IBM

• Article | 9/02/2012 Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch

  Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increas...
• Article | 8/02/2012 Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings

  Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy efficie...
• Article | 8/02/2012 Large data center coming to India, as regional demand booms

  Tulip Data Center Services is setting up a 900,000 square foot (83,612.7 square meters) data center in Bangalore, the largest in India, to benefit fro...
• Article | 1/02/2012 IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform

  IBM on Tuesday announced plans to buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. Terms...
• Article | 25/01/2012 Microsoft reveals launch date for next-generation SQL Server 2012

  Microsoft has announced a March 7 <a href="http://www.sqlserverlaunch.com/ww/Home">online event</a> for the launch of SQL Server 2012, the next genera...

• Article | 13/08/2011 Can You Do Real Work With the 30-Year-Old IBM 5150?

  When IBM released its first personal computer, the 5150, 30 years ago, it was deliberately drab--black, gray, and low-key. That's because IBM intended...
• Article | 6/08/2010 Mainframe sect tackles new roles, old stereotypes

  IBM's new mainframe is on display at this week's SHARE conference in Boston, a testament to the relevancy of the big iron in today's enterprise IT env...
• Article | 5/08/2010 A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

  Kristine Harper and her father, Tom, both work on mainframe computers. BOSTON - Kristine Harper was about 12-years-old when her father took her to hi...
• Article | 29/04/2010 Life after IBM is all green for ISS co-founder Tom Noonan

  It was 2006, and Tom Noonan had it all. Internet Security Systems (ISS), the company he co-founded and led as CEO, was pulling in $US400 million in an...
• Article | 20/01/2010 Analysis: Would you like a data center with that server?

  Faced with the continued commoditization of servers, IT vendors this year will try to differentiate their offerings by moving toward more highly integ...

Whitepapers about IBM

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  Workload-Optimized Systems For Superior Business Value

  Read this report on how to save more than $1 million a year on server spending An ongoing challenge for IT executives is determining what server characteristics their applications and workloads require, but can workload optimised systems deliver better business value Systems performance is not only defined by the fastest processor or other benchmarks, but by the ability to deploy new services faster, with higher quality and within budget. Commoditisation of servers has led some to think that financial objectives will lead to Intel®-based systems for all uses. In this report IT Market Strategies and Clabby Analytics examine why making the right server choices can help solve business problems. The report contrasts x86 multi-cores with IBM® Power systems™ and mainframes and provides an example of how Power systems can even be less expensive for ongoing operational costs and initial outlay. The report includes a case study about a company that saved more than $1 million a year on server spending.

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  The Business Value of Large-Scale Server Consolidation

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  PC Lifecycle Management Automation for Mid-Sized Enterprises