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Also Known As Big Blue
Information Technology

International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York. It was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, a holding company formed from the merger of four smaller technology and measuring-systems manufacturers, and later took the IBM name as it became a central force in mainframe computing and, more recently, cloud and artificial intelligence services. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Technology company 1
Founded Year
1911 1
Headquarters
Armonk, New York, U.S. 1
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IBM operates one of the ten largest global consulting and business-process-outsourcing practices, spanning strategy consulting, technology and systems integration and operations.

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The relationships value-added resellers build with the makers of underlying products have shaped major corporate deals, such as IBM's acquisition of Informix Corporation.

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  • Lead and history section
    IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), a holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems.
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    International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM (nicknamed Big Blue), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York.
  • History section
    On June 16, 1911, their four companies were amalgamated in New York State by Charles Ranlett Flint forming a fifth company.
  • Operates In: Technology Industry, Infobox
  • Associated With: IBM Antitrust Case, 1960s-1980s section
  • Associated With: Business Process Outsourcing, Consulting section
    With 160,000 consultants globally as of 2024, IBM is one of the ten largest consulting companies in the world, with capabilities spanning strategy and management consulting, experience design, technology and systems integration, and operations.
  • Related Corporate Events: IBM Antitrust Case
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  • Associated With: IBM Sale of PC Business to Lenovo
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What was IBM originally called before it became IBM?

IBM was founded on June 16, 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, a holding company formed from the merger of four smaller technology and measuring-systems manufacturers. It later took the International Business Machines name as it became a central force in mainframe computing and, more recently, cloud and artificial intelligence services.
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