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The roots of today's IBM Research began with the 1945 opening of the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University. [4] This was the first IBM laboratory devoted to pure science and later expanded into additional IBM Research locations in Westchester County, New York, starting in the 1950s, [5] [6] including the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1961.
International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational corporation specializing in computer technology and information technology consulting. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, the company originated from the amalgamation of various enterprises dedicated to automating routine business transactions, notably pioneering punched card-based data tabulating machines and time clocks.
An aerial satellite view of the center's main building. The center, headquarters of IBM's Research division, is named for both Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Thomas Watson, Jr., who led IBM as president and CEO, respectively, from 1915 when it was known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, to 1971.
Since the start of the year, IBM shares have climbed more than 25%, outpacing the Nasdaq 100's 20% jump. Seana Smith is an anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Smith on Twitter @SeanaNSmith .
IBM SoftLayer is a dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider, which in 2011 reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than 26,000 customers. [149] IBM also provides Cloud Data Encryption Services (ICDES), using cryptographic splitting to secure customer data. [150]
This initiative was led by Robert M. Howe, IBM vice-president and general manager of IBM Consulting Group. [4] The group was rebranded to IBM Business Innovation Services in 2001, [5] and then IBM Business Consulting Services. As the management consulting became more entangled with more technology delivery, the integrated organization became ...
April 2012 – IBM sells its Retail Store Solutions division (Point-of-Sales) to Toshiba TEC [222] January 2014 – IBM sells its IBM System x business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion. [223] October 2014 – IBM sells its Microelectronics (semiconductor) branch to GlobalFoundries. IBM will pay GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion over 3 years to take over ...
The IBM Institute for Business Value grew out of earlier research programs at IBM that were part of the firm’s management consulting organization. These predecessors included the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM) and the IBM e-business Innovation Institute (ebII). The IKM, founded in 1999, was a membership consortium of private and ...