IBM bundles products, targets smaller businesses
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International Business Machines Corp. on   Tuesday unveiled the first in a new line of product bundles   encompassing hardware, software and technical assistance as it   looks to increase its sales to small and medium-sized   companies.
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IBM has unveiled a new data warehousing strategy, dubbed dynamic warehousing, along with a new data analysis tool and configurations of its warehousing appliance for small and mid-size businesses.
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Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on. Still, it&#39;s no Windows smasher. IBM launched a bold foray into desktop computing last spring, when it took on Microsoft&#39;s
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Information technology (IT) giant IBM is ready to grab more shares in the IT related market of China&#39;s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with more products at affordable prices.
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(InfoWorld) - It may be too early to talk plug-and-play but IBMÂ believes it can help businesses of all sizes easily cluster their servers to handle intensive computing workloads. Leveraging its expertise in high-end computing and vertical industry applications, IBM has launched several initiatives to allow small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and the departments of large enterprises to integrate their servers -- from as few as two to many thousands -- into computing clusters designed for high-performance computing tasks, the company said Wednesday. Initially targeted at the businesses in the life sciences, computer-aided engineering, and finance sectors, IBM will offer preconfigured "snap-together" cluster systems for customers using the company's computers and storage devices. The systems are designed to run on Linux and Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 operating systems and will include networking technology from companies such as Cisco Systems. The collaboration with Microsoft will allow businesses to use parallel processing on clusters to free up client machines from long-running applications. ISVs (independent software vendors) and business partners will receive tools to help them introduce IBM's cluster systems. These include sizing guides with predefined cluster configurations for simple ordering and installation. IBM business partners have access to the company's Cluster Enablement Team for technical questions and advice. For customers, software vendors and business partners running Microsoft cluster servers, IBM has four new benchmarking facilities in Poughkeepsie, New York, Raleigh, North Carolina, Beaverton, Oregon and Montpelier, France. These centers join a network of global Linux benchmark centers. To attract businesses interested in computing clusters, IBM's Deep Computing Capacity on Demand centers will give them access to more than 20,000 processors to test the technology for themselves. IBM offers a range of products that support computing clusters, including its System x, System p and BladeCenter servers, as well as the IBM System Storage and IBM System Cluster 1350.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled a collection of new services designed to bring the benefits of radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems to industrial firms and mid-size businesses. The goal is to help smaller companies comply with mandates to adopt the technology by  Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the Department of Defense and other organizations.
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IBMÂ  is rolling out a new set of financing options that it hopes will increase its sales to SMB (small and medium business) customers by simplifying the financing process.
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Company hopes to attract users who will later upgrade to its small business software.
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IBM last Friday announced that it will release a low-price disk server aimed at midsize companies that want to establish storage area networks.
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Small companies tout their media products, many of which integrate various types of software and connectivity.
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IBM on Tuesday bolstered its storage portfolio with several new systems, including a product the vendor says packs the power of a larger system but is about the size of a couple of pizza boxes.
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IBM (Quote, Chart) has launched a suite of RFID (define) services for mid-market businesses and industrial sectors. The new services are geared for companies that typically employ 1,000 workers or less.
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Two new products are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
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It may be too early to talk plug-and-play but IBM Corp. believes it can help businesses of all sizes easily cluster their servers to handle intensive computing workloads.
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Company hopes to lure QuickBooks users to its revamped small business app.
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InfoWorld - IBM Corp. and Lawson Software Inc. are expanding their existing relationship to jointly target small and midsize business (SMB) users, initially in North America and three specific industries.
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Also on the docket: to turn a focus on the small and midsize business sector, enterprise servers and storage, shorter design cycles for new products, and increased sales in emerging markets.