IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), once translated as International Business Machines Corporation, is a multinational company providing information services. It was established in the United States on February 1924, and its headquarters is in Armonk, new york, USA. It has the nickname "Blue Giant". IBM has made great achievements in materials, chemistry, physics and other scientific fields. Hard disk technology was invented by IBM, and scanning tunneling microscope, copper wire technology and atomic etching technology were also invented by IBM Research Institute. The R&D department of IBM has made outstanding achievements and won three Nobel Prizes (1973, 1986, 1987).
20 13 19 In September, IBM acquired Daeja Image Systems, a British commercial software manufacturer, intending to merge it into the software group and enterprise content management (ECM) business. On 20 14 1.9, IBM announced that it would spend 1 billion dollars to set up a new department to take charge of Watson, the company's latest computer system.
Company name: International Business Machines Corporation
Company slogan: stop empty talk and start action!
Mbth: IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)
Annual turnover: 654.38+006.9 billion USD (2065.438+065.438+0)
Headquarters: Armonk, new york, USA.
Number of employees: 399,409 (2009)
Time of establishment: 19 1 1 year.
Scope: information technology and business solutions. Information technology and business solutions.
Nature of the company: foreign capital
Current CEO:VirginiaRometty (Luo Ruilan)
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IBM China, also known as IBM (International Business Machines Co., Ltd.), can also be referred to as International Computer for short. The current chairman of Greater China is D.C.Chien Weichang, who became CEO in early 2007. The current chairman of IBM Germany is Martina Koederitz. In 2003, he became the general manager of American headquarters.
IBM is a long-term leader in the computer industry, engaged in large/small computers and
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The achievement of portable computer (ThinkPad) is the most remarkable. The personal computer (PC) standard it founded is still in use and development. In 2004, IBM sold its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, a computer manufacturer in China, which officially marked the overall transformation from "massive" product business to "high-value" business.
In addition, IBM still leads the industry in mainframes, supercomputers (mainly represented by Deep Blue, Blue Gene and Watson), UNIX and servers.
In terms of software, IBM Software Group has integrated five major software brands, including Lotus, WebSphere, DB2, Rational and Tivoli, all of which are leaders or strong competitors in the software industry in their respective aspects. After 99 years, the overall scale of Microsoft surpassed that of IBM Software Group. Up to now, IBM Software Group is also the second largest software entity in the world.
IBM has also made great achievements in materials, chemistry, physics and other scientific fields. Hard disk technology was invented by IBM, and scanning tunneling microscope (STM), copper wire technology and atomic etching technology were also invented by IBM Research Institute.
In 1950s, IBM became the main contractor of the computer development of the automatic defense system of the US Air Force, and began to copy the anti-aircraft gun system, which was before IBM came into contact with the key research conducted by MIT. Committed to the first generation of real-time digital computers (including many other advances, such as comprehensive video display, core experience inheritance, light gun, the first effective algebra.
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Computer language, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion technology, digital data transmission telephone line, multiprocessor, network). More than 70,000 employees (accounting for 20% of the total number of employees) have invested in IBM's peak project. However, in the long run, what is more important than profit is the military's investment in research using cutting-edge electronic computers.
In the 1960s, IBM was the largest of the eight computer companies. In 2002, IBM strengthened its consulting service capability through the acquisition of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The company is paying more and more attention to promoting enterprise solution consulting, services and software, as well as hardware and high-value chip technology. In recent years, IBM has continuously increased its patent portfolio, which is a valuable cross-license with other companies, from 10. During the period of 13, IBM has obtained more than 3 1000 patents, ranking first in the industry. In 2004, IBM announced that it planned to sell its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, a computer manufacturer in China. Lenovo is partly controlled by the China Municipal Government. The transaction was completed with $650 million in cash and $600 million in Lenovo stock. From the point of view of hardware technology, IBM put most of its energy into providing consulting and acquiring corporate restructuring services. In the process of consulting, software and technical services, the new IBM has enhanced its global distribution capabilities, and this change is very strong. On April 1 1 Beijing time, IBM announced the acquisition of Silverpop, a professional cloud marketing software manufacturer. According to IBM, 85% of new software today is built on the cloud. By 20 16, a quarter of applications will be provided in the cloud.