IBM’s revenues remained relatively flat in the second quarter 2012, although the companyreported strong growth in its cloud, analytics and smarter planet initiatives. Total revenues for the quarter fell by 3% to $25.8bn due to currency fluctuations. Second-quarter net income was $3.9bn, compared with $3.7bn in the second quarter of 2011 anincrease Within…

Google has revealed that the completition of the acquisition of Motorola has almost doubled its workforce, rising from 33,077 on 31 March, 2012 to a whopping 54,604 as of June 30, 2012. The firm has certainly come a long way from its start-up roots in the 1990s, with recently departed veteran Marrisa Mayer famously the twentieth…

Solution fuels "social proximity selling," a new approach to increasing sales productivity PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reachable, Inc., a leader in social enterprise solutions, announced today that a new version of its enterprise social graph has topped 100 billion business connections. Reachable’s enterprise social graph consists of public connections derived from…

July 02, 2012, 5:53 PM Our most successful business leaders have often had one thing in common: an innate instinct for the direction of their organisations that has repeatedly enabled them to make the right calls. But we are fast approaching a time when the idea that business decisions are based on instinct…

By Cameron Scott, IDG News Service | IT Consumerization Add a new comment July 02, 2012, 5:08 PM Samsung and Google dominate the U.S. markets in mobile phones and smartphone operating systems, respectively, according to new data from the analytics company comScore. Samsung products accounted for more than a quarter of all U.S….

A fledgling Oklahoma City that has had offers to move to Silicon Valley is seeking to show that good software can be created anywhere. A four-person startup company that has rebuffed offers from Silicon Valley and elsewhere to remain in Oklahoma City has launched a public beta of its software…

July 03, 2012, 12:56 AM Eastman Kodak said on Monday that it has received approval from bankruptcy court to go ahead with the auction of its digital imaging patent portfolios, despite claims to some of those patents by Apple and another company, FlashPoint Technologies. The court granted Kodak the right to sell these…

Google esta intentando llegar a un acuerdo con la Comision Europea para evitar una multa por supuestos delitos de abuso de posicion dominante. Google prometio medidas correctivas para convencer al organismo continental. La Union Europea mantiene su cerco sobre Google, despues de considerar que la compania habria incurrido en delitos…

Nadat ze de dikke V12 van het huis onder de motorkap van de ‘kleine’ V8 Vantage lepelden, heeft het team van Aston Martin besloten om het dak van deze auto te zagen. Het resultaat is een roadster die de muziekliefhebbers onder onze lezers zeker zal bekoren. Vuurkracht…

July 18, 2012, 7:14 PM The new version of Microsoft Office offers compelling enhancements to its capabilities and interface design, as well as improvements in cloud functionality that should make it a far better product than its predecessor. However, gaps in support for non-Windows mobile platforms, questions about pricing and a continued reliance…