Company Profile:

International Business Machines Corp.
One New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
United States - Map
+1-914-4991900 (Phone)
+1-914-7656021 (Fax)
Website:http://www.ibm.com

Details:

Index Membership: Dow Jones Composite/Dow Industrials
Sector:Technology
Industry: Diversified Computer Systems
Full Time Employees:436,085

Business Summary:

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), incorporated on June 16, 1911, is an information technology (IT) company. The Company operates under five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems and Technology, and Global Financing. GTS primarily provides IT infrastructure services and business process services. GBS primarily provides professional services and application management services. IBM’s Software segment consists primarily of middleware and operating systems software. IBM provides clients with business solutions requiring advanced computing power and storage capabilities. Global Financing invests in financing assets, leverages with debt and manages the associated risks. During the year ended December 31, 2010, IBM acquired Intelliden Inc., National Interest Security Company, LLC, Cast Iron Systems, BigFix, Inc., Datacap Inc., Clarity Systems, BLADE Network Technologies, Netezza Corporation, Lombardi, Unica Corporation, PSS Systems and OpenPages. In April 2011, the Company acquired TRIRIGA, Inc.

Global Technology Services

GTS primarily provides IT infrastructure services and business process services. Its services include Strategic Outsourcing Services, Global Process Services, Integrated Technology Services, Maintenance and GTS Services Delivery. Its Strategic outsourcing Services include IT outsourcing services. IBM integrates its service management, technology and industry applications with new technologies, such as cloud computing and virtualization. Global Process Services ranges from standardized processing platforms and business process outsourcing, through transformational offerings, that deliver business results to clients through the change and/or operation of the client's business processes, applications and infrastructure, formerly business transformation outsourcing.

IBM's GTS Services Delivery is responsible for the worldwide delivery of IBM's technology- and process-based services. In support of technology-based services, GTS Services Delivery manages the privately owned IT infrastructure, supporting approximately 430 data centers. GTS Services Delivery also provides business process outsourcing and business process services.

Global Business Services

GBS primarily provides professional services and application management services. IBM’s services in this segment include Consulting and Systems Integration, and Application Management Services. Its application development, management, maintenance and support services are provided for packaged software, as well as custom and legacy applications. The Company delivers to clients, through consulting services, application services, enterprise applications (systems applications and products (SAP) and Oracle) and business analytics and optimization.