IBM was founded in 1896 and is now a global technology giant, employing over 400,000 people worldwide. It manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, as well as offering consulting and infrastructure services. Though impacted by the recession, IBM remains profitable and continues advancing its technologies through research and partnerships with businesses.

2.  IBM was founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896
in Endicott, NYC.
 It was created to support one of the earliest
computers , the tabulating machine.
 It was originally founded as the tabulating
machine company and was listed on the New
York stock exchange in 1916.
 The company name was changed to
International Business Machine – IBM in 1924.
Its headquarters are in Armonk, NYC

3.  IBM is a company which manufactures and sells
computer hardware and software.
 It offers infrastructure and hosting services, as
well as consulting services in areas ranging
from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
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The following is a list of products, some notable
and some less so from IBM and its predecessor
corporations:
punched card equipment
time clocks
typewriters
mainframe computers and modems
minicomputers
microprocessors
software
data storage units
embedded systems
and various other computer software products.

5.  Samuel J. Palmisano – Chairman, President and
CEO
 Mark Loughridge – Vice President and Chief
financial officer
 Stephen Leonard – Chief Executive, UK and
Ireland.

6.  IBM is the 4th largest technology company in the world
 It is the second most valuable and profitable global
brand, after Coca-Cola.
 There are almost 400,000 employees within the
company, and it has offices and companies worldwide.
 The company holds more patents than any other US
based technology company and has 8 research labs
worldwide.
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7.  IBM has approximately 400000 employees
 It has more employees than
Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Cisco, Apple, Amazon and Google
all put together.
 The company has a very diverse group of
employees, and on September 21 1953, Thomas
Watson Junior, who was the company's president at
the time, sent out a controversial letter to all IBM
employees stating that IBM needed to hire the best
people, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, or
gender.

8.  As of January 2010, IBM turned in a good fourth quarter with
increased profits and a good outlook, however its annual sales
stayed back below the $100bn mark (sounds a lot, but is still a loss
for a company of this size)
 Though the turnover was lower, IBM's fourth quarter profits
increased by 8.7% from $4.43bn to $4.81bn, the computer giant
revealed.
 This suggests that corporate IT spending has yet to rebound from
the recession, though IBM predicted that full year profits would be
ahead of expectations.
 IBM's chief financial officer Mark Loughridge said:
“We do see some encouraging signs in our business, but I'd like to
get into the first quarter and get a little more validation this is an
on-going recovery before we take this up further than we have."

9. Purchasing IBM products and services:
 IBM products can be bought via their website
 some products can also be purchased In shops such as pc world
 When IBM started by Thomas J. Watson, Sr., he decided that 99 percent of the visual
contact a customer would have with his company, at least initially, would be represented
by IBM salespeople.
 Because IBM was selling high-tech equipment, Watson knew customers would have to
have a high level of confidence in the credibility of the salesperson.
 He therefore instituted a dress and grooming code that became an inflexible set of
rules and regulations within IBM.
 As a result, every salesperson was required to look like a professional in every respect.
Every element of their clothing-including dark suits, dark ties, white shirts, conservative
hairstyles, shined shoes, and clean fingernails. These features gave off the message of
professionalism and competence.
 One of the highest compliments a person could receive at this time was, "You look like
someone from IBM.“

10. IBM face many pressures from other businesses as it is a very tough market, with difficult
competition in all areas. Some examples are:
Hewlett-Packard Company
 Microsoft Corporation
 Diversified Computer Systems
 Accenture plc
 Dell Inc.
 Cisco Systems, Inc
 Apple Inc.
 Toshiba Corp.
 NCR Corp
 Xerox Corp.
 Canon Inc
 Fujitsu Ltd
 Hitachi Ltd.
 Acer Incorporated

11. IBM are continually growing and developing their software and technology, as well as gaining
increasing numbers of business deals with companies across the world. These are just a few
of the recent advances within the UK.
• 23/09/10 : London, UK: IBM announced that one of the UK’s elite professional rugby
clubs, London Irish, has selected IBM Business Analytics to develop a ground breaking
new system to significantly advance the Club’s analysis of training and on-field
performance.
• 16/09/10 : LONDON, UK : IBM concluded the IBM Summit at Start(an initiative from
HRH Price of Wales to support sustainable living) by highlighting the breakthrough
themes, issues and ideas arising from eight consecutive days of discussion and debate on
sustainability. Throughout the Summit more than 1,000 of the UK's most prominent
CEOs, business and public sector leaders engaged in lively discussion to address what
businesses can do for sustainability and what sustainability can do for business.
•04 /08/10: London, UK: IBM announced it has signed a three year agreement with
McDonald’s to provide a new cashless payment solution for 1,300 McDonald’s owned
and franchised restaurants across the UK and Ireland. IBM will help McDonald's cater to
the growing number of customers using credit and debit card payments by introducing
an improved system that will be operational by the end of 2010.

12. Overall,
• IBM are an enormous technology company, with products spanning widely across the
technology market
• They are doing well financially, though have been affected somewhat by the recession
• They continue to have a massive amount of employees all around the world
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