IBM
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Treddit as | NYSE:IBM Dow Jones Industrial Average Component S&P 500 Component |
Industrie | Computer hardware,Computer saftware, IT services,IT consultin |
Foondit | Endicott,New York, U.S. (16 Juin 1911 ) |
Foonder | Charles Ranlett Flint |
Heidquarters | Armonk,New York,U.S. |
Area served | Warldwide |
Key fowk | Ginni Rometty (Chairman, Preses, an CEO) |
Products | See IBM products |
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Nummer o employees | 380,000 (2016)[2] |
Diveesions | Financin, Hardware, Services, Saftware |
Wabsteid | IBM |
Internaitional Business Machines Corporation,orIBM,is an Americanmultinaitionaltechnologyanconsultincorporation, wi heidquarters inArmonk,New York,Unitit States.IBM manufactures an mercats computerhardwareansaftware,an offersinfrastructur,hostinanconsultin servicesin auries rangin fraemainframe computerstaenanotechnology.[3]
The company wis foondit in 1911 as theComputin Tabulatin Recordin Company(CTR) throu a merger o three companies: theTabulatin Machine Company,theInternaitional Time Recordin Company,an the Computin Scale Company.[4][5]CTR adoptit the name Internaitional Business Machines in 1924, uisin a name previously designatiy tae CTR's subsidiar in Canadae an later Sooth Americae. Security analysts nicknamed IBMBig Bluein recognition o IBM's common uise o blue in products, packagin, an logo.[6]
In 2012,Fortuneranked IBM the #2 lairgest U.S. firm in terms o nummer o employees (433,362),[7]the #4 lairgest in terms omercat caipitalization,[8]the #9 maist profitable,[9]an the #19 lairgest firm in terms o revenue.[10]Globally, the company wis ranked the #31 lairgest in terms o revenue biForbesfor 2011.[11][12]Ether rankins for 2011/2012 include #1 company for leaders (Fortune), #1green companywarldwide (Newsweek), #2 baist global brand (Interbrand), #2 maist respectit company (Barron's), #5 maist admired company (Fortune), an #18 maist innovative company (Fast Company).[13]
IBM haes 12 research laboratories warldwide an, as o 2013, haes held the record for maistpatentsgeneratit bi a company for 20 consecutive years.[14]Its employees hae garnered fiveNobel Prizes,saxTuring Awairds,tenNaitional Medals o Technology,an fiveNaitional Medals o Science.[15]Notable inventions bi IBM include theautomatit teller machine (ATM),thefloppy disk,thehard disk drive,themagnetic stripe card,therelational database,theUniversal Product Code (UPC),thefinancial swap,SABRE airline reservation seestem,DRAM,anWatson artifeecial intelligence.
The company haes unnergone several organizational chynges syne its inception, acquirin companies sic asKenexa(2012) anSPSS(2009) an organisations sic asPwC's consultin business (2002),spinnin affcompanies likLexmark(1991), an sellin aff product lines likThinkPadtaeLenovo(2005).
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑abcde"IBM Corporation Financials Statements".United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ↑"2016 IBM Annual Report"(PDF).IBM.
- ↑"Nanotechnology & Nanoscience".Archived fraethe originalon 27 December 2009.Retrieved4 Mey2013.
- ↑"IBM Archives: Frequently Asked Questions"(PDF).
- ↑Bennett, Frank P. (1911).United States Investor.22, Part 1. p. 1025.Unknown parameter
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suggested) (help) - ↑Simmons, William W. (1988).Inside IBM: The Watson Years, A Personal Memoir.Dorrance & Co. p.137.
- ↑"Fortune 500: IBM employees".Fortune.2012.Retrieved7 Mey2012.
- ↑"Fortune 500: IBM employees".Fortune.2012.Retrieved7 Mey2012.
- ↑"Fortune 20 most profitable companies: IBM".Fortune.2012.Retrieved7 Mey2012.
- ↑"Fortune 500: IBM".Fortune.2012.Retrieved7 Mey2012.
- ↑"The World's Biggest Public Companies".Forbes.Retrieved7 Juin2011.
- ↑"IBM".Forbes.Retrieved7 Juin2011.
- ↑"IBM rankings".Ranking the Brands. Archived fraethe originalon 18 August 2013.Retrieved17 December2010.
- ↑"IBM Granted Most U.S. Patents for 20th Straight Year".10 Januar 2013.
- ↑"Awards & Achievements".IBM.Retrieved23 Mey2012.
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