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What does IBM even do anymore?
It currently operates through five business segments: Cloud & Cognitive Software, Global Business Services, Global Technology Services, Systems, and Global Financing. Below, we take a closer look at six of IBM’s more recent acquisitions, all of which have taken place within the past 20 years.
What are the inventions of IBM?
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Does IBM manufacture anything?
IBM still makes computers IBM still manufactures and services mainframes like this Z10. It surprises some people to hear, but IBM still makes computers. They don’t make computers that run Windows, but they still make high-end computers that run AIX, their version of Unix. They also make minicomputers and mainframes.
Is IBM a good company to work for?
IBM has a significant sales and service arm. They sell their own software, as well as reselling other companies’ software. And in the 1990s, IBM found it was very profitable to install and repair computers, both theirs and other companies’ computers. You can even outsource part or all of your IT department to IBM if you want.
Why has IBM done so well with Linux?
IBM has done rather well both supporting and competing with Linux. If you wonder why Microsoft had a change of heart when it came to Linux in recent years, Big Blue’s success with it probably has something to do with it. IBM has a significant sales and service arm. They sell their own software, as well as reselling other companies’ software.
What is the shelf life of skills at IBM?
Diane Gherson: Skills is central to IBM, we are after all a tech company and the shelf life of skills is very short in technology. So the way they talk about it as a half-life, which means that half of what you learned five years ago is no longer relevant, and in some areas it is actually three years.
What sets IBM apart from its onetime rivals?
One thing that sets IBM apart from its onetime rivals is its willingness to discard parts of its past before they can bog it down. At one time, it was famous for typewriters. It sold off that line of business in the 1980s. It sold off its PC business when that stopped being profitable.