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Sep
27
2010
Technology By Charu Shrivastava | Comments turned off

IBM buys Blade Network Technologies

The U.S. computer group IBM acquired Blade Network Technologies, an unlisted group of cloud computing.  Blade Network Technologies is a privately held company based in California whose capital including manufacturers are NEC and Juniper Networks, and Garnett & Helfrich investor capital.
The manufacturer of Gigabit Ethernet switches also sells virtualization software workloads for cloud environments.
Financial terms [...]

May
25
2010
Business By Charu Shrivastava | Comments turned off

IBM’s deal with AT&T Inc. Sterling unit for $1.4 billion

IBM Corp. announced on Monday that it is buying AT&T Inc.’s Sterling Commerce unit for $1.4 billion.   This unit makes software that aids businesses buy and sell to each other.
IBM is based in Armonk, N.Y, and AT&T is based in Dallas.
This is IBM Corp.’s largest accomplishment since it bought business software maker Cognos in 2008.
IBM [...]

May
25
2010
Business By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Gentiva Health Services, Odyssey HealthCare, Sprint Nextel, Campbell Soup, Longtop Financial, AT&T and IBM Popular Stocks

U.S. stocks are trading down Monday on 24th May, 2010 as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 127 points to 10067, the Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 14 points to 1074 and the Nasdaq Composite diclined 15 points to 2214.
Gentiva Health Services Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV, $29.47, +$3.68, 14.27%), the second-largest U.S. home-nursing company, agreed to buy [...]

Mar
27
2010
Politics By Hema Manchanda | Comments turned off

A day without computer

The unions CGT, SUD-Rail, CFDT and Unsa called the station computer of some 2,000 public company to stop work on 1 April to demand guarantees on “employment in France” and “network control” as part of a future partnership with IBM.
The four unions called next Thursday “a day without computer” at the station and does not [...]

Feb
13
2010
Technology By Pranika Jain | Comments turned off

Apple’s iPad a threat for many

Apple’s iPad might ruin the bread and butter of many industries. The new touchpad comes loaded with all possible amazing features and if they don’t suffice you ,one can always opt to rejuvenate self with TV shows available at just $2.99 in Apple’s app store. This is just one such feature which high lists the [...]

Feb
8
2010
Technology By Arvind Nair | Comments turned off

IBM unveils new server

IBM, the world’s largest computer-services provider, is introducing new server systems today, aimed at combating competition from rival groups such as Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.
The Power7 systems, made of integrated servers, software and storage, will start selling this month. They will be custom-made for specific uses, such as running electrical grids or financial analytics.
The new [...]