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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM (nicknamed Big Blue), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. IBM is the largest industrial research organization…

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Founded
June 16, 1911; 115 years ago (1911-06-16) (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company) Endicott, New York, U.S.
Founders
George Winthrop Fairchild · Charles Ranlett Flint · Herman Hollerith
Industry
Information technology
Headquarters
1 Orchard Road, Armonk, New York, United States
Area served
170 countries
Brands
Red Hat · Watson · Watsonx · SPSS · Cognos

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IBM

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Edges455
Triples374
Avg. degree2
Density0.004386
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IBM

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related to 1910s–1950s · 46
IBM → Alexander Dey, Asia, Australia, Binghamton, By, Canada, Charles Ranlett Flint, Collectively, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, CTR, CTR's, CTR's Canadian Division, Dayton, Detroit, During Watson's, Electric Tabulating Machine, Endicott, Europe, February, Flint
related to Research · 38
IBM → Africa, Almaden, Austin, Australia, Bangalore, Beijing, Brazil, California, China, Columbia University, Delhi, Dublin, Haifa, IBM Research, IBM's, In, India, Ireland, Israel, Janeiro
related to Headquarters and offices · 31
IBM → Armonk, Astor Place, Austin, California, Center, CHQ, Colossus, Gerstner, IBM Learning Center, IBM Watson, IBM's, ILC, In New York City, Its, Jr, Learning, Louis, Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, Minnesota
related to 2010s–present · 29
IBM → Also, Apple Inc, Box, Brad Rutter, Cisco, CSC, Davao City, Facebook, IBM-owned, In, Jeopardy, June, Ken Jennings, Kenexa, Lenovo, Macy's, Microsoft, Power ISA-based, Salesforce, Sesame Street
related to Brand and reputation · 25
IBM → American, As, Aside, Augusta National Golf Club, Australian Open, Big Blue, French Open, Helvetica, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, IBM Plex, In Japan, It, Japanese X-League, Master's, Masters, Masters Tournament, National Football League, Olympic Games, Open, Paul Rand
related to 1960s–1980s · 20
IBM → Also, American Airlines, Apollo, Armonk, Bicycle Built, Daisy Bell, Gemini, In, Mercury, NASA, New York, New York City, Registry, SABRE, Saturn, Saturn V's Instrument Unit, Selectric, The, Two, United States National Recording
related to Board and shareholders · 19
IBM → Anthem, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, CEOs, Cornell University, Dow Chemical, In, Initially, Johnson, March, May, Navy, Over, Royal Dutch Shell, The, UPS, Vanguard, Vanguard Group, Warren Buffett's
related to Workplace culture · 17
IBM → Always An IBMer, CEO Louis, Computerworld, During IBM's, Employees, Gerstner Jr, I'm Being Mentored, I'm By Myself, I've Been Moved, IBM's, IBMers, In, It's Better Manually, Once An IBMer, Similar IBM, The, United States
related to Cloud services · 16
IBM → Additionally, Amazon Web Services, AWS, AWS Marketplace, Cloud Data Encryption Services, For, IaaS, IBM Bluemix PaaS, IBM Cloud, IBM SoftLayer, IBM's, ICDES, In May, PaaS, SaaS, Strategic Collaboration Agreement
related to Artificial intelligence · 14
IBM → American, Brad Rutter, Center, CompStat, Department, For, IBM Cognos Analytics, IBM Watson, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York City Police, Several, Watson

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IBMArea served170 countries1.00infobox
IBMBrandsRed Hat1.00infobox
IBMBrandsWatson1.00infobox
IBMBrandsWatsonx1.00infobox
IBMBrandsSPSS1.00infobox
IBMBrandsCognos1.00infobox
IBMBrandsWebSphere1.00infobox
IBMBrandsTivoli1.00infobox
IBMBrandsILOG1.00infobox
IBMBrandsIBM Z1.00infobox
IBMBrandsHashiCorp1.00infobox
IBMBrandsFull list1.00infobox
IBMFormerlyComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company (1911–1924)1.00infobox
IBMFoundedJune 16, 1911; 115 years ago (1911-06-16) (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company) Endicott, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
IBMFoundersGeorge Winthrop Fairchild1.00infobox
IBMFoundersCharles Ranlett Flint1.00infobox
IBMFoundersHerman Hollerith1.00infobox
IBMHeadquarters1 Orchard Road, Armonk, New York, United States1.00infobox
IBMIndustryInformation technology1.00infobox
IBMISINISIN: US45920010141.00infobox
IBMKey peopleArvind Krishna (chairman & CEO)1.00infobox
IBMKey peopleGary Cohn (vice chairman)1.00infobox
IBMNet incomeUS$10.59 billion (2025)1.00infobox
IBMNumber of employees264,300 (2025)1.00infobox
IBMOperating incomeUS$10.99 billion (2025)1.00infobox
IBMPredecessorsBundy Manufacturing Company1.00infobox
IBMPredecessorsComputing Scale Company of America1.00infobox
IBMPredecessorsInternational Time Recording Company1.00infobox
IBMPredecessorsTabulating Machine Company1.00infobox
IBMPredecessorsComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company1.00infobox

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