The company plans to try to take some of the cost and irritation out of managing PCs. Businesses pay a monthly fee for each employee, and Big Blue takes care of their tech woes. Michael Kanellos is ...

IBM Global Services last week rolled out a comprehensive desktop management service with a focus on security for small to midsize businesses that need help managing their desktop PCs and printers. The ...

Big Blue's CIO has directed the company to begin an internal initiative to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers, a further endorsement of the open-source operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

IBM Monday introduced new services, dubbed Open Client, designed to make it easier for customers to run its Lotus collaboration software on a mixture of Windows and Linux desktop operating systems.

IBM on Thursday said it is working with Virtual Bridges and Canonical to develop a Ubuntu Linux-based solution with Lotus collaboration software to drive significant savings compared to Microsoft's ...

With an eye on the small and medium-sized business market, IBM is working through resellers to roll out a VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) package that costs US$150 per user annually. Weighing the ...