First Portable Storage Device Shipping to Incorporate GMR Technology SAN JOSE, Calif (March 04, 1998) – IBM today announced the highest capacity 2.5-inch slimline hard disk drive for notebook computers. It holds 6.4-gigabytes, or about three times as much information as the average notebook hard drive contains today.About the size of a deck of playing […]
Work/Life Balancing Act Cited as Key Issue Driving Retail Market SOMERS, NY (March 03, 1998) – IBM today announced an aggressive expansion of its ThinkPad notebook PC business, taking a cue from research study findings that demonstrate how mobile technology is changing the lives of consumers and professionals in the workplace and the home. Debuting […]
IBM unveils first Aptiva E Series model powered by an Intel Pentium II processor Somers, New York (March 03, 1998) – IBM today announced the Aptiva E76, the first model of its award-winning Aptiva E Series to be powered by an Intel Pentium II processor. The Aptiva E76 combines outstanding performance with the superior expandability […]
Agreement Signals Expanding Market for Java Processor Technology IBM & Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced IBM has licensed Sun's picoJava I processor core (March 03, 1998) – top boxes and otherinformation appliances, to accelerate Java application performance. This will allow manufacturers to provide new types of services onsmaller, easier-to-use devices.This agreement signals a new stage […]
ATLANTA (March 02, 1998) – Top honors in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest go to Charles University of Prague, The Czech Republic, which won a five-hour battle of logic, programming skills and mental endurance. Rounding out the top five in descending order are: St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia; University of Waterloo, Ontario, […]
Enterprise Management Leader Offers Customers Flexibility with Both Tivoli TME 10-Based Output Management and Stand-Alone Solutions AUSTIN, Texas (March 02, 1998) – Tivoli Systems Inc., the world’s leader in network, systems and applications management, today announced the first release of TME 10 Output Manager, a comprehensive output management solution for client/server production environments. TME 10 […]
WHITE PLAINS, New York (March 02, 1998) – IBM Credit Corporation today announced two deferred payment plans for customers to acquire IBM’s latest networking hardware and tape library storage systems now and begin payments 90 days from the date of installation.The deferrals — which, unlike most plans, do not result in higher monthly payments — […]
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, USA, & PARIS, France (February 25, 1998) – IBM* and Dassault Systemes announced today a new strategic alliance to deliver new integrated solutions — along with business transformation, consulting and implementation services — in response to an emerging market opportunity called Product Development Management II (PDM II).Responding to the PDM II opportunity […]
Other Enhancements Include New Firewall Security for IBM Managed Data Network Services and e-Commerce for IBM Content Hosting Services Somers, NY (February 24, 1998) – Building on its rapidly expanding portfolio of e-business solutions, IBM today announced new and enhanced managed network services, including its intent to provide a swift deployment of the recently adopted […]
Fishkill, N.Y (February 23, 1998) – IBM today announced the industry’s premier system security for conducting business over the Internet. This leading security comes from a one-two punch of a software/hardware solution integrated with IBM’s flagship enterprise operating system, OS/390, and IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise servers – Generation 3 and Generation 4.IBM also announced enhancements […]