IBM thinks big with new business strategies

 

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Big Blue, moving on many fronts this week, pushes into new areas of B2B e-commerce, while separately, it sues rival software maker Informix for allegedly infringing on six of its database patents, and makes a new thrust in consumer PCs.

IBM's B2B e-commerce push Big Blue debuts a new bidding service for sellers in the electronic components industry, its first major move in the business-to-business market. IBM sues Informix for patent infringment IBM claims that software maker Informix is using technology that IBM has patented in at least five of its database products, including its Informix-Online Dynamic Server. Previous coverage IBM plans new desktops, notebooks, appliances update Although it has taken its lumps in the computer market during the past two years, Big Blue will revamp its desktop line to regain its place in the PC world. IBM set to launch new products strategy The company next week will launch an ambitious makeover of its corporate strategy to seek to remedy one of the basic problems of the PC market: how to make money on boxes. IBM plans to unveil contender for fastest chip Researchers at IBM plan to unveil designs of computer chips that they say will be the world's fastest.