IBM reported on Tuesday that it managed to increase its net income by 5% in 2012, despite a sluggish world economy and a 2% decline in revenue. IBM reported revenue of $104.5 billion for 2012, which was down from $106.9 billion in 2011. ...
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The Co-operative Bank could write-down up to £200m of IT investments if it finalises a proposed acquisition of 632 Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) branches. The Co-op Bank's annual profits could be impacted significantly if its ...
Longtime VMware Chief Technology Officer Steve Herrod has stepped down from his post, leaving the company during a challenging time. Herrod has taken a job at the venture capital firm General Catalyst, where he will work as a managing ...
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IBM has announced that it will replace current UK CEO Stephen Leonard with David Stokes (pictured) with immediate effect, after Leonard was appointed general manager of IBM's global markets, systems and technology group. Stokes worked at ...
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New sales and services directors as firm aims for 'Bull 3.0' Bull UK & Ireland announced the appointment of sales director, Nayan Kotecha and services director, Jackie Raybould to its senior management team. Both took up their new posts ...
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CIO-I'll never forget a conversation I had with the head of IT at PepsiCo's Pizza Hut division in 1984.At the time,Pizza Hut's technology operation was completely mainframe-based.The IT chief(who had a PhD in computer science)told me ...
IDG News Service - Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on Wednesday doubled down on the company's embrace of social networking software, urging customers, partners and prospects to join him in a "social revolution," during a keynote address at ...
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Hewlett-Packard has updated its service virtualization software, giving developers a broader palette upon which to test their programs. HP Service Virtualization 2.3 can now mimic the behavior of JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) database ...
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Teri Foremny specializes in computerized maintenance management systems PHOENIX,ARIZONA,December 28,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Teri E.Foremny,Data Manager for Jones Lang LaSalle,has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for showing ...
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IBM is set to provide free programmes, training courses and resources for IT professionals and educators in a bid to narrow the skills gap. With the mission of preparing students for real-world business challenges, IBM will be offering ...
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The latest market share data from IDC shows that Linux is fuelling a surge in demand for server hardware. According to IDC's latest EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Server Tracker, Linux was the only operating system to experience ...
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The Government Procurement Service has put out a framework tender for hosting services worth between £100m and £1bn. The four-year framework for IT services will include consulting, software development, internet and support. ...
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IBM's revenues remained relatively flat in the second quarter 2012, although the company reported strong growth in its cloud, analytics and smarter planet initiatives. Total revenues for the quarter fell by 3% to $25.8bn due to currency ...
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Just in time for what will be a large number of required migrations, CA Technologies has updated its software for managing DB2 databases running on IBM z/OS mainframes. "DB2 is a very rich environment, and is very specific about how you ...
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IDG News Service - A large auto insurance provider has become embroiled in a court battle with Pitney Bowes, alleging that the software vendor claims a 20-year-old license agreement between the companies has been significantly ...
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