First Storage Devices to Incorporate Drive Fitness Test Technology San Jose, Calif. (October 22, 1998) – IBM today announced the highest capacity notebook computer hard disk drive for premium notebook computers. It holds 14.1-gigabytes (GB) or about four times as much information as the average notebook hard drive contains today.Travelstar 14GS does not weigh much […]
N/A Minneapolis (October 21, 1998) – At the Closing the Gap conference, IBM today unveiled a talking Web browser that opens the doors of the World Wide Web with spoken Internet access to blind and visually impaired computer users. The new software, called Home Page Reader(a) for Windows(b), offers these computer users a comprehensive tool […]
New Solutions Help Companies Eliminate Interruptions in Internet Services Atlanta (Networld+Interop (October 21, 1998) – IBM today announced IBM Recovery Support Services for e-business, a new offering portfolio designed to protect and recover mission critical Internet-based applications from unplanned information technology infrastructure outages.Leveraging proven consulting services designed to help businesses understand the appropriate level of […]
N/A Armonk, N.Y (October 20, 1998) – IBM today announced third-quarter 1998 diluted earnings per common share of $1.56 compared with diluted earnings per common share of $1.35 in the third quarter of last year. Third-quarter 1998 net earnings totaled $1.5 billion compared with $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 1997. Third-quarter 1998 revenues […]
N/A North Castle, NY (October 20, 1998) – IBM Credit Corporation today reported third-quarter 1998 net earnings of $79.9 million, an increase of 28 percent, compared with $62.4 million for the same 1997 period.New financing originations for commercial and government customers acquiring computer hardware and other information technology products and services in the third quarter […]
Contract valued at $175 million over seven years Sao Paulo, Brazil (October 15, 1998) – . Aiming at strengthening its global competitiveness, Fiat has begun the implementation of its “FIAT IT EXCELLENCE” program selecting IBM as its partner in Latin America. This partnership will be the model for other partnerships that Fiat will pursue around […]
IBM Technology Doubles Performance of Apache-Based HTTP Services on Windows NT San Francisco (October 14, 1998) – IBM today announced that it has extended the HTTP services in IBM WebSphere* Application Servers in the areas of performance, security and platform support by adding new functionality to the HTTP services that are packaged with WebSphere and […]
N/A Fishkill, N.Y (October 14, 1998) – IBM today announced the addition of a new PowerPC 405 embedded processor core to its Blue Logic “core library.” The company also added a unique code compression system to its PowerPC lineup that enables a significant reduction in memory requirements, providing savings on overall system costs.As a key […]
National Weather Service Selects RS/6000 SP Somers, N.Y (October 14, 1998) – an IBM RS/6000 SP — is more than ten times more powerful than the system made famous during Deep Blue’s historic 1997 victory over chess grand master Garry Kasparov.The RS/6000 SP will allow the National Weather Service’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction in […]
N/A Somers, NY (October 13, 1998) – IBM today announced that it’s flagship high-end application server, the IBM Netfinity* 7000 M10, outperformed all other Intel-processor based servers currently tested for J.D. Edwards’ network-centric, ERP application, OneWorld** running Windows NT, by achieving response times of approximately one third of a second for 1000 users.The IBM Netfinity […]