http://www.ibmeye.com News, rumours, and information about IBM Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:55:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Per Fortune Mag: Fortune 500 rank: 15 2007 profit: $10.42 billion Profit at the technology-services giant climbed 10% during 2007, driven by software sales. A series of software company acquisitions made since 2003 added to IBM's revenue. Growth in Asia and emerging markets also drove 2007 results. Nothing exciting here, but the recognition ... http://www.ibmeye.com/ibm-is-the-worlds-13th-most-profitable-company/ I thought it worth noting that on Thursday, IBM's shares hit $123.72, their highest price since 2002. The night before, IBM said that its first-quarter profit jumped 26 percent raising its full year outlook accordingly. It was the second strong quarter in a row for IBM. Folks have ... http://www.ibmeye.com/investors-rush-in-to-ibm/ Cicso used to be held up as the best example of a company that was "good" at making acquisitions. There are a lot of things that can go wrong, particularly in the software & services fields where the people are the real asset being acquired. Picking the right ... http://www.ibmeye.com/is-ibm-particularly-good-at-acquisitions/ There has been talk in a few circles about IBM continuing to acquire security firms. I don't know very much about this side of the business. I know that it's a huge source of consulting revenue and an essential component in virtually every contract they bid. That ... http://www.ibmeye.com/who-is-check-point-other-than-a-very-pricey-acquisition-target/ \n\nI thought this video was a pretty entertaining intro to IBM and Second Life.Il http://www.giochicasino-it.com è anche fair play. scaricare gioco pokergioca a poker on linegioca poker on linefree 7 card studvincere poker onlinesexi poker onlinepoker bonus,no deposit bonus poker,poker on line bonusgiocare poker on linepoker online bonuspoker on line ... http://www.ibmeye.com/intro-to-ibm-and-second-life/ I think this article says it best: "On paper it makes sense. AMD needs IBM's expertise," Cohen said. "That said, I can't imagine IBM, having exited many parts of this (chip) business, putting in the investment that would be required to catch up with Intel." Among other things, IBM doesn't ... http://www.ibmeye.com/ibm-amd/ I've been pretty easy on IBM since the big layoff news last year. I just kind of took their behavior toward employees (regular layoffs to 'thin the herd') as typical of the way business is in the US now. IBM choosing to cut 8,000 employees' pay by 15% ... http://www.ibmeye.com/sue-us-well-show-you/ "IBM-Fueled Rally Persists On Wall Street". You gotta love headlines like that. Every financial news report from CNBC to the little news blurbs on radio stations are talking about Wall Street being up on great news from IBM. What great coverage and what a win by PR ... http://www.ibmeye.com/ibm-pr-finally-wins-one/ CIO magazine has a fun story about if Yoda was CEO of IBM. His point, in a very round about way is that companies like IBM need to change the way they price and evaluate success to have success in the small / medium business space. Not only are the IBMs ... http://www.ibmeye.com/yoda-as-ibms-ceo/ I wrote last year about how Sun was poised to knock IBM off of it's pedestal, but IBM once again retained the top couple spots. HP got embarrassed as well. This list completely doesn't matter, but it's a fun way to compare the top companies and IBM gets ... http://www.ibmeye.com/ibm-still-makes-the-fastest-supercomputers/