Strategic Partnership Set to Further Enhance Maxis’ Position as Innovation Leader in Malaysia
Malaysia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator Maxis Communications Berhad (“Maxis”) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Maxis Mobile and IBM in Malaysia have entered into a five-year Information Technology (IT) services relationship.
This relationship will enable Maxis to fast-track the transformation of the company’s IT services and solutions to deliver multifaceted, innovative and enriching experiences to its subscriber base of over 11 million in Malaysia.
“This is an exciting moment for us at Maxis. We are happy to enter into this historic and strategic relationship with IBM,” said Sandip Das, Maxis’ Chief Executive Officer. “Our two companies share a common commitment to delivering innovation …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SAP (NYSE: SAP) today announced an agreement with Marks & Spencer (M&S) to implement a suite of SAP Retail applications.
The programme aims to provide M&S with accurate business data and robust core processes to enable business improvement initiatives in cost and operating efficiencies. Specifically, the programme will improve stock visibility and management of information, while increasing process efficiency which M&S believes will enhance the customer experience and drive greater control over net margin.
Marks & Spencer Director of IT & Logistics, Darrell Stein, says: “We selected IBM and SAP after an extensive assessment of the market. In addition to strong retail credentials, we felt there was also a strong cultural alignment. In …

Builds Cloud Computing Environments for Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar University, Texas A&M University at Qatar, University of Pretoria, HEALTH Alliance and Kyushu University
IBM announced it is working with six universities to leverage IBM Blue Cloud solutions to speed up projects and research initiatives that were once constrained by time, limited or unavailable resources, or overloaded IT systems.
The Qatar Cloud Computing Initiative, driven by three universities, will open its cloud infrastructure to local businesses and industries to test applications and complete various projects, including seismic modeling and the exploration for oil and gas.
*  Another university, the University of Pretoria, is using cloud computing to test the development of drugs to slow the progression of …

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY – 18 Aug 2008:  IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its joint development partners — AMD, Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) — today announced the first working static random access memory (SRAM) for the 22 nanometer (nm) technology node, the world’s first reported working cell built at its 300mm research facility in Albany, NY.
SRAM chips are precursors to more complex devices such as microprocessors.
The SRAM cell utilizes a conventional six-transistor design and has an area of 0.1um2, breaking the previous SRAM scaling barriers.
Researchers achieved this breakthrough at CNSE of the University at Albany, State University of New York. CNSE’s Albany NanoTech is the world’s most advanced university …