World-class IT leader International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) develops and manufactures information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices, and microelectronics worldwide.

IBM’s Global Technology Services segment offers IT infrastructure and business process services, such as strategic outsourcing, business transformation outsourcing, integrated technology, and maintenance.

The company’s Global Business Services segment provides professional services and application outsourcing services, including consulting and systems integration and application management. Its Systems and Technology segment offers computing and storage solutions, including servers, disk and tape storage systems and software, semiconductor technology and products, packaging solutions, engineering and technology services, and retail store solutions.

IBM’s software segment primarily offers middleware and operating systems software comprising information management software for database, content management, and information integration; Lotus software for collaboration, messaging, and social networking; Tivoli software for infrastructure management, including security and storage management; Websphere software for Web-enabled applications; and Rational Software, a process automation tool.

IBM Rational software helps organizations automate, integrate, and govern the core business process of software and systems delivery via the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform. Functionality includes:

• Architecture management: model, design, and rapidly build resilient architectures for SOAs, systems, and applications.
• Change and release management: improve software delivery and lifecycle traceability, from requirements through deployment.
• Integrated requirements management: define and manage requirements, and provide traceability and alignment with business processes.
• Process and portfolio management: align business goals, best practices, and projects for improved productivity and predictability.
• Quality management: ensure software functionality, reliability, and performance throughout development and production.
• Targeted solutions: solve lifecycle management and governance challenges for industries, SOA, systems and more.

IBM serves banking, insurance, education, government, healthcare, life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical and petroleum, electronics, distribution, and communication markets. The company was founded in 1910 as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. IBM is based in Armonk, New York.

IBM Key Strengths

• IBM’s business model is based on innovation — the invention and commercialization of technology, combined with deep insight into the performance and processes of business and industries — with the goals of helping its clients transform their enterprises for competitive advantage and providing long-term value to its shareholders.
• The company’s ALM solution, IBM Rational, provides a full range of offerings to meet the needs of small and mid-size business. Rational ensures software and system delivery success through practical, reliable, and extensible components.
• Rational provides flexible time saving technologies designed for day-one productivity, high-fidelity results, and costs savings.
• Rational allows users to achieve consistent delivery of assets to meet and exceed business commitments. Whether working as an individual contributor or as a member of team, Rational’s offerings match a customer’s environmental preferences with powerful technologies optimized for competitive success.
• To support a customer’s need for quick investment returns, Rational’s reliable and extensible solutions are designed to bolster productivity and deliver consistent, high-quality results and cost savings from day one.
• Plus, IBM Application Services can supplement an organization’s staff, co-manage applications or even manage its entire set of applications. IBM’s breadth and depth of experience addresses virtually every type of application, from legacy mainframe systems to Web-based and custom applications, plus off-the-shelf packaged solutions from leading vendors such as PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel Systems.
• In addition, the IBM global testing organization provides access to cutting-edge test centers that offer a full range of software testing solutions and services to help maintain stability, reduce cost, and increase productivity.