Tagged: IBM
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IT reseller plans to double turnover News
27.06.2005 An Irish IT solutions provider and reseller that began life in 1984 as a hardware broker is planning to double turnover from €5.5m to more than €10m in the next two years...Categories: BusinessTags: IBM -
Lenovo completes IBM PC acquisition News
03.05.2005 Chinese computer giant Lenovo completed the transaction to acquire IBM’s PC division, creating a new international IT competitor and the third largest PC maker in the world.Categories: BusinessTags: IBM -
Mobile viruses to be a major security threat in 2005 News
14.02.2005 This year could see an “epidemic” of viruses and worms that directly target handheld systems and mobile phones, a new report has warned. The signs were there last year following...Categories: CIO -
PC inventor leaves its past behind News
14.12.2004 IBM’s decision to sell its PC business to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo was hardly a bolt from the blue. The news that the PC division was on the block had emerged the week before...Categories: CIOTags: IBM -
IBM sells PC division for US$1.75bn News
08.12.2004 UPDATE: IBM has sold its PC division to China’s Lenovo Group for a reported US$1.75bn. Lenovo, the largest PC maker in China and Asia, will become the world's third-largest PC...Categories: Careers and EmploymentTags: IBM -
IBM poised to potentially cut US$1.5bn deal News
07.12.2004 Chinese PC maker Lenovo is expected to pay about US$1.5bn in cash and shares for IBM’s PC business. It is understood that as part of a deal being brokered in advanced...Categories: Business -
Chinese manufacturer close to buying IBM’s PC arm News
06.12.2004 Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo is understood to have suspended share trading in Hong Kong today pending clarification about plans to acquire IBM’s PC division....Categories: Business -
Big Blue posts small profit News
19.10.2004 Technology giant IBM has posted a 1pc profit on revenues of US$1.8bn during the third quarter. Although earnings beat analysts’ expectations, the results were offset by a...Categories: BusinessTags: IBM -
IBM adds to local datacentre capacity in new deal News
08.09.2004 IBM Ireland has added to its local data centre capacity through a contract with the Servecentric hosting facility in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The deal is an expansion of IBM’s...Tags: IBM -
Students go to extremes News
22.07.2004 IBM has named the eight third-level students that have been selected to take part in its student internship programme, Extreme Blue.Categories: R&D -
IBM profits up 16.6pc News
16.07.2004 Computer giant IBM reported second quarter profits of US$2bn, up 16.6pc on profits generated during the same quarter last year. The profit amounted to US$1.16 per share.Categories: BusinessTags: IBM -
Big Blue pushes big iron News
13.07.2004 IBM is claiming to have changed the economics of Unix computing with the introduction of its new Power5 eServer systems, utilizing an advanced line of Unix and Linux servers...Categories: BusinessTags: IBM -
Changing the face of education News
27.04.2004 If a visit from EU top brass is a barometer of a school’s success, then St Joseph’s Primary School in Dundalk has a lot to feel pleased about. Last week, EU Enterprise...Categories: R&D -
Big blue posts big profits News
16.04.2004 IBM has posted first quarter earnings of US$1.6bn, or 93 cents per share, meeting Wall Street expectations. However, analysts warn that much of the company’s quarterly 11pc...Categories: Business -
IT leaders look on the bright side News
01.04.2004 As a lobby group for the technology sector, ICT Ireland can be relied upon for pithy moans and groans when the Government misses the mark. Over the past few years, there has...Categories: Business -
Talking about a revolution News
30.03.2004 Forty years ago next week, a computing revolution happened. Its effects, in the IT world and beyond, were far-reaching. On 7 April 1964 IBM announced its System 360 mainframe...Categories: CIOTags: IBM -
Big Blue thinks small News
11.03.2004 Chain-smoking Italian Massimo Bonciani ( pictured ) is the IBM veteran given the task of ensuring it aggressively wins the European market share in the small to medium-sized...Categories: CIO -
Fineos strikes major deal with US health insurer Aetna News
03.03.2004 LAS VEGAS – Siliconrepublic.com can exclusively reveal that Irish financial services software company Fineos has won a major deal for its Fineos Insure product which is based on...Categories: Business -
IBM brings ancient Egypt to life using state of the art tech News
25.02.2004 IBM and the Egyptian government have together unveiled what is being hailed as one of the most impressive applications of technology to historical study.Categories: R&D