...International Business Machines (IBM) is the world's top provider of computer hardware. It has 80 years of leadership in helping business innovate. IBM alliance with the companies of all sizes around the world and compete almost in every market worldwide. The company makes desktop and notebook PCs, mainframe and servers, storage systems, and peripherals, among its thousands of products. IBM is also one of the largest providers of both software and semiconductors. With the help of the partnership, the company become leading providers of the e-business solution world widely designed specific solution to meet the needs of companies of all sizes. According to IBM 's mission statement, the marketplace is on the top of IBM's principles. "The marketplace is the driving force behind everything we do." The second principle is related to technology. "At our core, we are a technology company with an overriding commitment to quality." With these missions, the company had an alliance with dozen of high-tech companies worldwide. The company made its constant effort to keep up with the fast-moving competitors. In the year 2002, IBM reorganized its hardware business; the company had merged its desktop and laptop operations. IBM utilizes the services of both Sanmina-SCI and Solectron by acquired manufacturing facilities from IBM. It had also formed a joint venture with Hitachi to combine its disk drive operation. In the software business, IBM is the second largest provider after Microsoft. The...
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...International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Name Institution Date Abstract The International Business Machines Corporation work to offer innovation on the global economy through its high value solution and the integrated technology of business model so that it can produce measurable results for its customers. This research study intends to bring out the implementation of IBM in different fields of competition, target market, product strategy, distribution, communication and pricing strategies and in comparison of its implementation in different countries. Introduction The international Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an international technology corporation based in Armonk, New York, United States. The company manufactures and promotes hardware and software computer products and offers communications, hosting and consulting services with its diverse expertise ranging from nanotechnology to mainframe computers. The Main Line of Business of IBM The birth of the company dates back to 1911 through the a unification of three companies namely; the Computing Scale Company, the International Time Recording Company and the Tabulating Machine Company, thus the formation of the then Computing Tabulating Recording Company. The current IBM adopted its name from the earlier CTR in 1924 and was nicknamed the big blue because of the common use of blue color in its logo, packaging and products (Young et al, 2003). The 8th in ranking of the leading information...
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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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... 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...
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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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...1.0 Introduction 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...
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... (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: International Business Machines...
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...MARQUIS ROSABETH MOSS KANTER IBM: The Corporate Service Corps In February of 2009, Kevin Thompson, program manager for the IBM Corporate Services Corps sat down with Stanley Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, and Robin Willner, Vice President of Global Community Initiatives at IBM. They had recently received the results of an independent evaluation of the first 100 participants in IBM’s new employee leadership development program called the Corporate Service Corps (CSC). The CSC was an international community service assignment for high-potential IBM employees and 2008 was its pilot year. 11 teams of IBM’s best global employees had been deployed to work for local partners, frequently non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in locations such as Ghana, Tanzania, Romania, Philippines and Vietnam. Each team had worked for a month on projects as diverse as digitizing the supply chain of the Ghanaian handicraft sector to establishing a strategic plan for the Davao City Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines that would maximize job creation among locally owned small businesses. IBM had high hopes for this program, both as a way to deliver social value to emerging markets, but also as an important strategic business initiative. As globalization had proceeded, IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano had focused extensively on making global integration successful and how the new business environment would require globalizing IBM from the “bottom-up.” The CSC was...
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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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...ukessays.com/essays/business/business-environment-of-international-business-machines-corporation-business-essay.php#ixzz2zlzJOVvG 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...
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...Jeopardy! FPO Virginia M. Romett y Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer $59 21% $108 10% $32 $30 2000 2013 2000 2013 $16.28 2000 2013 2015 IBM will remain a leader in high-performance and high-end systems, storage and cognitive computing, and we will continue to invest in R&D for advanced semiconductor technology. The second challenge involves the world’s growth markets. While IBM’s growth in Latin America and Middle East and Africa was strong, enterprise spending slowed in other key growth markets. We are intensifying focus on new growth opportunities. Overall, the opportunity in the world’s growth markets remains attractive. On being essent ial As we have learned throughout our history, the key to success is getting the big things right, innovating and investing accordingly, and challenging our organization, operations and especially our culture to adapt. I am deeply proud of the global IBM team for bringing us here, and I am grateful to you, our shareholders, for your unwavering support. I hope you share our excitement about your company’s path and the shared opportunity we have, together, to build a brighter future on a smarter planet. Virginia M. Rometty Chairman, President and Chief Executive Of cer When you do all those things, you do more than stay abreast of change. You lead it. You invent entirely new capabilities— such as cognitive computing and Watson. You translate these innovations into sustainable economic value—such as building...
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...Global Management Assignment – The IBM Case Please answer the following questions: (1) What global forces drove IBM to become a globally-integrated enterprise? An increasingly global world creates many opportunities – easier and faster communication, more affordable and more refined solutions, as well as a better interconnectivity between customers and suppliers around the globe. As the internet has deeply integrated itself into the economic performance of companies and countries at meso and macro levels, the competition between suppliers is increasing and fostering a more rapid innovation cycle. As new markets open up and offer new profit pools for companies, it is essential for firms such as IBM to be on top of their game. They need to analyze and understand market trends before they are even born and respond with a global solution, which is capable of taking transnational strategies and skillfully translating them for the local market needs. The biggest market for any company might not always be its home market. Free markets around the world create many opportunities for growth. However, if IBM fails to identify these opportunities, it can cost the company its survival, as the competition quickly moves in and takes over. Globalization means more options and power for customers, as all over the world people can virtually connect with companies, goods and services anywhere. Therefore, open markets, new market entries, developing government policies, increased customer...
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...IBM Customer Agreement This IBM Customer Agreement (called the “Agreement”) governs transactions by which Customer purchases Machines, licenses ICA Programs, obtains Program licenses, and acquires Services (including, without limitation, customized development and support, business consulting, and maintenance Services) from International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”). 1. 1.1 General Agreement Structure This Agreement is organized in five Parts: Part 1 – General includes terms regarding Agreement Structure, Definitions, Acceptance of Terms, Delivery, Charges and Payment, Changes to Agreement Terms, IBM Business Partners, Intellectual Property Protection, Limitation of Liability, General Principles of Our Relationship, Agreement Termination, and Geographic Scope and Governing Law. Part 2 – Warranties defines applicable Warranties for IBM Machines, ICA Programs, IBM Services, and Systems, and terms regarding Extent of Warranty. Part 3 – Machines includes Machine terms regarding Production Status, Title and Risk of Loss, Installation, and Machine Code. Part 4 – ICA Programs includes ICA Program terms regarding License, Distributed System License Option, Program Services, Compliance Verification, and License Termination. Part 5 – Services includes Services terms regarding Personnel, Materials Ownership and License, Customer Resources, Service for Machines (during and after warranty), Maintenance Coverage, Automatic Service Renewal, and Termination and Withdrawal of...
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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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...Information Technology and the Intranet Sherri Wheeler Keller Graduate School of Management IS535ON JUL10 SECJ Abstract Information Technology has become essential in every organization; it has provided firm and specific value which results in competitive advantage over other firms. Investigations are conducted to deal with specific business issue of technology. A report is prepared on procuring I.T. services from IBM. Companies have the intention of connecting with IBM for I.T services news and information through the Internet. Business services offered by IBM are being studied, and a particular focus is on consulting and information services. Website services and other Application services are also investigated to report on I.T. issues. The strategic results of information technology solution will provide expertise, consultancy which will assist in building competitive advantage. Purpose of the Report: The report aims at obtaining information about I.T. services from the IBM, an information technology and consulting firm. Also, this report will show the benefits of incorporate the intranet for internal and external purposes. A study is conducted on how to access integrated data, acquire knowledge and guidance. Intranet: An intranet is an internal, secured business environment, which uses HTML and TCIP protocols like the Internet, but operates on a LAN (local area network). If the LAN provides access to the Internet, the intranet resides behind a firewall...
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