IBM
International Business Machines
Symbol: IBM
1 New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
United States - Map
Phone: 914-499-1900
Fax: 914-765-7382
Web Site: http://www.ibm.com
BUSINESS SUMMARY
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) engages in the development and
manufacture of the advanced information technologies, including computer systems,
software, storage systems, and microelectronics. It operates in three segments:
Systems and Financing, Software, and Services. Systems and Financing segment offers
servers; data storage products, including disk, tape, optical, and storage area networks;
microprocessors and integrated circuits; system and component design services, and
technology and manufacturing consulting services; printing systems, including
production and on-demand print solutions, enterprise print technologies, and related
software; and point-of-sale retail systems. This segment also offers short-term inventory
and accounts receivable financing; lease and loan financing; and sells and leases used
equipment. Software segment provides information management software for database,
content management, and information integration; lotus software for collaboration,
messaging, and social networking; rational software, a process automation tool; Tivoli
software for infrastructure management, including security and storage management;
Websphere software for Web-enabled applications; product lifecycle management
software; and operating system software. Services segment offers business process
outsourcing, consulting and systems integration, strategic outsourcing services,
integrated technology services, IT infrastructure maintenance services, application
management services for packaged software and custom and legacy applications, and
applications on demand services. IBM serves banking, insurance, education,
government, healthcare, life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical
and petroleum, electronics, distribution, and communication markets. The company was
founded in 1910 as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to
International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. IBM is based in Armonk, New
York.
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