Tag: IBM

  • IBM Offers Services that Sell Like Hardware

    IBM Offers Services that Sell Like Hardware

    Jessica Davis

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    IBM Global Services has created a set of productized managed services designed for small and midsize businesses that are available through its channel partners. The Armonk, N.Y.-based technology giant said it was reaffirming its commitment to the channel by making these packaged services, called “Service Products,” available to be sold the same way partners sell… Read more

  • IBM Starts to Walk Its Talk in the Channel

    IBM Starts to Walk Its Talk in the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    ST. LOUIS—IBM anchored its 2007 PartnerWorld event with the announcement of a new communications strategy to the channel that seeks to unify the company’s current patchwork portals and Web sites for channel partners. Dubbed the IBM PartnerWorld Value Net Connections program, this latest IBM effort to rein in its channel communication is described as a… Read more

  • IBM Takes Web 2.0 to Partners

    IBM Takes Web 2.0 to Partners

    Jessica Davis

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    Looking to bring the benefits of Web 2.0 and social networking to the commercial side, IBM is rolling out its own entry, Lotus Connections. The Armonk, N.Y., company announced the program and other social networking initiatives for its partners at its Partner World Summit in St. Louis April 30. Described by IBM as embodying the… Read more

  • Lenovo Eliminating 1,400 Jobs

    Lenovo Eliminating 1,400 Jobs

    Scott Ferguson

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    Lenovo Group, the world’s third largest PC vendor, is eliminating 1,400 jobs worldwide, a move executives said will help save the company $100 million during this fiscal year. In a statement released April 19, Lenovo CEO William J. Amelio said that the cuts were necessary in order to grow the company, reduce expenses and keep… Read more

  • IBM Rolls Out Reconfigured Midtier Systems, New Services

    IBM Rolls Out Reconfigured Midtier Systems, New Services

    Chris Preimesberger

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    SAN DIEGO—IBM on April 16 announced two recycled entry-level storage systems and a spate of services to go with them on the first day of Storage Networking World, one of the data storage industry’s largest conferences of the year. The new storage packages are actually enhanced configurations of the IBM System Storage DS3200 and DS3400,… Read more

  • IBM, HP Look to Small Businesses

    IBM, HP Look to Small Businesses

    Jeffrey Burt

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    CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Top-tier OEMS continue to push their technology down to the smallest businesses as they try to expand the reach of their portfolios. IBM on April 10 rolled out two new System i Express servers and a new pricing plan—and highlighted a partner program—as it attempts to carve out space in a market traditionally dominated… Read more