I.B.M. shows library for data storage
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IBM is introducing a digital tape storage system to manage vast amounts of corporate data in an attempt to undercut Storage Technology Corp, which has grown into a $1.5 billion business with its tape libraries and robot-controlled libraries. IBM's new products will offer customers an alternative to Storage Technology's products when they are making storage buying decisions. IBM is bundling a software system with its storage product that will integrate all kinds of storage options into one system for more efficient utilization of space and capacity. IBM is pricing its storage libraries between $395,000 and $851,000 for systems that will store as many as 45 trillion bytes of data. Storage Technology is countering IBM's products, which will not be available until 1993, with a faster generation of storage libraries aimed at midrange computer systems.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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I.B.M. says it will delay new product
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IBM delays a 1991 year-end shipping date for its new OS/2 2.0 operating system software that will support MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, and other advanced 32-bit programs. The delay, which stems from concerns that were voiced in a testing program, is a major setback for IBM as it tries to regain influence in a market dominated by Microsoft Corp's Windows graphical user interface (GUI). Both companies are trying to mimic Apple's GUI, with screen icons and mouse control, and Microsoft is racing to clear out bugs in Windows 3.1, to be released in early 1992. The new OS/2 2.0 system software is designed to run programs significantly faster than traditional 16-bit operating systems, but IBM needs more time to add features before release. Until recently, IBM had planned to allow Windows programs to run on a separate screen in OS/2.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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I.B.M. data will speed programs
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IBM introduces a range of software-development tools, known as AD/Cycle, designed to increase programmer productivity and to standardize the market for computer-aided software engineering (CASE) programs. The software tools will enable programmers working on desktops to automatically convert their programs for all of IBM's systems. The AD/Cycle is a crucial part of the company's System Application Architecture standard. IBM asserts that the new tools will fundamentally alter the way its largest customers maintain and develop their software applications. IBM's entry into the CASE market has been accompanied by close alliances with software publishers and systems integrators.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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