IBM Press Releases - Corporate - United States

IBM Releases Free Internet Security Training Tools to Educate Students, Teachers and Parents on Digital Responsibility

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:15 GMT

IBM today announced that in conjunction with Safer Internet Day, (#SID2012) it will release free Internet safety training tools for students and have thousands of volunteers working to help raise awareness and educate students and businesses on Internet safety and digital responsibility.

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IBM Board Approves Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:05:28 GMT

The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per common share, payable March 10, 2012 to stockholders of record February 10, 2012. IBM has paid consecutive quarterly dividends every year since 1916.

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IBM Reports 2011 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:40 GMT

Fourth-Quarter 2011: * Diluted EPS: o GAAP: $4.62, up 11 percent; o Operating (non-GAAP): $4.71, up 11 percent; * Net income: o GAAP: $5.5 billion, up 4 percent; o Operating (non-GAAP): $5.6 billion, up 5 percent; * Gross profit margin: o GAAP: 49.9 percent, up 0.9 points; o Operating (non-GAAP): 50.2 percent, up 1.1 points; * Revenue of $29.5 billion, up 2 percent as reported, 1 percent adjusting for currency; * Software revenue up 9 percent; * Global Technology Services revenue up 3 percent; * Global Business Services revenue up 3 percent, 2 percent adjusting for currency; * Services backlog of $141 billion, up $4 billion as reported, up $5 billion adjusting for currency, quarter to quarter; * Systems and Technology revenue down 8 percent. Full-Year 2011: * Diluted EPS, up double-digits for 9th consecutive year; o GAAP: $13.06, up 13 percent; o Operating (non-GAAP): $13.44, up 15 percent; * Net income: o GAAP: $15.9 billion, up 7 percent; o Operating (non-GAAP): $16.3 billion, up 9 percent; * Revenue of $106.9 billion, up 7 percent, up 3 percent adjusting for currency; * Free cash flow of $16.6 billion, up $300 million; * Growth markets revenue up 16 percent, up 11 percent adjusting for currency; * Business analytics revenue up 16 percent; * Smarter Planet revenue up 47 percent; * Cloud revenue more than tripled 2010 revenue. Full-Year 2012 Expectation: * GAAP EPS of at least $14.16 and operating (non-GAAP) EPS of at least $14.85.

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IBM Continues India Expansion With New Branch in Visakhapatnam

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:30:20 GMT

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the opening of a branch office in Visakhapatnam, South East India as part of the company's continued geographic expansion initiative to increase its presence in key growth markets.

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IBM Creates Smarter Cities Exploration Center in Collaboration with the University of Guadalajara in Mexico

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:29:01 GMT

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the creation of a Smarter Cities Exploration Center in collaboration with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) in Mexico. Supported by technical and intellectual guidance of IBM's global research lab experts, the Center will be the first of its kind in Latin America, tasked with the mission to design solutions to tackle infrastructure challenges faced by Guadalajara and other cities around the world.

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BNP Paribas and IBM Extend Infrastructure Services Agreement for Six Years

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:22:04 GMT

BNP Paribas and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a six year agreement for management, support and maintenance services of BNP Paribas infrastructure through their joint venture BNP Paribas Partners for Innovation (BP2I) created in 2004.

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Jeopardy! Winnings Spur IBM and Scripps Research Institute Collaboration to Fight Against Malaria

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:00:09 GMT

IBM's Watson computing system broke new ground earlier this year when it defeated two celebrated human competitors on the Jeopardy! game show. Now, The Scripps Research Institute is hoping to do something equally novel but more critical to human health with part of the prize money from that tournament: Find a cure for drug-resistant malaria. And it's asking for the public's help.

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John R. Opel, the Fifth IBM CEO, Passes Away

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:40 GMT

John R. Opel, IBM’s fifth CEO, died on November 3, 2011. He was 86 years old.

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