Latest IBM news.
IBM buys Systemcorp, 10/12/04
IBM Tuesday announced plans to acquire software vendor Systemcorp for an undisclosed amount.
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Hitachi, IBM to lay off 400 at hard disk drive venture, 10/12/04
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the business created by the merger of the hard-disk drive manufacturing units of Hitachi and IBM, Monday said it is going to lay off about 400 workers.
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IBM supersizes storage arrays, 10/11/04
IBM this week is expected to debut its highest-capacity storage arrays, although the products’ real differentiator is a mix of management technologies designed to help customers get a better handle on where to store growing volumes of data.
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ID mgmt. consolidation: CA nabs Netegrity, 10/11/04
Computer Associates’ announcement last week that it plans to fork over $430 million for Netegrity is the latest sign that control of the identity management sector of the network security market is becoming concentrated in the hands of some of the …
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Coming to a college near you: Services science?, 10/08/04
Over 40 years after Purdue University established the first department of computer science in the U.S., a whole new field of study is about to emerge in colleges and universities throughout the country, according to a researcher at IBM Corp.’s Almaden …
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IBM promotes open source in India, 10/07/04
IBM Thursday said it has partnered with a computing and an educational institution in India to promote the development of open source software in the region.
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CA offers usage-based pricing for mainframe tools, 10/07/04
Computer Associates Thursday introduced a usage-based pricing and licensing option for its mainframe management products, aligning its offerings with IBM’s On Demand model.
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IBM, partners roll out ID management suite, 10/06/04
IBM and four partners on Wednesday announced what they call a “major breakthrough” in identity management designed to help business and government agencies protect assets, including IT systems and physical facilities, from unauthorized users.
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IBM launches WebSphere 6, 10/06/04
IBM Wednesday shared details about the next major release of its application server, due in December, which emphasizes self-healing capabilities and tools for speeding application deployments.
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IBM champions identity management, 10/06/04
IBM Wednesday introduced services aimed at helping companies build and maintain systems for securing both physical premises and virtual information repositories.
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Opinion: Palm launches 256M-byte PDA, 10/11/04
Also: IBM adds finger scanner to ThinkPad notebook; Plantronics offers USB wireless headset; use your iPod instead of a laptop
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