IBM, Novell strengthen desktop, server ties; IBM buyout targets data governance

Opinion
Aug 9, 20072 mins

Latest IBM news.

IBM, Novell strengthen desktop, server ties, 08/07/07: IBM and Novell are beefing up their existing partnership on two fronts with Linux distributor Novell increasing support for IBM’s Notes desktop collaboration software and its open source WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE).

IBM merges server and software to create data virtualization offering, 08/07/07: IBM is merging its server blade and data-integration software technologies to create a data-virtualization offering that is supposed to consolidate and move massive amounts of data and make it easier for users to find, the company said Monday.

IBM returning to Mars with Power Architecture processors, 08/03/07: The IBM processors that power your Xbox 360, the car you drive to work and some of the world’s fastest supercomputers will launch into space tomorrow on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander.

IBM buyout targets data governance, 08/03/07: IBM Friday announced that it has acquired Princeton Softech, a maker of data archiving, classification and discovery products, to bolster its own data management offerings. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

IBM to bury BlackIce security product by next year, 08/03/07: IBM will stop selling the BlackIce PC Protection security suite, a product that came under its wing after buying Internet Security Systems a year ago for $1.3 billion.