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IBM to open-source DB2?

June 16, 2008 11:39 AM PDT

Big Blue is looking into bringing its widely used database software under an open-source license, a U.K. director acknowledges.

IBM AlphaWorks: From software theory to fact

June 5, 2008 4:45 PM PDT

Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM's software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products.

Why HP is different from IBM

March 31, 2008 4:10 PM PDT

Ann Livermore weighs in on what separates her company from Big Blue, along with the shift to virtualization and what it means to be green.

U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML

March 27, 2008 12:54 PM PDT

Microsoft's Office Open XML may win last-minute favor from a key British standards body, but Microsoft would need more votes to change before OOXML becomes a standard.

IBM moves to expedite mashups for mobile

March 25, 2008 12:59 PM PDT

Company releases software targeted at mobile-app developers for building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups.
(By Adrian Bridgwater of ZDNet UK)

IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian deal

March 10, 2008 8:40 AM PDT

Big Blue says it's not getting back into the PC market, despite selling "Microsoft-free" PCs running Linux and OpenOffice in Eastern Europe.

IBM calculates the force it takes to move atoms

February 21, 2008 1:50 PM PST

IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms.

Flexing a super (computing) muscle

January 28, 2008 12:43 PM PST

The U.S. remains No. 1 in the world in high-performance computing, but IBM's Dave Turek examines whether it can maintain its current domination.

Lenovo to make and sell IBM xServers

January 25, 2008 1:32 PM PST

Resellers are expressing doubts over the move, saying they might go elsewhere if they can't get the IBM badge.

IBM buying business software firm AptSoft

January 23, 2008 9:20 AM PST

Big Blue expects the acquisition will expand its business-event processing software portfolio.

IBM: Lotus Notes for iPhone not ready yet

January 22, 2008 9:08 AM PST

Company dismisses reports that the launch of Lotus Notes for the iPhone and iPod Touch is imminent.

Eco-Patent Commons shares earth-friendly tech

January 13, 2008 9:05 PM PST

Launch of Eco-Patents Commons puts environmental sustainability patents from IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney Bowes into the public domain.

IBM unveils customer service telecom software

November 27, 2007 9:05 PM PST

Tivoli Netcool Customer Experience Management is designed to let customer service representatives troubleshoot through a single dashboard.

IBM's Roadrunner set to smash supercomputing marks

November 12, 2007 5:02 PM PST

Top500 list of speediest machines is now out, but upcoming IBM computer will top a quadrillion operations a second--more than double what we can do today.

IBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry

October 29, 2007 9:08 PM PDT

Erase those old circuits and you've got some silicon for solar panels. Big Blue hopes the technique will take off with chipmakers.
Photos: Reclaiming silicon with water

Debating the morality behind software development

October 15, 2007 9:25 AM PDT

IBM's Grady Booch says the days when developers could dash off code without considering the larger implications are--and should be--coming to an end.

IBM ploughs deeper into small-business market

October 8, 2007 12:47 PM PDT

Scaled-down versions of Rational Build Forge and Tivoli Network Manager head a raft of product announcements by IBM.

IBM's Booch: The developer's developer

September 26, 2007 3:06 PM PDT

Big Blue's Grady Booch is continuing to explore ways to collaborate through applications such as Second Life.

Opening doors beyond Microsoft Office

September 20, 2007 12:07 PM PDT

Redmond's desktop software dominance faces an uprising of alternatives from the likes of IBM, Google and Yahoo.

Rivals make run at Microsoft Office

September 18, 2007 11:54 AM PDT

Is the multibillion-dollar cash cow vulnerable at last to alternatives? Google, Yahoo and IBM seem to think so.