Tag: IBM

  • Indicative Takes On Big 4 in IT Service Management

    Indicative Takes On Big 4 in IT Service Management

    Paula Musich

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    Indicative Software on April 10 continued to nip at the heels of the Big Four enterprise management providers when it launched the latest release of its Indicative performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool for distributed applications and infrastructure. Boasting a 100 percent renewal rate with existing customers and a 75 percent win rate once it reaches… Read more

  • IBM Aims System i Servers at Small Companies

    Jeffrey Burt

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    CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—IBM is looking to use its System i platform to get a foothold among the smallest of businesses, a market traditionally dominated by x86 servers running Microsoft Windows applications. At an event here April 10, IBM officials, along with a number of customers and partners, unveiled two new entry-level System i servers—both of which… Read more

  • IBM Fixes Flaw in Tivoli Provisioning Manager

    IBM Fixes Flaw in Tivoli Provisioning Manager

    Brian Prince

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    IBM has patched multiple flaws in its Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment that allowed attackers to crash the service or execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM priviledges. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is a network boot server that facilitates central management of networked workstations, implements PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) as well as a Web-based… Read more

  • Changing Channel Influence

    Changing Channel Influence

    Jessica Davis

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    Looking to identify which partners wield the most influence over sales rather than just recording the revenue on their own balance sheets, big vendors are eyeing new ways to measuring the real value of channel partners. From Microsoft’s recent announcement of its U.S. Influence Revenue Model —a plan to capture data about which of its… Read more

  • IBM Readies New Services for the Mainframe

    IBM Readies New Services for the Mainframe

    Scott Ferguson

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    When it comes to mainframe systems, IBM is taking a global view. The Armonk, N.Y., company is planning to unveil a new set of services for its System z mainframe systems March 8. The backdrop for this announcement is set to take place in Mumbai, India, where IBM executives believe there is a large potential… Read more

  • IBM Isn’t Opposed to Oracle Linux

    IBM Isn’t Opposed to Oracle Linux

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    Recent news stories have stated that IBM was refusing to support Oracle Linux. That’s not true. Further investigation has shown there was little follow-up on the original Reuters story, and that some of the confusion came because the story didn’t put IBM’s comments into the proper context. Starting in October, Oracle began shipping its own… Read more