Category: Computer Software

IBM, Software Vendors Team to Make Netfinity Server- and Windows NT-Based Solutions Easy

ServerProven Program Helps Resellers and Customers “Snap” Together Netfinity Hardware and Windows NT-based Business Software Somers, N.Y (November 13, 1998) – In the one year since its introduction, the IBM Netfinity ServerProven program (FN) has become an unqualified hit with solution developers, value added resellers and end users — yielding one of the largest published […]

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Indulge Your Imagination! Circle The Globe, Travel Back In Time With Discoveries – IBM’s First DVD-ROM Title

Multimedia Guide To History Engages Students In Learning Experience Mountain View, Calif. (November 12, 1998) – IBM today unveiled its World Book® Discoveries multimedia software, the first in a series of forthcoming DVD-ROM reference offerings from IBM for families.Discoveries enhances the 1999 World Book product line by offering students a multimedia introduction to world history. […]

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IBM, Unisys and Oracle Lead Initiative on Industry Standard for Collaborative Web-based Software Development

Companies Advance Final Proposal to Formalize Standard; Demonstrate Product Prototypes Burlingame, CA (November 11, 1998) – IBM, Unisys and Oracle, accompanied by other leading software vendors and end-users, today presented the final proposal of an industry standard to streamline collaborative application development efforts on the Web. The three companies also demonstrated how disparate development tools […]

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World Golf Village Web Site Sports New Interactive and Multimedia Features

www.wgv.com St (November 11, 1998) – World Golf Village and its official information technology partner, IBM, today unveiled the revamped www.wgv.com, the official Web site for World Golf Village, home of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Originally launched in December 1997, the site now boasts a new design, interactive content and multimedia features.“The revamped […]

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IBM Announces the World’s Highest Capacity Desktop PC Hard Drive

100 Years of Magnetic Recording San Jose, CA (November 11, 1998) – To mark the 100th anniversary of magnetic recording, IBM has extended the legacy of this technology today with the announcement of the world’s highest capacity hard drive for desktop PCs.The IBM Deskstar 25GP is the latest product in the century-long evolution of inventions […]

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100 Years of Magnetic Recording Milestones: 1898 to 1998

N/A N/A (November 11, 1998) – IBM introduced the world’s highest capacity hard drives for notebook and desktop PCs at 14 gigabytes (GB) and 25 GB, respectively. The 25 GB drive is 5,000 times the capacity of the first hard drive product, introduced by IBM in 1956.1998 IBM announced the microdrive, the world’s smallest and […]

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OAO Corporation Awards Desktop Outsourcing Subcontract to IBM for the NASA Office of Space Flight Enterprise

N/A Somers, N.Y (November 10, 1998) – IBM today announced that it has been awarded a subcontract by OAO Corporation to provide desktop support services for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). IBM Global Services will participate in an alliance to provide PC desktop computing, server, and communications services to NASA on a monthly […]

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IBM Posts Top Growth on Supercomputer List

Leads Major Vendors with 83 Percent Growth Among Top 100 Sites SC '98, Orl & o, Fla (November 10, 1998) – IBM announced today that it has increased its share of systems on the TOP500 list of the largest supercomputers by more than 40 percent in just the past six months. IBM systems now account […]

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IBM and Mentor Graphics to Expand Reach of PowerPC Chip Architecture for Embedded Consumer and Communications Applications

N/A Fishkill, N.Y. & Wilsonville, ORE (November 09, 1998) – IBM and Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced a strategic licensing relationship that allows Mentor Graphics to offer IBM PowerPC 401 and 405 embedded processor “cores” as part of its extensive library of proven commercial cores. The agreement enables design teams to incorporate IBM PowerPC […]

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IBM Extends Market Lead in Flat Panel Monitors with New 18-Inch Display At Breakthrough Price

N/A Research Triangle Park, NC (November 09, 1998) – IBM today announced two 18.1-inch(1) active matrix Thin Film Transistor (TFT) flat panel monitors. With an estimated reseller price starting at $2,849(2), the new T85 flat panel monitor sets another breakthrough price point in the industry for comparably-sized TFT monitors.“This new 18.1-inch flat panel monitor enhances […]

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