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IBM to acquire FileNet for $1.6 billion, 08/10/06
IBM continued its run of SOA-related acquisitions Thursday, agreeing to buy business process and enterprise content management specialist FileNet for about $1.6 billion in cash.
IBM rolls out entry-level SAN array, 08/09/06
IBM Tuesday introduced an entry-level storage array for small and mid-sized businesses and departments within the enterprise.
In-depth: Microsoft may have multicore price edge, 08/08/06
Microsoft could have an early advantage over competitors IBM and Oracle as some software companies begin shifting pricing to accommodate servers with multicore processors, analysts said.
IBM SMB storage product competes with HP, EMC wares, 08/08/06
IBM launched an entry-level storage product Tuesday to compete with HP and EMC for customers in the small and midsize business sector.
IBM tunes RFID for tracking drugs, 08/08/06
IBM Tuesday unveiled a radio frequency identification (RFID) system for pharmaceuticals that is aimed at making it more difficult for counterfeit drugs to make it to market.
Federal appeals court rules for IBM in pension case, 08/08/06
A federal appeals court Monday ruled that IBM did not discriminate against its employees on the basis of age, overturning an earlier verdict in that case.
Servers Newsletter: IBM launches a raft of Opterons, 08/08/06
IBM last week strengthened its relationship with AMD with the introduction of more Opteron-powered servers.
IBM’s mega buying spree, 08/07/06
IBM Corp. opened its wallet last Wednesday and acquired Webify Solutions Inc., a privately held startup that specializes in industry-specific software and services for SOA development and deployment. A day later, the shopaholic whipped out the gold …
Mainframe storage system addresses disaster recovery, compliance, 08/07/06
Bus-Tech is rolling out a virtual tape appliance designed to replicate mainframe data to disk-based storage systems.
Bank admits to security blunder in outsourcing deal, 08/04/06
Australia’s Westpac Bank has admitted that IT security has been the one casualty of its 10-year, A$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion) IT outsourcing deal with IBM GSA which was inked in the year 2000.
Silicon Valley Wi-Fi group nears choice of vendor, 08/03/06
The team planning a wireless network around Silicon Valley has narrowed down the list of possible vendors to three.
Servers Newsletter: IBM introduces processing monsters, 08/03/06
IBM last week launched two monster servers, the IBM System p5 590 and the 595, a 64-core machine capable of processing 4 million transactions a minute.
