IBM UK - News - The latest announcements, events, and research breakthroughs from IBM and our subsidiaries worldwide. en-uk © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/uk/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com Sara Russell/UK/Contr/IBM Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:15 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/ A government computer in New Mexico is the first supercomputer to perform at one petaflop (one thousand trillion calculations per second). Designed and built by IBM, the Roadrunner (named after the New Mexico state bird) is a hybrid machine, the world’s first, that uses both traditional computer chips and the Cell Broadband Engine http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/06/09/v195858d73373n28.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/06/09/v195858d73373n28.html Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and IBM's TJ Watson Research Centre will work together on a five-year research project that teams up simulations on a supercomputer and lab experiments to design drugs to fight HIV. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/04/03/e842947j19646h69.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/04/03/e842947j19646h69.html IBM and Linden Lab, creator of Second Life, are working on adapting the popular virtual world technology for customised and secure collaboration within corporations. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/04/03/p740108b07146d06.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/04/03/p740108b07146d06.html IBM scientists have built the world’s smallest nanophotonic switch, about 100 times smaller than the cross section of a human hair. This marks another significant advance towards sending information inside a computer chip by using light pulses instead of electrons. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/03/17/s748758h38533t30.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/03/17/s748758h38533t30.html Companies say they reap benefits when they are more open with stakeholders and put social responsibility at the core of their business strategy. According to a new study by IBM, businesses believe they will be more competitive, attract and retain the best talent, and gain access to new business opportunities. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/12/h866367n43620u12.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/12/h866367n43620u12.html The latest research report from IBM finds the banking industry expects to fuel growth through market expansion, particularly in emerging markets. But banks say they’re not ready to seize these opportunities. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/11/h149416n63949o27.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/11/h149416n63949o27.html IBM unveiled an expanded business strategy and roadmap — bolstered by the company’s acquisition of Cognos — to help clients unlock the business value of information and use it for competitive advantage to address emerging, industry-specific business opportunities. With the addition of Cognos, more than 35,000 employees across IBM’s global software, hardware, services and research organisations are united in support of the company’s global Information on Demand business strategy. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/06/u624512p66079y73.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/02/06/u624512p66079y73.html The Co-operative Group continues to strengthen its green credentials with the launch of a night-time energy-saving programme for the IBM Electronic Point Of Sale (EPOS) operations in its 2,200 food stores. http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/01/30/d026244z40464y87.html http://www.ibm.com/news/uk/en/2008/01/30/d026244z40464y87.html http://www.ibm.com/legal/uk/en/ http://www.ibm.com/legal/uk/en/