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IBM Introduces Retail’s First Completely Modular Self-Checkout System

Unique Design Promises Smarter, Faster Consumer Shopping Experience ARMONK, N.Y. (January 11, 2011) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a retail solution that is uniquely designed to provide consumers a smarter, faster checkout experience.  Its sleek, first-of-a-kind modular design could literally change the way shoppers view self checkout. According to a 2011 IBM Institute of […]

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IBM Software Helps Consumer Products Manufacturers Win Customers and Reduce Costs

Pepsi, and Crocs Improve Business Results with IBM Industry Solutions and Frameworks ARMONK, N.Y. (January 11, 2011) – Today at the National Retail Federation conference in New York City, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a new Consumer Products Industry Framework that can help clients reduce costs and increase revenue through improved consumer relationships, supply chain analytics […]

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IBM Survey: Frugal, Yet Optimistic Shoppers Driving Smarter Retail Through Technology and Mobility

IBM Best-Positioned Technology Provider to Help Retailers Meet the Needs of the Instrumented, Smarter Consumer ARMONK, N.Y. (January 11, 2011) – A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) survey of more than 30,000 consumers released today demonstrates that, while shoppers are optimistic about the future, they have developed attitudes during the global recession over the past several […]

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IBM Shatters U.S. Patent Record; Tops Patent List for 18th Consecutive Year

IBM inventors receive more than 5,000 patents in 2010 ARMONK, N.Y. (January 10, 2011) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its inventors received a record 5,896 U.S. patents in 2010, marking the 18th consecutive year it has topped the list of the world’s most inventive companies. IBM became the first company to be granted […]

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IBM and the Premier Healthcare Alliance to Integrate Nation’s Healthcare Data to Gain Insight, Measure Performance and Improve Population Health

Industry-first data sharing model among hospitals, doctors and outpatient clinics to support accountable care and performance improvements ARMONK, N.Y. (January 06, 2011) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Premier healthcare alliance today announced plans to integrate health information from across hospitals and other healthcare sites. More than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare sites […]

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IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years

ARMONK, N.Y. (December 28, 2010) – Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) formally unveiled the fifth annual “Next Five in Five” — a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years: You’ll beam up your friends in 3-D Batteries will breathe air to power […]

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City Government and IBM Close Partnership to Make Rio de Janeiro a Smarter City

City to Integrate Data and Processes Across Agencies into a Single Operations Center SAO PAULO (December 27, 2010) – The city government and IBM (NYSE: IBM) signed an agreement to build a public information management center for Rio de Janeiro. The Rio Operations Center, which will be located in Cidade Nova, will integrate and interconnect […]

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Made in IBM Labs: Scientific Discovery Moves Racetrack Memory Closer to Reality

New Kind of Memory Device Combines the Best of Flash Memory and Magnetic Storage SAN JOSE, Calif. (December 23, 2010) – Highlights: IBM Research is the first to measure the movement and processing of digital data as a magnetic pattern on nanowires 1,000 times finer than a human hair. New memory uses the spin of […]

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Mexican Banks Save Millions Using IBM Software

Rapid Stock Trade Settlement Delivers Stability to Financial System ARMONK, N.Y. (December 22, 2010) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Indeval, Mexico’s central securities depository (CSD), is using IBM software to settle securities trades in seconds, reducing the risk of financial losses and shielding the country from fluctuating market conditions. Rapid trade settlement has […]

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IBM to Collaborate with Leading Singapore Institutions Using Analytics to Improve the Quality of Water, Transportation and Energy Services in a City

Economic Development Board, Land Transport Authority and IBM Establish a Research Collaboratory for Smarter Cities SINGAPORE (December 17, 2010) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a research collaboratory in Singapore, where researchers from IBM intend to collaborate with scientists and engineers from public agencies in Singapore to improve the quality of its urban services. The […]

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