IBM Australia - News en-nz Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2001, 2008. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/nz/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com webmaste@us.ibm.com Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:45:57 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/ Monday 19th May 2008 - IBM has appointed Ingram Micro to join Express Data as its broad-based distributor for all software brands –Information Management, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli and Websphere. Mid-market specialists, Ingram Micro, joins the IBM stable as part of a new go-to-market strategy by Software Group, which aims to drive brand awareness and achieve market penetration with small-medium enterprises (SMEs). http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2008/05/20080519_unlock.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2008/05/20080519_unlock.html The results of a joint study undertaken by IBM and the NZ Business Council of Sustainable Development into New Zealand businesses' perceptions and behaviour around environmental sustainability and the contribution of IT to organisational energy use. The study incorporates a total sample of 2302 business respondents including a sub-group of 200 IT Managers. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2008/04/20080416_green_it_low.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2008/04/20080416_green_it_low.html New independent research from IBM reveals Australian enterprises are concerned about environmental impact of IT, but reducing emissions remains a low priority http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/09/20070918_green_it_low.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/09/20070918_green_it_low.html IBM today announced that live sales avatars from Asia will serve clients in New Zealand through its virtual IBM Business Centre at http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM Business Center/. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/08/20070823_IBM_to_Staff_Virtual_Business_Centre_24_Hours_Five_Days_a_Week.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/08/20070823_IBM_to_Staff_Virtual_Business_Centre_24_Hours_Five_Days_a_Week.html Meridian Energy's new energy efficient office building, due to open on Wellington's waterfront in October, will have the greenest telecommunications solution in New Zealand. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/08/20070822_Meridian_Energy_news.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/08/20070822_Meridian_Energy_news.html IBM New Zealand was awarded the inaugural Robin Hood Foundation Social Hero Award for Education Partnership on Friday evening. The award was for IBM's KidSmart programme – the donation of a specially designed computer unit, educational software and teacher training to early childhood centres, all of which have been designed to give pre-school children the opportunity to integrate information technology in their learning. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070730_hero_award_news.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070730_hero_award_news.html From 1 August young New Zealanders will have a safe virtual city, SciCity, in which they can explore, create and discover thanks to Otago Museum’s Discovery World, IBM New Zealand, and ZeDDD Technology. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070726_virtual_city_news.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070726_virtual_city_news.html In a New Zealand first, The University of Auckland Business School has announced a postgraduate course in Services Science, a new area of study aimed at filling a growing skills gap in the IT services sector. IBM, an advocate for the introduction of Services Science curricula in universities around the world, has provided advice to The Business School on the development of the course. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070712_university_courses_respond_news.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/07/20070712_university_courses_respond_news.html The University of Canterbury will be the first research institution in the Southern Hemisphere to have an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, putting it among elite research-led universities such as Harvard University, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/06/20070601_media_cantebury_news.html http://www.ibm.com/news/nz/en/2007/06/20070601_media_cantebury_news.html http://www.ibm.com/legal/nz/ http://www.ibm.com/legal/nz/