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IBM Throws Weight Behind Desktop Linux
News Big Blue has heavily promoted the open-source operating system for use on servers, but Sam Docknevich of IBM's Global Services group plans to discuss how Linux's popularity now has spilled over into the desktop market, according to the agenda for...
[November 10, 2003, 7:30]
IBM Services Arm Readies For On-demand Computing
News With its e-business on-demand plan, introduced by IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano in October of last year, the Armonk, New York-based company hopes to help businesses quickly react to change and make better decisions.
[April 14, 2003, 9:04]
IBM Tops Earnings Targets
News We continued to gain share in our core businesses and managed our company very well in a tough environment," chief executive Sam Palmisano said. Revenue from IBM's global services unit rose 17 percent year-over-year to $10.6bn.
[January 17, 2003, 10:16]
IBM's Growing Pains Continue
News Chief executive Sam Palmisano says in December that the PC industry's high-volume, low-price model was at odds with IBM's strategy to be a "high-value innovation provider. IBM's corporate restructuring announced late on Wednesday points to the...
[May 5, 2005, 14:00]
IBM Sells PC Division To Lenovo
News Today's announcement further strengthens IBM's ability to capture the highest-value opportunities in a rapidly changing information technology industry," said Sam Palmisano, IBM chairman and chief executive.
[December 8, 2004, 7:35]
IBM To Sell PCs Via The Web
News They're letting all their flowers bloom," said Sam Albert, the president of Sam Albert Associates, in Scarsdale, N.Y.adding that Thomas was once considered a possible heir to Gerstner. However, during the course of an interview, Thomas returned to...
[February 20, 1998, 11:59]
IBM Cautious On Recovery
News We continued our momentum from the first quarter, grew revenues and earnings per share, and gained market share in our strategic businesses," IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano said in a statement. Global services include outsourcing, IT consulting...
[July 17, 2003, 9:43]
IBM Talks Of 10,000 New Jobs
News Although IBM has been cutting jobs, chief executive Sam Palmisano indicated that the company is also looking to add positions. IBM said revenue from its Global Services division increased 17 percent in the third quarter to $10.4bn aided by the...
[October 16, 2003, 14:35]
Palmisano Takes The Reins At IBM Server Group
News IBM Global Services chief Sam Palmisano will take over as head of Big Blue's server division, replacing Robert Stephenson, who is retiring. Sam's middle name is 'execute. Palmisano, 48, is widely credited with not only maintaining the prestige of...
[September 21, 1999, 16:03]
IBM Triples Investment In India
News India and other emerging economies are an increasingly important part of IBM's global success," said Sam Palmisano, the firm's chairman and chief executive, speaking in Bangalore. The company announced on Tuesday morning that it is planning to...
[June 6, 2006, 15:05]
IBM Demonstrates Strong Sales
News The IBM team entered the first quarter with good momentum and delivered a solid first quarter," IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano said in a statement. IBM said revenue from its Global Services unit, including maintenance, increased 9 percent, to...
[April 16, 2004, 8:30]
Big Names In The Frame To Replace Fiorina
News CEO Sam Palmisano is only in his early 50s. John Joyce: Joyce is head of IBM's Global Services Division -- and HP views services as a high-growth area for the company, one where HP has been striving to improve its operations.
[February 10, 2005, 16:20]
Reshaping Microsoft For The Future
News Before that, he spent nearly 20 years at retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, working his way up the ladder from part-time cashier to chief executive of the company's Sam's Club unit. Shortly after graduating from college, he sought career advice from Sam...
[July 25, 2006, 13:55]
Bangalore Closing Gap On Silicon Valley
News Silicon Valley is not in danger of losing its stature as a tech leader, and it can benefit from competition overseas, said Sam Haddad, chairman of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame and a consulting professor at Stanford University.
[July 29, 2004, 8:55]
IBM: 'Inertia' Holding Back Government Desktop Linux Adoption
News A November memo from IBM chief information officer Bob Greenberg said IBM chairman Sam Palmisano has "challenged the IT organisation, and indeed all of IBM, to move to a Linux-based desktop before the end of 2005".
[November 18, 2004, 14:55]
An End To The Software Police?
News The International Standards Organisation (ISO) finally published its standard for software asset management (SAM) on Monday. SAM has become a key issue for companies in the last few years as they try to keep track of what software assets they are...
[May 10, 2006, 12:45]
Dell Preaches What It Practises
News Both Sam Walton and Michael Dell are "not so much worried about what outsiders say as what's right for their companies. Dell is firmly in the Microsoft .Net camp when it comes to Web services and its business -- involving coordinating with...
[April 16, 2003, 8:40]
Compaq Ambitions Heighten With The Himalaya
News Wal-Mart offshoot Sam's Club also has picked ZLE, she said. Such services -- whether using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites or calculations based on how signals arrive at cell phone towers -- will require huge amounts of new processing...
[May 10, 2001, 14:00]
Bad Results? Don't Panic
Leader At IBM meanwhile, chief executive Sam Palmisano blamed disappointing results on the fact that the company had not been able to close a number of transactions before the end of the quarter in its Global Services division - the organisation's most...
[April 15, 2005, 13:25]
Vonage Brings VoIP Service To The UK
Talkback Vonage is sold directly through www.vonage.com and retail partners such as SAM’s Club, Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry’s Electronics, Office Depot and CompUSA. For more information about Vonage's products and services...
[January 10, 2005, 15:08]
