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					<title>IBM Helps Companies Monitor Data Center &#39;Health&#39; with New Cloud Service</title>
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					IBM today announced the availability of online software - as a monthly subscription service - to help monitor, predict and prevent I.T. outages.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Announces Expiration of Debt Exchange Offers</title>
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					IBM announced the expiration and final results of its offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of its 7.125 percent Debentures due 2096 (the “7.125 Percent Notes”), 7.000 percent Debentures due 2045 (the “7.000 Percent Notes”) and 8.000 percent Notes due 2038 (the “8.000 Percent Notes” and, together with the 7.125 Percent Notes and 7.000 Percent Notes, the “Old Notes”) for a new series of 5.600 percent Senior Notes due 2039 (the “New Notes”) and cash. The Exchange Offers expired at 12:00 midnight, EST, on Monday, December 7, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). As of the Expiration Date, additional principal amounts of approximately $28 thousand of the 7.125 Percent Notes, $45 thousand of the 7.000 Percent Notes and $2 million of the 8.000 Percent Notes were tendered for exchange, in addition to the     principal amounts of approximately $500 million of the 7.125 Percent 
      Notes, $123 million of the 7.000 Percent Notes and $811 million of the 
      8.000 Percent Notes that were tendered for exchange as of November 20, 
      2009 (the “Early Exchange Date”). IBM conducted the Exchange Offers to 
      retire high coupon long-dated debt in a favorable interest rate 
      environment.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:39:33 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S Extends Major Contract With IBM</title>
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					IBM (NYSE: IBM) and A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S today announced the extension of their agreement for IBM to provide information technology (IT) hosting and support services for A.P. Moller - Maersk, until 2014. The new agreement builds on IBM&#39;s successful delivery track record and extends the use of IBM&#39;s Global Delivery Model.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Consist Software Solutions Enters Into $200 Million Agreement with IBM to Deliver New Business Applications</title>
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					Consist Software Solutions Inc., a leading provider of information technology applications and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a technology agreement with multi-year potential revenue in excess of $200 million (US) that enables Consist to standardize its applications on IBM software.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Navistar Awards IT Services Contract to IBM</title>
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					IBM announced today it has signed a 7-year strategic outsourcing contract with Navistar, Inc. (NYSE: NAV), a leading global manufacturer of trucks, buses, recreational vehicles and engines. Through this agreement, IBM has developed a portfolio of services that will enhance the company&#39;s information technology (IT) infrastructure and enable Navistar to be a more competitive player in the industry on a global scale.

					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM and City of Chesapeake Build a Smarter City</title>
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					IBM and the City of Chesapeake, VA, today announced a partnership to build more intelligent systems to better serve its more than 200,000 residents as part of a city-wide capital improvement project. The use of IBM technology will enhance services delivered to the public ranging from maintenance and operations of traffic signals and water systems to the management of the City’s Fire and Police departments. As a result of these efforts, the City of Chesapeake is consistently improving the quality of life for its citizens. 
					
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					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Helps Konkan Railway Build Smarter Railroad in India</title>
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					India’s youngest rail operator Konkan Railway, is leveraging IBM software to extract fresh insight to improve its trains management system, to ensure commuter safety and reduce costs by 20%.
					
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					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM and Vanderlande Industries Sign Agreement for Baggage System at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport</title>
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					IBM and Vanderlande Industries today announced the signing of a four-year contract with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for a smart baggage handling system to speed up the transfer process for bags bound for connecting flights. The IBM contract value is 24.5 million euro.
					
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					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:09:06 GMT</pubDate>
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