IBM
Supercomputer seen helping to diagnose osteoporosis
Jul. 04, 2008
IBM and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology researchers are using an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer to build intricate simulations of human bones, which could lead to earlier diagnoses of osteoporosis.
Dell simplifies blade server management with I/O virtualization
Jul. 01, 2008
Dell is simplifying management of its blade servers with an I/O virtualization tool.
IPv6 D-Day Approaches; Industry powers form cyber security consortium
Jun. 27, 2008
On June 30, U.S. federal government officials expect to declare an early victory on the IPv6 front; Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting ...
Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper and Microsoft fight cyber terror together
Jun. 27, 2008
Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.
Cisco touts collaboration as way to transform data centers
Jun. 26, 2008
ORLANDO – Cisco offered its vision of where the industry is going and how it will get there to 11,000 customers and other attendees at the CiscoLive! conference here last week.
Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future
Jun. 19, 2008
Blade server industry group Blade.org, founded by IBM and Intel, says big trends are network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such as water cooling; and "hyper consolidation" ...
IBM goes green with utility partnership, modular data center
Jun. 17, 2008
IBM's Project Big Green targets the data center.
IBM to release enterprise mashup tool
Jun. 05, 2008
IBM is getting closer to releasing its enterprise mashup technology.
IBM goes green; Citrix refines virtual-desktop policies
Jun. 18, 2008
As part of its year-old, $1 billion Project Big Green, IBM has announced the Enterprise Modular Data Center, essentially a “data center in a box” that the company says will help reduce unnecessary capital and ...
IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner supercomputer is world's fastest
Jun. 18, 2008
A supercomputer based on the Cell processor that is found in Sony's PlayStation 3 console has rocketed into the latest Top 500 supercomputing ranking at number one to become the most powerful computer in the world.
IBM supercomputer dual-boots Windows and Linux
Jun. 17, 2008
IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden.
Kaspersky offers crypto virus workaround; HP targets mainframe users with blades
Jun. 17, 2008
Kaspersky unable to crack code, but says file-recovery utilities may save lost data; Free NonStop BladeSystem offered to customers who retire mainframe apps
HP targets mainframe users with fault-tolerant blade server
Jun. 16, 2008
HP is trying to take a chunk out of IBM's mainframe business with a new blade product and free offer for customers willing to junk mainframe apps.
IBM’s answer to IT skills crunch: Woo students
Jun. 13, 2008
IBM is reaching out to college students with new bundles of Web-based information, tools and software to help them hone the skills they'll need for fast-growing IT job opportunities.
IBM woos IT students; XO to demo 100G Ethernet
Jun. 13, 2008
As part of an expanded outreach to college IT students, IBM is releasing a set of Web-based tools and resources to help them hone marketable skills in the fastest-growing IT job opportunities; XO Communications will ...
Petaflop barrier smashed; iPhone price slashed
Jun. 11, 2008
IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's first petaflop machine named Roadrunner; AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega says his company has signed an exclusivity agreement with Apple that has given ...
Gates legacy filled with good, bad and ugly
Jun. 10, 2008
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates formally entered the computer business in 1975 as a gangly geek and later this month will semi-exit as an industry luminary leaving behind a billion-dollar juggernaut and a legacy of ...
Boy Scouts of America look to open-source community for help
Jun. 09, 2008
Scouts honor, the 98-year-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization is adopting open source software as a path to building better software that supports the almost 3 million scouts and 1.1 million adults who make up ...
IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier, triple supercomputer speed record
Jun. 09, 2008
IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's first petaflop machine, a supercomputer named Roadrunner designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, IBM said ...
IBM joins in-memory database party
Jun. 06, 2008
IBM has joined the in-memory database (IMDB) party after launching the IBM solidDB, which it claims will deliver data 10 times faster than a conventional relational database.
IBM releases ODF-based Office killer
Jun. 05, 2008
IBM has officially launched the commercial version of its Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications, and looks set amount a challenge to Microsoft Office in its enterprise heartland.
Forrester Research examines the mega-management vendors, Part 2
Jun. 04, 2008
Forrester Research recently examined where the big four management software makers currently stand in the market.
IBM's stealth work on application management
May. 26, 2008
Being a multibillion-dollar company, IBM distributes its fair share of news around technology, services and strategy, but some of the product gems don't always make it into Big Blue's headlines.
Forrester Research examines the mega-management vendors, Part 1
Jun. 02, 2008
The technologies and strategies of the big four management vendors demand much analysis from industry watchers, and Forrester Research recently laid out the current state of affairs in its recent report: "The ...
APC teams up with IBM on efficiency
May. 30, 2008
Backup-power product maker APC and building automation vendor TAC will integrate their software management platforms with IBM's Tivoli Monitoring energy management tools, giving data center managers more visibility into ...
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IBM profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 2
2004 NW200 rank: 1
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
91134 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
-5% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
1% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
7934 |
| Change from '04 |
|
-6 |
| As percentage of revenue 9 |
|
9 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
1 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
329001 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
-11
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
277002 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
130650 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1911 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Dec |
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