IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain’s abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size.

Nokia and IBM announced IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia’s S60-based mobile phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to access email with their Nokia devices.

IBM is announcing a collaborative effort with European Union partners to develop new technology that will help support active aging and prevent cognitive decline in the elderly population.

Cisco and IBM announced the launch of two additional offerings for enhancing the retail banking experience that build on their Front Office Solutions for Retail Banking announced in November 2007.

IBM announced four servers that will feature the new 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor.

IBM announced technology that helps customers better control identity and access management in order to build trust and confidence in the critical systems running their businesses.

IBM and Sun announced the launch of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Toolkit Union, a new open-source software community project organized to make document software more innovative, versatile and useful for business.

Resembling a memory stick with an integrated display, a prototype USB device developed at IBM’s Zurich Research Lab brings a new level of security to online banking for consumers. Pilot devices are ready and available to banks for trials.

IBM and Intel will extend their collaboration in the blade server market to drive adoption of an open industry specification for blade switches.

Today, some 600 years after construction began on the 178-acre site that would become the center of unrivalled imperial power known as China’s Forbidden City, the Palace Museum and IBM will open the walled fortress - and hundreds of years of history and culture - to the world.

The U.S. Department of State and IBM are leading a public-private partnership to implement a high-technology telemedicine system in Pakistan.

IBM has signed a multi-million IBM Global Business Services agreement with the Fashion Research Institute (FRI) to implement a first-of-a-kind Virtual World Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Enterprise System.

IBM announced new POWER6 processor-based servers for enterprise and SMB clients and updated virtualization and systems management software designed to help clients improve performance, drive innovation, and maximize return on their IT investments in the new enterprise data center.

IBM launched a company-wide initiative that extends its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).

IBM, Chartered, Samsung and ARM will develop a comprehensive 32 nanometer (nm) and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) design platform based on high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology from the IBM-led joint-development alliance.

IBM opened four new cloud computing centers in emerging markets. They are in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam, where there is an increasing demand for Internet-based computing models and skills to help companies compete in highly competitive environments.

IBM will offer remote, $99 “test drives” of Microsoft’s newly launched supercomputer operating system, Windows HPC Server 2008, via its global network of IBM Computing on Demand facilities.

IBM announced a new supercomputer that NASA scientists will use to simulate and better understand Earth’s climate and weather, the planet’s relationship with the sun, and the evolution of cosmic phenomena. It will also play an essential role in developing methods to analyze the rapidly increasing amount of data the agency collects from Earth- and space-observing satellites.

IBM announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to further explore “Racetrack Memory,” an entirely new approach to solid state memory.

IBM announced the semiconductor industry’s first computationally based process for production of next generation 22nm semiconductors.

IBM and NEC Electronics have entered into a multi-year joint development agreement under which they will develop next-generation semiconductor process technology.

The Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) and IBM Bulgaria announced the Bulgarian IBM Blue Gene/P - the first installation of the world famous Blue Gene computer in Bulgaria.

IBM Research announced a new project, dubbed “Sametime 3-D,” demonstrating the integration of Lotus Sametime with several virtual environments. The project showcases the business value virtual environments can bring to the future of unified communications.

IBM announced an intelligent blade server designed to help reduce security threats - such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and viruses - while helping service providers better manage network traffic for optimal performance.

The IBM Automotive 2020 Study, based on a global collaboration with 125 automotive industry leaders, revealed an industry grappling with significant change driven by increasingly sophisticated consumers.