EDS forms alliance to challenge IBM's Global Services business
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EDS on Monday announced the formation of the EDS Agility Alliance with industry heavyweights Cisco, Dell, EMC, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Xerox. The partnership will be the foundation for EDS' efforts to regain momentum in the services business, where it has lost ground to challengers such as IBM's Global Services unit.
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IBM said Monday that it is partnering with ACI Worldwide, an electronic payment software vendor, to create a payments system based on service oriented architecture (SOA) principles.ACI&#39;s software will be combined with IBM&#39;s System z mainframe, DB2 database, WebSphere middleware, Tivoli IT management software and Crypto-chip technology, according to an IBM statement. ACI also intends to host its software in IBM&#39;s data centers, for customers who desire an on-demand payments system.IBM said the combination of ACI&#39;s technology and its own will result in an SOA foundation that allows payment information to be shared throughout enterprises, many of which see a tangle of legacy systems strewn across their IT environments.The partnership will first result in a version of ACI&#39;s BASE24-eps online payments software optimized for System z; a wholesale payments product aimed at the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and real-time fraud detection technology. Later, the companies will focus on smart card management, dispute management, online banking and a payment hub implementing IBM&#39;s Payments Framework, they said.ACI&#39;s customers include more than 110 of the world&#39;s top 500 banks, according to IBM.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) is beginning to implement a new vendor-relationship strategy emphasizing deeper alliances with fewer vendors.
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IBM has announced virtual resources to help its business partners accelerate the building and deployment of on-demand business applications tailored to customer requirements across all vertical industries.
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GridWorld -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a set of new grid computing programs and access to IBM business and technical resources to help its Business Partners sell more grid computing solutions.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - PeopleSoft Inc. is deepening its ties with IBM, announcing yesterday a sales and development partnership it called the most significant enterprise applications alliance in the companies&#39; history.
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The Tokyo and London stock exchanges are set to sign a business alliance on Friday as part of a global race for consolidation among the world's top bourses, informed sources said Thursday.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to collaborate with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) to hold the first-ever Automotive Supplier Jam -- an unprecedented online dialogue on the North American automobile industry's general strategy, future, and opportunities for innovation.
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After months of flirting, IBM Corp has finally joined the industry-backed Liberty Alliance Project, potentially speeding interoperability between two rival sets of Web services specifications for federated identity.
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InfoWorld - IBM said Monday that it is partnering with ACI Worldwide, an electronic payment software vendor, to create a payments system based on service oriented architecture (SOA) principles.
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TechWeb - IBM and BEA Systems are expanding their consulting services for companies ready to build service-oriented architectures.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM and PeopleSoft on Tuesday announced that PeopleSoft will standardize its applications on core IBM middleware products and that both companies will market the joint solutions.
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A new, independent research report named IBM (NYSE: IBM) as a strong performer in service oriented architecture (SOA). The Forrester Wave(TM): North American SOA Integration, Q3 2006, September 2006 examined IBM Global Services' current SOA offerings, SOA strategy and market presence.
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Plans by International Business   Machines Corp. IBM.N, the world's largest technology services   company, to acquire MRO Software Inc. MROI.O for $740 million   have received U.S. antitrust approval, U.S. officials said on   Wednesday.
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As the threat of a hostile takeover by Oracle rumbles on, PeopleSoft has announced a $1bn partnership with IBM. Speaking at PeopleSoft&#39;s user conference in San Francisco yesterday, the company&#39;s chief executive
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Joint work with IBM is part of strategy to deliver apps that let customers use Web services to build adaptable service-oriented architectures.
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The company extends a deal with open-source Java software maker JBoss in an effort to compete with IBM.