Global vendor strategies - 23/02/06

IBM plans to invest $1bn in financial intelligence (mainly detect frauds in financial trasactions and link disparate financial databases) for governments and businesses, in the next three years.

IBM succeeded in producing 30-nanometer-wide chip circuit, cutting a barrier in the width of circuits on silicon chips.

Alcatel made its show to demonstrate its latest enterprise mobility solutions at the Alcatel Enterprise Forum.

Italtel plans to float 40-45% of its capital in an IPO to be held in the first half of the year.

Microsoft plans to commercially launch the beta version of Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 in July 06.