IBM is making a major investment to help juice its x86 server business ahead of the company's $2.3 billion sale of the x86 server division to Lenovo. Money is being targeted at advertising, bonuses ...

Lenovo and IBM on Thursday said they finally came to a deal under which Lenovo will acquire part of IBM's server business for about $2.3 billion in cash and Lenovo shares. The headlines, and much of ...

With Lenovo expected to close its IBM x86 server business acquisition by year end, a glimpse at the combined server product line has emerged. Once the deal closes, IBM’s System X and Flex servers with ...

IBM has announced the sale of Big Blue's x86 server division to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, thus terminating IBM's long-running relationship (and one-time rivalry) with Intel and freeing the company ...

The $2.1 billion deal ups Lenovo's enterprise offerings, as it takes the No. 3 spot in the x86 server market behind HP and Dell. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former ...

Susan Whitney, the executive who for six years has overseen IBM's attempt to bring some brawn to x86 servers, is retiring. Whitney, 56, was replaced Thursday by Rich Hume, formerly general manager of ...

IBM sold off its x86 server business two years ago to Lenovo, thinking it was exiting a cut-throat, low-margin business. But the cloud has only intensified x86 server chip sales, and IBM is paying ...

Nine months after it was first announced, Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business is headed towards closing. Having received regulatory approval from the U.S., the European Commission and ...

5 Big Ways Big Data Is Changing the IT Network In a move that signals a resurgent push in the high end of the server market, IBM today unveiled three Power Systems LC servers that it says cost half as ...

IBM’s reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market. IBM is the third-largest seller of x86 servers by factory revenue, with 15.7 ...

It has been a little over three months since Lenovo and IBM agreed to an acquisition of IBM’s x86 (Intel-based) server business. I’ve held back writing on this because I first wanted to talk with many ...