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BM launched the electronic analysis system to help eliminate parking congestion in cities at the same time impose parking charges more, it can also help easily in a crowded downtown for motorcycle riders to find parking spaces. Intelligent parking (Smarter Parking) system combines IBM’s data analysis capacity and Streetline on parking sensors and software innovations.

Streetline inductance measuring equipment placed in the car park to monitor whether cars are present, then immediate transfer to the city information network with iOS or Android applications. Urban transport operators can be set using this data to track traffic or parking rates, while driving can be pulled to a vacant seat.

IBM for 20 cities such as Beijing, Paris and Los Angeles survey confirms driving always wishes: parking really painful. Surveyed in driving, 6 every 10 people who said that they found was frustration looking for parking spaces in the past year, sometimes give up and change our plans. More than 1/4 of the respondents said that they have a parking space with others spat.

IBM says about 30% of urban traffic flow, people drive on the roads around, find a place to park.

This newspaper recently, IBM are deploying disk capacity of up to 120 bytes (PB) data storage centers, this capacity than the current maximum storage centers in the world and about 8 times times it wide. United States San Jose, State of California’s IBM experts are developing the world’s largest data centers, and its capacity to reach 120 bytes. This has sufficient capacity to about 24 billion MP3 file copies, enough to keep Facebook saves all user data for about 13 years.

IDC research on high performance computing Department Vice Minister Steve Conway said, the new memory than he currently sees all memory is many times greater.　　Current maximum memory of approximately 15 bytes. IBM gave no large-scale data center customers to order any of the information. But said that the data center will be used to “simulation event on a global scale”.

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According to foreign media reports, IBM has made concessions to resolve European antitrust regulators for its launch a year-long investigation.
EU regulators launched in July last year on IBM antitrust investigation, due to several large host maintenance service provider charges IBM they are treated differently.

The European Commission said in a statement released on Tuesday, preliminary results showed “certain practices can result in the company of IBM mainframe hardware and software maintenance service providers differentiate phenomenon”.

European Commission Executive said: “IBM does not agree with the European Commission made a preliminary ruling, but they have pledged to eliminate concerns about competition in the market of the European Commission. ”

The European Commission said IBM will provide other companies with a certain amount of spare parts and technical information, these companies at a reasonable and non-discrimination case maintain its mainframe hardware and software.

IBM has proposed the appointment of a manager who specialize in resolving this dispute with other companies, which made the concession terms are valid for 5 years.

The European Commission also said that third-party company has a month to comment on the IBM proposal. Once the compromise offer was approved, IBM will be free from punishment, and a similar amount of punishment in violation of up to 10% of the company’s global annual revenues.

At the same time, the European Commission also withdrew another independent survey conducted for IBM, because it launched proceedings of three smaller competitors have canceled their complaints. Prior to this, IBM accused intends to convert its mainframe hardware and bundled with its own operating system, move to the other companies have set up a big obstacle.

According to foreign media reports, in Beijing, the IBM researchers are developing a new software, tracking helps companies and consumers from food production to end of table on the whole process, in order to avoid damage by unsafe food. Food safety has become the troubled global food producers and consumers of a big problem.

This kind of software called “food safety Simulator” (Food Safety Simulator), is a mobile application, designed to allow consumers to reliability be aware they’re shopping. After installation, the consumers mobile phone allows you to scan the bar codes on food, to understand the food safety aspects. IBM will give food to do star-rating (similar to evaluate restaurant service), which will take into account such as safety inspection failures, vendor background and recent factors such as whether there is a recall. Product has more number of stars that shows consumers more can rest assured to purchase.

The software was shortlisted this year organized by the Asian Wall Street Journal “Asian innovation award” (Asian Innovation Awards), to show people how to shop around when out in the consumer. In addition, it allows consumers to report health problems. At present this kind of software not listed, IBM has no listing is given the approximate timetable.

IBM manufacturers are also able to use this software to establish the probability of risk model and assessment so that sources can be found accurately, against the proliferation of contaminated foods and into the hands of consumers.

IBM researchers, says Ron Cao, foods like packaged sausage made from different ingredients in the factory, from numerous vendors of many animals is mixed into the meat sausage. Cao said, in most cases, if consumers felt unwell after eating sausages, not a sausage with a vendor and a pig map.

IBM research and development of this software is not directly linked to contaminated sausage and pig together, but manufacturers can use it to better estimate pollution sources and find vulnerabilities in the food manufacturing process. This software tell food companies need to gather the kind of data, such as the content of ingredients, food storage temperature and time information for all processes. Then, the software analyzes the data collected, find flaws.

On packaged foods like sausage, the software can track pork and flour mixture, packing process and transport time. If you have consumers feeling unwell after eating a sausage, sausage maker dating aspects of the problem and determine whether there are other food contamination.

“Food safety Simulator” effect also has its limitations. In China, often is not a producer of food safety issues, but the source suppliers. At present, for large food manufacturers grow their crops and livestock food vendors in China more than more than 50,000, including fewer than 10 employees or small farm. Although large food manufacturers can track their own production processes of security, but it must also ensure the safety of their raw materials.

In March this year, China’s largest meat processing enterprise shuanghui group illegal additives containing a high dose of pork into the market. The pork is a subsidiary of the Group process.

Producers will also need to adjust the process, so that you can collect data at all stages of the production process, it may slow food listing process. But IBM, Cao said, using the software build mode will help to reduce the risk of food deterioration caused by the number of highly pathogenic. According to who (World Health Organization) numbers of foodborne and waterborne diseases killed 2.2 million people every year.

In Europe May outbreak of Escherichia coli outbreak, which killed 48 people and 4,000 people ill after, food safety has been the focus of concern.

To rebuild the food safety regulatory system, United States this year by the food safety Modernization Act (the Food Safety Modernization) requiring importers inspection food safety.

In China, because of the problems still exist in the wake of the 2008 melamine scandal, Government against food safety irregularities were to expand operations. Melamine in the event of the year, due to consumption of infant milk powder containing this chemical substance, six children were killed and another 300,000 children.

Cao said, rarely used in current China high-tech solution to a problem is found, or analyze and looking for correlation. In Europe and the United States, food tracking focus helps companies control their distribution of goods to the store. By contrast, production tracking failed to pay attention to.

According to United States research company Free do guaporé Group (Freedonia Group) estimates that China’s demand for food safety in products such as Tracker will grow over the next two years $ 15% to $.

FSS software IBM still not buying in the market, but this software is receiving United States a health food retailer (without specifying which is) and tests of the Shandong provincial government. Shandong is one of the largest agricultural centres in China, Shandong provincial government is a local meat processing enterprise test software.

IBM researchers, for example, the Government can use FSS to evaluate the freezing temperature changes in regulatory policy would have much impact on food quality, and will bring much pressure to the distribution and production.

Computer maker IBM has in cooperation with 3M company, by gluing layers of a chip stuck together, development of the “skyscraper” computers. Hope in this way, you can make up to 1000 times faster times the mobile phone and PC. This product is expected to be 2013. 3M production of heat-resistant glue for the aerospace industry, adhesives and tapes, but its joint development with IBM’s high-tech glues, in fact, is the key to computer information processing technology can be a big step forward. Vertical stack of chips now technologies product overheated and so on.

New glue should be overlaid on chip with good thermal conductivity, ensure that lines are not burned down due to overheating. The study intends to manufacture 100-storey commercial microprocessor chips. IBM Research Division Vice President Bernie-Melson said in a statement: “the new ‘ 3D ‘ method can greatly improve the speed of electronic products such as tablet computers, thereby significantly increasing the capacity of computers. ”

Coremetrics Benchmark of investment company owned by IBM over the next few months holiday shopping trends has released the latest data. The company said the mobile retail traffic will increase by more than 1 time for the holidays. IBM said that in November of this year’s holiday period, the login retailer Web site of the United States among the general public, will have up to 15% users visit retailer Web site from your mobile device. Online sales will rise over the same period last year November all 12% per cent.

IBM report shows that in October of this year, nearly 11% of Americans log on to the retailer Web site from your mobile device, compared with last year’s was October 2010. In addition, the mobile phones sales continues to grow, per cent in October from last year grew to per cent in October this year.

Will occur this year one of the new trend is occurring between the Android user. This is that we have ever growing Android users and iPhone users for the first time at the level of mobile shopping and almost flat. According to the October 2011, iPhone 4% per cent of total mobile flows, and Android mobile 3.5% of total traffic. IPad will also play an important role in this year’s holiday shopping. In October this year, compared to iPad conversion rate as high as 6.8%, is far higher than overall conversion rate 3.6% mobile devices in the industry.

IBM also said mobile shoppers intend to holiday shopping this year than any other online shoppers. It expects this year will be 44.2% the user to select holiday shopping via mobile devices, while only 37.3% per cent of consumers choose to shop online.

Mainly from Facebook’s social networking presence, this holiday also have an increasingly important role on purchasing process. Conversion from October figures for the rate by consumers in the social media site access the retailers site, that 9.2% consumers have opted to buy the product. All links to the Web store 5.5% over last year increased a lot.

All indications are that, this year’s holiday shopping will be mobile by name.

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Beijing time on November 4, the morning news, IBM’s Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano (Samuel j. Palmisano) late on Wednesday in the United States Colombia University lecture said that though because the margins are too low and selling the ThinkPad notebook computer business to Lenovo, but this is IBM’s most recognizable brands.

Heroes in broken wrist

Because of this lecture is part of the celebration of the Centennial birthday of IBM series, Samuel J. Palmisano will intentionally speech selection in the Colombia University: small tuomasi·yuehan·wosen (Thomas j. Watson Jr. ) Was at the 50 anniversary of the IBM at Colombia University lectures, old Thomas Watson (Thomas Watson Sr. ) Is Colombia University directors, and IBM’s lab are derived from the many famous and Colombia University cooperation.

Samuel J. Palmisano’s speech in Colombia held in an auditorium of the school, about hundreds of people attended. He cited repeated Watson in 1960 and some of the content of speech, and noted that, in the largest enterprises in the few decades continues to be the industry leader, most have even closed down. Watson said: ” enterprise is the self-sacrifice, and success is through constant ‘ heroes in broken wrist ‘ implementation . ”

Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM’s lessons are never follow what the product, but to adhere to the enterprise value. After all, IBM initially only watches and clocks, scales, punched card tabulation machines and cheese cutter, and so on.

“Because it cannot successfully expanding ‘ second spring ‘, many at first very successful companies have already destroy, is the pile of bones by these enterprises into the history of business. “Samuel J. Palmisano said. He added that those “bones” most enterprises are able to “go beyond emotional factors associated with the past”.

Samuel J. Palmisano believes that ethics and corporate responsibility while very important, but a business to have staying power with persistent targets must be–in the case of IBM, is to meet customer needs, build long-term relationships and the pursuit of radical innovation.

It is this mentality which makes IBM did not stick to a specific product, to more easily sell the hard drive and the PC business. Nevertheless, Samuel J. Palmisano says IBM ThinkPad laptop ” by any standards is our most recognized brand “, and already has millions of users.

Every year, but invested $ 6 billion research and development of IBM did not wish to insist on the margins of the business. “We know that the emerging trend of commercialization of the PC industry, we do not want to develop in this direction. “Samuel J. Palmisano said.

The key quality

In the ensuing question and answer session, Samuel J. Palmisano was asked what are the key qualities of a leader. He replied, the first and foremost quality is, “you need to have a clear grasp on the future. “When Samuel J. Palmisano in 2002 to act as CEO, that he and other senior executives identified three key trends: end of the PC era of computing, science and technology globalization of production and popularity and value shifted from production areas of software and hardware to help companies solve business problems.

Sounds like the view of this clear vision. Samuel J. Palmisano’s predecessor, Louis Gerstner (Louis v. Gerstner, Jr. ) Shortly after taking office in 1993, has said: “the last thing IBM needs now is a vision . “But the time, Samuel J. Palmisano had every confidence to discuss long-term prospects, because IBM has under the leadership of Louis Gerstner restoring financial health.

Samuel J. Palmisano has appointed fujiniya·luomanti of retiring (Virginia Rometty) as his successor, as the 9th President of IBM CEO. Samuel J. Palmisano said he had always considered themselves “the greatest company of temporary Steward”, daily task is to make it a better, more powerful, more influential. And Luo Manti will take over this task. “It is the duty of a modern CEO. “He said.

Samuel J. Palmisano nor excessive modesty, he also lists several achievements of his term, including the company’s growth, steering more lucrative business and financial performance. “I could have said, we in the last 27 years worth more than Microsoft for the first time in the course of development, but I did not say so. “He joked,” I am very restrained. “(Wen/Sina technology)

IBM Chairman Samuel J. Palmisano

According to foreign media reports, in recent years a lot of “young” company was granted a large number of patents, but patents of IBM, and Samsung, the IT industry giants, no other number of patent applications and the two companies are similar, and there is no other company patents granted and obtained by the two companies.

At least from the current situation of patent applications, IBM obtained patent grant has just set a record. In the past week alone, IBM patents obtained by confirmation number has reached an alarming 265. Since August 1 this year, IBM obtained patent grant amounted to 1975.

However in “patent leadership” in the fray, Samsung also can achieve the level of IBM. In the past week, Samsung obtained by the patent grant for 270, this is science and technology enterprises in the past 6 years can get patents granted per week the maximum level of value. Since August 1, three stars from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent obtained by grant had reached 2,324.

In 2011, IBM and Samsung will exceeded the number of patents obtained by the two companies in the amount received in 2010. Relevant data show that IBM acquired in 2010 5,896 patent, while Samsung received 4,551 patent. So far this year, IBM and Samsung has obtained patent number more than 6,000 pieces. 2011 may very well be IBM in the United States patent “leadership” in the battle of lost for the first time a foreign company for a year, IBM since 1982 has been living in the United States Patent ranked first.

IBM said in a statement Tuesday, the company’s Board has long served as executives of the company fujiniya·luomanti has been selected (Virginia Rometty) as President and CEO, she will on January 1 next year to replace Samuel J. Palmisano (Sam Palmisano) from Office, became the first IBM President and CEO of women. Statement said the Luo Manti was also elected to IBM Board of Directors, also come into operation on January 1 next year. Luo Manti incumbent IBM Senior Vice President and group sales, marketing and strategy executives, present Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM Chairman, President and CEO, Luo Manti will remain as Chairman after taking office duties.

Left to Samuel J. Palmisano, right as the new CEO of IBM fujiniya·luomanti (Virginia Rometty)
Photo fujiniya·luomanti (Virginia Rometty)

Samuel J. Palmisano, 60 years old, in 2002, he served as IBM CEO,2003 years as Chairman. During his tenure, IBM out of the commercialization, including the PC, printers, and hard disk drive business, a substantial increase in investment in areas of high-value business and technology. Samuel J. Palmisano has been responsible for IBM in China, India, and Brazil, and Russia and dozens of other major business development activities in developing countries, transition to global integration of IBM from a multinational enterprise. In 2008, Samuel J. Palmisano launched the “smarter planet (SmarterPlanet)” strategy, the strategy describes the IBM next generation information technologies and their effect on business and social point of view.

Samuel J. Palmisano served as CEO since IBM in pre-tax profit and earnings per share and free cash flow, and other fields have been a record. During tenure at Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM earnings per share increased by nearly 5 times it times, has created more than $ 100 billion of free cash flow, has carried out more than 50 billion dollars of investments in research and development. By market growth and dividend payments plan, IBM since 2002 has created more than 100 billion dollars of shareholder value.

Luo Manti, 54, currently head of IBM Global sales, responsible for the company in the world’s 170 on the market such as revenue, profit and customer satisfaction, and responsible for IBM’s global performance. In mid 2010, IBM’s global revenue of more than 99 billion dollars. In addition, Luo Manti also led IBM’s global strategy, marketing and communications services. Prior to this, Luo Manti served as Senior Vice President, IBM global business services, successfully led the IBM PWC consulting business merger and acquisition (PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting) Department of trade, formed a more than more than 100,000 commercial adviser and global team of service experts.

Luo Manti also served as General Manager of IBM Global Services Americas Department, as well as the General Manager of IBM global insurance and financial services sectors. She joined IBM in 1981, as a systems engineer. Roman has a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and electronic engineering at Northwestern University.

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IBM Board of Directors announced today, will be held on December 10, 2011 to November 10, 2011, registered shareholders distribution of quarterly dividends, dividends per common stock $ 0.75. If you count this time, IBM since 1916, quarterly is distributed quarterly dividend to shareholders every year since. Surprising is that the 95 years IBM has never been interrupted before, whether natural disasters are man-made in the world. This is the world’s only IT company survived a century, it’s called IBM, blue giant.

IBM Board of Directors today approved a scale of US $ 7 billion stock buyback program, as a result, IBM now has approximately $ 12.2 billion to buy back shares. IBM said the company will be based on market conditions or the secondary market to buy back shares from the open market in due time.

IBM Chairman, President and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano (Samuel j. Palmisano) said: “since 2003, IBM high-quality, high-profit business strategy through stock buybacks and dividends, has won our shareholder returns of over $ 109 billion. Shareholders can expect, with the IBM company history into the second century, we will continue to invest in new products and services, and to develop their business in emerging markets. “(Wen/Sina technology)