March was a busy month for IBM. Here are the announcements made by the company during the month. The complete index of prior IBM Happenings is here. I was particularly pleased to see the new acquisitions as well as the approval of the Lenovo-IBM deal.
U.S. Government completes review of Lenovo-IBM deal
The review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. clears the way for the completion of the sale of IBM's Personal Computing Division to Lenovo.
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IBM extends reach of Content Management Software
IBM's new software portfolio extends the reach of content management using web services to enable data to be captured, managed and searched.
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IBM named 2005 CRN Channel Champion
IBM was named a 2005 CRN Channel Champion in 11 categories and selected as the Overall Channel Criteria Champion.
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Texas selects IBM to develop voter registration system
Texas has selected IBM to assist in developing and implementing a statewide, Web-based solution for voter registration management.
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IBM to acquire Ascential Software
Ascential Software's integrated portfolio helps companies solve their most complex data integration challenges.
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IBM to provide Blue Gene access on demand
IBM's world renowned Blue Gene supercomputing system is now available at the Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Center in Rochester, MN.
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IBM recognizes top iSeries innovators
IBM and COMMON, an iSeries users group, honored five companies that are setting new standards for iSeries innovation.
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IBM completes acquisition of Corio
IBM announced the completion of its acquisition of Corio, Inc., seven weeks after reaching a definitive agreement to purchase the company.
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IBM publishes 2004 Annual Report
IBM also published a first-of-its-kind supplement to accompany the 2004 Annual Report called "Understanding our Company: An IBM Prospectus".
http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2004/
IBM introduces new anti-spam technology
Dubbed FairUCE ("Fair use of Unsolicited Commercial Email"), the new technology helps filter and block spam by analyzing the domain identity of an email -- using built-in identity management capabilities at the network level.
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ABSC optimizes flexibility with PLM solutions
Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation will extend SMARTEAM, an IBM PLM solution developed by Dassault Systèmes, and, using it with CATIA V5, will facilitate engineering collaboration and knowledge management in its programs.
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IBM to support Laurentian Bank's growth plans
This agreement builds upon the existing relationship between IBM and Laurentian and extends a 4 year managed IT operations agreement for another 6 years.
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Monumental Life selects IBM ThinkPad notebooks
Monumental Life has significantly reduced its total cost of ownership and frequent need for PC-related services and support by switching to IBM ThinkPad for its mobile sales force.
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Banco Santander Totta signs IT services deal
IBM and Banco Santander Totta have announced an outsourcing services contract under which IBM will manage the bank's technology infrastructure.
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IBM shatters data management challenge at CERN
IBM's storage virtualization software has achieved breakthrough performance results in an internal data challenge at CERN.
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IBM announces new design services for Cell
IBM E&TS clients will be able to access a Cell software simulation environment through IBM's Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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IBM extends lead in storage virtualization
More than 1,000 customers have simplified their infrastructure with IBM Virtualization Engine technology for storage.
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KEC signs a 10-year contract with IBM Korea
Korea's largest semiconductor company, KEC Corporation, had contracted IBM Korea to operate and manage KEC's IT infrastructure and core business applications under a 10-year outsourcing agreement.
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Index for IBM Happenings - December 2004
Complete index of IBM Happenings