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Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 25 at 8:12 am PT
IBM said today that it has reached a deal to acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based provider of data-capture and discovery software. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vivisimo has about 120 employees, and its customers include Cisco Systems, Eli Lilly and the U.S. Air Force. This is IBM’s second acquisition this month, and its fifth so far this year.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 17 at 7:02 am PT
With IBM set to report quarterly earnings today,
AllThingsD talks about Big Blue’s favorite subject with its senior vice president for Software Solutions.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 12 at 7:56 am PT
IBM’s new CEO gives an optimistic update on the company’s ambitious growth targets for 2015.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT
IBM said today it had reached a deal
to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli mobile software company. Terms weren’t disclosed, but at least one report put the deal at $70 million. IBM said 75 percent of CIOs it had recently surveyed considered spending on mobile devices and software a priority.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 10:26 am PT
Big Blue reports earnings today after the markets close. Expect some troubles related to currencies and maybe from service bookings. Also? It will be Ginni Rometty’s first earnings report as CEO.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 4 at 2:42 pm PT
IBM’s new CEO, Ginni Rometty, closes her first acquisition and makes her first two big promotions.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 4 at 7:00 am PT
IBM’s game-show winning, human-humiliating supercomputer has a new gig: Helping doctors treat patients with cancer.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 2 at 9:33 am PT
Palmisano will be remembered as the man who sold IBM’s PC division to China’s Lenovo. Seven years later, it seems to have been a good trade for both parties.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 19, 2011 at 12:29 pm PT
Big Blue marks the end of the year by rolling out its crystal ball.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 15, 2011 at 8:25 am PT
Big Blue aims to make supply chains more efficient with this acquisition. Not sexy — unless you’re the chief procurement officer of a big company and you want to score points with the boss.
