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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

IBM, Twitter to partner on business data analytics, (NASDAQ: AAPL), (NYSE: IBM)

International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday announced a partnership with Twitter to help shape business decisions using data collected from tweets worldwide.IBM will help businesses predict trends in the marketplace and consumer sentiment about products and brands and will train 10,000 employees to consult businesses on the best use of Twitter data.IBM chief executive Ginni Rometty has been trying to shift the 100-year-old company's focus away from commoditized hardware to higher-value cloud and data analytics products.In July, IBM announced a partnership with Apple Inc to offer iPads and iPhones loaded with applications geared towards enterprise clients.

Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Shares of AAPL traded higher by 0.56% or $0.6/share to $107.34. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $70.51 and as high as $106.74. On average, 58748800 shares of AAPL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 52428760.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an information technology (IT) company. Shares of IBM fell by 0.09% or $-0.14/share to $163.46. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $161.10 and as high as $199.21. On average, 4013120 shares of IBM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4736774.



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