http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/ibm.html Latest IBM news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2010 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2010/112910kearns1.html?source=nww_rss Over the years, the acquirer has been rumored to be IBM, Sun, Microsoft, AT&T, Dell, Oracle, HP and many others. Not once was the name Attachmate mentioned. So the surprise – and it was widespread last week – wasn’t that Novell had been acquired, but that Attachmate had done the acquiring. Dave Kearns 2010-11-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/112910-inside-the-labs-at-microsoft.html?source=nww_rss At Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, investment in research and development is a reflection of corporate culture. This three-part piece examines the different approaches taken by each of these influential tech companies. Hewlett-Packard prides itself on its pragmatism, while Microsoft holds the flag of basic research aloft -- and IBM continues to file more patent applications, year after year, than any other tech company. James Niccolai, Nancy Gohring and Joab Jackson 2010-11-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/112310-it-user-supergroup.html?source=nww_rss Tech vendors, be warned: The next-generation user group has arrived on the scene, and this time its members will force the world's biggest IT companies to listen closely. Jon Brodkin 2010-11-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2010/110810wan2.html?source=nww_rss There is a lot of buzz behind the theory that the future of enterprise IT is centered around a small number of companies who can provide solutions that integrate many of the key components of IT. This is the last in a series of newsletters that says if indeed that is the future, who will those companies be? In this newsletter we will look at Dell and IBM. Jim Metzler and Steve Taylor 2010-11-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-microsoft-denali-server-beta.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft on Tuesday will unveil the first developer preview of 'Denali,' the next major release of SQL Server. Jon Brodkin 2010-11-09T11:45:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110310-hp-instant-on.html?source=nww_rss HP this week took the wraps off a new cross-company initiative that packages its hardware, software and services in an effort to help large enterprises reduce IT complexity and become more responsive to the needs of the business and customers. Ann Bednarz 2010-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-mainframe-survey-bmc.html?source=nww_rss Big iron isn’t going away anytime soon, say mainframe users polled by BMC. In fact, 84% of mainframe shops expect to see growing or steady MIPS usage on the platform. Ann Bednarz 2010-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102110-ibm-vmware-bolster-cloud-app.html?source=nww_rss Testing and ease of use are focuses of separate cloud-based efforts Paul Krill 2010-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102010-ibm-uses-virtual-doorman-to.html?source=nww_rss IBM has developed a new rootkit-detection system designed to make it easier to detect malicious attacks on virtualized data centers. Robert McMillan 2010-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102010-billions-facebook-intel-ibm-twitter.html?source=nww_rss Billions are the new millions. Intel’s investing up to $8 billion for new chip manufacturing, Facebook says the prosecution of a billion dollar spammer isn’t over and Twitter’s aiming for a billion users. The ITU says 2 billion of us will be online by the end of this year, one market watcher said the 5 billionth device plugged into the Internet in August and Apple has become the second most valuable U.S. company based on a market capitalization of around $290 billion and a stellar fiscal fourth quarter in which it posted $4.3 billion in earnings and $20.3 billion in revenue. Bob Brown 2010-10-20T12:00:00-04:00