The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), founded in 1911, manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM has 12 research laboratories worldwide and, as of 2013, has held the record for most patents generated by a company for 20 consecutive years.
The journey to cloud computing, and to its adoption in the enterprise, has been a rather manic-depressive one. When the first public cloud platforms became available, many thought the model would… Read more »
When you are already the highest valued company in the world, and you want to continue your growth trajectory, what do you do? You move into new territories. That’s why Apple is… Read more »
The internet of things doesn’t need proprietary software and M2M platforms, it needs developers. The key isn’t the things, but the data these things generate and the applications that will be… Read more »
It looks like protectionism is gaining momentum in Germany, which may enact a law mandating that vendors provide source code and other information that could spook U.S. companies. Read more »
One could ask what does marketing have to do with the CIO and the IT organization as a whole? At the IBM Insight conference last week, this very issue came up… Read more »
Amazon Web Services, which debuted in 2006, has a huge lead in public cloud. But it’s unclear how long that lead will last, as Microsoft and Google gear up their IaaS efforts. Read more »