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11 Nov 2009
New IBM Software Enriches Online Shopping
ARMONK, N.Y. - 11 Nov 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software that delivers a personalized and more interactive shopping experience for the exploding population of mobile users worldwide. The software incorporates new social networking capabilities and the ability for retailers to reach consumers with personalized promotions, coupons and other content, regardless of how or where the customer chooses to shop with them. -
10 Nov 2009
New IBM Software Uses Sensors to Speed the Movement of Shipping Containers
ARMONK, N.Y. - 10 Nov 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled new software that will enable businesses and governments to extract new business information from sensors to determine the whereabouts and conditions of millions of returnable shipping containers used to transport goods around the world. Using the software, massive amounts of sensor data can be gathered in real-time, providing supply chain transparency and reducing inventory costs by as much as 40 percent. -
15 Oct 2009
IBM Reports 2009 Third-Quarter Results
ARMONK, NY - 15 Oct 2009:IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter 2009 diluted earnings of $2.40 per share compared with diluted earnings of $2.04 per share in the third quarter of 2008, an increase of 18 percent. -
13 Oct 2009
IBM Launches New Service to Help Automate IT Support Desk Operations
ARMONK, N.Y. - 13 Oct 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new service aimed at helping businesses automate the flow of information across IT service desk operations, resulting in faster incident management and issue resolution, higher employee productivity and lower operational costs. -
23 Sep 2009
IBM Brings 50% Reduction in Waiting Time to the Morning Commute in Sweden's Capital
STOCKHOLM - 23 Sep 2009: The Stockholm Congestion Charging System, created by IBM (NYSE: IBM) has significantly improved access to the Swedish capital by halving queuing times on access roads to the city in the mornings. City traffic is down by 18% and CO2 emissions in the inner city have been cut by between 14 and 18 percent. These are the results of the latest study on the system by the Stockholm City Traffic authorities. -
22 Sep 2009
New IBM Lotus Connections Software Brings Consumer Social Networking Features to the Office
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - 22 Sep 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an expanded set of social software tools and capabilities for enterprise collaboration that brings popular features like micro-blogging from the home into the business environment. Leading companies such as NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH and Sogeti are among the early adopters of IBM's collaboration platform, Lotus Connections 2.5. -
10 Sep 2009
New IBM Study Highlights Analytics As Top Priority For Today’s CIO
ARMONK, NY - 10 Sep 2009: A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM (NYSE: IBM) today, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs. More than four out of five (83 percent) survey respondents identified business intelligence and analytics – the ability to see patterns in vast amounts of data and extract actionable insights – as the way they will enhance their organizations’ competitiveness. -
09 Sep 2009
IBM Study Reveals Drug Companies Struggle to Improve Supply Chain to Battle Counterfeiting, Safety Concerns and Global Complexity
ARMONK, N.Y. - 09 Sep 2009: Reducing the risk of counterfeit drugs and contaminated medications amidst the complexity of global manufacturing are among the top concerns of the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries today, according to a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study. More than 50 percent of executives polled say their companies fail to respond quickly enough to pandemics and other emergencies because of lapses in their supply chain.