Shareholder Suit Accuses IBM of Concealing a Post-Snowden Backlash in China

Big Blue saw its sales fall considerably in China last quarter. A Louisiana pension fund argues that it was because of an association with the NSA.

Dell and Red Hat Will Announce a Big Cloud-Computing Alliance Today

Doing for OpenStack what they did for Linux more than a decade ago. You know how that turned out.

IBM and Some College Students Aim to Simplify Data Center Disaster Planning

Switching over to backup systems, which usually takes hours, can now take minutes.

Seven Questions for Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer, IBM’s New Cloud Company

Suddenly, Big Blue is kind of big in the cloud business.

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IBM CFO Loughridge to Retire at End of Year

Computing giant IBM said that CFO Mark Loughridge will retire from the company on Dec. 31. Martin Schroeter, General Manager of IBM Global Financing, will replace him. IBM made the announcement in a regulatory filing. IBM shares fell more than two dollars — more than one percent — to $177.50 in after-hours trading following the filing.

IBM Profits Beat Expectations, but Sales Fall Short Again

Six quarters in a row for sales declines at Big Blue.

Despite Tough Market, IBM Looking Solid Ahead of Q3 Results

Lots of complications.

IBM Acquires Wireless-Analysis Company Now Factory

Watching how consumers use data on their devices in order to improve the experience.

IBM Acquires Financial Security Firm Trusteer, Opens Israel Lab

Big Blue goes bigger on security.
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IBM Raises 2013 Outlook on Better Than Expected Q2 Results

2013 just got rosier for Big Blue.