Archive for December, 2005
Friday, December 30th, 2005
Unix customers prefer IBM
According to an announcement published in TransWorldNews, Gabriel Consulting Group report that IBM is the favoured vendor for Unix.
Gabriel Consulting Group Report: IBM Leads UNIX Market in Customer Preference and Satisfaction Hewlett Packard Ranks Second as Sun Lags
Gabriel Consulting Group (GCG) announced today that IBM is the leading vendor among UNIX customers, according to a […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2005
A Consumer Electronics Christmas Carol
ZDNet published a special report written by George Bailey, IBM Global Electronics leader for IBM Business Consulting Services.
The Christmas before the storm
Commentary–Take a good look at the business environment around the consumer electronics industry this year because it will be the last time you see it in this form. Change is coming and what happens […]
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
IBM’s business partner success
Buell Duncan, General manager of IBM ISV and Developer Relations writes on the PartnerWorld website about the successes of 2005, and plans for 2006.
Let’s build on a successful year for an even more prosperous 2006!
I’m proud of what we have accomplished together this year.
Increasing numbers of Business Partners are going to market with IBM, using […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
IBM Opens GPFS File System to Linux
Tiger Shark on Linux … cool !
BetaNews: IBM Opens GPFS File System to Linux
IBM … is expected to announce a new software strategy that will allow supercomputing customers to leverage the power of the General Parallel File System (GPFS) across a mixed-vendor computer cluster for the first time.
First developed by Big Blue in 2001, GPFS […]
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Friday, December 23rd, 2005
Continuous data protection
News from IBM Hong Kong: IBM to continuously protect information stored on Laptops
IBM today announced new software that enables mobile workers to continuously protect information from computer viruses, file corruption, or accidental deletion of a file. The software, IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files, is a “data safety net” that provides real-time back up […]
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
Where to buy IBM logowear
If you are looking for some “logowear”, clothing and other merchandise with IBM branding on them, there is an official supplier of these goods.
Global Identity
There are localised sites for Canada, Northeast Europe, Southwest Europe, and the United States. Apparently Latin American and Asia Pacific sites are coming soon.
I have purchased items using the US store […]
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
IBM to acquire Micromuse
Yet another pre-Christmas acquisition … this time it’s network management software vendor, Micromuse.
IBM press release: IBM to Acquire Micromuse Inc.
ARMONK, NY and SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 21 Dec 2005:
IBM and Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the equity of Micromuse Inc., […]
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Some cynical views on SCA
Another buzzword around at the moment is IBM’s Service Component Architecture (SCA).
There is an article on developerWorks that describes SCA - Service Component Architecture:
Service Component Architecture (SCA) is a set of specifications which describe a model for building applications and systems using a Service-Oriented Architecture. SCA extends and complements prior approaches to implementing services, and […]
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
IBM buys Bowstreet
Well it looks like an early Christmas present for IBM Business Partner and ISV, Bowstreet - IBM just announced the acquisition of the company.
IBM Press Release: IBM Acquires Bowstreet, Inc. to Help Customers Quickly Create Portals that Integrate Existing Business Applications
ARMONK, NY - 20 Dec 2005:
IBM today announced the acquisition of Bowstreet, Inc., a […]
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
WebSphere Portal and SOA
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is one of the hottest buzzwords in enterprise computing right now, although it’s not without its controversies.
Personally, I’m a little over the hype about SOA … I mean, there’s nothing terribly new in all this that I can see - it’s all stuff that we’ve been doing with IBM middleware for […]