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IBM will not use Windows Vista

Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has cancelled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM Workplace on … Continue reading

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Google Integrates Chat with GMail

Om has this story as does TechCrunch, but this is nothing new. Sametime has been integrated into Lotus Notes for a long time now. IM functionality from your email client, hardly ground breaking. But I will concede that it brings … Continue reading

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Laugh

This comment on Scoble’s site made me laugh. My roommate graduated 3 years ago…He’s worked at two tech companies including IBM… He doesn’t even know what RSS is. I don’t want to shatter peoples perceptions but there are people in … Continue reading

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More Homework

This book got recommended to me the other day. I just ‘one-click’ ordered it from Amazon. My reading list is way out of control right now. I really don’t like carting heavy hardbacks around on planes and trains as that’s … Continue reading

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The Year’s 10 Best Intranets

IBM’s intranet — known inside the company as the “w3 On Demand Workplace,” — has been selected as one of “The Year’s 10 Best Intranets” by the Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm that advises companies on human-centered … Continue reading

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Sarin’s outsourcing plan to save Vodafone £300m

VODAFONE is considering a large technology-outsourcing deal that could save the mobile-phone company £300m a year. According to industry sources, IBM is the favourite to win a contract that could take in billing, software development and customer-relationship management. I know … Continue reading

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IBM holds off on pension decision

This was interesting all Managers where invited to two hotels, one in London and one in Manchester for a Pensions meeting. Somebody tipped the press off and when the managers turned up, there was press everywhere. Computer giant IBM is … Continue reading

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Sprint Nextel ‘insourcing’ from IBM

Sprint Nextel appears to be bringing IT workers back in-house from IBM as part of a re-evaluation of the company’s outsourcing strategy by its new CIO. Sprint is one of IBM’s many partners, so that’s interesting news. Technorati Tags: Sprint, … Continue reading

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Gates sees IBM, not Google, as top Microsoft rival

"The biggest company in the computer industry, by far, is IBM. They have the four times the employees that I have, way more revenues than I have. IBM has always been our biggest competitor. The press just doesn’t like to … Continue reading

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Thinkpad Envy

I know Thinkpads aren’t IBM anymore, but it’s allways good to hear other people lusting after products that you’ve got…it’s the X40 again. Technorati Tags: X40, IBM, Thinkpad

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IBM set to snap up network management vendor

A tip off from a friend made me check my Google alerts this morning to find this; The company said it planned to add Micromuse’s technology to its line-up of Tivoli management software to help companies better manage services such … Continue reading

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Unilever signs BTO deal with IBM

IBM Enters Procurement Services Transformation Initiative Agreement With Unilever North America [via] Telecoms is in there too I believe. We’ll help Unilever source it’s Telecoms better. I can see Alliance issues on the horizon. Technorati Tags: IBM, Unilever

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IBM global outsourcing revenues rise

IBM retained its number-one position in the outsourcing market during 2004. [via] Technorati Tags: IBM

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Google or IBM to sponsor Man Utd?

The Register follows up a story seen earlier in this weeks printed press of IBM being a possible sponsor of Man utd. Somehow I can’t see this happening, I think the term we use is vapourware. Technorati Tags: IBM, Google, … Continue reading

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KPN, Oxxio, IBM in wireless energy deal

KPN, Oxxio, and IBM said they will work together to provide wireless energy meters that can be read remotely. In a news release Monday, the three companies said that all of Oxxio’s 570,000 energy customers will be fitted with a … Continue reading

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