Category Archives: IBM

IBM outsources remaining network team to AT&T

This is a really interesting story as I worked in this team about four months back, before leaving to join Orange. Back in 1998, about 90% of IBM’s networking was sold to AT&T, only the Local Area Network teams around … Continue reading

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the greaterIBM connection

As you may know I resigned form IBM a month back and today was my last day with the company. So I made the trip over to Manchester in the car which I’d cleaned all the junk out of and … Continue reading

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Leaving IBM

The big news for me recently was that I resigned from IBM on Friday. I’ve been with them for 9 years, all of which have been great. All the people I’ve worked with across europe and the globe have been … Continue reading

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Apple will be bigger than IBM

An interesting look at bloggingstocks.com’s view that Apple will overtake IBM within the next two years.[via]

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Motion-sensitive laptop developed

This article is interesting, my IBM Thinkpad has been motion sensitve for the past 3 years. The hard drive potection system know when the device is moving and even shows you in a window if want to see it. I’m … Continue reading

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Top Talent

IBM in the UK is running a Top Talent program for future leaders for 100 people out of the 3000 in the UK Global Technology Services business. Basically a Talent management program for the top 3% of it’s employees in the UK and … Continue reading

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Who needs a CIO?

Chris Anderson (author of the long tail) has written a post on his view of the CIO’s and their relevance moving forward. This follows on from a post I wrote back in May 2004, “Will we need IT support in … Continue reading

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Frankfurt, Germany

off to Frankfurt for a couple of days tomorrow lunch time. We’ve got our quarterly alliance meeting with AT&T covering the quarters operational issues and issues specific to Germany this quarter, hence the trip to Frankfurt. Flying Lufthansa out of … Continue reading

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is IBM in the Network business?

YES.. I saw this question, or a version of it, in an email today, we’re trying to renew a large contract and somebody had written that ‘networking wasn’t a core competency’ This drove me a little nuts, sure Networking is … Continue reading

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back travelling

The traveling is starting to pick up again, this week has seen a day trip to Dublin and today and tomorrow in London and then Paris Monday. I always love the 4am start on a Monday to catch the 6am … Continue reading

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Wibree

The S60 Blog has a post on Wibree. It’s a technology I’m aware of and we have been discussing it’s use in a product IBM is developing. Technorati Tags: IBM, Wibree

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Digg gives love to IBM

Just wanted to give IBM a big thank you for surprising us in their latest server ad. Not only did IBM put the Diggnation logo on a person’s shirt in the photo, but they also sent us two framed copies … Continue reading

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IM IBMers

I was just reading on our internal blogs about our customers being able to use IBM’s sametime instant message platform to talk to the IBMers supporting thier account using this instant messaging. That’s pretty cool, I’ve allways had the feeling … Continue reading

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Pressure is on NTL/Virgin Mobile

With today’s news of TDC’s earnings from it’s involvement in EasyMobile being only £12.8m and Keith McMahon’s prediction that MVNO’s are going to get squeezed out of the Market, it’s going to be a tough start for NTL/Virgin. I don’t … Continue reading

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TalkPlus Voice 2.0 app launches

So, after yesterday’s comments from Om, TalkPlus lauches it’s complete app. Based on Om’s comments I’m not sure how much of this is real and available today? If TalkPlus want’s to send me a beta for me to take a … Continue reading

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