IBM
FAQ: What does the HP-EDS deal really mean?
May. 13, 2008
HP buying EDS could double its services business to nearly $40 billion in revenue, helping the vendor inch closer to its rival IBM, which brings in closer to $54 billion in revenue for services annually.
Water-cooled servers gaining steam
May. 08, 2008
Water cooling is the answer to server heat problems, some vendors and data center operators believe.
Lotus Notes gets SharePoint integration
May. 08, 2008
Mainsoft has introduced an add-on that allows Lotus Notes users to interact directly with content such as Microsoft Office files stored on Microsoft SharePoint sites.
IBM mainframe adds Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand links
May. 07, 2008
Ten weeks after unveiling the System z10 mainframe, IBM announced new Gigabit Ethernet hardware for LAN connectivity and new InfiniBand coupling links.
Danish union wants IBM's Palmisano to testify in court case
May. 07, 2008
Danish IT workers union PROSA wants to call IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano as a witness in a Danish court case concerning the company's use of contracts that prevent customers and partners from recruiting IBM ...
Cloud computing: what it will take for start-ups to succeed
May. 05, 2008
With Google's recent launch of its App Engine, and with the likes of IBM and Amazon having staked claims, cloud computing is clearly a major development in the IT landscape. The benefits are obvious, enabling ...
Botnet attacks military systems; Google/IBM cloud initiative
May. 02, 2008
Security researchers have discovered a complex spamming scheme that hijacks users' PCs in order to attempt to send junk mail via university and military systems; Google and IBM are testing a cloud computing ...
IBM unveils Quickr tools to stave off SharePoint
May. 02, 2008
IBM Friday released a data migration tool that is a critical component in providing its Notes/Domino install base an alternative to moving to Microsoft's SharePoint Server.
IBM to build apps marketplace for SMBs
May. 02, 2008
IBM is trying to rally support for an online applications marketplace for small and midsized businesses that it plans to launch later this year.
IBM, Google stirring up a cloud environment
May. 02, 2008
Google and IBM are testing a cloud computing infrastructure that could become an important avenue for them to deliver software and services to consumer and business users.
Microsoft faces challenges in expanding management strategy
May. 01, 2008
Microsoft last week set it sites on becoming a dominant enterprise management vendor, but experts and users say first it will have to define the scope of its goals, improve the platform, and prove it can be the ...
Analyst: IBM's services arm an asset for BI
May. 01, 2008
If implementing business intelligence is more of an art than a science, IBM's Cognos division has a vivid palette at its disposal given IBM's stature as a services provider, Forrester Research analyst Boris Evelson ...
Mobile app development moves beyond CRM, but slowly
Apr. 30, 2008
E-mail on BlackBerry is ubiquitous. Now enterprises are moving on to more complicated mobile apps.
Contract chip manufacturing growth slows in 2007
Apr. 28, 2008
Global revenue growth in the contract chip making business slowed in 2007 as a chip glut early in the year hit companies such as partners IBM Microelectronics and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Microsoft could walk from Yahoo deal; IBM's Web 2.0 servers
Apr. 24, 2008
Microsoft gave its first hint that it may abandon its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, as it approaches the deadline for a threatened proxy battle to oust Yahoo's board; IBM has designed a new type of rack-mount server ...
Data center mushrooming? Why not get rid of it?
Apr. 23, 2008
If your data center processing load doubled this year, could you handle the growth? Booming businesses such as Bazaarvoice are turning to Web hosting companies, including Rackspace, Savvis, AT&T, Terramark and IBM, to ...
IBM acquires Diligent Technologies
Apr. 22, 2008
As rumored for the past month, IBM last week finally acquired Diligent Technologies, a startup with de-duplication technology.
End Users Behaving Badly
Apr. 18, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about ISPs meddling in traffic, whether Google "played" the 700MHz auction, and why end users continue to do bad things with company computers.
IBM buys storage vendor Diligent Technologies
Apr. 18, 2008
In the latest of a long line of data and storage-related buys, IBM said Friday it has acquired Diligent Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
IBM unleashes world's fastest UNIX system
Apr. 17, 2008
IBM announced two high-end Power System models, claimed to be the world's fastest UNIX server and a unique water-cooled supercomputer. The new systems offer sophisticated IBM virtualization technology and energy-saving ...
Are you ready for 'green SOA'?
Apr. 16, 2008
All of a sudden “green” is the
Search start-up from ex-Googlers promises 'new approach'
Apr. 16, 2008
A search company founded by ex-Google and IBM employees landed $25 million in new venture funding this week, but remains in stealth mode.
IBM releases enterprise mashup tools to exploit Web 2.0
Apr. 08, 2008
The glory of mashup technology is that it's inherently simple. By connecting feeds from multiple sources-say, Google maps and Craigslist rental listings-a developer can quickly create a site that shows exactly where an ...
IBM project seeks privacy controls for users
Mar. 28, 2008
A three-year project to infuse privacy controls into identity technologies and emerging social networking communities is being undertaken by IBM Research with funding help from the European Union.
Gaming company seeks cheap, stripped-down servers
Mar. 27, 2008
TCO is hard to find for online gaming company CDC Games, which just launched in the United States and has built its infrastructure with IBM System x servers and iSCSI storage.
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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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