Red Hat will hire less senior engineers
Published in News
Friday, 05 November 2021 11:47

Red Hat will hire less senior engineers


Need to save a bit of cash

IBM's Red Hat plans to cut back on hiring senior engineers in an effort aimed largely at controlling costs.

Big Blue misses estimates
Published in News
Thursday, 21 October 2021 11:41

Big Blue misses estimates


Managed infrastructure suffers decline

IBM missed market estimates for quarterly revenue as its managed infrastructure business suffered from a decline in orders ahead of a spinoff next month.

IBM’s AI steered ship takes to the seas again
Published in AI
Tuesday, 28 September 2021 11:57

IBM’s AI steered ship takes to the seas again


Failed last time


After failing its first attempt to re-create the Mayflower's voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, a crewless ocean vessel, powered by artificial intelligence, has returned to sea.

IBM announces Power E1080 server
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 08 September 2021 11:53

IBM announces Power E1080 server


Based on Power10 processor

IBM unveiled the Power E1080, the first in a family of servers based on the company’s recently announced Power10 processor.

IBM announces Telum chip
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 07 September 2021 11:56

IBM announces Telum chip


Headed for IBM Z and LinuxONE systems

IBM announced the IBM Telum Processor which will be the central processor chip for the next generation IBM Z and LinuxONE systems.

GlobalFoundries sues IBM
Published in News
Tuesday, 08 June 2021 12:44

GlobalFoundries sues IBM


$2.5 billion in damages

Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries has sued IBM,  asking a judge to rule that it did not violate a contract that claims it is owed $2.5 billion in damages.

IBM buys Salesforce partner
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:26

IBM buys Salesforce partner


Cloud and AI in one company 

Biggish Blue has announced it has written a cheque for Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce in a deal that will extend its range of services and support its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence strategy.

IBM confirms chip shortage is not going away
Published in News


It is going to take a while to build new fabs

IBM has joined the legions in the chip industry who have warned that the chip shortage is not going away soon.

IBM creates 2nm chip
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 07 May 2021 10:22

IBM creates 2nm chip


Intel has a little sob

IBM boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs claiming to have invented the world’s first 2 nm chip.

IBM grows thanks to cloud
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 20 April 2021 11:33

IBM grows thanks to cloud


Beats Wall Street

IBM recorded the highest quarterly sales growth in more than two years and beat Wall Street targets on Monday, thanks to its cloud operations.