IBM’s Chuck Prow on Finalizing Purchase of NISC
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has completed the acquisition of National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC). Financial terms were not disclosed. The companies had announced a definitive agreement in January to pursue the acquisition.
The business will be integrated into IBM Global Business Services, operating initially as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
IBM’s public sector BAO team works with government agencies [...]
NISC Purchased by IBM
National Interest Security Company (NISC) has announced that it will be acquired by IBM. NISC, headed by CEO Andy Maner, provides IT services and solutions to U.S. intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Analysts estimate that D C Capital Partners, which had acquired NISC for $19.6 million in [...]
News- IBM Opens New Innovation Center in Philippines
IBM has opened its first Innovation Center in the Philippines in an effort to expand into growing nations and to help local business and academic communities to develop skills and create new technologies that support demand for digital-infrastructure projects in banking, energy, telecommunications, transportation, retail and government industries.
The center, located at the UP-Ayala Techno Hub [...]
News- IBM Awarded for Efforts on Improving the Lives of People with Disabilities
IBM has been given two awards from the government of India for its work on improving the lives of individuals with disabilities.
The first award was India’s National Award 2009 in the category of “Technological Innovation,” which recognizes the work of IBM researchers in creating technology for what IBM calls the “Spoken Web.” Developed by IBM [...]
News- Juniper Networks Partners IBM
Juniper Networks announced Thursday that they have reached a new agreement with IBM. IBM now provides Juniper Networks’ Ethernet networking products to its customers.
The agreement also extends the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement that IBM will include SRX Series Service Gateways manufactured by Juniper. Juniper Executive VP and general manager, Mark Bauhaus, said “The continued [...]
IBM and Qantas team up
This morning, IBM announced that it has been contracted by Australian airline Qantas to provide project delivery functions, falling in line with its overarching goal of improved business efficiency.
The contract stipulates that IBM draw on and apply its project management delivery expertise and industry knowledge to Qantas’ work in order to ensure both time and [...]
Lockheed Martin Completes Design Review for FBI Biometric ID System
Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed a design review for a fingerprint identification system for the FBI. Lockheed Martin said completion of the design review by its Next Generation Identification team, including BAE Systems Information Technology Inc. and IBM Corp., can incorporate future biometric ID systems for law enforcement and expands fingerprint processing.
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IBM’s Bets on Lithium-Air Batteries
Big Blue has launched an ambitious battery project with the a goal of commercializing an experimental battery technology — lithium metal-air — in order to acheive over ten times the energy density of today’s best batteries. This week, IBM will host a gathering of some of the world’s top researchers in the field, including auto company researchers and [...]
IBM Releases Report on Phishing Attacks
IBM has conducted a study evidencing the number of overall phishing attacks has gone down so far this year to 0.1 % of all spam email as compared to a range of 0.2-0.8% at the same time in 2008, however criminals are learning new methods of attack. IBM also asserted that spam email has not [...]
IBM, Infosys win 5-Year IT Contracts from BP
IBM has won a five-year contract IT contract to manage all of BP’s business applications and service desk functions, and Indian IT firm Infosys has been awarded a five-year contract to manage manage “a large portion” of the company’s business systems. The contracts make up a portion of a year-old BP effort to consolidate its IT service providers, the [...]
