Latest IBM news.
IBM adds Web 2.0 features, Notes on a Stick to Lotus platform, 10/11/06
IBM has added enterprise blogging capability to its venerable Lotus Notes/Domino e-mail and collaboration software in an incremental update available now.
IBM, Oracle and India’s I-flex team on banking software, 10/11/06
Indian financial software company i-flex solutions, IBM and Oracle will jointly market i-flex’s banking software to customers worldwide.
Microsoft denies BayStar connection, 10/10/06
Microsoft has denied allegations that it offered to guarantee an investment made in The SCO Group, a software company embroiled in a long-standing intellectual property dispute with IBM.
IBM will run Power6 server chip at 5.0 GHz, 10/10/06
IBM plans to crank up the speed on its Power6 server chip to 5.0 GHz, far higher than competing processors from Intel and Sun.
Servers Newsletter: IBM aims to clear the mystique surrounding mainframe management, 10/10/06
IBM is on a $100 million, five-year campaign to simplify mainframe management, administration and development (read the story here).
BayStar exec says Microsoft ‘guaranteed’ SCO investment, 10/09/06
The long-running contract dispute between The SCO Group and IBM took another twist last week when IBM filed court documents that suggest Microsoft agreed to back up BayStar Capital’s investment in SCO.
IBM expands service-management tools, 10/06/06
IBM today rolled out new products and updated existing software with an eye toward to helping customers get a better handle on how IT is responding to business demands.
No outsourcing today: Strike closes India’s tech center, 10/05/06
Political strife led to a shutdown yesterday of most major outsourcing companies in Bangalore, the heart of India’s business community.
IBM to add 15,000 jobs in the Philippines, 10/05/06
IBM plans to add 15,000 jobs across its four subsidiaries in the Philippines, including its business transformation outsourcing (BTO) and call center units.
