A Leading Application Development Tools Vendor Joins IBM’s Software Business ARMONK, N.Y (February 21, 2003) – IBM (NYSE:IBM – News) today announced the completion of its $2.1 billion acquisition of Rational Software Corp. (NASDAQ:RATL – News). The acquisition, announced on Dec. 6, 2002, was completed before the market opened today. Rational provides open, industry standard […]
Will give customers a complete open software development environment for building on demand e-business and technical software products Armonk, N.Y., & Cupertino, Calif (December 06, 2002) – IBM and Rational Software Corp. (NASDAQ:RATL) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the equity of Rational at a price […]
RS/6000 S80 Helps Secure Industry Leadership in D.H. Brown Report Somers, N.Y (December 28, 1999) – IBM announced today that its UNIX servers have received the highest commercial ranking in an innovative composite benchmark-testing study of server performance.The independent study, conducted by D.H. Brown Associates, ranked IBM’s high-end UNIX servers number one, ahead of HP […]
e-business leader sponsors and co-creates Web site for music’s premier awards show Two months of exclusive content on Web site to be highlighted by a five-day live cybercast marking the industry’s largest grouping of recording artis SANTA MONICA, CA & ARMONK, NY (December 27, 1999) – Michael Greene, President/CEO of the Recording Academy, today announced […]
Somers, N.Y (December 22, 1999) – Towers Perrin today announced that they have developed an innovative e-business solution for their actuarial consulting practice, giving them an edge over the competition. Towers Perrin used OS/390, the flagship operating system for IBM S/390 enterprise servers, to run the Java-based solution and to provide the powerful framework for […]
IBM to Support New Century Energies’ Business Transformation SOMERS, NY (December 22, 1999) – To better meet the challenges of the evolving utility marketplace, New Century Energies (NCE), a Denver, CO based utilities company, and IBM recently signed a new 10 year agreement designed to transition the relationship from an IT productivity outsourcing contract to […]
Shaw Industries Chooses IBM S/390 in $14 Million Contract SOMERS, N.Y (December 21, 1999) – In a $14 million, six-year deal, Shaw Industries, the number one carpet manufacturer in the world, has selected the IBM S/390 server as its data center server for all core business applications. The contract, reflecting an ongoing partnership between the […]
N/A (December 20, 1999) – Bull and IBM announced today an extension of their agreement related to Power processor-based UNIX systems and the AIX operating system. With this extension, Bull and IBM intend to continue their relationship for at least the next five years. The new agreement builds on those between the companies that go […]
Initiative Increases Supply of Skilled IT Professionals Richmond, Va (December 16, 1999) – Students and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) are working alongside employees of Reynolds Metals Company on a key project involving enterprise resource planning (ERP) software running on an IBM[r] AS/400e[tm]. They are developing a training schedule to support the rollout of […]
Madison, Wisc (December 15, 1999) – The State of Wisconsin this week unveiled an online health insurance system that allows users to verify coverage, switch plans and even check on the status of claims through the Web. The new system runs on an IBM S/390 enterprise server using Java technology and provides state employers and […]