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  • Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy

    Lenovo has completed the initial terms for its acquisition of IBM‘s x86 server business. Lenovo has bought the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers, IBM said Wednesday. The company will also serve as IBM’s original equipment manufacturer and reseller of IBM’s Storwize storage products, Linear Tape Open products […] More

  • Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM's x86 Server Business in Oct. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM’s x86 Server Business in Oct.

    IBM expects to complete the $2.1 billion sale of its x86 server business to Lenovo on Oct. 1 as the latter firm moves to expand its offerings in enterprise hardware and services. Lenovo said Monday that System x, BladeCenter, Flex System, NeXtScale, iDataPlex, x86-based Flex systems and blade networking are included in the transaction. Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman and CEO, said the company will now focus on managing […] More

  • HP, IBM, Oracle Named Top Integrated Platform Vendors in IDC Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP, IBM, Oracle Named Top Integrated Platform Vendors in IDC Report

    An IDC report says the integrated platforms and infrastructure industry generated $2.4 billion in revenues in the second quarter of 2014, a 33.8 percent increase on a year-over-year basis. IDC said Thursday storage capacity shipped by integrated system vendors worlwide grew 63.4 percent to more than 833 petabytes during this year’s Q2 compared with the […] More

  • Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service

    IBM has launched an interactive Watson Analytics service that is designed with cognitive functions that work to recognize natural languages for self-service visual and predictive data analytics. The company said Sept. 16 that the service will initially be available as a cloud-based tool that delivers automated services such as data refinement and data warehousing via desktop-based or mobile applications. “Watson Analytics is designed […] More

  • IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments

    IBM has opened a new cloud resiliency center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in a move to help businesses protect their assets from disruptions. The company combined cloud and traditional disaster recovery systems with new physical security features into the new facility, IBM said Monday. Monitise has partnered with IBM to grow mobile banking, payments and commerce ecosystems at cloud […] More

  • Executive Profile: Susan Atwell, Contracts and Pricing VP for Northrop's Info Systems Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Susan Atwell, Contracts and Pricing VP for Northrop’s Info Systems Sector

    Susan Atwell serves as vice president of contracts and pricing for Northrop Grumman’s information systems sector and is responsible for leadership and oversight for all contracts, pricing, export control and property management matters for the sector. Prior to this role, she served as a division director of contracts and subcontracts, where she supported several lines of business […] More

  • Deltek's Alex Rossino: Army ITES-3S Vehicle to Be 'More Heavily Utilized' Than Predecessor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Army ITES-3S Vehicle to Be ‘More Heavily Utilized’ Than Predecessor

    Deltek‘s Alex Rossino has outlined his analysis of the U.S. Army‘s spending on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 – Services vehicle in an effort to help vendors prepare for the upcoming ITES-3S iteration in fiscal year 2015. “ITES-3S is expected to be even more heavily utilized than its predecessor due to the Army’s desire to push more of its IT acquisition […] More

  • IBM Report: Analytics Tools Key to Enterprise Mobile Device Usage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Report: Analytics Tools Key to Enterprise Mobile Device Usage

    IBM has released a report that aims to guide companies on how to use data analytics and enterprise mobile tools beyond customer relationship management to facilitate employee collaboration, decision-making and innovation. The IBM Institute for Business Value report titled, “The Individual Enterprise – How Mobility Redefines Business” is intended to help businesses establish the foundation for a mobile initiative, the company […] More

  • Bob Picciano: IBM New Analytics Tool Seeks to Transform Big Data Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Picciano: IBM New Analytics Tool Seeks to Transform Big Data Access

    IBM has rolled out Watson Analytics, it’s latest product designed to provide average business users with quick and easy access to powerful analytics using big data technology. Bob Picciano, IBM senior vice president for information and analytics, described the “transformational” power of the analytics tool, which the company said offers everyone unhindered access to data […] More

  • AT&T Extends Cloud Networking Service to IBM SoftLayer Platform; Jim Comfort, Jon Summers Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Extends Cloud Networking Service to IBM SoftLayer Platform; Jim Comfort, Jon Summers Comment

    AT&T has moved to help clients adopt cloud computing technologies by extending its cloud networking service to IBM‘s SoftLayer cloud infrastructure. The companies sought to help customers of AT&T’s virtual private network connect information technology systems to SoftLayer’s cloud services through the AT&T NetBond platform, AT&T said Thursday. “Together, we’re making the network as flexible as the cloud and giving enterprises confidence they can migrate […] More

  • Karthik Padmanabhan: IBM to Work with Big Data, IoT Startups in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karthik Padmanabhan: IBM to Work with Big Data, IoT Startups in India

    IBM looks to team up with more than 100 startup businesses in India in a move to grow innovation programs for big data analytics and Internet of Things in the country, The Economic Times reported Wednesday. Peerzada Abrar writes IBM’s Bangalore-based innovation center will offer mentoring, software, hardware, technical support, marketing and sales facilities to startup companies. The […] More

  • Sean Poulley: IBM Enters Big Data Link-Up With Yonyou China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sean Poulley: IBM Enters Big Data Link-Up With Yonyou China

    IBM has partnered with software vendor Yonyou Software to optimize IBM’s database server technology for NC, Yonyou’s ERP, supply chain and human resources application suite. The collaboration will see the China-based enterprise management solutions provider utilizing the Cognos business intelligence software to develop an ecosystem that uses big data and analytics technologies for application testing, technical help, marketing […] More