Rumor mill says IBM wants a separate Sales and service force for their fortune 250 customers. Everyone else will be spun off (according to the rumor).
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I miss the old days. We made the best products and provided the best service. A simple formula for success that worked for 80 years.
The sweetness of cheap price will soon be offset by the bitterness of poor quality. Sub in 15 dollar an hour collars workers. What could go wrong. Customers are demanding cheap price. Quality be damned HEY how about having a collar board. I’m sure Ginni would love that. Drinks all around
When has this EVER worked with such large mission-critical installed base?
2ojn. There is old IBM (think Manufacturing, legacy HW besides Z, and non-strategic services). If you work in these divisions, you most likely will be sold off, or spun off. Then there is new IBM (think strategic initiatives,cloud, as a service,and some consulting. In addition there will be legacy Z and the patent, and IP stack). IBM loves annuities, and patents / IP fit into that nicely. It’s IBM harvesting their legacy investment from years ago. NET NET IBM will split the company appro 1/3, 2/3’s. That’s almost exactly what IBM India and the rest of IBM delivers (1/3 2/3). IBM will keep some of the strategic portions of IBM India, but then some of the legacy on shore portions of 1st world services will be jettisoned . What IBM does with the revenue for selling, or spinning off of old IBM will show where IBM is focused (at least what their vision of the future is). I still believe LINUX is in IBM’s strategic future, and they will buy their way in
I thought IBM was a "consulting and services" company. They definitely aren't a computer manufacturing or software company any more. If they sell off services what is left?
IBM is getioset to sell off services.
What does this mean? Does this have anything to do with the 300+ service techs that were moved out?