison School; Mary Beard, FedEx Corp.; Betsy Brasher, First Tennessee Bank; Jamie Carter, Crittenden Regional Hospital; Chirag Chauhan, The Barnett Group; Wei Chen, Sunshine Enterprise, Inc.; Nathan Cook, Christ Community Health Services; Eric Criswell, Davis Patrikios Criswell, Inc.; Shawn Danko, Big Foot Lodge; Jana Davis Lamanna, Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee PC; Jay Dennis, IBM; Michael Erhardt, Paragon National Bank; Lane... (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Click to read:The Dumb Things You Do With Your Money Nov 19, 2009
financial planner Laura Tarbox says she sees this all the time: Some clients keep concentrated stock holdings because they inherited them and Mom just loved IBM, or because they work for the company and feel that selling would be disloyal. Then theres the couple who came to her asking for help investing $12 million. (CBS News)
IBM Making Computers to Rival Human Brain Nov 19, 2009
According to IBM, "BlueMatter, a new algorithm created by IBM researchers in collaboration with Stanford University, exploits the Blue Gene supercomputing architecture in order to noninvasively measure and map the connections between all cortical and sub-cortical locations within the human brain using magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging." This image was rotated 90 degrees clockwise to comply with CBSNews ... According to IBM, "BlueMatter, a new algorithm created by IBM researchers in... (CBS News)
Computer Security Challenged By Web 2.0 'Endpoint' Growth Nov 18, 2009
Running data centers for other companies isn't glamorous, but the business has attracted the likes of IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. com. (Investors Business Daily)
Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' Supercomputer Is World's Fastest Nov 18, 2009
Computer Engineer Mark Dean was recently inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame for his work with IBM. He's the man behind the first. . (Science Daily)
Retired military officers cash in as well-paid consultants Nov 18, 2009
" The website for his consultancy, R.J. Natter & Associates, says clients have included , , IBM and North America. "The reality is that you know that the people in the room are not stupid," he says, when asked how he juggles potential conflicts of interests while mentoring. "And secondly, you very seldom get into specific systems of ships or tanks or things like that. " Natter was a mentor last year on a Marine exercise designed to explore how to build bases using ships at sea. In 2006, a BAE... (USA Today -- News)
IBM Offers Symphony on Keepod USB Devices Nov 18, 2009
IBM announced Tuesday that its free Lotus Symphony office productivity suite is now available on Keepods -- thin USB devices made by the Italian company NSEC. ... IBM does not formally track Symphony installs but estimates about 10 million people are using the software, said product manager Jeanette Barlow ... IBM expects interest in Symphony to jump significantly next year, when a new version based on the OpenOffice 3 codebase is released, according to Barlow. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Report slams Google Apps' enterprise prospects, Google says: just you wait Nov 18, 2009
Current offerings from companies like Microsoft and IBM give both businesses are certainly more feature-packed than Google Apps. The key, says Burton, will be for businesses to view both options as supplementary to each other. (Yahoo News -- Internet Portals & Search Engines)
Bank Simpanan starting Net banking Nov 18, 2009
Adinan was speaking to reporters after a signing ceremony here yesterday between BSN and technology providers Cyber Village Sdn Bhd and IBM Malaysia ... With them are IBM Malaysia managing director Ou Shian Waei (left) and Norazian Ahmad Tajuddin. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Search site aims to rival Google Nov 18, 2009
The other founder Tom Patterson worked for IBM and others on search and storage technologies. By declaring its aim of taking on Google, Cuil joins a long list of others that have tried and largely failed to dent the search giant's market share. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Top Supercomputer Nearly Doubles in Speed Nov 18, 2009
Six systems use IBM's Cell B/E processor, used in the PlayStation 3, and two use the six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors ... IBM's Power processor is in 52 systems, down from 55 last June ... HP (NYSE: HPQ) leads in the number of systems, with 210 of the Top 500 bearing the HP logo, while IBM has 186 systems. (SmallBusinessComputing)
China's phone firmshelp Africa go mobile Nov 18, 2009
In contrast, Huawei's main Chinese competitor in Africa, ZTE, consistently prices 30%-40% below European competitors and, consequently, its products are perceived as being of inferior quality," wrote the authors of an April 2009 study entitled, "Huawei Technologies: A Chinese Trail Blazer in Africa". [1] Among other things, US-based IBM "helped Huawei learn the importance of turning R&D into cash and of approaching product development from both technical and business angles to ensure investment... (Asia Times Online)
Taming the Beast Nov 18, 2009
That is probably why the game experience itself has become so bad with fans getting drunk and obscene because what is going on on the fieldcan bea bit like a board meeting at IBM. I would like to blame it all on Obama and the Democrats, but I believe I am correct in saying that most team owners are Republicans. Filed under. (The American Conservative)
IBM takes step toward thinking machines Nov 18, 2009
IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines. Article:IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines:/n/a/2009/11/17/financial/f210247S61 ... DTL Article:IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines:/n/a/2009/11/17/financial/f210247S61. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
U.S. supercomputer is fastest Nov 18, 2009
That dropped previous No. 1 Los Alamos National Laboratory's IBM Roadrunner system in New Mexico to No. 2 with a speed of 1. 04 petaflops. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Northrop Grumman Information Systems Sector Honors Its Top Suppliers for 2009 Nov 18, 2009
IBM Corporation, Chantilly, Va. Integral Systems, Inc., Columbia, Md. (Primezone Releases)
Making a computer that can actually think like a brain Nov 18, 2009
But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer ... The computer was shown images of corporate logos, including IBM's, and scientists watched as different parts of the simulated brain worked together to figure out what the image was ... Dharmendra Modha, manager of cognitive computing for IBM Research and senior author of the paper, called it a "truly unprecedented scale of... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
IBM biochip allows fast diagnosis of many diseases Nov 18, 2009
MUNICH, Germany In its Zurich research laboratory, IBM has built a point-of-care diagnostic test device based on a silicon chip ... The device uses capillary forces to ingest the sample material which could be a patient's blood or a serum, explained IBM researcher Luc Gervais in an interview with EE Times ... In comparison with available biochips, IBM claims its achievement needs much less sample liquid only 7 picoliter , and it provides its results in less than a minute. (EETimes)
Hardware market poised for double digit growth Nov 18, 2009
Top hardware vendors such as IBM, HP and Acer have already started seeing a revival in their sales, and experts forecast the hardware market to rebound by next year ... Indeed, vendors such as IBM and HP are beginning to see their sales rise ... I do expect the India systems (hardware) market to be robust, Indian institutions are stronger than ever and companies continue to invest in both domestic and abroad, said, Elly Keinan, general manager, system and technology group, IBM Growth markets.... (India Times)
CardioComm Solutions, Inc. Signs Software Development Agreement and Adds New Director Nov 17, 2009
Mr. Smith began his career as a systems engineer at IBM Canada and recently completed three years with Microsoft in Europe where he was first responsible for the KPMG partnership and was finally Finance Industry Marketing Manager for Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He left Microsoft in May 2001 to take the position of COO with ICT, a start-up company dealing in banking opportunities in financial services. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
CSC piggybacks on Lockheed census job in Baltimore Nov 17, 2009
IBM and Pearson Government Solutions will also share the work. Under terms of the contract awarded to CSC, the Falls Church, Va. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Analysts Expect Strong Earnings from NetApp, Brocade Nov 17, 2009
They said that EMC (NYSE: EMC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are not interested in buying Brocade and that HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell would have trouble digesting the storage and network switch maker because of Brocade's OEM sales model. " I n our opinion, the stars are all aligned for Brocade at this time and there has never been such an opportunity for Brocade to build a strong company with a large presence in the storage and data networking space," Roy and Hebbar wrote. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Building Lotus Support in Your Company Nov 17, 2009
This series of articles on intranet solutions with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino and its companion products is intended to help readers understand the fundamental methodology and capabilities of the product and how to utilize it to deliver a feature-rich, secure, and functional corporate intranet solution. It will include implementation strategies, case studies, industry-tested tips and tricks, and, with your input, true value to the administrator or developer who wants to utilize IBM Lotus... (IntranetJournal)
Sematech appoints former IBM executive to CEO post Nov 17, 2009
Armbrust, who served most recently as vice president of 300-mm semiconductor operation at IBM Corp., will succeed Michael Polcari, who has been appointed Sematech's chairman of the board. Armbrust, 47, was responsible for IBM's 300-mm wafer fab in East Fishkill, New York ... Previously Armbrust held a variety of positions at IBM related to process development, manufacturing, and engagement. (EETimes)
Solar Power With Style Nov 17, 2009
Using a mobile device. Go to for our mobile version. (FastCompany)
Sematech names ex-IBM exec CEO Nov 17, 2009
Armbrust spent 35 years at IBM (NYSE: IBM), most recently as vice president of 300 millimeter semiconductor operations for the company s systems technology group in East Fishkill. He replaces Michael Polcari, who is now Sematech s chairman of the board. (Albany Business Review, NY)
