I.B.M. Gets a Lift From Software and Services
693450
Healthy sales of software and technology services helped fourth-quarter profit rise 12 percent at I.B.M., which had already disclosed that the results would be way ahead of analystsâ forecasts.
320341
IBM is moving aggressively into the software space.
24600
The business software firm recorded some of its sharpest quarterly growth in a decade, easing fears it would be bruised by the mortgage crisis.
744708
The software company has undergone an extreme makeover.
597433
It is low in cost, it delivers enterprise-level functionality, and it spares a company the ordeal of an extensive implementation project. It is hosted software, and many say this once-fledgling software space is now in its prime as more and more companies -- both buyers and sellers -- jump on the bandwagon.
252141
Investors responded by bidding I.B.M. shares above $106 in after-hours trading.
336588
"Clean up your networks" Midem You don't need to be a Kremlinologist to detect the latest shift from the sound recordings industry. In its digital music report this week, the IFPI, the international trade group for recordings owners, there's scarcely a mention of the roaring "success" of its litigation against file-sharers. Instead the focus is squarely on getting the service providers to clean up their networks.â¦
370979
One company sees a shift in business software habits, right before its eyes.
343312
With its recent acquisition, the software maker may have found something its customers are looking for.
71386
The once-troubled software company is putting in place the ingredients for growth.
313118
Indian outsourcers already have a large share of outsourced application development and maintenance and are dominant in business process outsourcing. The country is now targeting a larger share of the market for remote infrastructure management services (IMS), and is planning to more than double revenue from these services to $15 billion by 2013.
163192
Microsoft bolstered its set of I.T. management tools this week by acquiring DesktopStandard, a firm that designs software to help network administrators manage access between groups of company computers.
262117
R.I.M. has released a new version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, along with a new social-networking client that ties BlackBerry into a growing array of collaboration applications.
29100
I.B.M. reported a small gain in third-quarter profits, as increasing revenues in emerging markets such as Russia and China helped offset expenses from a pension lawsuit.
108467
I.B.M. is in discussions to sell its PC business to Lenovo, the largest maker of PC's in China - a burgeoning market that Hewlett-Packard and Dell covet.
38381
R.I.M.  has released a new version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server, along with a new social-networking client that ties BlackBerry into a growing array of collaboration applications.
687416
Software giant has clamped down, although experts say there's still room for improvement.