2. HISTORY OF IBM
Founders of IBM : -
Charles Ranlett Flint Thomas J. Watson
IBM :- International Business Machines
Mrs. Virginia M. Ginni Rometty
Chairman, President & Chief executive officer of IBM

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. IBM has a broad range of Business & Technology services that deliver real
business results.
Various Services provide by the IBM
Business
Services
Financing IT Services
Training Out Sourcing
Services Services

8. 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.

9.  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.,

10. 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.

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

12. TRAINING SERVICES
IBM 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.,

13. 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

14. IBM in INDIA
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.
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

15. 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.