Tags : IBMHennessy Takes Command of IBM Global Channels Organization[January 23, 2012] Vendor quietly appoints 31-year company veteran and former Europe GM and CIO to head worldwide business partner and midmarket organization. Read More...Tags: channel partner , midmarket , Mark Hennessy , Rich Hume , IBMMobile Shopping Sales Doubled in December 2011 From Last Year, IBM Data Says[January 19, 2012] Vendor’s Benchmark holiday report reveals Apple’s iPad and IPhone drove strong online retail sales. Read More...Tags: mobile , iPhone , iPad , holiday season , online , benchmark , IBM , shoppingIBM Offers New Social Media Initiatives for Channel Partners, Businesses[January 14, 2012] Vendor seeks to prod social-media driven sales opportunities through services, education, certification, workshops, new partnerships. Read More...Tags: channel partners , certification , social business software , social media , San Jose State University , PartnerWorld , IBM , training , social business , Forrester ResearchIBM Offers $440 Million for DemandTec, Cloud-based Analytics Software Company[January 03, 2012] Vendor seeks to expand its portfolio of Smarter Commerce offerings. Acquisition will be folded into IBM’s software unit. Read More...Tags: acquisition , analytics , DemandTec , IBM , smarter commerce , cloud computingIBM Names Rometty as Chief Executive to Succeed Palmisano[October 27, 2011] Vendor taps 30-year veteran, current global sales leader, to replace Palmisano. Company also says it will add $7 billion to stock repurchase program to total $12.2 billion. Read More...Tags: IBM , Sam Palmisano , Viginia Rometty , chief executiveIBM Offers New Cloud-based, On-Premise Smarter Commerce Solutions[October 11, 2011] Vendor adds Commerce-as-a-Service, Social Media Marketing solutions, opens new Global Center of Competence for Smarter Commerce. Read More...Tags: social media , smarter commerce , IBM , cloud computingIntel, IBM Among Five to Pump $4.4 Billion into Chip Venture in New York[September 29, 2011] Backers include Globalfoundries, TSMC and Samsung for projects to develop next two generations of computer chips and upgrade wafer manufacturing technology. Read More... Tags: Intel , New York , Cuomo , computer chip , IBMIBM to Pilot SaaS Offering for Smarter Commerce[September 21, 2011] Vendor extends initiative to capitalize on $20 billion market opportunity. Read More... Tags: Software Value Plus , IBM , smarter commerce , SaaSTech Data Adds IBM Cloud Services, Products to TDCloud Offering[September 13, 2011] Channel partners gain IBM services, equipment to deploy private cloud and sell vendors public cloud services. Read More... Tags: Tech Data , IBM , TDCloud , PointSource , cloud computingIBM Adds 24 Pre-Configured, Partner-Ready SMB Solutions for Analytics, Cloud, Collaboration, Security[September 12, 2011] Vendor backs solutions with $1 billion financing offer to channel partners Read More... Tags: SMB , midmarket , Ed Abrams , Cost Busters , IBMIBM Revs Up Netezza Channel Support[August 24, 2011] Vendor offers new financing, authorization, incentives, skill-building options for channel partners in move to bolster business analytics sales. Read More... Tags: channel partner , midmarket , IBM , Netezza , business analyticsIBM Prepping Channel Partners in Four Key Growth Segments, Says Top Channel Exec[August 22, 2011] Vendor is steadily building out channel capacity and partner capabilities in business analytics, Smarter Planet, cloud computing and growth markets. Read More... Tags: channel partner , business analytics , Rich Hume , IBM , cloud computingIBM's Monshaw: Growth in Small- and Mid-market Outpaces Overall Company Rates[July 05, 2011] IBM's Monshaw: Growth in Small- and Mid-market Outpaces Overall Company Rates Read More...Tags: services , Andy Monshaw , MSP , social business , mid-market , IBM , ISVIBM to Move MSPs, ISVs to Center Stage in Retooled Mid-market Channel Strategy[July 05, 2011] Vendor also has reallocated millions of marketing dollars to online social business sites to reach IT decision-makers in mid-sized organizations, top exec says. Read More... Tags: midmarket , MSP , ISV , social business , IBMIBM Sweetens Smarter Commerce for Channel Partners[June 15, 2011] Vendor offers financial incentives up to 50 percent, zero percent financing, MDF, sales assistance, dedicated support. Read More... Tags: software , Global Finance , smarter commerce , IBM , channel partnerSecureWaters, Developer of Solution for Water Safety, Wins IBM SmartCamp Event[June 06, 2011] SecureWaters, Developer of Solution for Water Safety, Wins IBM SmartCamp Event Read More... Tags: IBM , technologies , SmartCamp , SecureWaters , IBM Global Entrepreneur , innovativeNew IBM SaaS Pricing and Channel Financing Options Aimed at Builders of Cloud Applications and Infrastructures[April 29, 2011] Vendor offers new monthly rental pricing for ISVs delivering SaaS applications with IBM middleware, and new financing programs for channel partners building cloud computing technical environments. Read More... Tags: financing , SaaS , channel , Cloud , IBMIBM, CA, Rackspace, Software AG, Kaavo, Founding Sponsors of New Cloud End User Advocacy Group[April 23, 2011] 45 initial members of Cloud Standards Customer Council aim to advance cloud adoption by focusing on reference architectures, hybrid cloud, security, compliance. Read More... Tags: CA , Rackspace , IBM , Cloud Standards Customer Council , Object Management GroupIBM Betting Big on Cloud Computing[April 21, 2011] IBM Betting Big on Cloud Computing Read More... Tags: SaaS , cloud computing , IBMIngram Micro Teams With IBM, Intermedia for New Cloud Services to Channel Partners[April 12, 2011] Distributor offers cloud-based compute-on-demand, managed backup for desktops and servers, and VoiP solutions. Read More... Tags: Intermedia , Cloud , services , Ingram Micro , IBMIBM Offers New Software and Consulting Services for $70 Billion Smarter Commerce Market[March 23, 2011] Initiative aims to help businesses meet shifting commerce trends toward social networking and mobile computing. Read More... Tags: software , business , IBM , smarter commerce , analyticsIBM Puts $38 Million into New Singapore Cloud Computing Data Center[March 17, 2011] Facility to launch in April, offer IBM cloud services and technology to businesses in A/P region. Read More... Tags: data center , Singapore , cloud computing , services , IBMIBM Opens New Innovation Center in Mexico and 39th Worldwide[March 17, 2011] Facility offers free access to IBM software, researchers, technical experts to prompt growth of new business in $13 billion emerging market. Read More... Tags: Mexico , entrepreneur , business , IBM , Innovation CenterQ4 2010 Global Server Shipments Rise 6 Percent, Revenue Climbs 16 Percent[February 28, 2011] Researcher Gartner pegs full year 2010 worldwide shipments up 17 percent to 8.8 million units, revenue climbs 13 percent to $48.8 billion. Read More... Tags: HP , server , x86 , Gartner , IBMIBM Presents 2011 Beacon Awards at Annual PartnerWorld Conference[February 19, 2011] IBM Presents 2011 Beacon Awards at Annual PartnerWorld Conference Read More... Tags: IBM , channel partner , PartnerWorld , Beacon AwardsIBM Backs Cloud, Analytics Channel Partners with New Specialty, Resources, Software[February 18, 2011] Vendor arms channel partners for growth opportunities in cloud computing and business analytics. Read More... Tags: IBM , cloud computing , business analytics , midmarket , channel partnerIBM Global Technology Services to Pump Up Channel Sales, New GM Says[February 11, 2011] Vendor plans to extend more co-selling and co-delivery service sales opportunities to the channel, alter offerings to complement partners own services, upgrade enablement and training, concentrate on key vertical midmarket segments. Read More... Tags: services , channel partner , Global Technology Services , IBM , midmarketArrow ECS Opens Social Networking Site for IBM Channel Partners[February 10, 2011] Virtual Bench will help resellers collaborate on sales opportunities and build relationships with other channel partners, distributor says. Read More... Tags: channel partner , social networking , Arrow ECS , IBM , Virtual BenchIBM, Intel Invest $350 Million to Fund Entrepreneurs and New Business Opportunities Under Government's New Start-up America Program[February 07, 2011] HP, Google, Facebook also pledge support to help open market opportunities for new, innovative companies in the U.S. Read More... Tags: America , Invest , IBM , entrepreneur , IntelNYC Taps IBM for Data Center Consolidation and Cloud Computing Project[February 07, 2011] Vendor awarded 14 agency first phase of CitiServ initiative to streamline citys IT infrastructure, improve service delivery, lower energy use and improve security. Read More... Tags: cloud computing , IBM , data center , CitiServ , New York |
Solutions in a Small World (Latin America): Sealed with a KissEven in today’s Internet-dominated world, in-person business connections still make strong impressions. But face-to-face marketers must be aware of cultural disconnects, explains AMD’s Gerald Youngblood. |

