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IBM Says its Future is in Services, Not Goods

Posted by Zonk on from the shift-the-para-digum dept.

TFGeditor writes "An article at Technology Review quotes IBM exec Paul Horn saying that the company's business model is shifting from goods and products to software and services. From the article: 'Horn's challenge, then, has been to take a $6 billion research organization dedicated to work that advances technology products and get it to do work that benefits service businesses. IBM is thus in the process of answering an important question for all technology companies: can corporations perform useful research in the services arena?'"

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  1. Moving to software? AIX? by pjbass · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hope this is a shift for the good. Speaking as a frustrated AIX admin, I'd love to see IBM shift their focus to quality and hardening of their software base. Our shop abuses any OS you give us, so we knock all the corner cases out, and I'll tell you, AIX has more than I'd like to admit.

  2. Re:Everything Real and Tangible will be in Asia by alexborges · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And I would much rather live in a country full of doctors and biologists and engineers than a country of assembly line workers and farmers. The aforementioned jobs all translate to a higher quality of life.

    Mhm.... doctors, biologists and engineers...oh, you mean intelligent people?

    America cant be that...Im sorry, the US population proved their incredible naivite and plain low IQ level when they chose GWB as their president... TWICE...

    For christ's sake... TWICE!

    I mean... i think it says it all really...

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