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01 Apr 2009
Getting it green
When it comes to energy, growing concern for the environment and climate change is fuelling a more engaged public. There is a global groundswell which is compelling businesses and consumers to consider the effect that our modern way of life has on the environment in which we live. As the planet heats up, so do regulatory mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Much of the opportunity to address carbon emissions rests on the entire business infrastructure, not just the data centre. -
23 Mar 2009
IBM looks to Save Water
IBM is pumping more than $6 billion (R57.9 billion) a year into researching technologies, which – it believes – will help alleviate water shortages in countries around the world. IBM Sub-Sahara Africa CTO Clifford Foster says the initiative is aimed at starting discussions with heads of states on issues such as water contamination and shortages. -
22 Aug 2008
IBM invites musicians to jointly compose songs about South Africa using internet technology
IBM has developed collaboration tools for musicians within "Second Life", the three-dimensional internet world, as well as in the two-dimensional internet using Web 2.0 collaboration. Musicians can upload and download audio samples or single notes hits, mix them with samples or overlay them with other rhythms -
22 Aug 2008
Absa and IBM seal a R570 million Business Recovery Deal
Absa has awarded IBM (NYSE: IBM) a 10 year contract for the provision of business continuity and recovery services. This partnership is worth R570 million, the biggest business continuity deal in Africa to date. -
22 Aug 2008
IBM at the Forefront of Energy Efficiency
Increasingly, companies are under critical energy and environmental pressures that are related to cost, regulation, stakeholder and new business development. They need to act, be seen to be acting, and achieve meaningful and measurable results. IBM is at the forefront of ensuring energy efficiency and protection of the environment in the products and solutions that it provides. -
22 Aug 2008
Blue Gene supercomputer on track for delivery to South Africa
As part of IBM's Global Innovation Outlook on Africa, IBM committed to donate the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, the first of its kind in Africa, for research purposes. The powerful $1.6 million Blue Gene supercomputer is on track for delivery to South Africa in the second half of this year. -
25 Jul 2008
IBM Global CEO Study: CEOs Battle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change
The IBM Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted, today reveals a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important change ahead, and also highlights how the ability to absorb and manage change is widening the gap between winners and losers in the global economy. -
08 Jul 2008
IBM To Help Ghana Small Enterprises Grow Their Businesses
Ten IBM employees from countries such as Canada, Germany, India, Italy, US and UK will arrive in Ghana on 11 July 2008 as part of the corporation’s newly launched Corporate Service Corps programme (CSC). The programme deploys IBM’s leaders of today and tomorrow to developing countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa to address socio-economic challenges in emerging markets while deepening leadership skills including diversity management.