IBM Should Send PCs Packing
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NEW YORK - We may soon add IBM to the long, long list of companies exiting the thankless business of selling personal computers. According to a report in The New York Times, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people
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Computer users are being asked to donate their unused processor power to help solve social and environmental research problems. The IBM-backed project, called World Community Grid, aims to put the untapped
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IBM, which pioneered the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry.
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Buy a Toshiba PC, and get some XDR memory.
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Company alters traditional chip configuration to pack more memory into an even smaller unit.
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As more computer buyers turn to laptops, lesser-known companies that produce PCs will have a hard time keeping up with the big guys.Photos: White-box choices
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IBM may need to do some creative deal making in order to sell PC business to China&#39;s Lenovo. By Robert Cyran, Breakingviews. LONDON (Breakingviews) - It&#39;s no surprise IBM is in talks to sell its PC business
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IBM has launched a network to harness the power of idle computers around the world. It&#39;s trying to create one massive PC to help out in scientific research in what could become the world&#39;s largest public computing grid.
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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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New technology could mean superfast data transfer inside the computer.
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IBM&#39;s expected decision to sell its $11.5 billion PC business would mark the end of an era and dramatically reshape the systems landscape, posing
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ENDICOTT, N.Y., June 15  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to job cuts, job shifting to low cost countries and declining working conditions at IBM Corp.
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IBM is in talks to sell its personal computer manufacturing business which, if successful, would mark the end of an era in the brief history of the PC, a machine the company helped to invent.
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IBM and several of the world&#39;s leading scientific and philanthropic groups Tuesday launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer&#39;s to disaster forecasting.
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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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DS8000, DS4000, DS3000, TS2240, TS7520 please come to the red courtesy phone IBM is releasing details on a lot of storage stuff today. We mean a lot.â¦
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) is selling its PC business, marking the end of an era for the personal computing pioneer, according to a story published today in the New York Times. The report was not verified by IBM, which could not be reached for comment this morning.