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IBM, Twitter to Partner on Business Data Analytics

IBM on Wednesday announced a partnership with Twitter to help shape business decisions using data collected from tweets worldwide. IBM will help businesses predict trends in the marketplace and consumer sentiment…

Dell, BlackBerry Downplay Threat from Apple-IBM Alliance

IBM Corp’s recent move to partner with Apple Inc to sell iPhones and iPads loaded with corporate applications has excited investors in both companies, but two rivals say they are unperturbed for…

IBM Facing ‘Rocky Time’, But Poised for Change

IBM Corp is facing a “rocky time,” Chief Executive Virginia Rometty told the New York Times, but said she and the company now have a clear vision on how to…

IBM Boosting Quarterly Dividend by 16 Percent

IBM is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to $1.10 per share from 95 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on June 10 to shareholders of record…

IBM’s Watson to Help in Brain Cancer Research

IBM is teaming up with the New York Genome Center to help fight brain cancer. The company said Wednesday that its Watson cloud computing system will be used in partnership…

Stocks Little Changed as Investors Assess Earnings

NEW YORK – Stocks were little changed Wednesday as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings reports. IBM dropped after its revenue fell short of what analysts were…

IBM Holds On to Patent Position in 2013

New York-based IBM Corp., a technology company with a campus in the Research Triangle Park, was first on the list of the top U.S. patent recipients in 2013. This was…

Impact of Drivers and Challenges

The analysts forecast the Global Smart Classroom market to grow at a CAGR of 31.25 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth…

Tech Profits Expected to Surge this Year

So where will many of those snazzy handheld devices and new Internet commerce platforms seen at International CES last week end up this year? One answer: padding the income statements…

Smartphones Created Most Mobile Traffic, But Tablets Closed Most Sales

Smartphones were the source of most holiday mobile traffic but it was tablet users who racked up the most online sales, figures from IBM show. The company’s fourth-quarter retail online…

Made in IBM Labs: IBM Lights Up Silicon Chips to Tackle Big Data

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a major advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals to transmit information for future computing. The breakthrough technology…