IBM

IBM

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International Business Machines Corporation

Type Public (NYSE: IBM)

Founded Endicott, New York, U.S. (1889, incorporated 1911)

Headquarters Armonk, New York, USA

Key people Samuel J. Palmisano (Chairman, President and CEO)

Mark Loughridge (SVP and CFO)

Dan Fortin (President - Canada)

Jason Oppenheim (President - Asia Pacific)

Nick Donofrio (Executive Vice President - Innovation & Technology)

Mike Rhodin (President IOT Northeast Europe)

Dominique Cerutti (President IOT Southwest Europe)

Oytun Cleus(President IOT Middle East)[1]

Industry Computer hardware

Computer software

Consulting

IT Services

Products See products listing

Revenue ▲ US$ 98.8 billion (2007)

Net income ▲ US$ 10.4 billion (2007)[2]

Employees 386,558 (2007)[3]

Subsidiaries ADSTAR

FileNet

ILOG

Informix

Iris Associates

Lotus Software

Rational Software

Sequent Computer Systems

Telelogic

Tivoli Systems, Inc.

Website ibm.com

Entrance to IBM's secure headquarters complex in Armonk

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color), is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.[4]

IBM has been known through most of its recent history as the world's largest computer company. With over 388,000 employees worldwide, IBM is the largest and most profitable information technology employer in the world. It is still selling computers today, and is still one of the biggest computer companies in the world, and it has also been known to produce very efficient computers as well, such as an IBM think centre. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based technology company and has eight research laboratories worldwide.[5] Known for its highly talented workforce, the company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries.[6] IBM employees have earned three Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science.[7] As a chip maker, IBM has been among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders in past years, and in 2007 IBM ranked second in the list of largest software companies in the world.[8]