Tag: IBM
Tech Time Warp: The story of Herman Hollerith, inventor of the punch card
A 5-inch floppy is a quaint relic today, but even it had a predecessor: the punch card. Invented by Herman Hollerith in 1887 to solve the problem of tabulating census data, punch cards were the standard for business accounting well...
Cloud 5: CIA loves AWS, cloud gaming grows
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Cloud 5: Online retailer chooses AWS, Salesforce flexes marketing muscles
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IBM introduces skinny mainframe for cloud age
The mainframe has been a mainstay of enterprise computing for decades, and IBM has dominated the category, but what place does it have in the age of the cloud? Surprisingly, the oldest bit of computing technology continues to live a...
Cloud 5: Salesforce’s $6.5B MuleSoft bet, Apple and IBM expand partnership to AI
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Google Cloud looks ready to board the blockchain train
Blockchain is surely the buzzword of the day. All you need to do is put blockchain in your title and your stock goes up, as we actually saw a soft drink company attempt at the end of last year. Yet,...
IBM finally returns to positive revenue driven by cloud biz
For 22 quarters or 5.5 long years, IBM reported negative revenue growth, but last week the company finally announced a positive quarter. Revenue increased to $22.54 billion — and that beat analysts’ estimates. A good portion of that could be attributed...
Cloud 5: Cloud’s tipping point, serverless or containers
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IBM could finally be moving in the right direction
IBM has been having a rough time for, oh, the past five and a half years. The company has had declining revenue for 22 straight quarters, but yesterday while it still had declining revenue, Big Blue gave an earnings report...
Cloud 5: Microsoft’s green Irish cloud, AI as a service takes off
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