Armonk News Archives

MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc., the two largest bond insurers, fell in New York Stock Exchange trading after billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he plans to start a rival company to guarantee ... via Bloomberg

“It's just a great organization.”

ARMONK - Christopher Borsari will take over for William Donahue as Byram Hills High School principal on July 1. Borsari, 39, said yesterday he was looking forward to the opportunity to come 'home' to a ... via Journal News

Manhattan: To Voicer Linda Marcus: We in the horse and carriage industry take great pride in caring for our horses, such as Mary O'Leary , a former N.Y.C. carriage horse who lives on a retirement farm upstate. via NY Daily News

“Malls are all the same everywhere.”

Malls are magnets that draw crowds of holiday shoppers. But they have their drawbacks for Lisa Siegel. via Journal News

As per the usual state of things, more sour news piled on financial stocks Thursday to cram the sector ever further into negative territory. via TheStreet.com

Bungalow Restaurant & Lounge, which opened in Croton Falls, the first week in November, is perfectly named. via The Journal News

MBIA Inc. tumbled the most since 1987, and the risk of default soared after the world's biggest bond insurer revealed that it guarantees $8.1 billion of collateralized debt obligations repackaging other CDOs ... via Bloomberg

“IBM's Balanced Warehouse helps Specific Media and its clients to gain immediate business insight to further enhance their competitive advantages.”

ARMONK, NY, December 19 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM today announced that Specific Media, one of the leading online advertising networks, has selected the IBM Balanced Warehouse to analyze large volumes of advertising ... via TMCnet

“Reducing climate change risk and promoting investment in clean energy systems is a long-term venture requiring billions of dollars of annual investment...”

ARMONK, NY, December 12 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM , Enterprise Information Management, Inc. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“She was sledding down a hill in the backyard. She wasn't sure if she hit a tree or what, and her friends didn't actually see what happened”

A 13-year-old girl was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla in stable condition this afternoon following a sledding accident. via The Journal News

“Our customers ask complex questions requiring specific information. The IBM Classification Module helps them get to the right answers more quickly”

ARMONK, NY, December 10 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM today announced new capabilities in its content classification software used to automatically categorize large volumes of enterprise information, making it easier ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

BOSTON : IBM Corp.'s expansion in developing countries shows no sign of relenting. via International Herald Tribune

“Cost of items should be low &#151 these items may need swapping in and out as time goes on”

Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series Maximize Performance and Scalability in Multi-Processor Platforms Built for Virtualization and Data Demanding Applications. via Thin Planet

“We have not even begun to understand the implications of all this. I can have five cameras and suddenly I have much more insight into what is progressing”

Beyond surveillance, cameras can now track many things; help government and business Can be used for non-security purposes also Computer vision can help organised retailing Armonk : Cameras have been used for ... via The Hindu

“That's a result of not just being able to collect data, but react to it”

Imagine this futuristic scenario: As you commute into New York, the Holland Tunnel gives you a report on exactly how long your vehicle will be inching along before reaching the city. via WTVF Nashville

“We are really excited about this and other major investments we are making at Aloha to transform the airline.”

IBM Corp. will provide technology services to Aloha Airlines, a major carrier based in Hawaii, under an agreement made yesterday. via The Journal News

“In providing this improved ability to care for our patients, securing data was paramount. To ensure that 'who you are' and 'where you are' controlled what users could see and do, we leveraged IBM Tivoli Identity Manager and Tivoli Access Manager”

ARMONK, NY, December 12 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM today further bolstered its risk management portfolio with the announcement of new security software designed to help clients manage user access to sensitive ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

You worked late, everyone's hungry, and you just ordered pizza yesterday. You want to feed your kids the same savory, wholesome meals that your mother used to make, but you just don't have the time. via The Journal News

ARMONK, NY and LA GAUDE, FRANCE .- The IBM Nuclear Power Advisory Council announced today the top nuclear power industry imperatives that emerged from its inaugural meeting last week at the new IBM Global ... via WebWire

“We try to choose shows that have something to say and are poignant in some way”

The cast of Little Village Playhouse rehearses "Bernarda Alba," by Michael John LaChuisa. via The Patent Trader

IBM's latest optical-computing breakthrough improves on earlier Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulators that are designed to convert electrical signals into light. via NewsFactor Network

“It is a step in the right direction, but whether it is enough is something for the rating agencies to decide.”

Buyout firm Warburg Pincus WP.UL has agreed to invest $1 billion in MBIA Inc , bolstering the finances of the world's largest bond insurer amid concern about its ability to pay claims on faltering ... via Reuters

“Under the deal, IBM India will assume responsibility for the management of all Vodafone Essar's IT (information technology) operations with the exception of network service platforms”

NEW DELHI : Vodafone's Indian joint venture is transferring all of its information technology-related work to IBM Corp. via International Herald Tribune

“It's a lot different from the kids in this school”

ARMONK - The presents were piling up on one side of the room, and dozens of kids from H.C. Crittenden Middle School sat in the cafeteria in red shirts, some with Santa hats, waiting for their guests. via Journal News

IBM said sales in India will approach $1 billion for the first time this year. Sales of hardware, software and services in India increased 39 percent in the first three quarters, said Vice President Jesse ... via SiliconValley.com

“Most of the surprises in 2007 were on the negative side of development and adoption.”

StoreVault S300 All-in-One Storage Solution The StoreVault S300 provides SMB customers with proven data center technology, including advanced security, scalability, data protection, and simplified data ... via Thin Planet

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an Israeli generic-drug maker with operations in Hawthorne, released unaudited financial statements yesterday that showed the company earned $14 million during the first ... via The Journal News

ARMONK - After serving as principal of Byram Hills High School for the past 11 years, William Donohue has accepted a new district position effective at the end of the school year. via Journal News

“Just like fiber optic networks have enabled the rapid expansion of the Internet by enabling users to exchange huge amounts of data from anywhere in the world, IBM's technology is bringing similar capabilities to the computer chip”

IBM claims its new chip production method will bring the same compute power found in its supercomputers to laptops. via Eweek

“IBM's position has been -- and remains -- that ASUSTeK either must license or stop using IBM's patented technology”

The Armonk, N.Y. company has asked the International Trade Commission to issue an injunction to prevent the importation of ASUSTeK products into the United States. via BetaNews

Moody's Investors Service said MBIA Inc., the largest bond insurer, is ``somewhat likely'' to face a capital shortfall, reversing its assessment of only moderate risk, sending the shares tumbling 9 percent. via Bloomberg Business News

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“I'm so glad you're not in front of my face right now because they'd have to take me to jail. You're never going to touch her again.”

A teenager who flew secretly to the Middle East last year to be with a man she met on MySpace has gone on television to end the relationship. via Newsday.com

“We believe the ease of use, feature set and cost effectiveness of Lotus Sametime Entry will make it attractive for small to medium-sized businesses as well as organizations that use email programs from other vendors.”

ARMONK, NY, November 27 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM today announced that Lotus Sametime Standard 8 and a new product, Lotus Sametime Entry, will be available the week of December 3 to help improve the unified ... via TMCnet

“We plan on supporting AMD's quad-core processor in the near future and will continue our strong collaboration with AMD on future products”

Improve Security and Control of Your Desktop PC Intel. vPro processor technology introduces hardware-based features that reduce tedious, inefficient IT practices. via Thin Planet