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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10516

15 December 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Mainframe maintenance machines - European Commission makes IBM's commitments binding

Brussels, 14/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 14 December, the European Commission made legally binding the commitments offered by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) on the mainframe maintenance market. IBM commits to make spare parts and technical information swiftly available, under commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, to independent mainframe maintainers.

Mainframes are powerful computers used by large companies and public institutions to store and...

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