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IBM won't renew Endicott office lease: Why the company is leaving its birthplace

IBM will no longer hang a shingle in the Southern Tier village where it became a household name.

The company has declined to renew its Endicott lease at 1701 North St. when it expires Oct. 31, just shy of 100 years since a previous incarnation of it was renamed International Business Machines in 1924.

“IBM’s long and fruitful relationship with the Binghamton-area community begins a new chapter this spring,” said Mary O’Malley-Trumble, Senior Location Executive at IBM Endicott. “The past few years brought significant modifications in the way companies operate, and IBM is no exception — we will be ending our lease of physical offices in Endicott.

“This news is bound to have a sentimental impact in this community, which is the birthplace of IBM.”

Full Story: https://www.pressconnects.com/story/money/2023/05/02/ibm-leaving-endicott-ny-offices-behind-what-to-know/70159966007/

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Guess no one from Endicott will be getting promotions!

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Post ID: @6hvc+1mrpqU9P

WTF who cares? To 1st post "No point giving importance to past glories". Donate to Smithsonian? It's probably a PITA to re-model and for what?

Document heavily. Then BLOW IT ALL UP (like the documentary "Exploding Las Vegas") before dropping the lease. CLOSURE!

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Post ID: @6nrr+1mrpqU9P

Sadly, yet another clear indicator of terminal decline 🙁

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Post ID: @5mia+1mrpqU9P
So where will company HQ be?

Headquarters has been in Armonk NY since 1964.

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Post ID: @ppb+1mrpqU9P

So where will company HQ be?

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Post ID: @wzr+1mrpqU9P

The groundwater and soil contamination will be there for generations. The people of Endicott in the cancer cluster will remember IBM long after the suits are gone.

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Post ID: @jry+1mrpqU9P

Thats ok.
No point giving importance to past glories. IBM was the only game in town 100 years back.
Things have evolved in last 10-15 years.

Need to have a forward looking perspective.
Can Cloud Paks which offer hybrid architecture help IBM to secure #1 place in software dev org ?

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