IBM

IBM Global Business Services, expertise ranges across key business issues and deep into 17 industries in virtually every country and every culture worldwide. Their business experience is real. And so are the results they bring to clients. They have helped unlock value in areas such as HR, sales, marketing, finance, accounting, business strategy, supply chain, logistics and procurement. They have shown new ways to transform business, thinking - and bottom line.

Global reach. Broad industry expertise.

IBM Global Business Services spans the globe. Across a range of industries, IBM is a leader among business consulting firms with results that are recognized by both clients and third-party experts alike.

IBM has been formed over nearly 100 years of doing business in the field of information-handling. Nearly all of the company's products were designed and developed to record, process, communicate, store and retrieve information -- from its first scales, tabulators and clocks to today's powerful computers and vast global networks.

IBM helped pioneer information technology over the years and it stands today at the forefront of a worldwide industry that is revolutionizing the way in which enterprises, organizations and people operate and thrive.

The pace of change in that industry, of course, is accelerating, and its scope and impact are widening. In these pages, you can trace that change from the earliest antecedents of IBM, to the most recent developments. You can scan the entire IBM continuum from the 19th century to the 21st or pinpoint -- year-by year or decade-by-decade -- the key events that have led to the IBM of today. We hope that you enjoy this unique look back at the highly textured history of the International Business Machines Corporation.