Archive for January, 2006
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
Rumour: IBM to buy NetApp
A Mercury News report published in the Miami Herald speculates that IBM might purchase Network Appliance, a network storage device company. Apparently NetApp shares have surged in response to rumours about a takeover.
Mercury News: Network Appliance shares rise on IBM speculation
Shares of Network Appliance jumped Thursday, for the second day in a row, on speculation […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
SEC probing IBM earnings
Apparently IBM has stated that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the first quarter earnings report from 2005 - particularly in regard to expensing stock options. There’s not necessarly an implication of a violation of law - just an investigation at this point. The issue relates to the way employee stock options are […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
IBM still patent leader
Announcement from IBM introducing initiatives for improved patent quality.
IBM Leads in U.S. Patents for Thirteenth Consecutive Year
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released its annual list of the top patentees. With 2,941, IBM earned more U.S. patents than any other company for the thirteenth consecutive year.
IBM also announced an initiative it is […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
SOA interview with IBM Workplace and Lotus developers
developerWorks: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): an interview with IBM Workplace and Lotus developers
Service Oriented Architecture, better known as SOA, has gotten a lot of press lately. But what does it mean, and what can it do for you? In this interview, three members of IBM development talk about SOA, and how IBM and Lotus products […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
Services and Hardware report focus
IBM’s fourth quarter earnings report will be released on January 17th, and Rex Crum from Marketwatch writes that analysts are predicting revenues to fall, but earnings per share to increase compared to a year ago.
Services, hardware to lead IBM report
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Earnings reports for technology companies begin in earnest next week with one […]
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
IBM is Microsoft’s biggest rival
There’s been a flurry of reporting on Bill Gate’s speech from CES last week - mostly simply quoting the Reuters article about IBM being Microsoft’s biggest competitor.
In case you missed it … Reuters: Gates sees IBM not Google as top Microsoft rival
Media coverage focuses on Microsoft Corp.’s competition with Google Inc., but Chairman Bill Gates […]
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
New eWeek IBM blog: IBM Watch
eWeek has a new blog: IBM Watch, written by Stan Gibson, who apparently has been covering IBM as a journalist for around 20 years.
It will be interesting to see what news Stan comes up with, and what his take on that news is.
Tags:blogs, ibm
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Goldman Sachs still rating IBM “outperform”
An article in Forbes magazine the other day mentioned that Goldman Sachs are still rating IBM high, and are downplaying suggested concerns about low services bookings.
Forbes: IBM’s Bookings Anxiety Looks ‘Overdone’
Goldman Sachs research analyst Laura Conigliaro maintained an “outperform” rating on IBM despite recent investor concern regarding the technology firm’s low services bookings.
With IBM’s […]
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Thursday, January 12th, 2006
IBM Australia aquires Classic Blue
Well - Big Blue bought Classic Blue. This is another Australian acquisition for IBM Global Services, it wasn’t long ago that they purchased Logicalis, the local arm of a global network services company specialising in VoIP technology.
Classic Blue is in business continuity, and will bring additional capabilities to IBM’s offerings in this area - particularly […]
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
Interview: IBM’s head of Head of “Privacy and Blogging”
John Simonds posted an interview with Harriet Pearson, IBM’s Chief Privacy Officer and VP of Corporate Affairs (or head of Privacy and Blogging, as John so succinctly puts it).
Delusions of Adequacy (that’s what John’s site is called!): Harriet Pearson - Head of Privacy and Blogging at IBM, today’s Blog Interview
Today is a very special interview […]