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US court rejects IBM appeal in executive's move to Dell

A U.S. court has rejected an IBM appeal to bar David Johnson, the company's former chief of mergers and acquisitions, from working at rival Dell over concerns regarding trade secrets.

| News | Business | IT management/strategy | 07/04/09 at 9:39 am |


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Judge: Former IBM executive can work at Dell

A U.S. judge on Friday denied an IBM request that would have barred a former executive from working at Dell over concerns that he would misappropriate trade secrets.

| News | Legal | 06/26/09 at 7:59 pm |


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Supercomputers go from biggest to cheapest

Top 500 list's low-end reveals coming revolution in truly accessible high-end computing

| News | Hardware | 06/25/09 at 8:28 pm |


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IBM supercomputer to heat university buildings

Excess waste heat from a supercomputer being constructed by IBM will be used to warm nearby university buildings in Switzerland.

| News | Green IT | Server and data center | 06/25/09 at 2:13 pm |


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