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New x86 Solutions Optimized for Smarter Computing Workloads

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:01:46 +0000

IBM today announced powerful new server solutions aimed at helping x86 clients accelerate the journey to Smarter Computing. Designed to support the requirements of fast-growing businesses, the new products give data center managers the speed, p...

IBM Launches PowerLinux Solutions to Help Customers Increase Efficiency and Insights

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:01:25 +0000

IBM today introduced new IBM PowerLinux Systems and Solutions to help customers exploit the cost efficiency of Linux and virtualization for business-critical workloads. IBM PowerLinux Solutions offer deep integration of new Linux-specific POWER7...

IBM Sets the Stage for the Next Era of Computing

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:15:48 +0000

IBM today announced a major step forward in a new, simpler era of computing with the introduction of a new category of expert integrated systems. This new family is the first with built-in expertise based on IBM's decades of experience runni...

Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital to Improve Healthcare with IBM Smarter Computing

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:00:34 +0000

IBM today announced that the Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital has embraced the company's smarter computing approach to IT to build the country's first integrated hospital infrastructure. E-mail t...

IBM and Russian Railways Build Smarter Transportation System

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:57:41 +0000

Russian Railways, one of the largest railway operators in the world, is working with IBM to help optimize its IT infrastructure and is using new technologies to improve its freight and passenger management systems. ...

IBM’s Project Big Green Spurs Global Shift to Linux on Mainframe

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:41:48 +0000

In one of the most significant transformations of its worldwide data centers in a generation, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it will consolidate about 3,900 computer servers onto about 30 System z mainframes running the Linux operating sys...

Slovak Academy of Science Selects IBM Power Systems and Storage for National Supercomputing Project

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:46:17 +0000

IBM today announced that the Slovak Academy of Science has chosen IBM technology to launch an important high-performance computing project in Slovakia. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us ...

IBM Online Simulator Makes Smarter Computing a Reality for CIOs

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:00:35 +0000

Sometimes the best way to demonstrate the benefits of new technology is through more technology, like a cool online simulator. The kind of tool that lets people punch in information and receive instant feedback on possible alternatives. Add dyna...

More Than 1,000 Schools Help Graduates Get Jobs By Teaching the IBM System z Mainframe

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:50:06 +0000

IBM today announced that 1,067 schools worldwide are recognizing the vast number of job opportunities available in enterprise computing and the importance of teaching students key systems technology like the IBM System z mainframe. This mileston...

IBM opens its first Romanian Product Development Facility for Systems Networking

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:45:49 +0000

IBM today announced the opening of the IBM Bucharest Systems Laboratory, the company’s first European site for developing and testing IBM switch and networking hardware and software. E-mail this page ...

City of Rio de Janeiro and IBM Collaborate to Advance Emergency Response System; Access to Real-Time Information Empowers Citizens

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Nearly a year since inaugurating its city operations center, Rio de Janeiro is working with IBM to add new capabilities to further improve the city’s emergency response system, and give citizens access to information that will help them better...

City of Rio de Janeiro and IBM Collaborate to Advance Emergency Response System; Access to Real-Time Information Empowers Citizens

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:00:23 +0000

For the First Time, IBM Brings Mainframe and Windows Together

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:17:40 +0000

IBM today announced that technology allowing IBM zEnterprise System users to integrate Microsoft Windows applications into the mainframe environment -- an industry first -- will become available on Dec. 16. ...

IBM to Acquire System Software Company Platform Computing to Extend Reach of Technical Computing

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:35:21 +0000

IBM today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Platform Computing is a global leader in cluster and grid management software for d...

IBM Helps Oracle Clients Move to IBM Workload Optimized Systems

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:07:58 +0000

ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to help more Oracle software and hardware clients break free from restrictive licensing and rising technology costs, IBM today launched a new migration program to make it easier to transition ...

Video: Steve Jobs lays out his vision for iCloud — in 1997

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:41:11 +0000

"Let me describe the world I live in"

Jobs at WWDC 1997

Steve Jobs got a lot off his chest in his Q&A session with developers at WWDC 1997 -- the first after he returned to Apple (AAPL) from his years in the desert at NeXT.

We've dipped once before into the 70-minute video (available here) to highlight his remarks about Wall Street and the press. (See The stock will take care MORE

IBM to Power "Smarter Citizens" Cloud in China with System z

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:58:19 +0000

IBM has been selected by Yi Lian Zhong Information Technology (YLZ), a leading provider of information services in China, to build a cloud computing platform that will improve the life of citizens in China via an online portal for a variety of s...

Chinese Government and Businesses Continue to Embrace IBM Smarter Computing

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:47:44 +0000

IBM announced this week the continued adoption of its smarter computing systems, software, and services across China's private and public sectors. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us ...

IBM Demonstrates Increased Server Market Momentum in Second Quarter

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:04:47 +0000

IBM today announced continued momentum in the worldwide server market, with market share gains reported by a major analyst firm and increased competitive displacements in the second quarter of 2011. E-mail t...

IBM Raises Bar, Records Highest Ever TPC-C Benchmark for x86 Servers

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:48:04 +0000

IBM today announced that it has achieved the highest TPC-C benchmark performance score ever achieved for an x86 server. E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this ...

Manufacturers Gain Better Data Intelligence with Integrated ERP Platform from IBM and Infor

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:21:13 +0000

IBM and Infor today announced an integrated hardware and software solution designed to improve the profitability and responsiveness of manufacturers. Based on IBM's market-leading POWER7® family of systems and the IBM i operating system, th...

New IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Server Advances Smarter Computing for Companies and Governments in Emerging Markets and Mid-size Clients around the World

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:35:43 +0000

IBM today announced a new server -- a powerful version of the IBM zEnterprise System that's the most scalable mainframe ever -- to extend the mainframe's innovation and unique qualities to more organizations, especially companies and gov...

IBM Power Systems Running Linux Outperform Competition on Standard Benchmarks

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:06:05 +0000

IBM today announced multiple leading benchmark results for the Linux® operating system running on the IBM Power® 730 Express, which bested comparable hardware platforms running Linux or Windows®. With greater throughput per server, more scala...

Report: IBM Supercomputer is the Most Energy Efficient in the World

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:20:20 +0000

An IBM supercomputer is the most energy efficient supercomputer in the world, according to the latest Supercomputing 'Green500 List' announced by Green500.org. A prototype of IBM's next generation Blue Gene®/Q supercomputer is #1 on...

New IBM Analytics Technology Helps Clients Unlock Big Data

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:51:27 +0000

IBM today announced a new analytics appliance that allows organizations to analyze up to 10 petabytes of data in a matter of minutes. The technology is designed to help industries uncover patterns and trends from large data sets while meeting co...

Gulf Oil Fuels Business Growth With IBM

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 16 May 2011 05:17:04 +0000

IBM said today that Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. has selected IBM servers and storage technology to allow their Lubricants division to manage, track, and leverage information and processes more effectively. The new IBM Power® 7 and System ® x ser...

Primerica Selects New IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Server for Smarter Infrastructure

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:40:23 +0000

IBM today announced that Primerica, Inc. , the largest independent financial services marketing company in North America with more than 2.4 million client accounts, has selected the new IBM zEnterprise 196 to run its core business applications. ...

IBM Delivers Technology to Help Clients Protect and Retain "Big Data"

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:30:16 +0000

IBM today announced new tape storage and enhanced archiving, deduplication offerings designed to help clients efficiently store and extract intelligence from massive amounts of data. E-mail this page ...

IBM to Deliver New Optimized POWER7 Products, Inspired by Watson Technology

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:34:47 +0000

IBM today announced new workload-optimized POWER7® systems, including a performance boost to the Power 750 -- the same server used in Watson, the Jeopardy! winner -- that provides even faster processing capability than each machine used in the ...

IBM Sets Performance Records with New eX5 Servers

IBM Press Releases - Servers - United States — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:15:24 +0000

IBM today introduced new systems that are optimized for client workloads. The new x86-based servers extend the market-leading capabilities of its System x portfolio and raise the limits on enterprise workloads, memory and scaling. The new blade...