The month of February at IBM was filled with a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives. I was particularly pleased to see IBM introduce Jam Consulting Service.
The new service will help drive innovation by initiating dynamic new
forms of collaboration among employees, stakeholders, customers, and partners for many companies.
Here are all the announcements made by the company during the month. The complete index of prior IBM Happenings is here.
IBM supercharges mainframe virtualization
IBM's z/VM version 5.3 can now host the largest number of virtual images on
a single hypervisor, allowing customers to further optimize and consolidate their
infrastructures.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21029.wss
Amdocs, IBM form global alliance
Amdocs and IBM announced a global alliance to address the next-generation
networks transformation needs of service providers in the telecommunications
industry.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21038.wss
Sparkassen Informatik, IBM extend partnership
IBM and Sparkassen Informatik GmbH have agreed to extend their existing
IT partnership which covers hardware, software infrastructure and services.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21025.wss
IBM provides free preview of QEDWiki
IBM is providing users with a free preview of its enterprise mashup technology,
QEDWiki, to allow them to evaluate the technology in real business situations.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21034.wss
Hall of fame inducts IBM pioneers
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation will induct two IBM inventors who
developed the first commercial hard-disk drive system more than a half century ago.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21040.wss
Caixanova selects IBM services
Caixanova and IBM announced details of a 10-year, 70 million euro information
technology services agreement that will optimize the savings bank's IT platform.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21026.wss
IBM announces FileNet P8 4.0
IBM FileNet P8 4.0 offers more than 75 enhancements and new capabilities
developed to help companies make business-critical, cost-effective decisions.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21066.wss
IBM unveils web-tier consolidation solutions
IBM's new 1.8 GHz IBM System p5 560Q (16-core) is the most powerful
member of a new family of three web-tier consolidation solutions.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21083.wss
IBM introduces TS3400 Tape Library
IBM's System Storage TS3400 Tape Library brings IBM System Storage
TS1120 Tape Drive performance and encryption capabilities to a broader
range of tape customers.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21071.wss
IBM completes acquisition of Vallent
IBM has completed its acquisition of Vallent Corporation. Vallent's operations
will be integrated into the IBM Software Group's Tivoli Software unit.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21076.wss
IBM, AMD and Novell team on Linux offering
IBM is teaming with AMD and Novell to create an integrated Linux offering built
around IBM's next generation Informix Dynamic Server IDS data server.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21082.wss
Dagrofa signs 10-year services agreement
Dagrofa announced a 50 million Euro, 10-year strategic agreement for IBM to
manage Nord Data's IT infrastructure and applications.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21062.wss
IBM reveals new eDRAM technology
IBM revealed a first-of-its-kind, on-chip memory technology that features the fastest
access times ever recorded in eDRAM (embedded dynamic random access memory).
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21074.wss
IBM completes acquisition of Softek
IBM has completed its acquisition of Softek Storage Solutions Corporation;
Softek will become part of the Storage and Data Services business unit in IBM
Global Technology Services.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21164.wss
IBM brings Google Gadgets to portal users
By integrating Google Gadgets into WebSphere Portal, IBM is adding to the thousands
of role-based business-centric portlets already offered.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21158.wss
IBM introduces Jam Consulting Service
The new Jam Consulting Service will help drive innovation by initiating dynamic new
forms of collaboration among employees, stakeholders, customers, partners and others.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21150.wss
IBM report examines new and traditional media
The report, "Navigating the Media Divide" offers a list of actions that media companies
can take to navigate the conflict threatening content owners and media distributors.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21143.wss
IBM wins RFID pilot project
Schiff Nutrition International selected IBM for a new Radio Frequency Identification
pilot to better anticipate current and future customer needs and improve efficiency.
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21113.wss
Complete index of IBM Happenings