IBM puts up $100 million to simplify mainframe operations

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Oct 5, 20062 mins

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IBM puts up $100 million to simplify mainframe operations, 10/04/06

IBM this week unveiled a program, tools and services the company hopes will make the mainframe easier to manage, program and administer.

Microsoft offers ESB guidelines for SOAs, 10/04/06

Microsoft has unveiled new guidelines for its partners on how to create an enterprise service bus (ESB) as part of a conference where it heralded the most viable, “real-world” approach to building SOAs (service-oriented architectures).

IBM improves efficiency of PowerPC chips, 10/03/06

IBM has improved the power efficiency of two models of PowerPC processors, making an effort to strengthen its position in markets from cars and printers to networking and communications equipment.

IBM debuts another batch of SOA-related offerings, 10/03/06

In its second service-oriented architecture blitz of the year, IBM has detailed a range of products and services aimed at helping companies extend their service-oriented architecture deployments.

Forget Web service orchestration: IBM gets into karaoke, 09/29/06

Forget Web service orchestration: IBM is getting into something a lot more fun. The company has worked with Japanese karaoke equipment maker Xing to develop a new type of wireless karaoke controller.

IBM licenses technology for water-cooled servers, 09/28/06

IBM will license its technology for cooling servers with water instead of air to a Chicago-area company.