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Briefing Book: IBM and BioIT

April 30, 2003

On the trail of a most important vertical
While the competitive game for top vendors at the technology level tends to revolve around things like UML, Java and Web services, another game goes on at the vertical levels. Here, IBM is quite often in a distant lead. BioIt is an emerging area that Big Blue is pursuing vigorously. This page provides links to stories on IBM moves and other BioIT doings. Read more

A new BioIT resolver asks: Why can't we share? IBM announced that it contributed its implementation of the Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) Resolver software to open source. The software seeks to identify and integrate diverse data. Read more		News in review: IBM in 2002 The year was marked by changes in leadership, big purchases in services and development tools, and a host of technology (mostly open- source) initiatives. Read more
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