The UK managing director at IBM has said the company changed itself dramatically in the last decade after somewhat losing its way, but insisted it has retained its essence and returned to being an “innovator”.
Stephen Leonard told Computerworld UK that IBM had rapidly changed from being a hardware vendor with plummeting profits in the early 2000s, to becoming a software and service-led company that had in effect saved its future. Also in this channel
IBM is celebrating its 100th birthday on Thursday. Throughout its life, IBM had been an inventor of major technology, Leonard said. Historic IBM inventions include cash machine software, the original travel reservations system, and the magnetic strip on credit cards.
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Author:Leo King
