IBM
IBM bundles x86 servers with VMware, offers special financing
Jul. 01, 2009
IBM is bundling its x86 servers with VMware's newest virtualization platform, and offering financing packages to lower upfront costs.
Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service?
Jul. 01, 2009
There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture Tuesday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the online productivity application arena -- what took so long?
IBM offers open source machine learning compiler
Jun. 30, 2009
IBM is announcing on Tuesday availability of an open source machine learning compiler, which the company said intelligently optimizes applications, thus meaning shorter development times and bigger performance gains.
IBM upgrades Tivoli Identity Manager
Jun. 26, 2009
Lots of announcements hitting the wires over the past couple of weeks, so we'll do a quick roundup in this issue and the next, and then go in depth in later issues for the announcements that warrant it.
IBM embraces private cloud model within its own firewall
Jun. 25, 2009
Big Blue is building several types of private cloud services within its own firewall to help deliver development and research tools to employees.
IBM touts encryption innovation
Jun. 25, 2009
IBM today is saying one of its researchers has made it possible for computer systems to perform calculations on encrypted data without decrypting it. While that sounds somewhat counterintuitive and complicated, IBM says ...
IBM supercomputer to heat university buildings
Jun. 25, 2009
Excess waste heat from a supercomputer being constructed by IBM will be used to warm nearby university buildings in Switzerland.
IBM unveils 3D virtual meetings, puts social networking in cloud
Jun. 25, 2009
IBM/Lotus has released a 3D virtual environment conferencing service complete with avatars and whiteboards as part of its Sametime collaboration software.
Avaya close on Nortel enterprise buy; Hospital confirms Jobs' liver transplant - Network ...
Jun. 24, 2009
Avaya close on Nortel enterprise buy; Hospital confirms Jobs' liver transplant
Nortel had no choice; Top 500 supercomputer rankings
Jun. 23, 2009
Nortel had no choice; Top 500 supercomputer rankings
IBM to manage Qwest services
Jun. 23, 2009
Qwest and IBM announced last week that the two companies had signed a five-year agreement for IBM to manage Qwest services targeted to Qwest's midsize business customers including unified communications, managed ...
IBM, Cray lead Top 500 supercomputer rankings
Jun. 23, 2009
IBM, HP, Cray, Intel dominate Top 500 supercomputer list.
How to dramatically cut costs on network performance monitoring
Jun. 19, 2009
The economic downturn and reduced IT budgets are forcing many network managers to look for alternative (read that as "cheaper") products and solutions for managing their networks. If you find yourself in this boat, then ...
IT job security still worrisome; IBM pumps $100M into mobile research
Jun. 17, 2009
IT job security still worrisome; IBM pumps $100M into mobile research
IBM, Qwest team on managed services
Jun. 17, 2009
IBM and Qwest have signed a five-year agreement that will give Qwest customers access to several IBM managed services targeted at medium-sized businesses.
Sharepoint gets Notes 8.5 integration from Mainsoft
Jun. 16, 2009
Mainsoft Tuesday added support for Notes 8.5 to its software that integrates the collaboration platform with Microsoft's increasingly popular SharePoint Server.
IBM retools cloud strategy; HP offers IT budgeting help
Jun. 16, 2009
IBM retools cloud strategy; HP offers IT budgeting help
An exciting time for data center networking
Jun. 15, 2009
All kinds of vendors are getting into the data center networking game, trying to be the one-stop shop for all of your data center needs. But what will that mean for you in the long run?
IBM goes beyond just slapping 'cloud' label on old products
Jun. 15, 2009
IBM has re-tooled its cloud strategy in a way that should appeal to enterprises, analysts say.
Data center derby heats up
Jun. 15, 2009
Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.
In ...
IBM: Riding strong service component
Jun. 15, 2009
IBM is pulling together the server, storage and networking resources needed to support this expanding infrastructure, then topping that off with software for managing the environment.
Private clouds a fit for test and development, IBM cloud chief says
Jun. 11, 2009
IBM's cloud chief Kristof Kloecker discusses cloud trends, IBM's plans.
IT shops borrow money, lease in droves as recession strains budgets
Jun. 10, 2009
The recession has IT shops seeking financing and leasing agreements in ever-greater numbers, and demand shows no sign of relenting.
Vendors pitch stripped-down servers to giant Web properties
Jun. 10, 2009
The explosion of giant Web properties has server vendors building a new kind of machine that is stripped down to the bare essentials and optimized for cost- and energy-efficiency, analysts say.
Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp
Jun. 03, 2009
As EMC and NetApp try to one-up each other for Data Domain, we take a look back at five previous technology bidding wars.
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IBM profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 2
2004 NW200 rank: 1
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
91134 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
-5% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
1% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
7934 |
| Change from '04 |
|
-6 |
| As percentage of revenue 9 |
|
9 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
1 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
329001 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
-11
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
277002 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
130650 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1911 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Dec |
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