This is a series of pages devoted to breaking news and updates from IBM. We'll summarise announcements from IBM and add links to our own comments. So, if you need to keep on top of relevant IT announcements from IBM, you can do so by regularly visiting this page. The page will be replaced each month with a new page and the previous pages archived at the foot.
22 February
IBM and Trilogy Form Global Strategic Alliance
Alliance to Provide e-Business and Channel Management Solutions to Financial Services and Automotive Industries
21 February
IBM Expands e-government Offerings
Three Additional "Government Specialty for e-business" Companies to provide wider range of online services to governments on all levels.
21 February
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Helps kick off national engineers week as "War for Talent" escalates.
21 February
eServer to Process More Than 100 Million Calls Per Day for Global Communications Provider
IBM today announced that World Access, a global provider of telecommunications services, has purchased the largest-ever IBM eServer iSeries system to process billings for more than 100 million telephone calls per day.
21 February
IBM builds bridge from internet to SAN with new storage products
Debuts industry-leading iSCSI breakthrough technology.
15 February
Kmart
Purchases More Than $200 Million in New IBM Systems and Services to Improve Customer Checkout
15 February
Ericsson and IBM Join Forces
To Help Financial Services Companies Offer Next Generation Mobile Internet Services
14 February
Self-Service Kiosks
Provide Passengers the Ultimate Travel Experience at Korea's Incheon International Airport
14 February
Supercomputer to Power Information Warehouse for Staples
IBM today announced that Staples Inc., (NASDAQ: SPLS), the pioneer of the office superstore industry, will deploy a powerful IBM SP supercomputer in a new enterprise data warehouse.
14 February
Analyst Firms Say IBM Is Low-Cost Database Leader
Recent reports by two leading independent research firms note that companies running IBM's DB2 database have a lower total cost of ownership as much as 52% than companies that run on competing technology from archrival Oracle.
8 February
Recording Academy and IBM Launch Official Webcast for the 43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards GRAMMY Web Site on Track for a Record-Setting Year
7 Febrary
IBM Lease Lets Customers Install Now And Pay Later
IBM today announced a first-quarter financing incentive designed to help customers get on track fast with new e-business software, networking and storage applications and hardware.
7 February
New IBM eServer Software Brings Global e-Commerce to Neighborhood Businesses
IBM today announced worldwide availability of iSeries Connect, an integrated software product aimed at helping small to mid-sized customers link their businesses rapidly and affordably to expanding global e-marketplaces.
6 February
IBM Announces New ThinkPad and NetVista Models
IBM today announced new notebooks and desktops designed to provide customers with simple answers to basic problems: how to obtain easy-to-use, Internet-focused tools with the latest core PC technologies, and how to locate reliable service and support.
2 February
IBM announces Computing on Demand for Auto Dealers
IBM announced today an expansion of its automotive business-to-business (B2B) service offering IBMPlaces.ihost.com to enable the more than 50,000 auto dealers worldwide to lease or "e-source" business applications quickly, easily, cost-effectively and on demand over the Internet. Initially, the service will target the 22,000 U.S. dealers.
