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19 Dec 2011
IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years
Dubai, UAE – December 19, 2011: Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM Five in Five," a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. -
06 Dec 2011
Tanfeeth and IBM announce strategic agreement
Dubai, UAE- 6 December, 2011 - Tanfeeth, a fully owned subsidiary of Emirates NBD, the UAE's largest bank, has announced a long term strategic agreement with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to support Tanfeeth as the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) first shared services organization to deliver excellence across the entire business value chain. IBM will provide Tanfeeth with access to its global process capabilities in services, tools and training, and manage part of Tanfeeth’s delivery portfolio. -
04 Dec 2011
IBM to Produce Micron's Hybrid Memory Cube in Debut of First Commercial, 3D Chip-Making Capability
Dubai, UAE, Dec. 04, 2011 --IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Micron Technology, Inc. have recently announced that Micron will begin production of a new memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employ through-silicon vias (TSVs). IBM's advanced TSV chip-making process enables Micron's Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) to achieve speeds 15 times faster than today's technology. -
17 Nov 2011
IBM Study Reveals Challenges Midmarket CMOs Face to Sustain Brand Loyalty with Today's Social Consumer
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 17 November 2011 -- A new global IBM (IBM: NYSE) study of Midmarket Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) revealed that building and sustaining brand loyalty is the top concern for today's midmarket CMOs, yet 72 percent are not sure how to effectively build this loyalty.Additionally, 70 percent of these CMOs are concerned about data explosion, as they are tasked with making sense of highly complex information generated constantly from a variety of sources such as consumer blogs, tweets, mobile texts and videos. -
15 Nov 2011
IT Professionals predict Watson technology to revolutionize education industry
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 Nov 2011 –Developers around the world believe IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson’s sophisticated analytics capabilities will have the most transformative impact on the education industry according to the 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report released today. The health care industry came in a close second. -
13 Nov 2011
IBM Unveils Mobile Security Service to Protect Sensitive Corporate Data
Dubai, UAE, 13 November, 2011- IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled a new service to help businesses secure the exploding number of mobile devices with access to corporate data. The new IBM Hosted Mobile Device Security Management service extends the company's existing mobility portfolio to include a security application for smartphones and tablets, along with managed services including policy management and user compliance monitoring. -
24 Oct 2011
IBM Opens $50 Million Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Program to 2012 Applicants
Dubai, UAE, October 24, 2011 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has opened the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant program to new applications for 2012. Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50 million grant program in which IBM's top technical experts and consultants provide actionable advice to urban centers. -
19 Oct 2011
IBM Introduces New Systems to Accelerate Smarter Computing
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 19 October 2011: In the largest update to its systems portfolio this year, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced 55 new and updated server and storage technologies that can help clients gain actionable insights from data, increase IT capacity and deliver new services faster to create profitable business opportunities.