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That's the enterprise platform and it could be easily sold to a buyer like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) or IBM ( NYSE : IBM )
And Compaq, if people got angry at Compaq, they would just buy from Dell. And Dell, if they got angry at Dell, they would just buy from IBM. But an Apple customer was a unique breed. And there was this emotion that you just don’t see in technology in general
We have been engaging IBM on a number of strategic initiatives and have obtained solutions across hardware, software and services.More quotes »
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Facebook responds to Yahoo with own patent suit
often lead to settlements in which companies agree to license patents to each other.Facebook recently acquired 750 patents from IBM Corp. covering technologies that deal with software and networking. At the end of 2011, Facebook had just 56 U.S. patents, which Read more »
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Hiring of CEO revives Augusta membership debate
of directors' responsibility. Samuel Palmissano, who is a member of the club, has a great responsibility here as chairman of IBM. And they need to just step up and do the right thing and get this over with."Rometty replaced Palmissano as CEO while he stayed Read more »
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Oracle's fiscal 3Q to provide gauge on technology
Oracle could be grappling with issues that extend beyond the economy have grown since other business technology vendors such as IBM Corp. , VMware Inc. and EMC Corp. , has posted solid results for their most recent quarters.Oracle is facing tougher competition Read more »
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Biz Buzz
site. Lawyers for the Menlo Park , Calif.- based company say the contract is doctored and had nothing to do with Facebook. -- AP IBM 's Watson tackling banking IBM's Watson computer is going into finance. Citigroup and IBM said Monday they will look into how Read more »
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Employee group reporting 1,100 IBM job cuts
union organizing group says IBM Corp. has laid off roughly 1,100 workers in North America this week.Employees informed Alliance(at)IBM that the cuts have been made across business segments in the U.S. and some parts of Canada . Alliance(at)IBM is not a recognized Read more »
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How San Francisco is Working to Become a Zero Waste City
shape our cities. To participate in a tweet chat on sustainability, follow @SustainableIBM and look for the hashtag #zerowasteIBM on June 1 at 1 p.m. ET. today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork Let there be (bike) light: Bike advocates get San Francisco 49 m ago from Good Magazine Read more »
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Environment Award for AgroSense Java Farm Management System
IBM's energy information system and Evoswitch's modular data central hall, Ordina's AgroSense, a farm management system for precision agriculture, received the prestigious IT Environment Award in the Netherlands yesterday. AgroSense is an agricultural services 4:22 AM from Oracle Blog Read more »
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IBM partners with Honeywell to create mobile shopping app
this mobile app allows consumers to scan items they want to purchase at retail stores with their smartphone and then use an IBM self-checkout station to pay. "Retailers can now deliver a more personalized shopping experience that is less of a chore and more 12:15 AM from CNET Read more »
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IBM secures NZ contract
has joined New Zealand-owned companies Datacom and Revera in securing an "all-of-government contract" with Internal Affairs. This will allow it to provide a data centre and "cloud computing" infrastructure to government departments. The Government hopes the 5/31/12 from Stuff.co.nz Read more »
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Hats off to Red Hat earnings
headway in the “cloud” computing space as well, forming partnerships with leaders in this arena such as Amazon (AMZN.O) and IBM (IBM.N). The cloud is proving to be a growing source of revenues for Red Hat, whose annual revenues topped $1 billion for the first 5/31/12 from Thomson Reuters Alpha Now Read more »
