IBM System X Servers Gets More Networking Muscles

IBM announced an industry-first lineup of networking hardware that consolidates disparate networks to allow IT managers to slash equipment purchases by up to 50 percent and achieve up to 10-times greater performance in their data centers.

The new networking products are fruictification of BLADE Network Technology (BNT),comprises of Brocade and QLogic

SAP Recognizes IBM, again

IBM announced that it has won four 2009 SAP® Pinnacle Awards, provided by one of its global partners, SAP AG. The awards were granted to leading SAP partners that have excelled in providing high-quality products, solutions and services to mutual customers.The awards were presented at SAPPHIRE® 2009 in Orlando, Florida.

Yet another Business Intelligence deal for IBM

IBM announced that it has provided U.S. Lumber Group with a business intelligence (BI) solution that is providing the company with in-depth reporting capabilities in real time versus their original system that provided reports daily.

IBM Cognos 8 BI was implemented by IBM partner Lodestar Solutions..

IBM Grabs 5 Hermes Awards for Social Media Marketing

Platinum Awards:
Impact 2008 (Event Marketing category)
Smart SOA Widget (Electronic Media/Other category)
IBM Smart SOA Newsletter (E-Newsletter category)

Gold Awards:
Smart SOA World Tour (Integrated Marketing/Other)
World Tour “Get Smart” Videos (Viral Marketing category)

these awards accentuates big blue's leadership in social media space and making it the new langauge of marketing..



*Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and free-lance professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.
The home page for Hermes Creative Awards links to the winners’ list.
http://www.hermesawards.com/

Philippines Govt.Agency Seeks Compensation From IBM

Government Service Insurance System, or GSIS, said it has sent a final demand letter to IBM Corp. (IBM), seeking compensation for supplying the Philippine state pension fund with allegedly defective software.

IBM's database management software,IBM DB2, was supplied and installed a few years ago but started showing problems in early 2008, GSIS Chief Legal Counsel Estrella Elamparo said in a statement.

IBM signs pact with an Indian educational Institute

Rayat-Bahra Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM India and its training partner Karrox Technologies Ltd to set up a centre of excellence in Punjab, an indian state.

Under the CEIS program, students would be trained by Karrox on the five IBM software brands — Tivoli, DB2, Lotus, Web Sphere and Rational

IBM spends $2M on lobbying

IBM spent more than $2 million on lobbying in the first quarter, slightly more than the $1.9 million spent in the first quarter of 2008, and almost double the $1.1 million in lobbying expenditures during the fourth quarter of 2008.

IBM already does big business with the U.S. government.In 2007, IBM scooped up $1.4 billion in federal contracts, making it 35th on the list of top 100 contractors for US Government.