IBM or International Business Machines Corporation is a multinational information technology company, which can be well categorized within the Computer and Laptop Brand. IBM is an international brand when it comes to computer technology and consulting. IBM has its headquarters based at the Armonk in the New York City of USA.
IBM has emerged as a global company mainly dealing in business like manufacturing and selling of computers, software, hardware, infrastructure services, hosting and consulting services. From mainframe to nanotechnology, IBM has set up its benchmark.
IBM is recognized as one of the largest computer company as per the 2006 rating. It is even known as one of the largest technology employer. IBM research laboratories are famous worldwide, and boasts of some of the talented and experienced engineers and consultants spread over 170 countries.
IBM stands out be the Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders in the world for its chip development. IBM employees are awarded with some of the prestigious awards and noble prizes. Three Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology and five National Medals of Science are some of the few that are worth mentioning.
It was Lenevo that introduced the PC division in IBM way back in May 1, 2005. Ricoh purchased the IBM printing systems on January 25, 2007 with a payment of $725 million. CMS Watch, a software evaluation company took over FileNet as IBM's core enterprise content management system. The present logo of the IBM is worth appreciating which Paul Rand designed.
The IBM logo is designed with horizontal stripes that changed the previous solid letter logo. These horizontal stripes in IBM denote “speed and dynamism”.
