Ut-Oh. This just in, folks. IBM has canceled the World of Watson conference that was slated for this October. Not exactly a good thing. They say they'll fold all of their conferences together in March 2018, since nobody really goes to them anymore... — read more 

They keep hiring Indians with 457 visas here in Australia, they underpay them. Meanwhile, Australian citizens are being RA'ed...

Mark Witte is the only one who challenged Ginny during the shareholders meeting... The only sign of discontent from shareholders came during the question-and-answer period. Tampa shareholder Mark Witte asked what IBM was doing to monetize... — read more 

"CEO Ginni Rometty led the meeting, delivering an update on IBM's plans and financial performance. She reaffirmed the company's push toward software instead of hardware as its way forward." Methinks some H/W divestitures will be occurring very soon... — read more 

IBM has just seen 20 quarters of falling revenue. The market has been somewhat understanding as the company goes through the transition. Many lost patience on April 18th when the Q1 earnings failed to stop the decline, and the next day the stock... — read more 

Shouldn't IBM be using their own technology first ? With revenue going down unable to renew contracts http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-ibm-wants-to-use-watson-to-better-help-businesses-predict-customer-behavior/ IBM's cognitive processor... — read more 

Fire all the older workers and hire a bunch of young'uns. It saves a lot of money right? No, because it costs a lot more in lost skills, knowledge, culture, and work ethic. Leadership is thrashing and grasping at straws. Now they're populating Armonk... — read more 

Hi, I'm an outsider looking to get in, and have been following IBM's contributions to the open source Hyperledger Fabric project. Anyone have any insight/opinions on it, and/or the teams working on it? It looks like there's a lot of cool activity in... — read more 

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2017-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx 4 - IBM

Damn, so close. . . "Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM, which sells computer services, hardware and software, said 47 percent of votes cast were in favor of the options-expensing proposal, narrowly defeating the plan."... — read more 

"The $202.1 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System, West Sacramento; C$175.6 billion ($131.7 billion) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Toronto; Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto; $133.2 billion Texas Teacher Retirement... — read more 

As long as this gets voted down today, then Ginni's days are definitely numbered. She's already the sixth highest paid CEO!??! Tragic. http://finance.yahoo.com/video/ibm-ceo-ginni-romettys-33-222627076.html

Check this out: As I progressed through life and my 30 years at IBM, my job interests changed. IBM has so many career opportunities and remains so current, that I was able to move from engineering to project management to consulting to sales and to... — read more 

IBM was once a great company of which to be apart. When I grew up and was in 1st grade we all stood up and spoke about where our father's worked. Ninety-five percent of my class said their father's worked for IBM... I said mine was a real estate... — read more 

IBM Watson and Watson Health are at least 75% behind on revenue. There will definitely be more layoffs. This company is going downhill than anyone realizes. I am part of the GBS services group and most people are trying to be as utilized as they can... — read more 

Finally got RA'ed, still the usual bull "co-location" and I was declared redundant because of "Cloud and Cognitive" funny thing though both blew up on AU census and now MD Anderson. I already saw it coming when all of my predecessors, peers and... — read more 

The only software that is making money at IBM is the old on-premise stuff like WAS, MQ, IIB, CICS and the likes... The Cloud is a disaster because IBM just does not know how to do it. The Cloud leaders, Microsoft, AWS, Google and the likes spend 10... — read more 

I mean, it's 20 Qs of drops, right?

I'd really like to know where in my salary band I fall, but the higher up you move, the more "taboo" it seems to talk salary. HR publishes the various job roles which along with your band level dictates your salary range. They also publish the rough... — read more 

"Red Flag The company, which awarded Rometty 1.5 million stock options on a one-time basis in January 2016, valued the grant at $12.1 million. That came on top of her normal compensation, consisting of about $21 million in salary, bonus and shares... — read more 

ONE THIRD! Just shy of one-third of IBM's global workforce is now based in India and Bangladesh, a leaked internal blog has indicated. (Source: El Reg - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/one_third_ibm_staff_in_india_bangladesh/ ) World+dog was... — read more 

Have fun reading this - it'll cure cancer as well: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/meet-the-ibm-watson-powered-robot-that-could-make-your-next-smartphone/

http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2017/04/19/why-analysts-are-cutting-their-targets-on-ibm/ International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported first-quarter earnings results after markets closed on Tuesday. Overall this was a very weak... — read more 

http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2017/04/22/ibm-shares-wont-stop-falling/ International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) did not get a bounce in share price that day after its stock plunged due to poor earnings. The stock fell again the second... — read more 

An email was sent at the end of this past week saying that a reorg/shakeup is coming next week or 'soon' in cloud sales, and I would assume that means cutbacks and consolidation, probably also at the management level as well as in the teams. Then... — read more 

Read. The. WHOLE. Article. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2017/04/21/why-you-do-not-want-to-own-ibm-growth-stalls-are-deadly/#11af963671bf . . . The stock is still up from January, 2016 lows of $125, and you might think this pullback is a... — read more 

Get ready for this one. Just months ago Ginni presented at the conference trying to push the Watson, AI, Cloud and Cognitive story to the people at the conference. Next week IBM to announce World of Watson conference will NOT be taking place in... — read more 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-18/ibm-tumbles-after-posting-lowest-revenue-15-years-20th-consecutive-quarter-declining

"As the Motley Fool noted, the miss and resulting tumble erased nearly $9 billion from IBM’s market capitalization and brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average down by 64 points. . . . So gross margins are putting pressure on a business that needs to... — read more 

This needs to happen ASAP if IBM wants to survive. Hardware is bleeding money left and right, it's time to go (it's overdue though)...

IBM is a true albatross around the neck of the Dow. How long until they boot Big Bleu out of it? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-primed-to-edge-higher-as-earnings-stay-center-stage-2017-04-19 "IBM has an outsize impact because the Dow is... — read more 

Pulling no punches! It's time to put Ginni out to pasture. And maybe even get some activist investors involved to leverage a hostile takeover. http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2017/04/19/as-watson-falters-ibm-needs-to-replace-ceo-rometty/... — read more 

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14092391/1/own-ibm-shares-dump-them-in-the-trash-and-light-it-ablaze.html Any granny or pop-pop sitting at home trying to decipher what IBM (IBM) said on its earnings call Tuesday evening would have a hard time -- most... — read more 

The company needs to get back to basics. Thomas Watson Jr. held IBM’s three basic beliefs; 1- Respect for the individual 2- superlative customer service 3- the pursuit of excellence in all tasks

Revenue down AGAIN. 5 years straight. Free cash flow less than half of a year ago. 14% reduction in S,G,&A (people), $1.3 Billion in stock buybacks, AND STILL Earnings Per Share down 11%. Constant layoffs including this latest "Co-location" joke... — read more 

After this 1Q17 results announcement, it's well worth re-familiarizing one's self with Cringely's #6 Prediction, which he proclaimed in 1/2017: http://www.cringely.com/2017/01/09/15395/ "Prediction #6 — Come-to-Jesus time for IBM. The most important... — read more 

Amusing quotes for sure! http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/18/ibm-cfo-says-hes-confident-that-ibm-will-grow-again.html "'The portfolio will grow. I am confident that the IBM company will grow again,' Schroeter said. 'We're taking time to make sure we... — read more 

https://www.ibm.com/investor/att/pdf/IBM-1Q17-Earnings-Charts.pdf Lots of figures in parentheses. . .

Read the article, but also be sure to watch the ~4min. video on the right-side --> lots of discussion about previous, current, & potential (certain. . .) future headcount reduction... — read more 

HA! HA! HA! Right. . ., sure they would. Ginni will do anything to placate Trump & keep her position on his advisory board, as she needs to make sure she's got something to do after she retires soon... — read more