The computer giant this week is launching products ranging from inexpensive e-mail to its long-expected DB2 Information Integrator middleware and a new fleet of Rational software tools.
The moves underscore what IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano last week called his company's continued march into higher profit-margin software and services. The effort has been fueled by at least eight acquisitions in the past 18 months, including the purchase last week of Think Dynamics (see IBM Acquires Think Dynamics).
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