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President Obama recognized IBM and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement.

The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.

The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.

The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado is seen with the Boulder Flatiron mountains in the background, September 8, 2009. International Business Machines Corp. repeated that it expects to earn "at least" $9.70 a share this year.

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(L-R) The chairman of the management of IBM Germany Martin Jetter, the chairman of the research centre Juelich Achim Bachem, the German Education and Science Minister Annette Schavan, North Rhine-Westphalia State Premier Juergen Ruettgers and the director of the "Institute for Advanced...

Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009.

Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009.

Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009.

(L-R) Bharti Chief Executive Manoj Kohli, IBM General Manager for Communications Sector Gary Cohen, Ericsson Chief Executive Officer and President Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman of Bharti Airtel Ltd.

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In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt. , left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif.

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In this Nov. 24, 2008 file photo, an IBM office is shown in New York. Sun Microsystems Inc. shares soared Wednesday, March 18, 2009, after a published report said International Business Machines Corp. is in preliminary talks to buy Sun for at least $6.5 billion in cash.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Samuel Palmisano delivers a speech during the launch of major services initiative at a ceremony in Beijing in this November 14, 2006 file photo.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Samuel Palmisano delivers a speech during the launch of major services initiative at a ceremony in Beijing in this November 14, 2006 file photo.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Samuel Palmisano (L) and Sun Microsystems chairman and founder Scott McNealy are shown in this combination of file photos from 2006.

A screenshot of an IBM technology innovation for intelligent electronic patient records using a three-dimensional model of the human body which doctors and nurses are using at Thy-Mors Hospital in northern Denmark is seen in this undated handout photo released March 10, 2009.

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HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 04: Visitors crowd the IBM stand under an IBM logo at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8.

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HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 04: Visitors crowd the IBM stand under an IBM logo at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8.

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HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 03: Visitors crowd the IBM stand at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 3, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8.

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HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 03: Visitors watch a simulation of could computing at the IBM stand at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 3, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8.

Visitors visit the IBM booth on the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 3, 2009. The world's biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs through March 8, 2009.

Exhibitors work on computers at the IBM booth on the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 3, 2009. The world's biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs through March 8, 2009.

Visitors watch a presentation about cloud computing at the IBM booth at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 3, 2009. The world's biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs through March 8, 2009.

Visitors watch a presentation about cloud computing at the IBM booth at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 3, 2009. The world's biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4,300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs through March 8, 2009.

A worker prepares a stand of IBM for the upcoming CeBIT fair inside a hall in Hanover February 27, 2009. The world's biggest IT fair CeBIT with 4300 exhibitors from 69 countries opens its doors to the public on March 3, and runs until March 8, 2008.

U.S. President Barack Obama listens as IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano makes introductory remarks during an event about the economy from the East Room of the White House in Washington January 28, 2009.