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IBM rolls out its mobile credentials

IBM rolls out its mobile credentials

By Michael Coté on June 23, 2010

IBM says the mobile market is around $250B and is looking to grab a part of the pie.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged conferences, enterprise software, ibm, IBM Research, IBM WebSphere, IBMLab, IBMSWG, iPhone, iPhone 3G, mobile, Mobile Computing, Software development

News Analysis: IBM Buys Sterling Commerce From AT&T

News Analysis: IBM Buys Sterling Commerce From AT&T

By R "Ray" Wang on May 24, 2010

 Merger Ties B2B Integration Tools With Selling And Fulfillment On May 24th, IBM surprised the market with its $1.4B, all-cash, definitive agreement to buy Dublin, Ohio based Sterling Commerce from AT&T.  Sterling Commerce was purchased by SBC Communications in 2000 for its strengths in B2B integration.  As an AT&T company in 2005, they acquired […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, AT&T, B2B Integration, B2B Managed Services, Collaboration Network, Comergent, Dublin, eInvoicing, GenTran, ibm, IBM WebSphere, integration, Integrator, managed file transfer, mergers, middleware, Mobile Solutions, News Analysis, Nistevo, Ohio, order management, sterling commerce, The VAN, yantra

IBM Impact 2010: Happy Partners and Cloud Certifications

IBM Impact 2010: Happy Partners and Cloud Certifications

By James Governor on May 12, 2010

Last week I was at IBM’s Impact 2010 – which used to be the company’s show for WebSphere customers but is now being rebranded as the “premier conference for business and IT leaders”. The business track was not my cup of Lapsong Souchong, but RedMonk is more about geeks than suits. But did the event […]

Posted in Business | Tagged ibm, IBM WebSphere, ibmimpact, impact, redmonk, Websphere

IBM buys itself a cloud integration toolbox

IBM buys itself a cloud integration toolbox

By Phil Wainewright on May 3, 2010

IBM bought Cast Iron Systems because it simply had nothing in its huge Websphere toolbox that could do cloud integration. I just heard the company’s SVP of its software group Steve Mills admit this in today’s IBM press briefing, talking about the acquisition. While IBM has a massive catalog of technologies for integrating applications within […]

Posted in Business | Tagged cast iron, Cast Iron System, Development, ibm, IBM WebSphere, integration, redmonk, SaaS Integration, software as a service

IBM acquires Cast Iron Systems: Cloud Services integration for Enterprise

IBM acquires Cast Iron Systems: Cloud Services integration for Enterprise

By James Governor on May 3, 2010

I got up early this morning for an invite only breakfast with WebSphere GM Craig Hayman. Turns out IBM just acquired Cast Iron Systems. What’s the big idea? Take companies onto the cloud. That’s right folks- its a cloud onboarding play. The firm has 75 employees, was founded 2001, and has a stellar list of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, cast iron, Cast Iron System, cloud SaaS, ibm, IBM WebSphere, M&A, SaaS Integration, software as a service | 1 Response

Private Cloud as a Stepping Stone

Private Cloud as a Stepping Stone

By Phil Wainewright on May 3, 2010

I’ve not been keen on the notion of private cloud — I think it’s often a misnomer, an attempt to pick-and-choose from the cloud computing model in a way that eliminates many of the benefits. But I have grudgingly come…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged cloudcomputing, Firewall, ibm, IBM WebSphere, integration, migration, Private Cloud | 1 Response

Hacking UK Politics with IBM Middleware: open data, mashups, and uh… WebSphere

Hacking UK Politics with IBM Middleware: open data, mashups, and uh… WebSphere

By James Governor on April 30, 2010

One of my favourite app of recent times is Ben Marsh’s UKSnow, which uses people as sensors, and twitter as the collection mechanism – to track and visualise snowfall across the UK. So it was cool to come across a similar app of that tracks people’s likely voting preferences in the UK general election. Step […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged google, ibm, IBM WebSphere, messaging, microsoft, middleware, MQTT, OSGi, Twitter, twitvote, TwitVoteUK, Websphere | 1 Response

News Analysis: Salesforce.com and VMware Up The Ante In The Cloud Wars With VMforce

News Analysis: Salesforce.com and VMware Up The Ante In The Cloud Wars With VMforce

By R "Ray" Wang on April 29, 2010

VMWare and Salesforce.com Battle For The Hearts And Minds Of Cloud-Oriented Java Developers On April 27th, 2010, Salesforce.com, [NYSE: CRM] and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) formed VMforce, a strategic alliance to create a deployment environment for Java based apps in the cloud.  The Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering builds on Java, Spring, VMware vSphere, and Force.com.  Key […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Alliances, application development, Apps Strategy, Azure, BEA WebLogic, bill of rights, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Wars, CRM, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Gigaspaces, google, Gridgain, ibm, IBM WebSphere, Imaginea, Java, Java PaaS, LongJump, microsoft, Microsoft.NET, oracle, Oracle Fusion Middleware, PaaS, Platform as a service, Rackspace Cloud Tools, SaaS, salesforce.com, SAP NetWeaver, Spring Source, vendor strategy, vmforce, VMW, VMware | 1 Response

IBM BlueWorks Online BPM Community

IBM BlueWorks Online BPM Community

By Sandy Kemsley on February 16, 2010

I had a briefing a couple of weeks ago on IBM BlueWorks by Angel Diaz and Janine Sneed from the BlueWorks team. BlueWorks is IBM’s cloud-based BPM environment, providing the following capabilities:

Browser-based modeling, including strategy maps, capability maps, process maps and BPMN processes.
Pre-built content to supplement or replace a BPM center of excellence (CoE), including […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged BPM, Business process modeling, Cloud, Enterprise 2.0, ibm, IBM WebSphere, intellectual property, Process modeling

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