IBM

  

          International Business Machines, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. Ginni Rometty is the president, chairman and CEO of IBM.IBM has been well known through most of its recent history as one of the world's largest computer companies and systems integrators. With over 433,362  employees worldwide, IBM is one of the largest and most profitable information technology employers in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other U.S. based technology company and has eleven research laboratories worldwide. The company has scientists, engineers, consultants, and sales professionals in over 170 countries. IBM employees have earned five Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science.

MIS in IBM

How IBM has benefited from the generous use of this technology ?

      IBM have more than 350,000 users around the world. With PROFS (their profesional office system), users can write and send notes, prepare documents, manage calendars, schedule meetings, look through directories and find out information about the company.
      To IBMers, PROFS has become a necessity in their jobs, if they had to choose between having PROFS and having telephone, many would like to prefer PROFS. As matter of fact, in the United States we make 400,00 phone calls a day at IBM.
     
What has PROFS done for company ?

       IT has provided us way to communicate with virtually anyone in IBM. It has made the IBM world smaller and more manageable. Second, it has imoroved the productivity of our people. Under that umbrella, they have the original MIS functions like accounting and payroll. With the explosion of the personal computer, MIS departments have focused on end-user application for the individual.