IBM (NYSE:IBM) has launched a Playbook for U.S. Cities.

IBM Targets US Cities With Education Playbook

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has announced that it has released a new playbook for U.S. Cities, which is designed to develop Grades 9-14 Schools that prepare students for technology jobs.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) also unveiled plans to partner with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) to open a grades 9-14 school in the City of Chicago enabling students to graduate with an associate’s degree and enter the workforce with the marketable skills.

Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM (NYSE:IBM), said that, “To put America back to work, parents, teachers, students, civic leaders, and private sector employers must collaborate on new and innovative approaches to public education. Today’s announcement will help close the skills gap not only in the City of Chicago, but in any city that chooses to implement the playbook and open a grades 9-14 school”.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) company shares are currently standing at 197.98.

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Last Price: 197.98
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 199.23
50 Day Moving Average: 188.35
6 Month Price Change %: 14.4%
12 Month Price Change %: 21.7%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) is eyeing the cybersecurity market with the development of a new platform.

IBM Planning Cybersecurity Push

IBM (NYSE:IBM) is looking at the possibilities in the Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks.

IBM (NYSE:IBM)’s QRadar Security Intelligence Platform allows it to analyze real-time data feeds from more than 400 different sources.

Brendan Hannigan, general manager at IBM (NYSE:IBM) Security Systems, said that, “Trying to approach security with a piece-part approach simply doesn’t work. These attacks don’t come out of the blue. No one walks into a bank and walks out with the crown jewels in one fell swoop. They will spend an enormous amount of time and put in place the mechanisms to get the info they want and obviously they try to hide their trail and not set off security events. IBM (NYSE:IBM)’s X-Force threat feed monitored 13 billion security events per day, and that could flag behavior from teams of attackers that may access networks through stealth means”.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) shares were at 193.87 at the end of the last day’s trading. There’s been a 6.7% movement in the stock price over the past 3 months.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Analyst Advice
Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy
Mean recommendation: 1.91
(1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
3 Months Ago: 1.91
Zack’s Rank: 3 out of 19 in the industry

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has launched a giant India data center for Tulip telecom.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Launching Huge Data Center

The technology giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) has started a giant data center with 900,000 square-foot in India for Tulip telecom, one of the country’s fast-growing telecommunications carriers.

Steve Sams, IBM VP for global sites and facilities services, said that, “The Bangalore center, a year in the making, cost “in the hundreds of millions of dollars, I decline to be more specific. The center is India’s biggest and Tulip Telecom has already invited in the chief information officers of India’s top 150 companies to show them its capabilities. Moreover, another leading U.S. technology company, which he refused to identify, is also conducting operations in the IBM center.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stocks are currently standing at 193.35.

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Last Price: 193.35
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 186.69
6 Month Price Change %: 16.0%
12 Month Price Change %: 17.6%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has completed the acquisition of Emptoris.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Completes Emportis Buy

The company said in an official statement that it has completed the acquisition of supply and deal management software offerings provider Emptoris.

It was reported that the new software from the provider presents supply chain intellects paving way for superior supply management and cost efficiencies.

Craig Hayman, IBM Industry Solutions general manager, said that, “developing the right procurement strategy and an adaptive supply chain are keys to achieving the business objectives of Smarter Commerce. Together, Emptoris and IBM’s integrated solutions will transform how clients manage compliance and mitigate supply risk.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) company shares are currently standing at 191.53.

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Last Price: 191.53
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 186.09
6 Month Price Change %: 7.7%
12 Month Price Change %: 17.8%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Lenovo have started looking to high schools for future IT workers.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Making High School IT Link

The technology giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Lenovo have started searching high schools to form the next generation of IT workers. The plan to find the next generation of application developers and staff the jobs of the future.

Michael Schmedlen, worldwide director of education at Lenovo, said that, “To succeed in tomorrow’s workforce, students need a solid foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with fluency in the technologies that will power the global economy. This exciting program engages students via the technology and apps they use every day. By partnering with the National Academy Foundation, we’re delivering a rigorous and relevant curriculum that will help create our next generation of developers and entrepreneurs.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) shares are currently standing at 192.50.

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Last Price: 192.50
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 185.76
6 Month Price Change %: 4.7%
12 Month Price Change %: 18.3%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has developed a new silicon probe.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Working On Silicon Probe

The technology giant IBM (NYSE:IBM)’s Zurich facility scientists have introduced a new silicon probe that can correctly stain tissue segments on a micrometer scale that will help in determining new drugs and raising the accuracy.

According to IBM (NYSE:IBM), said that, “the new probe can stain a very small section of a tissue with virtually any relevant biomarker, thus allowing clinicians to stain the same sample more than once.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stocks are currently standing at 190.46.

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Last Price: 190.46
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 185.76
6 Month Price Change %: 4.7%
12 Month Price Change %: 18.3%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has presented crime analytics software in Minnesota.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Shows Off Crime Software

Technology major IBM (NYSE:IBM) has announced plans to provide a crime analytics software in Minnesota’s local police departments to assist in their prevention and investigative programs.

Mark Cleverly, IBM (NYSE:IBM)’s director of global public safety, said that, “One of the most effective ways to reduce crime in cities is to apply analytics technology to public safety to identify crime patterns.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) shares are currently standing at 190.98.

Price History
Last Price: 190.98
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 185.63
6 Month Price Change %: 5.7%
12 Month Price Change %: 18.8%

IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Vermont have constructed a fiber network for a new smart grid.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) Building Vermont Smart Grid

The technology giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the Vermont electric power company (VELCO) have joined to construct a statewide fiber optic and carrier Ethernet network to present the backbone for communications for Vermont’s utilities.

According to IBM, “The state of Vermont won $69 million in stimulus funds for smart grid projects that total about $138 million and many of those projects must begin sometime in 2012 in order to make use of the federal dollars. To begin some of the other projects, such as substation automation, the backbone has to be in place. As such, the entire network will be built within the coming year.”

IBM (NYSE:IBM) shares are currently standing at 191.73.

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Last Price: 191.73
52 Week Low / High: 151.71 / 194.9
50 Day Moving Average: 185.46
6 Month Price Change %: 4.9%
12 Month Price Change %: 20.2%