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IBM Press Releases - Consumer Products - United States
IBM Press Releases
Published: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:01:13 GMT
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IBM Selects Five Brazilian Startup Companies to Help Build Smarter Cities
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:58:34 GMT
Following a preliminary round of selections across eight Brazilian cities, IBM today announced the finalists for its SmartCamp in Brazil. IBM’s Smart Camp, scheduled for November 10th and 11th, brings startups together with senior government and business leaders from Latin America's most progressive cities to mentor them and examine how we can spur economic development, modernize infrastructures and transform our cities to create a new urban model.
Retailers Generate High-Volume Sales with IBM Solution for Smarter Commerce
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:43:48 GMT
IBM today introduced an optimized hardware and software solution designed to help retailers quickly turn customer insight into action and increase sales revenues. The Smarter Commerce™ on Power Systems™ solution is the latest edition of IBM’s growing portfolio of solutions for Smarter Commerce. This solution focuses on tightly integrating systems based on IBM POWER7® processor technology and WebSphere® Commerce software to provide high-volume retailers with the ability to personalize their customers’ online shopping experiences, handle online sales surges during peak shopping seasons without loss of performance and integrate customer buying information across all sales channels, including online, mobile, in-store, POS and site kiosks.
IBM Microprocessors to Power the New Wii U System from Nintendo
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:20:14 GMT
IBM today announced that it will provide the microprocessors that will serve as the heart of the new Wii U™ system from Nintendo. Unveiled today at the E3 trade show, Nintendo plans for its new console to hit store shelves in 2012.
Bar Code Inventors to Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:18:48 GMT
The National Inventors Hall of Fame today announced it will induct retired IBMer Norman Joseph Woodland for his contribution to the invention of the Universal Product Code (UPC). The UPC has become the world's most pervasive inventory tracking tool and has transformed the way consumers shop, how businesses and retailers manage inventory -- from large industrial equipment to canned goods sold in grocery stores.
IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:07:14 GMT
Today IBM formally unveiled the fifth annual "Next Five in Five" – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years:
• You'll beam up your friends in 3-D
• Batteries will breathe air to power our devices
• You won’t need to be a scientist to save the planet
• Your commute will be personalized
• Computers will help energize your city
IBM Forecasts 'Early Christmas' in U.S. Consumer Electronics and Appliance Sales
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:52:30 GMT
Holiday sales of consumer electronics and appliances in U.S. retail stores are expected to get an early start this year, with consumers spending a larger-than-usual share in November, according to an analytics-based forecast produced by IBM (NYSE: IBM). The findings have important ramifications for retailers preparing for their most important season of the year.