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Vietnam’s New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science
IBM announced today that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology Advance Innovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. The interactive on-line portal will be used by Vietnamese government institutions and universities to develop education programs for Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME), an emerging academic discipline and research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering, management science, business strategy, and social science.

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IBM Prepares Students in Asia to Meet Global Software Skills Demand
IBM today announced a new program to help university students in Asia enhance their skills to compete in a global market. The new program will allow students at more than 2,100 institutions in India, China, Singapore and Vietnam to enhance their credentials and better compete for the growing number of technology positions available in the region.

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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.

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IBM Launches Effort to Address Shortage of Hispanic Students in Technology Careers
IBM today convened an inaugural summit titled America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers, an effort to bring together leaders in business, education, government, and community organizations to find ways to increase the number of Hispanic students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math in the United States.

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IBM Taps Hollywood For New Ideas
For decades Hollywood has looked to science for inspiration, now IBM researchers are looking to Hollywood for new ideas too. The entertainment industry has portrayed possible future worlds through science fiction movies – many created by USC’s famous alumni – and IBM wants to tap into that creativity.

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IBM Acquires InfoDyne to Create World-Class Platform for Market Data Delivery
IBM today announced it has acquired InfoDyne Corporation, a privately held software company based in Park Ridge, Illinois. InfoDyne is a leader in high-speed platforms and data feed connectors which combined with IBM's WebSphere technology will help clients extend transactional integrity to low-latency environments. Financial details were not disclosed.

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IBM Board Approves 25 Percent Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend
The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per common share, payable June 10, 2008, to stockholders of record May 9, 2008.

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IBM, United States Golf Association Begin Four-Year Partnership With Launch of usopen.com
IBM and the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced a new four-year agreement making IBM the official technology partner of the USGA. To commence the relationship, the organizations also announced the re-launch of usopen.com, jointly designed and developed by IBM and the USGA. The new interactive Web site will allow fans to experience the U.S. Open Championship in ways not before possible.

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IBM Tiered Storage Management Helps Reduce Costs and Complexity
Americas Network May 9 2008 7:15PM GMT

IBM Develop New Partner Scheme SOA
Integration Developer News May 9 2008 6:59PM GMT

IBM pureXML for SOA: Unlocking the Business Value of Information
Line56 May 9 2008 6:43PM GMT

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Information Technology Services and Support
Yahoo! Canada May 9 2008 6:43PM GMT

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Information Technology Services and Support
Earthtimes.org May 9 2008 6:43PM GMT

Vietnamese Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud
Ein News May 9 2008 6:42PM GMT

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Information Technology
Market Wire via MSN Money May 9 2008 6:41PM GMT

IBM Tiered Storage Management Helps Reduce Costs and Complexity
Line56 May 9 2008 6:36PM GMT

Snap-in, Grid -Based Data Integration: IBM Information Server Blade
Line56 May 9 2008 6:31PM GMT

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Information Technology Services and Support
Street Insider May 9 2008 6:24PM GMT

NGSSquirrel for IBM DB2
BizReport.com May 9 2008 5:28PM GMT

IBM-Led Alliance to Promote 'New' Datacenters
Grid Today May 9 2008 4:39PM GMT

IBM Acquires InfoDyne to Speed Market Data Delivery
Grid Today May 9 2008 4:32PM GMT

IBM Cross-Organizational Application Collage Programming Model
IBM alphaWorks May 9 2008 3:03PM GMT

Vietnams New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science
Ein News May 9 2008 2:29PM GMT

IBM to acquire security software firm
Reuters UK May 9 2008 1:10PM GMT

IBM Goes Multi-Domain
IT-Director.com May 9 2008 12:37PM GMT

IBM Debuts New Category of Server for Web 2.0 Computing
TelecomTV May 9 2008 12:17PM GMT

Vendance Compliance Center Becomes IBM Business Partner: PolarLogics Readies Vendance Supply Chain Compliance Solutions Software for the IBM WebSphere + DB2 Platform
BizReport.com May 9 2008 11:33AM GMT

IBM Systems Energy Efficiency
BizReport.com May 9 2008 11:06AM GMT

SAP collaborates with HP and IBM to offer business solutions for mid-sized companies
Channel Line May 9 2008 8:04AM GMT

IBM Goes Multi-Domain
IT-Analysis.com May 9 2008 7:38AM GMT

TMG chooses IBM
IT Web May 9 2008 7:10AM GMT

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities'
Ein News May 9 2008 6:57AM GMT

IBM Validates Aveska Enterprise Access Governance Platform
TMC Net May 9 2008 5:43AM GMT

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science
TMC Net May 9 2008 5:11AM GMT

IBM announces Easy Sell program for partners
DQ Week May 9 2008 4:57AM GMT

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Se
Ein News May 9 2008 4:57AM GMT

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science
Ein News May 9 2008 4:53AM GMT

IBM's Server Appliance Will Change The Market For Small Business Computing
Forrester May 9 2008 4:53AM GMT

Closing Glance: Computer, peripheral stocks finish mixed (AP)
Shares of computer and peripheral makers traded mixed Friday while the overall market declined as insurer American International Group Inc. reported a wider-than-anticipated loss and oil prices rose to a new peak.

Microsoft appeals EU fine in bid for 'clarity' (at MarketWatch)
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it's appealing a $1.4 billion fine handed down earlier this year by European regulators for the software giant's failure to comply with an antitrust ruling.

Microsoft to Appeal European Antitrust Fine (at TheStreet.com)
The company was fined $1.4 billion in February.

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Information Technology Services and Support (Marketwire)
The Hertz Corporation has expanded its relationship with IBM, signing a five-year contract for global information technology to support Hertz's overall reengineering and efficiency improvement efforts.

What IBM Has to Do With Consumer-Driven Health Care (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

The Stock That Changed My Life (at Motley Fool)

The Two Truths of Tech Investing (at Motley Fool)

Flomerics surges after rejects Mentor cash bid (Reuters)
Shares in British engineering software firm Flomerics Group surged on Friday after rejecting a buyout offer from larger U.S. rival Mentor Graphics, saying it would explore interest from several other parties.

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science (Marketwire)
IBM announced today that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology Advance Innovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. The interactive online portal will be used by Vietnamese government institutions and universities to develop education programs for Service Science Management and Engineering, an emerging academic discipline and research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering, management science, business strategy, and social science.

Court weighs whether to restrict 'business method' patents (AP)
Is a baseball pitcher's method for throwing a curveball patentable? How about a chiropractor's techniques? A federal appeals court wrestled with those kinds of questions Thursday when it considered placing restrictions on patent protections for business practices.

[video] The Real Story Wrap: May 8 (at TheStreet.com)

Russell mounts modest bounce, eyes now on AIG overnight (SmallCapInvestor.com)
Small-cap shares had an uneventful session Thursday, hovering near steady levels much of the day while posting one of the quietest daily ranges seen this year.

PluggedIn: Free software takes on Microsoft Office (at Reuters)

Is U.S. Innovation Headed Offshore? (at BusinessWeek)

NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather (Marketwire)

Two Laptops Travel Light, but Flaws Weigh Them Down (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Two Laptops Travel Light, but Have Flaws Walt Mossberg tries out two laptops that weigh 3 pounds or less. They are worth considering for frequent travelers, but each has its own flaws.

Synchronoss' Woes Hint At Changes For iPhone (at Forbes.com)

Business Intelligence: An Interview With IBM's Rob Ashe (at Seeking Alpha)

IBM Prepares Students in Asia to Meet Global Software Skills Demand (Marketwire)

Financials Lead Late Plunge (at Forbes.com)

Synchronoss' Woes Hint At Changes For iPhone
It's not clear what the problems are for the company that hooks the smartphone to AT&T's network, but they could herald a shift by Apple.

Financials Lead Late Plunge
Stocks tumbled Wednesday as banks slid and oil prices rose.

Managing Change
The world's business leaders are continually faced with the task of adapting, but are they really up to it?

The Stall-Out In Mega-Caps
No more Valium at the bedside, so now where do we make money?

Sponsor's Content: The Bottom Line on Sustainability
Research indicates a clear connection between a company's sustainability practices and the price of its shares. What's not so apparent is whether it's just a feel-good idea or actually good for cash flow.

The Spread Shows Its Age
It may be dollar spread, but don't let the Fed panic you out of growth stocks.

Fed Cuts Again, Investors Unimpressed
This is a transcript of the Market Update: Close video report.

Housing Sector Slide Continues
This is a transcript of the Market Update: Midday video report.

Slow Start For U.S. Stocks As Fed Meets
Wall Street eased Tuesday morning as weak economic data spooked investors while the central bank discussed monetary policy.

Consumer Worries Sink Stocks
U.S. investors pull back following the worst consumer confidence numbers in 26 years and a spike in oil prices.

The Coming Convergence
What Steve Jobs really wants from his chip-company investment.

The Lonesome Bubble
That's energy, but there is money to be made in them thar wells.

Shanghai's Stunning Turnaround
Chinese mainland markets, after having been down as much as 4% on investor discontent over government policy, rebound to finish up 1%; Hong Kong follows suit.

IBM's Webbie World
Once corporate and staid, IBM now aims to be as Web-savvy as any start-up.

Shanghai Sags As Investors Vote No Confidence
Mainland markets down 3% in morning trading amid skepticism that the Chinese securities regulator's latest guidance to prevent an A-shares overhang is more than window dressing.

Stocks Up, Including Google, Citi, Caterpillar
This is a transcript of the Market Update: Open video report.

Virtual Traffic
The numbers of people expected in the virtual workplace is soaring--so what's the impact on traffic and fuel?

AMD Meets Modest Expectations
Chipmaker posts sixth straight quarterly loss but investors unmoved.

Stocks Fade On Soft Earnings
The first-quarter roller coaster takes another dip Thursday on misses from Merrill and others.

Merrill Trips Up Street
The brokerage was in positive territory, but its Q1 loss cast a shadow over the market.

Mixed Earnings, Sluggish Open
This is a transcript of the Market Update: Open video report.

Mixed Earnings, Sluggish Open
Wall Street was slower to begin the day Thursday, on a jumbled batch of corporate reports.

IBM Blows Away Street
The software firm reports better than expected earnings and increased its 2008 outlook.

Bright Day On Wall Street
This is a transcript of the Market Update: Outlook.

Earnings Parade Picks Up
Big names report in the wake of Wednesday's rally, with Merrill Lynch, Google and others on the docket.

Strong Earnings, OK Inflation Fuel Sharp Rise
Blue chip reports were solid and CPI came out as expected, leading Wall Street to a stellar gain.

($) Celestica's a Rising Star
Its limited exposure to consumer products and a superior balance sheet make it a clear choice over competitor Jabil.

Microsoft to Appeal European Antitrust Fine
The company was fined $1.4 billion in February.

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Informa
The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) hasexpanded its relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM), signing a five-yearcontract for global information technology to support Hertz's overallreengineering and efficiency improvement efforts.

Hertz Expands IBM Relationship to Provide Informa
The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) hasexpanded its relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM), signing a five-yearcontract for global information technology to support Hertz's overallreengineering and efficiency improvement efforts.

Flomerics surges after rejects Mentor cash bid
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British engineering software firm Flomerics Group surged on Friday after rejecting a buyout offer from larger U.S. rival Mentor Graphics, saying it would explore interest from several other parties.

The Two Truths of Tech Investing
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Vietnam's New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on I
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announcedtoday that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology AdvanceInnovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. Theinteractive online portal will be used by Vietnamese governmentinstitutions and universities to develop education programs for ServiceScience Management and Engineering (SSME), an emerging academic disciplineand research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering,management science, business strategy, and social science.

IBM Investor Forum: Evolution of Services
In a series of three conversations on the state of the Services industry, Ginni Rometty, Senior Vice President, Global Business Services, and Mike Daniels, Senior Vice President, Global Technology Services, discuss information technology service trends that are influencing client decision making, as well as IBM's Services strategies.

IBM 2006 Annual Report Now Available
Generating Higher Value at IBM: In 2006 IBM set new records for profit, earnings per share and cash performance. In his annual letter to investors, IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano discusses the strategic choices that have transformed IBM into a stronger engine of financial performance while repositioning the company for a changing world. A companion document, THINK (available at http://www.ibm.com/ibm/think), describes IBM's unique ability to conceptualize opportunities, analyze developments and re-imagine how the world could work.

Reforming Healthcare: A Key Emerging Market for the 21st Century
Healthcare is becoming as important to the vitality of businesses, governments and nations as it is to the well being of individuals. IBM is leading a worldwide effort to help business and public-sector organizations put in place key components of the roadmap for 21st century healthcare.

Understanding BPTS: Engineering & Technology Services
Engineering & Technology Services (E&TS) turns the internal expertise of IBM’s engineers and technical professionals outwards to help its clients innovate. These engineers and technicians work with IBM’s clients to rework their approach to research and development, create new products and services, bring those products to market faster and cheaper and – ultimately – create opportunities for growth.

Understanding the Enterprise Applications Business
The enterprise applications business remains extremely diverse. It is not uncommon for large companies to run thousands of different applications made by hundreds of separate Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Increasingly, companies want to integrate the flow of information between these applications internally, and to integrate their systems with partners, suppliers and customers externally. IBM has built its business – in hardware, software, and services – to fulfill this customer desire for deeper integration

Understanding the Enterprise Applications Business
The enterprise applications business remains extremely diverse. It is not uncommon for large companies to run thousands of different applications made by hundreds of separate Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Increasingly, companies want to integrate the flow of information between these applications internally, and to integrate their systems with partners, suppliers and customers externally. IBM has built its business – in hardware, software, and services – to fulfill this customer desire for deeper integration

IBM Signs Euro 1.5 Billion Contract With ABN AMRO to Manage Infrastructure Services
On September 1, IBM announced a major services deal with ABN AMRO -- a five-year IT services contract that is worth up to 1.5 billion EURO and is unique in the sheer scope of automation it will bring to a global network of data centers.

The Future of Services: Understanding Business Performance Transformation Services
The move to On Demand has led IBM to identify what it sees as a $500 billion growth opportunity. This opportunity is a market that lies outside the traditional IT industry. It is taking shape as companies tap specialized expertise for help managing, hosting and transforming outsourced business-support functions such as human resources, finance and accounting and supply chain. IBM calls this market in business expertise Business Performance Transformation Services.

A Renewed Era: The Reliable, Available, Scalable Mainframe
Mainframe computers, once considered the dinosaurs of IT, are proving their worth in the modern world of shared computing. In fact, big iron brings certain achievements to On Demand business, including extra tough security and sophisticated resource management.

The Strongest Link: Supply Chain Transformation
IBM Launches A New BTO Offering: Today, companies see supply-chain management as a way of improving both sales and profits. To address this high margin, high growth part of the market, IBM is creating a supply-chain management business transformation outsourcing (BTO) practice.

The Future Is Wide Open: Understanding IBM's strategy for microprocessors and systems development
The microprocessor industry is changing, in profound ways. As chips become more specialized, design innovation is becoming the arbiter of economic value and market performance. This is rewriting the rules of competition. The future is wide open.

Software Acquisitions: Fortifying IBM's Middleware Platform
IBM's software strategy is to provide a market-leading middleware platform with ubiquitous appeal to developers, I/T professionals and business managers alike. Innovation of the IBM software labs, leveraging decades of industry expertise, will continue to be the corner-stone of IBM's success in middleware.

IBM and the Future of TV

IBM and the Future of Work

IBM and the Future of Privacy

IBM and the Future of Sports

IBM and the Future of Crime

IBM and the Future of Online Gaming Part 2

IBM and the Future of Online Gaming Part 1

IBM and the Future of Our Cities

IBM and the Future of Banking

IBM and the Future of Our Past

IBM and the Future of Shopping

IBM and the Future of the Home

IBM and the Future of Driving

Vietnam’s New Collaboration Portal Goes Live on IBM Cloud, Accelerating Universities' Adoption of Service Science
IBM announced today that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology Advance Innovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. The interactive on-line portal will be used by Vietnamese government institutions and universities to develop education programs for Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME), an emerging academic discipline and research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering, management science, business strategy, and social science.

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NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. The supercomputer, known as a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, is the first in a highly energy-efficient class of machines to be shipped anywhere in the world.

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IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin Wins IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award
MADRID, SPAIN and SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) (NYSE: IBM) -- At the IEEE International Magnetics Conference today in Madrid, IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the Daniel E. Noble Award for his fundamental contributions to the development of magneto-resistive devices for non-volatile, high density, random access memory. Dr. Parkin's innovations in memory technologies led to the revolution of the hard disk drive industry and are found in nearly every disk drive on the market today.

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IBM and Siemens Healthcare Team to Help Community Hospitals Reduce Operating Costs and Energy Consumption
At a time when concerns over spiraling healthcare costs and global environmental issues have grown dramatically, Siemens (NYSE: SI) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that they will work together to help community hospitals reduce their operating costs and energy consumption.

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IBM Prepares Students in Asia to Meet Global Software Skills Demand
IBM today announced a new program to help university students in Asia enhance their skills to compete in a global market. The new program will allow students at more than 2,100 institutions in India, China, Singapore and Vietnam to enhance their credentials and better compete for the growing number of technology positions available in the region.

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IBM Establishes Global Information on Demand Technical Centers of Excellence in Germany and Japan
IBM today announced it has established two global Information on Demand Technical Centers of Excellence in Kanagawa, Japan, and Stuttgart, Germany, in response to growing customer demand for software and solutions that enable organizations to unlock the business value of their information and drive business optimization.

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IBM Raises the Self-Service Bar with New Kiosk-Like Self Checkout Retail System
IBM today announced first-of-a-kind self-checkout technology that allows consumers to shop for and check out purchases practically anywhere in a store. This new self checkout solution raises the bar for consumer self service options, giving retailers built-in flexibility, improved customer service and a new tool for building customer advocacy for their brands.

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The Pantry Begins 1,600 Store Rollout of Retalix Solutions
Retalix®, a global provider of software solutions for retailers and distributors, announced today that The Pantry Inc., one of the largest independently operated convenience store chains in the United States, has begun rolling out Retalix StorePoint, Retalix Fuel, and Retalix HQ-Convenience software. The Pantry selected Retalix and IBM to provide a unified, best-in-class operating platform at more than 1,600 retail locations.

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