In the mid 90's IBM and Sears sold their interests to this group for $200 million. It was estimated that IBM and Sears had invested more than $1 billion in the service since its founding. It's a shame someone at Prodigy did not have the foresight... — read more 

It starts with a trickle. . . https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-amex-boss-chenault-leaving-ibm-p-g-boards-11545953913 Kenneth Chenault, the former chairman and chief executive of American Express Co. AXP 0.90% , is stepping down next year from his... — read more 

https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/ibm-age-discrimination-52401/ "However, a spokesman for IBM claims that the layoffs over the years have nothing to do with age, but rather an attempt to acquire an updated skill set, which is not... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9l4tovIWk

And it begins! https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2018/12/18/shareholder-files-suit-over-ibm-red-hat-deal.html Nearly two months after IBM announced plans to buy Raleigh-based Red Hat, at least one shareholder complaint over the deal has been... — read more 

We wanted to Ginni to do better. Such promise in 2012 - along with hope for some real humanity in the nasty world of IBM senior management. The reality has been so different. Twenty two consecutive quarters of declining top-line revenue. $106 billion... — read more 

It’s all about the cash flow!!! Wall Street has voted thumbs down on Ginni’s public plan so far. That doesn't Mean they don't Think it will succeed, BUT they think Ginni and the current management team will not pull it off. Wall Street is putting... — read more 

Merry Christmas! https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibms-debt-and-deal-make-stock-a-big-loser-again-51545652800 Big Blue’s shareholders are getting used to seeing red. International Business Machine (IBM) stock has posted the third biggest decline in... — read more 

I swear that not one month goes by that I don’t run into an article on the new implementation of IBM’s AI. This time it covers the announced implementation in marketing. I generally don't have anything against the implementation of AI in various... — read more 

An employee with the wisdom of a 50 year old, the experience of a 40 year old, the drive of a 30 year old, and the pay scale of a 20 year old. It's painful accurate this is. Companies like IBM would really like to have all of that in one person but... — read more 

The following practices constitute age discrimination 1) Requiring workers to retire once they reach a certain age 2) Treating older workers worse than younger workers, by, for example, targeting them for layoff or discipline 3) Giving younger... — read more 

Something to sing around our log fires this Christmas as we look forward to the BIG layoffs in 2019! Away in a condo on a six foot wide bed A deluded old Ginni lay down her sweet head The stock price was falling, many clients were fu**ked, But she... — read more 

We should be seeing the C-Suite folks buying a lot more shares soon. . . https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ibm

$1.5 is a lot of money!!! https://www.realstorygroup.com/Blog/3304-IBMs-Selloff-to-HCL-4-Takeaways

Someone's definitely getting RA'd over this. . . https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-hpe-ibm-exclusive/exclusive-china-hacked-hpe-ibm-and-then-attacked-clients-sources-idUSKCN1OJ2OY

So we're getting deeper into bed with Samsung. . . https://seekingalpha.com/news/3418535-ibm-taps-samsung-7nm-processes

I believe it is over as far as IBM and “legacy” services. IBM learned a very valuable lesson when they sold off System X. OVER SUBSCRIBE to the heads you are shifting. IBM will stuff that transaction as full as they can, and negotiate with Bain (or... — read more 

Way to go, IBM! https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/19/ibm_v_co_op_insurance_130m_it_revamp_lawsuit/ IBM has blamed ex-customer Co-Op Insurance for the crash of a £55m project centring on Agile software development, but admitted the systems it... — read more 

RedHat sales fell short of expectations wich can be seen in its latest earnings report. Even though there is no room to panic, as the sales are far from generally bad numbers, I see that some analysts and even IBM’ers are worried about this decline... — read more 

The rumors about Services being sold are as old as the PWC acquisition itself. At the time we all thought it was a “flip” but 20 years on we still have them. Since the downward spiral began, we hear the rumors of a sale every year. Because of the... — read more 

Modified from "Deck the Halls" Clear the halls with wads of RAs, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to boost our net worth, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Don we now our market fa’-cade, Fa la la, la la la, la la la. Troll the public to spin... — read more 

The real question is how IBM is going to finance the $34 Billion acquisition of Red Hat? IBM is getting $1.8 Billion from the software just sold to HCL. IBM has around $13 Billion of cash on hand, but they will probably use/spend only a fraction of... — read more 

It is the worst an most unuseable tool chain I have seen in 20 years. Please stop this nonsense! Maybe IBM should not have outsourced development to the cheapest ODCs on the planet!

Have heard several groups that have “all hands” scheduled for tomorrow, including the group I work in. Services. Anyone heard about this? Is it a reorganization or are we getting the ax?

I hope things will go good for a year

Any upcoming layoffs in the Digital Business group?

And this predictably was squashed. Money, time, and resources well spent! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/12/gao-axes-ibms-bid-protest-teeing-up-court-battle-over-pentagons-billion-cloud-effort/

The spin machine is fully deployed. . . https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2018/12/11/ibm-exec-why-buying-red-hat-is-better-than.html

Totally expected tactics from Big Bleu. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/11/ibm_blocking_discovery_age_discrim_evidence_says_sacked_salesman/

I'm considering leaving IBM, but I'll stick it out if there is a chance I can leave with severance. Has there been any indication of more layoffs in Research?

http://www.wanderings.net/notebook/Main/DilbertAndIBM

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/12/10/is-this-the-end-of-blockchain/ Can Ginni and our fearless leaders make any good bets these days? First it was hybrid cloud, then Watson, then pure cloud, then blockchain, then hybrid cloud again.

Speakers: Ginni, Ivanka Trump, and Doug McMillon [39 minute video] https://youtu.be/_bvcTLqgnr8 More panels videos here -- https://www.businessroundtable.org/innovationsummit

I suspect the sell off of HW will encompass HW and OS’s. IBM will mine everything else SW wise since that feeds the “cloud” services model. Everything that can move to “as a service” will do so, and IBM will keep it. If you look at Power vs Z, you... — read more 

Just sell everything G - keep the money flow, pump up the bonus pool... What a great way to destroy everything.... Sell, sell, sell.... https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/07/ibm-selling-lotus-notes-domino-business-to-hcl-for-1-8b/

Here’s another classic example how IBM historically mismanages software from the Companies they’ve acquired. HCL just purchased eight (8) IBM software solutions for $1.8 Billion. This price tag is slightly more than HALF of what IBM ORIGINALLY PAID …... — read more 

Ginni Rometty on IBM: And you look at is it always about growth as we've looked at our business. We both transitioned mission critical work past to future and to the cloud. And so really our role is about being a high value company but doing things... — read more 

Apparently too busy receiving these sorts of honors to be bothered with running an I/T company. . . https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/12/06/ibm-s-ginni-rometty-honored-ad-council-dinner

And the divestitures have begun! I'm sure HCL isn't taking all the headcount though, just the products themselves... — read more