U.S. taps IBM for 20 petaflops computer
eetimes.com 2/3/2009 — SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. government has agreed to buy two supercomputers from IBM Corp., including one to be in use in 2012 that will ultimately scale to 20 petaflops, an estimated ten times the performance of today's most powerful system. Terms ...

IBM Press room - 2009-02-10 New IBM Petaflop Supercomputer at German Forschungszentrum Juelich to Be Europe's Most Powerful - United States
www-03.ibm.com 2/11/2009 — JUELICH, GERMANY and STUTTGART, GERMANY - 10 Feb 2009: The German research center Forschungszentrum Juelich has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM ) to develop the first supercomputer in Europe capable of one Petaflop, or one thousand trillion operations per ...

IBM investing $100 million in mobile research
news.cnet.com 6/17/2009 — IBM thinks it can improve the state of mobile communications, and it's investing millions of dollars toward that effort. Big Blue announced on Tuesday that it will spend $100 million over the next five years on a major research ...

IBM Ready to Manufacture Chips for Clients Using 45nm Process Technology
xbitlabs.com 11/11/2008 — IBM on Monday officially started to offer its customers to manufacture chips using 45nm silicon-on-insulator process technology, just days before Advanced Micro Devices which uses fabrication processes developed with IBM plans to start shipments of ...

Sun Said to Be Willing to Hold Talks If IBM Concedes (Update1)
bloomberg.com 4/16/2009 — April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. would be willing to resume takeover talks with International Business Machines Corp. if IBM makes a stronger commitment to close the acquisition, two people familiar with the matter said. The companies ...

IBM & Canonical to launch Ubuntu desktop for business
blogs.computerworld.com 17 days ago — The companies say that this new business Linux desktop will offer a 50% savings over Windows 7 while running on existing hardware. read more

Report: Sun rejects IBM offer, IBM withdraws bid
news.cnet.com 4/6/2009 — Updated at 7:13 p.m. PDT, with comment from Sun Microsystems and market share information for both companies. Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's formal buyout offer on Saturday, calling the bid insufficient and putting future deal talks at risk, ...

U.S. buys weather supercomputer with twin backup
computerworld.com 9/9/2009 — Computerworld - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has upgraded the supercomputer used to develop weather forecast models, a system so critical to meteorologists that the government has bought a second, identical system as a backup. This National Oceanic and ...

IBM earnings beat analyst expectations
news.cnet.com 1/21/2009 — Updated at 1:56 p.m. PST, with additional earnings information and after-hours trading performance. IBM reported Tuesday a 12 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings, coming in stronger than analysts' expectations. Big Blue ...

IBM Has Strong Third Quarter, Expects Shares to Rise in 2010
maximumpc.com 22 days ago — IBM on Thursday posted its third quarter results, and for the most part, it was all good news for Big Blue. Compared to last year, the company posted better numbers pretty much across the board. IBM report third quarter diluted earnings of $2.40 per share, up 18 percent over last year's ...

SCO's lifesaver 'profited from Iraq war' — The Register 6/24/2009
Dealer in cement and software As protracted debacles go, the US-led invasion of Iraq and the SCO Group's fruitless prosecution of IBM over Linux have a few things in common.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

IBM Does Virtual Meetings in 3D — PC World Latest Technology News 6/25/2009
IBM/Lotus has released a 3D virtual environment conferencing service complete with avatars and whiteboards as part of its Sametime collaboration software.

Judge says IBM dude gets the Dell (job) — The Register 6/26/2009
IBM says dude touched its stuff IBM was dealt a legal setback on Friday in its effort to prevent an ex-exec from taking a position at rival Dell.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

Setback for IBM in bid to block Dell hire — CNET News - Business Tech 6/27/2009
IBM on Friday was denied an injuction that would have kept its former acquisitions chief from taking a job at Dell, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . IBM sued David Johnson out of concern that working at Dell would cause him ...

Judge: Former IBM Executive Can Work at Dell — PC World Latest Technology News 6/27/2009
A U.S. judge on Friday denied an IBM request that would have barred a former executive from working at Dell. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton ...