Founded in 1911 in the United States, the world's top 500 companies, the long-term leader of the global computer industry, the world's largest information technology and business solutions company, the personal computer standards it founded are still in use today
Founded in the United States in 1911, IBM, or International Business Machines Corporation, is the world's largest information technology and business solutions company, with operations in more than 170 countries and territories. In 2008, IBM's global revenue reached $103.6 billion, and a total of 4,186 patents were registered in the United States, becoming the first company in U.S. history to register more than 4,000 patents in a single year.
Over the past 100 years, as the world economy continues to evolve and modern science advances, IBM has always led the development of the global information industry with advanced technology, excellent management and unique products, ensuring the all-round needs of users in almost all industries around the world. As we all know, as early as 1969, the Apollo spacecraft carried three astronauts on a human mission and landed on the moon for the first time; In 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia successfully flew into space. Both historic space flights are the culmination of IBM's unparalleled ingenuity.
IBM is a long-time leader in the computer industry, with its most notable achievements in mainframe/small computers and portable computers (ThinkPads). The personal computer (PC) standard he created is still being used and developed today.
In 2004, IBM sold its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, a Chinese computer manufacturer, officially marking a complete transformation from a "massive" product business to a "high-value" business.
In addition, IBM is leading the industry in mainframes, supercomputers (mainly represented by Deep Blue, Blue Gene and Watson), UNIX, and servers.
In terms of software, IBM Software Group is divided into software industry solutions and middleware products, including business analysis software (Cognos, SPSS), enterprise content management software, information management software (DB2, Infomix, InforSphere), ICS collaboration (including Lotus, etc.), Rational software (software lifecycle management), Tivoli software (integrated service management), WebSphere software (business integration and optimization), System z software.
A leader or a strong competitor in the software industry in every way. It wasn't until 1999 that Microsoft's overall size surpassed that of the IBM Software Group. To date, IBM Software is also the world's second-largest software entity.
IBM also has deep knowledge in the fields of materials, chemistry, physics and other sciences. Hard disk technology was invented by IBM, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), copper wiring technology, and atomic etching technology were also invented by IBM Research.
In the 50s of the last century, IBM became the main contractor for the computer development of the automatic defense system of the US Air Force, and began to reproduce the anti-aircraft artillery system, and IBM came into contact with the key research conducted at MIT; Work on the first generation of real-time, digital computers (among many other advances such as a comprehensive video presentation, the transmission of magnetic core experience, the first effective algebraic computer language for light guns, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analogue conversion technologies, digital data transmission telephone lines, multiprocessors, networking). IBM invested more than 70,000 employees (20% of the total workforce) in the project at its peak. However, in the long run, more important than profitability is military investment in research using cutting-edge electronic computers.
In the 60s of the 20th century, IBM was the largest of the eight major computer companies, and in 2002, IBM strengthened its consulting capabilities through the acquisition of Pricewaterhouse Coopers, a professional consulting services company, and the company increasingly focused on promoting enterprise solutions to consulting, services and software, with a focus on hardware and high-value chip technology.
