Tag: IBM

  • IBM Rolls Out Lotus Notes for Mac OS X

    IBM Rolls Out Lotus Notes for Mac OS X

    Scott Ferguson

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    IBM’s Lotus Software division is taking a bigger bite of Apple’s Mac OS X. The Armonk, N.Y. company on Dec. 28 formally rolled out the latest version of its Lotus messaging software package, dubbed Notes 7.0.2, which will include e-mail, calendar management tools and instant messaging that is specifically designed for Mac OS X users.… Read more

  • IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    Scott Ferguson

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    For IBM and its partners, mainframes are back in style. The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant announced Dec. 19 that nearly 400 of its partners and ISVs have begun to offer more than 1,000 applications based on its System z mainframes that run Linux. The reason for ISVs turning to Linux-based mainframes vary, but Buell Duncan,… Read more

  • IBM Tops IDC ISV Program Study; Microsoft, SAP Follow

    IBM Tops IDC ISV Program Study; Microsoft, SAP Follow

    John Hazard

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    An independent study of Vendor ISV programs put IBM’s Partner World Industry Networks atop a list of the top 10, besting rival Microsoft and others in metrics measuring technical, sales and marketing enablement. IBM scored highest in all categories and overall, pulling a 75 out of 100 in the study by research firm IDC, in… Read more

  • IBM’s John Callies: Keeping ‘Green’ in the Channel

    John Hazard

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    There are few in the channel who pay regular attention to what Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke has to say. Fewer still follow the activities of the U.S. House and Senate committees hashing and rehashing the U.S. tax code. John Callies does. As general manager of IBM Global Finance, Big Blue’s finance and lending arm,… Read more

  • Tech Data Boosts SMB Credit Options

    Tech Data Boosts SMB Credit Options

    Jessica Davis

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    Distributor Tech Data has teamed with IBM Global financing to give VARs better access to large deals for small and midsize businesses without the accompanying cash flow crunch. The program leverages IBM’s Flexible Credit, which IGF (IBM Global Financing) launched in November. IBM wants to give VARs in the United States access to credit lines… Read more

  • IBM to Buy Wireless Software Company

    IBM to Buy Wireless Software Company

    Brian Prince

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    IBM announced Nov. 28 that it will buy privately-held software maker Vallent in a bid to expand IBM’s ability to help communications service providers manage their networks. IBM did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which it said it expects to close by the end of the first quarter of 2007. “We are definitely… Read more