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  • Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy

    Lenovo has completed the initial terms for its acquisition of IBM‘s x86 server business. Lenovo has bought the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers, IBM said Wednesday. The company will also serve as IBM’s original equipment manufacturer and reseller of IBM’s Storwize storage products, Linear Tape Open products […] More

  • Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM's x86 Server Business in Oct. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM’s x86 Server Business in Oct.

    IBM expects to complete the $2.1 billion sale of its x86 server business to Lenovo on Oct. 1 as the latter firm moves to expand its offerings in enterprise hardware and services. Lenovo said Monday that System x, BladeCenter, Flex System, NeXtScale, iDataPlex, x86-based Flex systems and blade networking are included in the transaction. Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman and CEO, said the company will now focus on managing […] More

  • IBM, Texas A&M Form Computational Sciences Research Partnership; William LaFontaine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Texas A&M Form Computational Sciences Research Partnership; William LaFontaine Comments

    IBM Corp. and Texas A&M University System have partnered to perform computational sciences research on agriculture, geosciences and engineering through big data analytics and high-performance computing systems. Goals of the research collaboration include to address requirements for extracting energy resources, managing smart grid, developing new materials, identifying and tracking diseases and monitoring food supplies worldwide, […] More