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• IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot

  By Joab Jackson | 21 May, 2013 16:51

  Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls.

• BMC set to go private in $US6.9 billion deal

  By Chris Kanaracus | 06 May, 2013 15:02

  BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.

• Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

  By Gregg Keizer | 06 May, 2013 14:41

  Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.

• Harvard aims to help developers make cheaper solar panels

  By Lucas Mearian | 06 May, 2013 10:09

  Hoping to usher in an age of low-cost solar power, Harvard's Clean Energy Project in June plans to release a list of 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells.

• H-1B reform debate pits tech firms against veteran IT workers

  By Grant Gross | 03 May, 2013 13:02

  Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the controversial H-1B program.

• Action! Big Blue enters film biz with atomic movie

  By Lucas Mearian | 01 May, 2013 15:30

  IBM enters Guinness Book with world's smallest stop-motion movie made with atoms.

• IBM Research controls atoms for world’s smallest movie (+ 24 images)

  By Patrick Budmar | 01 May, 2013 14:39

  IBM has used atoms, one of the tiniest elements in the universe, to created the world’s smallest movie.

• IBM launches an appliance for the Internet of Things

  By Joab Jackson | 29 April, 2013 19:22

  Preparing its customers to join the emerging 'Internet of things', IBM has released a new appliance built to manage and route a voluminous amount of machine-to-machine small data messages

• Hitachi GST CEO claims hard drive future hangs in Cloud

  By Lucas Mearian | 02 September, 2011 07:16

  In March, Western Digital agreed to buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies> (HGST), the disk drive subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., in a stock and cash transaction valued at $US4.3 billion. HGST CEO Steve Milligan will join WD as president at the closing of the deal, expected in the fourth quarter.

• IBM's Steve Mills talks Oracle, Watson's future

  By Chris Kanaracus | 23 June, 2011 02:28

  IBM's Steve Mills has long been known for his leadership of the company's software division, but last year he added hardware and systems to his responsibilities as well. That move put Mills in charge of 100,000 employees and products that generate US$40 billion in revenue for IBM, according to its website.

• Contract attorney offers tips in case of IBM-Sun merger

  By Don Tennant | 26 March, 2009 07:50

  Diana McKenzie, head of the information technology practice at Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, has specialized in IT contract law since 1987. On Monday, she spoke with Computerworld about what customers of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. need to know about contract law as IBM pursues its reported US$6.5 billion bid to acquire Sun.

• IBM: Leading the sustainability push

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 09 December, 2008 08:00

  Big companies carry big responsibilities in leading the green push in IT. And that responsibility is something IBM takes very seriously.

• What to expect at SAP's Sapphire

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 May, 2013 17:32

  SAP's Sapphire conference kicks off next week in Orlando, setting the stage for the company to sell customers on its visions for cloud-based applications, in-memory computing and mobility.

• BMC going private could be the right move at the right time

  By Chris Kanaracus | 06 May, 2013 19:57

  BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.

• Opinion: Why Apple won't be around as long as IBM

  By Rob Enderle | 03 May, 2013 16:39

  IBM is 102 years old. At its height, it was almost a cult, with employees dressing alike, speaking a unique language and earning benefits that took care of them for life. Today's tech companies aren't built to last, as Apple's recent earnings report shows all too well.

• What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2013 18:32

  IBM's reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market.

• Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 March, 2013 11:08

  IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

• Top users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcers, Computerworld study finds

  By Patrick Thibodeau, Sharon Machlis | 25 February, 2013 11:18

  The biggest users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcers, many based in India, or U.S.-based companies whose employees are mostly located overseas, according to government data obtained and analyzed by Computerworld.

• Opinion: Dell has its work cut out for it

  By John Dix | 11 February, 2013 11:55

  Taking Dell private is a bold move, but won't ensure success. If you can't recognize opportunities and execute properly as a public company, buying yourself shelter from investors only takes you so far. The bigger challenge will be rejiggering the corporate culture and core processes to make more innovation possible.

• At IBM Connect, IT execs talk about betting on enterprise social

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 February, 2013 21:48

  Unused intranets. Siloed departmental portals. Excessive email use.