...cooperate with the hypervisor. The two para-virtualized Linux offer a performance improvement. The third server is an operating system virtualization. This server creates their own form of virtualization at the current level. In these case, a virtual server are isolated from one another, but they all run the same operating system. 2. Why is virtualization important to a company like Hudson’s Bay Company? How did that factor into their decision to partner with IBM? Hudson’s Bay Company is a fast growing company that needed more power to run their operating system. Instead of having to add more server to their infrastructure IBM was able to provide HBC a blade server with a faster speed, which allowed them to do with less servers. The blade server has various capabilities, such as, multiple drivers on the blade in case of a failure of one driver, HBC can still be up and running. The server is a lot easier to maintain especially when it goes down. HBC can easily replace blade servers in minutes to reduce the downtime of running their business. Besides the capabilities the blade server provides for HBC, IBM also provided management capabilities with a director’s software. This software enable HBC to remotely access information on the server if there is any issue. In addition, HBC was able to use the management tools to diagnose failure and prevent it...
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...IMS Software Company: IBM Information management system (IMS) helps in making the strategic decisions by effectively and efficiently managing the information. IBM is the one of the company which provides the IMS software and is one of the oldest company to provide IMS software since 1966. The company is known for its reliable, secure and solid performance of the high volume transaction system. IBM provides the management solutions to run the business processes such as supply chain management, order processing, shipping, inventory control, invoicing and so many others. But now a days it’s not possible that single technology can satisfy all the customer needs, so in order to meet this IBM has invested significant amount of resources to enhance the technology of IMS to increase the performance and to meet the customer requirements. Big data, cloud computing, mobile platforms and relational data base system are some of the new technologies introduce by IBM to support IMS. IBM has a following product line to serve their customers: 1. IMS 14 2. IMS 13 3. IMS Transaction Manager Value Unit Edition 4. IMS Database Value Unit Edition 5. IMS Enterprise Suite IBM provides the highly secured products at the lowest cost with highest level of performance and availability. IBM ensures data security by providing the capability of online updating with complete integrity and recovery conveniences for its credit card processing system can be used as an example. IBM’s...
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...International Business Machines, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16, 1911, is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. Now, the chairman and CEO of IBM Company is Samuel J Palmisano. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM has been well known as one of the world's largest computer companies and systems integrators. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is one of the largest and most profitable information technology employers in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based Technology Company and has eight research laboratories worldwide. The company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries. IBM employees have earned Five Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. IBM competitors IBM's main competitors are Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) but each of these companies has a different focus area. Dell makes most of its money on PC and server hardware, while Hewlett-Packard is more diversified as the leader in PCs and Imaging & Printing as well as offering IT services. Since IBM relies heavily on its Software and Services...
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...THE RISE OF IBM 1900-1970 To meet the needs of measuring population the US Census Bureau sponsored a contest to find the most efficient means of tabulating census data. The contest was won by German immigrant and Census Bureau statistician, Herman Hollerith. Hollerith formed the Punch Card Tabulating Machine Co. in 1896. In 1911 Hollerith’s company merged with Computing Scale Co. of America and International Time Recording Co. to form Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. During the period between 1910 and 1960, it developed products from punch-card tabulating machines to room-sized calculators to mainframe computing systems for large enterprises and changed the nature of accounting, calculation and basic back-office business processes. In the 1970s and 80s, IBM product lines expanded from its traditional mainframes to minicomputer and personal computers and applications moved from backend operations to departmental operation. In 1981, the company introduced the IBM Personal Computer or PC, allowing the use of computers in schools, homes and businesses. Components for the computer were sourced from outside the company. It developed products from punch-card tabulating machines to room sized calculators and main frame computers. The company manufactured and sold products ranging from commercial scales and industrial time recorder to meat and cheese slicers, tabulators and punch cards. In the beginning the company operated in New York City only. Within a short period...
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...IBM Global Business Services Human Capital Management Achieving success in a globally integrated world: Enabling an adaptable workforce 2 You’ve remodeled your supply chain. Optimized your IT infrastructure. Overhauled your financials. But you’re still not getting the results you expect. So what’s missing? Like many companies, you may be overlooking your most valuable asset: your people. While human capital is an organization’s single largest resource, many companies don’t utilize their workforce to its fullest — even when they’ve been successful in maximizing other strategic business areas — leaving a huge opportunity untapped. By looking to the workforce to improve enterprise adaptability, innovation and productivity, corporate leaders can differentiate their businesses and stay ahead of the competition. Yet, to achieve true differentiation, companies must develop a more responsive, flexible and resilient workforce by finding better ways to source talent, allocate resources across competing initiatives, measure performance and build vital capabilities and skills. This requires developing programs that focus on workforce performance, identifying and employing talent globally, working collaboratively to accelerate change, generating innovation and producing measurable business results — now and into the future. 3 Providing solutions based on solid research IBM’s Global Human Capital Study 2008, which reflects the insights of over 400 senior executives...
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...Introduction: 4 1.1. Organization (IBM) brief: 4 1.2. Services provided by the organization: 5 2. Employee management in the organization: 5 2.1. Technologies invented and business: 5 2.2. Various collaborations: 7 2.3. Implementation of knowledge management strategy: 7 2.4. Post implementation analysis: 8 3. Potential application: 8 3.1. Communities of practices within the company: 9 3.2. Organizational influences: 10 3.3. Community evolution in IBM Global Services: 10 3.4. Patterns followed: 11 4. Conclusion: 12 References: 13 1. Introduction: Knowledge management (KM) is group of processes that concerns the creation, distribution and consumption of knowledge. It’s a broad topic and is not only a technological strategy. It mainly governs the whole process of discovery and formation of knowledge. KM balances and increases other managerial initiatives such as total quality management (TQM), business process re engineer (BPR) and organizational learning providing a latest and urgent focus to continue competitive spot (Abrahamson, 2003). In order to serve the customers well and remain in the business knowledge management should be applied. But none of it would be possible without a continuous focus on formation, updating, accessibility, quality and the use of knowledge by all the staff and teams at work. 1.1. Organization (IBM) brief: The International Business Machines Corporation, commonly known as IBM is a multinational company and consulting firm that...
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...lot of people chalk that up to the recession and the “dot-com bubble.” They seem to believe that when the economies of the world recover, life in the information technology industry will get back to normal. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. Lou Gerstner, IBM Annual Report, 2001 In 1990, IBM was the second-most-profitable company in the world, with net income of $6 billion on revenues of $69 billion, and it was completing a transformation designed to position it for success in the next decade. For the world leader in an industry that expected to keep growing spectacularly, the future looked promising. But all was not well within IBM, and its senior executives realized it. “In 1990, we were feeling pretty good because things seemed to be getting better,” one executive remarked. “But we weren’t feeling great because we knew there were deep structural problems.” Those structural problems revealed themselves sooner than anyone expected and more terribly than anyone feared. Beginning in the first quarter of 1991, IBM began posting substantial losses. Between 1991 and 1993, IBM lost a staggering $16 billion. In April 1992, John Akers, IBM CEO from 1985 to 1993, vented his frustrations during a company training program. His comment, “People don’t realize how much trouble we’re in,” made its...
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...http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/ UPC (1973): The UPC barcode system, an elegantly simple matrix of information that can be customized for almost any type of transaction and can yield as much data as needed. Pioneering Speech Recognition: At the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, IBM showcased the world’s most advanced speech recognition system, the “Shoebox” The punch card tabulator: Herman Hollerith, a young technical whiz at the US Census Bureau, invented the first tabulating machines helped count the 1890 census, saving the bureau several years’ work and more than US$5 million. IBM 1401 Mainframe (1959): IBM introduced the 1401, the first high-volume, stored-program, core-memory transistorized mainframe computer Cryptography for a Connected World: IBM developed its Data Encryption Standard (DES), a cryptographic algorithm to secure data. Floppy Disk: It was originally designed for large-scale systems, as a more efficient form factor for IBM's System/370 mainframe data loads The Social Security System: In the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, the Company provided more than 400 punch card tabulating machines to establish records for 26 million workers. The Apollo Missions: IBM has taken part in every US manned space effort in history, working on systems for Mercury, Gemini-Titan and Apollo-Saturn missions, and for the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the Moon Silicon Germanium Chips: In 1994, IBM Research patented...
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...IBM Reduces Energy Costs and Environmental Damages International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is the world’s largest information technology (IT) corporation. Also known as “Big Blue”, IBM was formed as the result of a merger between the Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company and the Computing Company of America. The merger took place in 1911 and shortly after Thomas J. Watson Sr. came aboard (IBM, 2008). He is accredited with transforming IBM into a leader of innovation and technology. Currently IBM provides business, technology and consulting services to its customers. In particular they offer consulting, delivery and implementation services, enterprise software, systems, microelectronics and financing. Direct competitors of IBM include: Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft. Whalen (2010) states IBM’s operations expand globally to over 170 countries. IBM headquarters are located in Armonk, New York. General Environment Social Cultural - IBM’s reputation was previously based on control. “Big Blue” controlled the mainframe market (hardware, software and applications). Presently, IBM has the reputation as an enormous, innovative information technology company (Blankenhorn, 2005). Their reputation is no longer based on control but the quality is experienced by customers. Their expansion has reached not only mainframe customers, but customers and businesses across the entire IT market. It is the opinion of the customers...
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...The Performance Appraisal Process: Three Key Aspects and Company Examples Terry Student MGT/431 February 1, 2010 (BOLDING – red print done to highlight APA issues) The Performance Appraisal Process: Three Key Aspects and Company Examples In most organizations, periodic performance appraisals are a formal method of evaluating employee work and determining merit increases. Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart and Wright (2003) suggest there are three key aspects of the performance appraisal process: (1) establishing mutual goals and objectives, (2) using a valid and objective measurement method, and (3) linking employee performance to compensation. This case study will define the performance appraisal process, these three aspects of performance appraisals, discuss their importance, and illustrate their general impact upon the organization. Finally, specific company examples will be offered to demonstrate how these appraisal steps are practiced at Hewlett-Packard, New York Life Insurance, and IBM. Establishing Mutual Goals and Objectives at Hewlett-Packard According to Noe et al. (2003), many companies establish goals and objectives as a means of communicating desired employee performance targets. The authors suggest that company interests can only be achieved when those interests are aligned with the skills and energies of the individual employee. A process of negotiation and compromise must occur between management and the employee in order to define specific standards...
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...The Journey of (IBM) International Business Machines Executive summary: The current Proposal intended to describe what IBM has faced in its journey and how it overcame those problems, which it was unprepared in the first place. To discuss the Success Story of IBM (International Business Machines) and journey through some easy and some tough winters. The focus will be on the problems. Introduction: IBM is one of the world’s largest rapid growths IT Company in terms of revenue, which listed in fortune 100 IT companies.IBM has produced different products, which related to software and hardware and produced custom designed microchips. By producing low cost products, IBM has rapid growth with long-term success, which attracted the investors and competitors. The head quarters were located in New York. In 2012, it has ranked 2 largest US firm for having highest numbers of employees nearly 433,362 by fortune. They have developed a wide range of software development tools, which helps to manage business process etc. IBM has first started its invention in 1914 called Hollerith, which was a part of computing -tabulating- recording company later the company known as IBM. (Rouse, 2006) Background: ...
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...Industry Overview and Principal Competitors Because IBM has a large diversified range of product and services, and is present in more than 170 Countries (IBM Form 10-K Annual 2010 Report, 2011) it ́s not easy to analyze the markets where it acts. Although, we can see some main competitors: Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, each of these companies with a different focus area. Dell makes most of its money on PC and server hardware, while HP is more diversified as the leader in PCs and Imaging & Printing as well as offering IT services. Since IBM relies heavily on its Software and Services segment, it mainly competes with HP in the servers and IT services markets and with Dell in the servers and software markets. IBM is the leader in servers, IT services, and software. Also IBM leads HP and Dell in all measures of profitability, largely because IBM is focused on high-margin sectors such as services and software and has gotten out of the thin-margin PC business, in which HP and Del lare still heavily involved. In addition to HP and Dell, IBM also competes with smaller IT consulting firms such as Accenture. However, IBM leads these companies by a large margin in terms of revenue, profitability, and scale as we see on the next table. Finally, we put the data of Microsoft because it can permit us compare IBM with a large TI Company, but that doesn’t ́t compete in a lot of products International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed “Big Blue" (for its official corporate...
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...IBM and Porter’s Five Competitive Forces Alexis DiOrrio September 21, 2015 Wilmington University History and Financial Analysis IBM or International Business Machines is a well-known American Computer manufacturer, founded by Thomas J. Watson (Bellis, 2015). They are also known as the “Big Blue” after the color of its logo. The company has manufactured everything from mainframes to personal computers and has been extremely successful selling business computers (Bellis, 2015). What started the beginning of IBM’s history, was on June 16, 1911 when three successful companies merged together; The Tabulating Machine Company, The International Time Recording Company, and The Computing Scale Company of America. These three companies joined together and formed one company, The Computing Tabulating Recording Company. In 1924, Watson changed the company’s name to what we know today as IBM (Bellis, 2015). IBM began manufacturing calculators in the 1930s, using the technology of their own punch card processing equipment. The financed the invention of the Mark 1 Computer with Harvard University in 1944. By 1953, IBM was ready to produce their own computers, which began with the IBM 701 EDPM, which was their first commercially successful general-purpose computer (Bellis, 2015). In 1980, Bill Gates agreed to create an operating system for IBM’s computer for the home consumer. Once IBM had now stepped into the home consumer market it sparked the computer revolution. Below...
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...the increased number of subprime loans and home sales during the real estate bubble. When housing prices dropped and interest rates rose, many adjustable-rate subprime mortgage owners were unable to keep up with the higher monthly payment. Mortgages defaulted, demand for houses cooled abruptly, and the suddenly above market rates of credit derivatives collapsed. AIG was the biggest investor with US $527 billion in these bonds. (/money, 2011) During these trying times International Business Machines third quarter income amounted to US $2.8 billion, or US $2.05 per share. That is 20 percent higher than the US $1.68 per share as compared to the same quarter last year, and it surpasses the US $ 2.02 per share predicted by Thomson Reuters. IBM is...
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...1. Case Background International Business Machines (IBM) was founded in 1888 as “Herman Hollerith and the Tabulating Machine Company”. It is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation. It manufactures and markets computer hardware and software. Thirty Six years after, the name of the company was changed to IBM Corporation. IBM was also known as the big blue. It ranked among the “Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders”. Some of the awards and recognition received by IBM are the following: 3 Noble Prizes, 4 Turing Awards, 5 National Medals of Technology and 5 Medals of Science. In July 2007, the company dealt with Spanish utility Iberdola, one of the world’s largest producers of renewable energy. The contract w/c amounts to $84.4 million will open an Innovation Center at Iberdola in Salamanca, Spain. The center will develop new information technology and provide services for the utility. Further, IBM will create a Global Center of Excellence for Nuclear Power in France to develop software and consulting services for the design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants. For the quarter ending 30 September 2007, IBM’s revenue increased by 7%. The increase came from Global Technology Services segment and higher sales from Software and Global Business Services segments. 2. 2a. General Environment Analysis: |GENERAL ENVIRONMENT FORCES |OPPORTUNITIES |THREATS ...
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