The Mainframe
A little more than five years ago (see “in the news“) IBM announced that it would begin installing and supporting the Linux operating system on its mainframe computers. A lot has happened with Linux and with mainframes since then, but first of all, what is a mainframe? Is it a “main” frame, a main “frame”, […]
IBM Happenings: July 2005
The month of July was a hot one for much of the country and also at IBM, with technology and solutions annuncements and acquisitions across the board. The announcements made by the company during the month are below. It was very exciting to be in New York this week for the announcement of IBM’s new […]
Joe Kreitz — Retiring
Dear Joe, Congratulations on your retirement from IBM. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were both in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the branch office. I am sure you are very proud of your nearly thirty-nine years with the company. You contributed a great deal — especially in squeezing many dollars of revenue and profit […]
IBM Happenings: June 2005
The month of June was a busy one at IBM, with technology and solutions annuncements across the board. The announcements made by the company during the month are below, and the complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. List of Announcements for June 2005 IBM announces new server based on X3 […]
IBM Happenings: May 2005
The month of May contained some a lot of interesting news and it looks like it will be another very busy year for IBM. One of the biggest items was the closing of the Lenovo transaction. They are off and running. The new ThinkPad T43p is awesome. The announcements made by the company in May […]