IBM Closes Acquisition of BigFix
ARMONK, N.Y., – 20 Jul 2010: IBM today announced that it had completed the acquisition of BigFix, Inc., a privately-held company based in Emeryville, Calif. Financial details were not disclosed.
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IBM Reports 2010 Second-Quarter Results
ARMONK, N.Y. – 19 Jul 2010:
- Diluted earnings per share of $2.61, up 13 percent;
- 30 consecutive quarters of EPS growth, 12 of last 14 at double digits;
- Full-year 2010 EPS expectations raised to at least $11.25;
- Net income of $3.4 billion, up 9 percent;
- Pre-tax income of $4.6 billion, up 7 percent;
- Pre-tax margin of 19.3 percent, up 1 point;
- Revenue of $23.7 billion, up 2 percent, as reported and adjusting for currency;
- Growth markets revenue up 14 percent; first-half revenue as large as total Euro zone revenue;
- BRIC countries revenue up 22 percent;
- Business Analytics revenue up 14 percent;
- Software revenue up 2 percent, 6 percent excluding divested PLM operations;
- Systems and Technology revenue up 3 percent;
- Services revenue up 2 percent;
- Services backlog of $129 billion, up $1 billion, adjusting for currency.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced second-quarter 2010 diluted earnings of $2.61 per share compared with diluted earnings of $2.32 per share in the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 13 percent.
Report Names IBM No.1 in Global Middleware Software Market
ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM announced, on July 16, that industry analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has ranked it the worldwide leader in the middleware software market.
According to IDC, IBM was the leading worldwide application deployment software vendor with 31.9 percent market share based on revenue, nearly double that of its closest competitor.
IBM Expands Cloud Computing Capabilities With New Cloud Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany
*New Facility Delivers Commercial Development and Test and Desktop Cloud for European Clients*
EHNINGEN, Germany & ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM announced, on July 15, a new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany, which will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally.
Peking University People’s Hospital Partners with IBM to Build China’s First Evidence-Based Patient Centric Care System
BEIJING – 15 Jul 2010: IBM and Peking University People’s Hospital (People’s Hospital) have built an evidence-based patient centric care (ePC3) system to enable cooperation and resource sharing among medical services providers for improved patient care.
IBM Announces Open Beta Program for Industry-Leading UNIX Operating System
AIX 7 Exploits Performance, Energy Management Capabilities of POWER7 System
ARMONK, N.Y. – 14 Jul 2010: IBM today announced an open beta program for AIX 7, the company’s open standards-based UNIX® operating system. (more…)
Hollywood’s Latest 3-D Animation Film ‘Despicable Me’ Advances Smarter Movie Production With IBM
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – 08 Jul 2010: IBM announced today that it has collaborated with Illumination Entertainment to help it meet the massive production requirements involved in creating its new computer-animated 3-D feature film, “Despicable Me.”