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IBM's New Service Embraces Cloud Computing IBM said it was launching a service called & Smart Analytics Cloud,& its biggest cloud computing service yet and that it would first be adopted internally. IBM Woos Developers With Cloud Offerings The new cloud services are intended to help organizations both manage software assets while also driving down development costs. IBM Unveils Government IT Framework IBM is hoping to expand its relationship with 'non-traditional' partners that don't typically bid on government deals. AmberPoint Offers Tips for Navigating Big Blue During Channel Insider’s recent interview with WebSphere General Manager Craig Hayman, he told us IBM tapped a group of a select software partners to provide feedback and build out products that enhanced WebSphere Version 7. Dassault to Acquire IBM PLM Operation for $600M As part of the deal, Dassault Systemes gets customer contracts and related assets. Plus, the French technology company will become an IBM Global Alliance Partner. IBM Trots Out Raft of Midmarket Offerings Spanning across Big Blue’s software portfolio, the solutions have been tested to ensure they are simple for midsize companies to install and manage, priced affordably and attached to trained IBM business partners to resell, deploy and add services. IBM Executive on Leave After Insider Trading Arrest Robert Moffat, senior vice president and head of IBM's Systems and Technology Group is being charged with passing on insider information about IBM, Sun Microsystems and AMD to a hedge fund. IBM has placed Moffat, who has been with IBM since 1978, on a leave of absence. IBM Global Financing Offers Credit Deals IBM Global Financing is offering two new credit deals to qualified channel partners and end customers -- a 90-day deferred payment and a 0 percent financing offer for IBM software purchases. IBM Quarter Shows Higher Net Income, but No Technology Spending Rebound IBM saw 14 percent higher net income in its third quarter, but executives stopped short of saying that corporations were returning to spending on technology. Rather, the overall economic environment has improved due to better access to credit. IBM Quarterly Results Due amid Cautious Hope for Recovery At least one analyst firm has raised its forecast for IBM's (NYSE: IBM) third-quarter results. Currency and cost-cutting initiatives are weighing in favor of IBM. WebSphere Upgrade Benefits IBM Partners The major overhaul includes upgraded features across WebSphere’s strategy, business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) products. IBM Targets Google With Online Email With the new LotusLive iNotes, IBM will try to capitalize on the damage that outages have caused to Google Apps over the past year. Last month millions of business users could not access email for almost two hours. i3, Datatrend Team for Packaged IBM Solution Two IBM business partners collaborate to develop a network management and monitoring solution that solution providers can use in Tivoli deployments and managed services engagements. IBM Targets BI Midmarket IBM Cognos Express is an all-in-one business intelligence and planning solution built and priced for midsized clients that consists of three products -- IBM Cognos Express Reporter, Xcelerator and Advisor -- that can be purchased together or individually. Solution Providers Transform Retail, E-Commerce Social networking, 3D presentation applications, customer relationship management and commerce middleware are providing solution providers with the tools to transform the way retailers present their ware to consumers, and provide consumers with more shopping tools and options. Solution providers adept at implementing such interactive retail systems are finding growing opportunity among recession-battered retailers. IBM Report Finds State of Web Insecurity Unprecedented 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report finds a 508 percent increase in the number of new malicious Web links discovered in the first half of 2009. IBM to Double Consulting Staff in China IBM says the growth is aimed to capitalize on the companies that want to emerge from the economic crisis stronger and more international. IBM Acquires Ounce Labs, Bolsters App Security Offerings Big Blue says the purchase was largely carried out in order to fold Ounce’s application testing capabilities into its Rational Software division. IBM to Buy Analytics Player SPSS IBM says the $1.2 billion deal will broaden its existing Information on Demand (IOD) software family and expand its range of analytics capabilities and offerings IBM Expands Juniper, Brocade and Cisco Relationships IBM's move to expand relationships with Juniper and Brocade is leading to speculation that IBM is upping the ante against an increasingly competitive Cisco. The move comes as several big vendors including Cisco, HP, IBM, and even Juniper, too, have introduced complete data center solutions that include both servers and networking equipment. |
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