IBM plans to unveil a suite of products for companies to build links over Web

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IBM plans to offer a range of 'Web services' to its customers. These software tools will allow clients to build Internet software links. The tools enable software applications connections between companies in a faster and less costly way. The Web services are expected to be available in this quarter and will be added to the company's DB2 database, Tivoli, Lotus Notes and WebSphere software.

Product introduction, Product Announcement, Software product introduction

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'Content management' is top goal of IBM

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IBM is hoping to catch Oracle in the database management software market by moving toward an 'unstructured' system in which its content manager software is used by database providers to offer film clips and other more advanced services. The system can also enhance access to 'structured' written data when the data is scanned into 'unstructured' form. IBM is dedicating 300 sales personnel to the new marketing push for its content management products and services.

Innovations, Product information, Marketing, DBMS software, Product marketing strategy, Company business planning, Content distribution

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Noise inhibitor: Rivals of Microsoft find collaboration is easier said then done: When the chips are down, factions often rise up and squables ensue: Will IBM play high sheriff?

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Sun Microsystems Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp., Netscape Communications Corp. and other high technology companies join an informal consortium to develop a common computing platform independent of the Microsoft Corp. This consortium, dubbed Noise, hopes to develop a standard that will store software on a centrally managed server, moving away from the PC dominated model that gives Microsoft its huge market share. This type of industry wide cooperation is unprecedented in American industry and fraught with troubles, foremost among its problems is cooperation between consortiums members.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Strategic alliances, Computer industry, Microcomputers, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Oracle Corp., ORCL, Netscape Communications Corp., NSCP, Consortia, Consortium

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