IBM news from Network World

IBM to invest $1.5 billion in chip development

Agam Shah — 2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

IBM will invest $1.5 billion to boost its semiconductor manufacturing and research efforts in New York State, the company announced on Tuesday.

IBM and Sun each claim to develop 'first' 1TB tape drive

Jon Brodkin — 2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

Both IBM and Sun this week claim to have developed the "first one terabyte storage tape drive," but Sun will get its drive on the market a little bit sooner than IBM.

Tape storage, high and low, gets more dense

Stephen Lawson — 2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

Two classes of tape storage are jumping to higher densities this week, potentially saving time and money at enterprises as well as small and medium-size businesses.

IBM software enhances Web accessibility for the blind

Martyn Williams — 2008-07-08T00:00:00Z

IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the power and time of Internet users around the globe to make the Web more accessible to the visually impaired.

Supercomputer seen helping to diagnose osteoporosis

2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

IBM and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology researchers are using an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer to build intricate simulations of human bones, which could lead to earlier diagnoses of osteoporosis.

IBM develops audio-masking technology

John Ribeiro — 2008-07-03T00:00:00Z

IBM's India Research Laboratory (IRL) has developed technology that automatically detects and masks sensitive information in audio recordings.

Former HP VP charged with stealing IBM trade secrets

2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

A former HP vice president was indicted by a federal grand jury last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from his former employer, IBM.

IBM mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concerns

Grant Gross — 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

IBM has acquired Platform Solutions, a vendor of mainframes and other computer hardware, in a move that raised antitrust concerns from one IT trade group.

Dell simplifies blade server management with I/O virtualization

Jon Brodkin — 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dell is simplifying management of its blade servers with an I/O virtualization tool.

Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper and Microsoft fight cyber terror together

Tim Greene — 2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.

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