Book Report Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (Author) Lou Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ served as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until March 2002‚ when he retired as CEO. He remained chairman of the board through the end of 2002. Before joining IBM‚ Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. This was preceded by an eleven-year career at the American Express Company‚ where he was president of the
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Ethical Company Paper IBM (International Business Machines) is the world’s largest information technology Company in terms of revenue and by most other measures‚ a position it has held for about the past 50 years. IBM manufactures and sells computer‚ hardware and software‚ and it offers infrastructure‚ hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM derives revenue from a range of consulting and outsourcing services. With the advent of the
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IBM presentation 1. LOGOIBMIBMFrom ComputerDesignFrom ComputerDesignto IT Solutions & Customizationto IT Solutions & Customization 2. IntroductionIntroductionIBM is one of the most successful companies inthe world and the 2ndmost expensive brandbehind Coke. Leadership and culture have beena constant for IBM and the reason for theircontinued success. They have continuouslysought out innovation and have been a marketleader in several areas of technology. They haveshown an incredible resilience
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the Cultural Revolution had prevented any university graduates for a period of 10 years in China. Amongst the new recruits was Yang Yuanqing‚ who would be running Lenovo’s PC business before he was 30‚ and later become Chairman of the new Lenovo–IBM venture at the age
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Tip or Technique Multiple Aligned Column Headers in Lists and Crosstabs Product(s): IBM Cognos 8 Area of Interest: Report Design Multiple Aligned Column Headers in Lists and Crosstabs 2 Copyright Copyright © 2008 Cognos ULC (formerly Cognos Incorporated). Cognos ULC is an IBM Company. While every attempt has been made to ensure that the information in this document is accurate and complete‚ some typographical errors or technical inaccuracies may exist. Cognos does not accept
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important to have the adequate security protection in place to prevent this information from being compromised. The following summary will discuss how IBM prevents security breaches by using technology to reduce the rampant crime committed against them. IBM’s Security Measures The International Business Machines (IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation that manufactures and markets computer hardware and software‚ and offers infrastructure
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Case Study: Transforming Production Sourcing at PBG December 2009 IBM Case Study: Transforming Production Sourcing at Pepsi Bottling Group David Simchi-Levi‚ ILOG Chief Scientist‚ Application and Integration Middleware Software‚ IBM Software Group Tim Russell‚ Sr. Operations Manager ‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Brad Charles‚ Dir. Supply Chain Strategy‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Tom McLoughlin‚ VP WW Planning‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Paul Hamilton‚ Sr. VP of Supply Chain‚ Pepsi Bottling Group
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Milestones in Computer History: 2001 Timeline from a poster © 2000 Course Technology scsite.com/dc2001/ ch1/timeline1.htm Discovering Computers 2008: Timeline 2008 from a poster Course Technology for the book Discovering Computers 2008 by Shelly‚ Cashman‚ Vermeat 1937 Dr. John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry designed and build the first electronic digital computer. Their machine‚ the Atanasoff-Berry-Computer‚ or ABC‚ provides the foundation for advances in electronic digital computers
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reinvention of IBM. Contents Foreword Introduction PART I-GRABBING HOLD 1 The Courtship 2 The Announcement 3 Drinking from a Fire Hose 4 Out to the Field 5 Operation Bear Hug 6 Stop the Bleeding (and Hold the Vision) 7 Creating the Leadership Team 8 Creating a Global Enterprise 9 Reviving the Brand 10 Resetting the Corporate Compensation Philosophy 11 Back on the Beach vii 1 7 9 18 29 41 49 56 73 83 88 93 103 PART II-STRATEGY 12 A Brief History of IBM 13 Making the
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a job at IBM (International Business Machines)‚ a company he became associated with during his career after college. As an engineer with his colleague Dennis Moeller‚ Dean developed the new Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA) systems bus. This new system allowed peripheral devices like disk drives‚ printers and monitors to be plugged directly into computers. The outcome of this system was more helpful and had better assimilation. Dean’s accomplishments continued. His research at IBM helped change
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