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3. It was originally founded as the tabulating machine company and listed on the New York stock exchange in 1916.

4. The company name was changed to International Business Machine – IBM in 1924.

5. It was created to support one of the earliest computers , the tabulating machine.Its headquarters are in Armonk, NYC

7. It offers infrastructure and hosting services and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnologyPurpose

9. punched card equipment

10. time clocks

11. typewriters

12. mainframe computers and modems

13. minicomputers

14. microprocessors

15. software

16. data storage units

17. embedded systems

18. and various other computer software products.1975 Products

20. Mark Loughridge – Vice President and Chief financial officer

22. It is the second most valuable and profitable global brand, after Coca-Cola.

23. There are almost 400,000 employees within the company, and it has offices and companies worldwide.

25. It has more employees than Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Cisco, Apple, Amazon and Google all put together.

26. The company has a very diverse group of employees

28. IBM's fourth quarter profits increased by 8.7% from $4.43bn to $4.81bn, the computer giant revealed today.

29. This suggests that corporate IT spending has yet to rebound from the recession, though IBM predicted that full year profits would be ahead of expectations.

31. some products can also be purchased In shops such as pc world

32. When IBM started by Thomas J. Watson, Sr., he decided that 99 percent of the visual contact a customer would have with his company, at least initially, would be represented by IBM salespeople.

33. Because IBM was selling high-tech equipment, Watson knew customers would have to have a high level of confidence in the credibility of the salesperson.

34. He therefore instituted a dress and grooming code that became an inflexible set of rules and regulations within IBM.

35. As a result, every salesperson was required to look like a professional in every respect. Every element of their clothing-including dark suits, dark ties, white shirts, conservative hairstyles, shined shoes, clean fingernails-and every other feature gave off the message of professionalism and competence.

37. Microsoft Corporation

38. Diversified Computer Systems

39. Accentureplc

40. Dell Inc.

41. Cisco Systems, Inc

42. Apple Inc.

43. Toshiba Corp.

44. NCR Corp

45. Xerox Corp.

46. Canon Inc

47. Fujitsu Ltd

48. Hitachi Ltd.

49. Acer Incorporated