IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that in a new report published by IDC's Energy Insights, IBM's Maximo software was cited as a leader in Enterprise Asset Management solutions for the Petroleum Refining industries.

IBM today announced the second version of Lotus Symphony, its popular, free desktop document software, which has now been downloaded by more than one-quarter million registered users -- 88 percent of which are Microsoft customers -- in its first two months. The new version of Lotus Symphony, Beta 2, features improved performance, access and ease-of-use.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of next generation enterprise data protection software to help large enterprises and small-to-medium sized businesses optimize personnel productivity, improve application availability, and enhance information and data security.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new software to help customers protect their business from today's most advanced and complex web application security attacks. The first release of IBM Rational AppScan, a market leading web application security technology acquired by IBM from Watchfire in July 2007, is a key-part of IBM's software portfolio that helps ensures high quality applications are delivered to the marketplace.