International Business News - IBM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif IBM (IBM.N) and India's top three outsourcing firms have each won five-year IT services contract from oil and gas major BP Plc (BP.L), the firms said on Wednesday, amid hopes of a revival in technology spending. Neither IBM nor the Indian firms, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.BO), Infosys Technologies (INFY.BO) (INFY.O) and Wipro (WIPR.BO) (WIT.N), disclosed financial details of the contract. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/updateibm-indian-outsourcers-win-services-deal-from-bp.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:55:19 EDT IBM (IBM.N) has been awarded a five-year application services contract by oil and gas firm BP (BP.L), the U.S. technology major said in a statement on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/ibm-says-awarded-five-contract-bp.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:26:03 EDT IBM entered into a definitive merger agreement with a publicly-held company SPSS Inc. in an all cash transaction of $1.2 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/ibm-spss-entered-into2-billion-merger-agreement.htm Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:04:14 EDT Microsoft issued poor fourth-quarter earnings with profit plunging 29 percent, its first decline in full-year revenue in the company's 34-year history. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217524-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/microsoft-financial-and-data-profile-ibm-google-cloud-computing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/microsoft-financial-and-data-profile-ibm-google-cloud-computing.htm Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:24:02 EDT IBM accused its former mergers and acquisitions chief of misusing resources, as part of a lawsuit that seeks to remove him from his new job at rival Dell Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215824-a-worker-is-silhouetted-in-front-ofhuge.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090626/ibm-accuses-formera-exec-of-misusing-resources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090626/ibm-accuses-formera-exec-of-misusing-resources.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:56:02 EDT On Wednesday IBM Corp announced that it will make up to $3 billion to finance smart infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia The announcement follows the announcement made by the company last April 30 for the availability of up to $2 billion to help jump start US economic stimulus programs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090527/ibm-securing-5b-finance-it-initiatives.htm Wed, 27 May 2009 19:33:16 EDT IBM said Monday its first quarter sales fell better than expected from Reuters Analysts' average forecast of $22.56 billion, however earning per share rose to 1.70 from $1.64. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090420/ibm-q1-loss-maintains-outlook.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:02:05 EDT Sun Microsystems shares rose 10 percent Thursday after its willingness to resume IBM acquisitions talks to complete the deal; however IBM is no longer interested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090416/sun-shares-rose-on-ibm-willingness-talks.htm Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:13:11 EDT IBM's move to buy Sun have broken down, however, IBM is still the best option for the company, according to industry watchers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090406/ibm-still-best-option-sun-analysts.htm Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:40:53 EDT For IBM, buying Sun Microsystems Inc makes a lot of good business sense: It removes a competitor, strengthens IBM against rival Hewlett-Packard and picks up on the cheap the intellectual property of one of Silicon Valley's most respected companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211635-ibm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090404/ibm-039buyout-sun-is-just-sense-analysts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090404/ibm-039buyout-sun-is-just-sense-analysts.htm Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:29:37 EDT The combination of global titans IBM and Sun could be the most expensive ever acquisition in tech history, but according one analyst, this could also be the messiest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090403/ibm-and-sun-merger-could-be-bloody.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:23 EDT International Business Machines Corp said Thursday it will cut its bid for Sun Microsystems Inc to an offering price ranging $9 to $10 a share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/ibm-cuts-bid-offer-sun.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:44:25 EDT IBM will sell a suite of Web-based collaboration software for businesses, including contact management, instant messaging and file sharing programs, the computing giant's biggest effort to date to sell software as a service. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211437-ibm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/ibm-enter-039-cloud-computing-039-software-market.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/ibm-enter-039-cloud-computing-039-software-market.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:55:34 EDT As IBM's negotiations to buy Sun Microsystems Inc enter another week, some analysts are weighing the risks in what could be the biggest U.S. technology deal this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/as-ibm-sun-micro-talks-drag-on-analysts-eye-risks.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:16:23 EDT IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for a proposed $6.5 billion cash offer, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210925-ibm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/ibm-seeks-sun-microsystems-buyout.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/ibm-seeks-sun-microsystems-buyout.htm Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:33:16 EDT IBM Corp.'s chairman and chief executive, Sam Palmisano, received a compensation package that is calculated to be worth nearly $21 million in 2008, slightly higher than the year before, according to reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090309/report-ibm-ceo-estimated-earnings-21-mln.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:08:00 EDT In ranking of the 100 best corporate citizens by CRO Magazine, IBM ranked No. 3 overall outranking all other information technology companies on the list. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090308/ibm-outranks-all-technology-companies.htm Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:50:29 EST IBM affirmed its full-year profit outlook on Thursday and forecast growth in its services business in the first quarter, in sharp contrast to many technology companies that have scaled back expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/ibm-keeps-2009-outlook-and-sees-services-growth.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:48:02 EST Top technology services company IBM affirmed its full-year earnings outlook and said results in January signaled growth in services contract signings in the first quarter, lifting the shares nearly 3 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209982-a-view-of-the-ibm-facility-outside.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/ibm-keeps-2009-outlook.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/ibm-keeps-2009-outlook.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:49:01 EST International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced software designed for reducing cost. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090206/ibm-tivoli-storage-manageribm-tivoli-storage.htm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:40:18 EST