When the company was founded, its main business was commercial typewriters, and then it switched to word processors, and then it went to computers and related services. 20 1 1 year, IBM was fined100000 USD for bribing in China and Korea. 2065438+On September 19, 2003, 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.
At 20 14 12 17 Beijing time, the European Commission said that IT had approved Lufthansa to sell its IT infrastructure department to IBM.
On June 8, 20 16, "Top 20 16 BrandZ Most Valuable Brands in the World 100" was released, and IBM ranked 10. 65438+ 10 June 20 16 Among the most valuable brands in the world 100, IBM ranked sixth. On October 9th, 654381Beijing time, IBM announced that it had obtained 8088 patents in the United States in 20 16, ranking first for 24 consecutive years. Ranked 32nd in the Fortune 500 list released on June 7th, 20 17. In June of the same year, "20 17 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand" was released, and IBM ranked ninth.