@Ariella, that is an amazing "ad", thank you for sharing! I loved how they even poked fun of some of their missteps, such as OS/2 and PCjr.
And really, it's rather astonishing that IBM has even managed to survive all these year, given how much the market, the industry, and the technology has changed.
Yes, Bolaji, you are correct that IBM shouldn't celebrate too much because there is much work to be done and many challenges yet to overcome... but I still think IBM does deserve to be recognized for all their accomplishments and longevity. I do think it's very impressive that my father used IBM mainframes in the 60's and 50 years later if I walked into his place of employment, I would very likely still see some AS/400's or a bunch of Blades.
And I do think IBM is on the right track. I think selling off the PC stuff to Lenovo, in hindsight, was a very smart move.
What's next? How about a "second life?" IBM corporate was piloting a project in which it was using this virtual world piece of technology to link employees together anywhere around the world. Frontline had a great segment on it (you may need to scroll into Chapter 7).
Happy 100th birthday to IBM, it’s achieved a great deal and deserves to be called in my view the "grandpa" in high tech and innovation.
Bolaji, I agree with your assertion that, “of greater interest to the technology world is the role the company has played in the industry's growth. This is well stated.
For IBM's achievements to be further celebrated in years to come, you're correct in saying that it needs to step up and deliver (not that it’s doing too badly)
IBM no doubt has been a major technology innovator and they continued to wow everyone with Watson’s performance on the game show Jeopardy.IBM several years ago and made some gutsy business moves to lower their footprint in the hardware space and focus on the higher margin software and services space, which I believe has been pretty successful.
Happy Birthday IBM. I wonder where we would be without IBM, because some of the extraordinary innovations that came out of the company totally changed our lives.
Congratulations to IBM for successful 100 years, IBM has accomplished so much in the last century. It is not easy to keep brand alive for a century of period. I wish very all the best for IBM, here is a very good video about IBM have a look
Happy belated birthday IBM, as it was on 16th June. With such rich history and technological record, i am sure that IBM will keep on contributing in the coming years and decades and centuries. Rightly said by Samuel Palmisano, if a company wants to move forward then it should not be emotionally tied to the past. Hopefully the smarter planet vision of IBM become the first such incentive.
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