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Report: IBM Leader in Worldwide Server Revenue Share for Q308
Gartner has reported that IBM (NYSE: IBM) held its number one position as the leading vendor in worldwide server revenue. According to Gartner data, IBM captured 30.3 percent of all server revenue worldwide in the third quarter of 2008 [1].
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New ERP System for Aviation Maintenance Goes Live at Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines International (Shinagawa, TYO: JAL) officially launched JAL Mighty, a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for aviation maintenance, this November. IBM Japan (NYSE: IBM), IBM Business Consulting Services (Chiyoda, TYO: IBCS), and SAP Japan Co., Ltd (Chiyoda, TYO: SAP Japan) collaborated on the project to create a system to manage maintenance planning, quality control and parts inventory for approximately 160 aircraft, 460 engines, and 500,000 parts. Also equipped with 19 standard SAP modules to serve approximately 6,000 users including aircraft mechanics, the system
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IBM Podcast Explores Smarter Traffic Systems
Each year, traffic congestion costs more than $78 billion in the US alone, with 2.3 billon gallons of wasted fuel and 3.7 billion hours of wasted time, according to traffic management experts in a new podcast from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The podcast, featured on the blog Building a smarter planet, illustrates how understanding human behavior, analyzing transportation patterns, and adding intelligence to the traffic system will help dramatically increase the efficiency of the world's transportation systems.
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IBM Announces Provisional Results of Tender Offers for ILOG
ARMO IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) published the provisional results of IBM's tender offers in France and the United States for ILOG (NASDAQ: ILOG) (PARIS: ILO). These results indicate that, as of the expiration of the tender offers on November 24, 2008, 19,664,945 ordinary shares had been tendered into the tender offers (including ordinary shares represented by ADSs). In addition, 32,000 warrants (no 1) issued by ILOG in 2003, 16,000 warrants (no 2) issued by ILOG in 2003, 46,000 warrants issued by ILOG in 2004, 48,000 warrants
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EADS Chooses IBM and Dassault Systèmes for Collaborative 3D Design and Manufacturing to Help Reshape the Future of Aerospace and Defense Products and Services
IBM and Dassault Systèmes today announced EADS? commitment to IBM and Dassault Systèmes? product lifecycle management (PLM), for 3D collaborative design and manufacturing applications and services. EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defense and related services, is streamlining product design and manufacturing processes through the use of collaboration tools to make key product information more easily accessible to suppliers and partners worldwide.
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IBM, Consumers Energy Sign Service Agreement to Test Smart Metering Pilot Program
IBM has signed a service agreement with Consumers Energy, a Michigan electric and natural gas utility, to help plan, deploy and test an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and smart grid field pilot network.
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IBM Intelligent Oilfield Solution to Help StatoilHydro Boost Production
The Norwegian oil and gas giant StatoilHydro has signed a long-term agreement for IBM to implement a solution expected to bring significant savings through an intelligent and more efficient process for the management of turnaround projects.
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IBM Helps Organizations Collaborate to Lower Risk and Cost of Software
In this era of globalization and economic change, organizations are facing growing pressures to use software as a competitive differentiator. To help companies address this challenge, IBM today announced new offerings designed to lower software costs by helping business leaders and IT professionals more effectively collaborate. As a result, these businesses can now deliver high-quality software at a quicker pace, while meeting the evolving needs of the business. Using IBM's new Rational Quality Management Portfolio, key decision makers, such as CIOs, lawyers and financial consultants, now have a voice in the software delivery process.
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AEP Selects IBM as Systems Integrator for gridSMART(SM) Initiative
American Electric Power has selected IBM as the overall systems integrator for gridSMART(SM), AEP's comprehensive suite of customer programs and advanced technology initiatives that create the energy delivery system of the future.
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IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
Unveiled today, the third annual IBM Next Five in Five is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years:
* Energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paint and windows
* You will have a crystal ball for your health
* You will talk to the Web . . . and the Web will talk back
* You will have your own digital shopping assistants
* Forgetting will become a distant memory
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