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Smarter Computing: An Agenda For (Re)Packaging IBM Software and Systems in the Age of The Cloud.

Smarter Computing: An Agenda For (Re)Packaging IBM Software and Systems in the Age of The Cloud.

By James Governor on March 24, 2011

Late last year IBM Software Group (SWG) “acquired” IBM Systems and Technology (STG) group – with software head honcho Steve Mills taking over management of the combined group. The move had been coming for a while, and the parallels with Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems last year are clear. The market is showing a new […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ibm, smarter planet, STG, SWG, ux

IBM STG Trip Report Part 1: Hardware-Software Synergy Yielding Dividends

IBM STG Trip Report Part 1: Hardware-Software Synergy Yielding Dividends

By Merv Adrian on November 30, 2010

Every year in the fourth quarter, IBM assembles its Systems & Technology Group (STG – the hardware guys) executives for discussions with the analyst community to review results and discuss the year ahead. STG’s Senior VP Rod Adkins teed up this year’s meeting with a reminder that STG and Software Group (SWG) both now report […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged blades, datapower, DB2, Exadata, hp, ibm, Industry Trends, Netezza, oracle, power, smart analytics system, SPARC, STG, SWG, workload, workload optimization, zenterprise

Can IBM POWER 7 hit the C-spot?

Can IBM POWER 7 hit the C-spot?

By James Governor on February 18, 2010

I attended a briefing last week in London with Rod Adkins, SVP IBM Systems and Technology Group, and Robert LeBlanc, who runs IBM’s middleware business. The subject at hand was the new POWER7 chip. If you’re not a hardcore IBM server customer you’ve possibly never heard of POWER. It runs IBM’s mainframes, Unix boxes and […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged DB2, Dell, DSS, Hewlett-Packard, ibm, Larry Ellison, OLTP, oracle, POWER 7, STG, Sun Microsystems, SWG, System i

Jumping Off IBM Connect 09: looking back

Jumping Off IBM Connect 09: looking back

By James Governor on November 19, 2009

I just got back Connect 09, IBM’s annual Software Group (SWG) analyst event. After a couple of days of intensive briefings and discussions across the entire IBM Software portfolio its hard to know where to start in summing up what I learned. Our man in Austin, Coté, has already put together some sweet roundups of the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged SWG | 2 Responses

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