HISTORY OF IBM Founders of IBM : -

Charles Ranlett Flint

Thomas J. Watson

IBM :- International Business MachinesMrs. Virginia M. Ginni Rometty Chairman, President & Chief executive officer of IBM

International Business Machines (IBM) nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States.The roots of IBM date back the 1880s, decades before the development of electronic computers. The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR), IBM has described its formation as a merger of three companies :

Tabulating Machine Company International Time Recording Company Computing Scale Company

IBM ‘ s Company in 1893

At first IBM name in 1880’s as CTR. On February 14, 1924, CTR's name was formally changed to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

In 1920, the company introduced the first complete school time control system, and launched its first printing tabulator.

By the end of the 1970s, IBM began the new era in computing. It launched  IBM PC on August12,1981. That day onwards they are day to day changing the technology in IT sector.

Some of the discovery’s of IBM :1906: Hollerith Type I Tabulator, The first tabulator with an automatic card feed and control panel.

1945: IBM's first research lab for IT (Computing Laboratory)1946: Chinese character typewriter IBM introduces an electric Chinese ideographic character typewriter, which allowed to type at a rate of 40 to 45 Chinese words a minute.1956: First magnetic Hard disk drive IBM introduces the world's first magnetic hard disk for data storage.1968: IBM Customer Information Control System(CICS)

1969: First moon landing, IBM personnel and computers help NASA land the first men on the Moon.1970: Relational databases, Today, nearly all database structures are based on the IBM concept of relational databases.1971: Floppy disk

1976:  Laser Printer

1981: IBM PC, The IBM Personal Computer goes mass market and helps revolutionize the way the world does business. Time Magazine gives its “Person of the Year” award to the Personal Computer.

2001: Carbon Nanotube transistors for computer chips

Nobel prize winners of IBM : 1. Dr. Leo Esaki, for the invention of semiconductors in 1973.

2. Gerd K. Binning and Heinrich Rohrer, for the invention of scanning tunneling microscopy in 1986

3. J.Georg Bednorz and IBM Fellow Alex Muller, for the invention of High Temperature Superconductivity in 1987

Present Financial position of IBM :

2011 year-end from continuing worldwide operations

Revenue: $106.9 billion 

Net income: $15.9 billion

Total assets: $116.4 billion 

Number of employees (worldwide): 4,33,362

Number of employees ( India ) : 1,50,000

Stockholders of record:508,045 

IBM has a broad range of Business & Technology services that deliver real business results.

Various Services provide by the IBM

Business Services

IT Services

Out Sourcing Services

Training Services

Financing

BUSINESS SERVICES Business Analytics & Optimization :- IBM rendering their services by

9000 dedicated analytics consultants who can help you accelerate time to value and deliver breakaway results. It helps to org’s to take major decisions by making choices about markets to pursue, how to price offering & how to make operations more effective & efficient.

Strategy & Transformation :-

Customer Value Strategy

In this the IBM corporation gives a clear view of customer experience &

market strategy

& Business strategy for the Entrepreneur to take right decisions to

develop their

business. Finance & Risk

In this it gives a guidelines to where and when the investor

invest their amount

with satisfactory profits and low risk. It also deals with the risk

management of the

markets. It gives a guidelines to organizations where & who they get

working capital ,

venture capital etc.,

IT SERVICES

Integrated Communication Services :- Nowadays at any where, any time the integrated communications are create Business advantages. 1. It helps to entrepreneurs to create new process models to drive business

innovation for competitive advantage.2. Enhance individual, work group and organizational productivity with

collaboration environments etc., to develop the business opportunities. Maintainance & Technical Support services :- IBM provides Hardware, Software, Managed support, Solution support services to the small, medium, large scale organization to work with productivity and minimize their expenses cost for gain risk free profits.

IBM delivers the combination of deep technological expertise and rich industry insight you need to align your IT and business objectives.

OUTSOURCING SERVICES

TRAINING SERVICESIBM offers a comprehensive portfolio of technical training and education services designed for individuals, companies, and public organizations to acquire, maintain, and optimize their IT skills.

IBM provides the several IT training programs

they are :

Corporate Training Programs

Application Development

Business Process Management

Information Platform & solutions

Storage & Networking etc.,In India IBM has 67 Technical training centers are there

They are at : Bangalore, Chennai, Noida, New Delhi, Pune, Kolkota etc.,

FINANCIAL SERVICES IBM Global Financing can help credit qualified clients develop a

comprehensive investment strategy, allowing them to seize new

opportunities and accelerate transformation solutions with :

Leases & Loans

IBM Project Financing

Services Financing

Asset recovering

Hard ware Financing

IBM in INDIA

Head quarters in India : Bangalore

Key persons of IBM in India :

1. Mrs. Vanitha Narayanan, Managing Director , South

Asia head

2. Mr. Shankar Anna Swamy, Sr. Advisor & G.M

3. Mr. Rajesh Nambiar, Vice President & General

Manager

IBM has been present in India since 1992. IBM India's solutions and services span all major industries including financial services, healthcare, government, automotive, telecommunications and education etc., and has a presence in over 200 cities and towns across the country

IBM India Private Limited is the Indian subsidiary of IBM. It has facilities in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Gurgaon, Noida, Chandigarh, Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, and Hyderabad.

IBM services in INDIA

IBM India has operates the business lines from India which contributes to worldwide IBM in a global delivery framework: India Software Labs (ISL), India Research Lab (IRL), Global Business Services(GBS), Global Technology Services (GTS) etc., and now On March 2, 2012 it was reported that IBM India wants to open sales office in around 40 Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India in year 2012-2013.

Global Business Services : SAP, Oracle etc., and This entity is organized as a consulting company for instance Finance Management Solutions (FMS), Customer Relationship Management(CRM), Supply Chain Management(SCM).

Business transformation outsourcing : IBM now has a formidable Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service portfolio.

Linux Technology Center : IBM invests

Business Analytics Center of Competency : IBM on November 9, 2009, has announced the creation of a new Business Analytics Centre of Competency in Bangalore for better Business analysis.