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2001

IBM

 launches WebSphere Translation Server software to help remove language as a barrier to 

global communication and e commerce by enabling businesses to provide real time Web pages, 

e mail and chat conversations in multiple languages.   The company announces WebSphere 

Commerce Suite Version 5.1, new e commerce software to cut through the complexities and 

costs of selling goods across borders and cultures.   

IBM

 unveils WebSphere Technology For 

Developers as the industry's first software for Web services.   

IBM

 introduces WebSphere 

Version 4 software, the first in the industry to fully address a fundamental shift in the e 

infrastructure market, where one size fits all software has become obsolete.  

The company introduces 

IBM

 Director, a systems management software solution which includes 

an advanced self healing computer feature called Software Rejuvenation to automatically reduce 

server downtime by predicting and repairing software failures before they happen.  

IBM

 announces the worldwide availability of iSeries Connect, an integrated software product to 

help small to mid sized customers link their businesses to expanding global e marketplaces. Two 

months later, the company also announces across the board support of open Internet standards 

for its infrastructure software to provide businesses with new levels of connectivity on the Web 

and new software capabilities to exploit that connectivity.  

CommerceQuest becomes 

IBM

's 10,000th DB2 Universal Database licensee. 

IBM

 Microelectronics announces a new family of chips    the 

IBM

 PowerPC 

IAP

 (Internet 

Appliance Platform)    that is expected to help launch a wave of lower power Internet attached 

consumer electronics.  

IBM

 unveils 30 new Web hosting services to meet growing market demand, and Web hosting 

contracts exceed $1 billion during the first half of the year.  

IBM

 is selected by a consortium of four U.S. research centers in August to build the world's most 

powerful computing Grid, an interconnected series of Linux clusters capable of processing 13.6 

trillion calculations per second. The Grid system    known as the Distributed Terascale Facility    

will enable thousands of scientists around the United States to share computing resources over 

the world's fastest research network in search of breakthroughs in life sciences, climate modeling 

and other critical disciplines. That same month, 

IBM

 is selected to partner with several centers in 

the U.K. National Grid to link a massive network of computers throughout the United Kingdom, 

leveraging the company's expertise in scalable servers and storage, open standards, self 

managing technologies , services and e business software.  

The Recording Academy and 

IBM

 launch the 43rd Annual 

GRAMMY

 Award Webcast.   For 

the sixth consecutive year, 

IBM

 produces and hosts the 2001 Masters Tournament Web site, 

including, for the first time, wireless access, Internet radio and expanded remote camera 

coverage with streaming video.   

IBM

 builds and hosts the Tony Awards Web site in 

partnership with 

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