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 

CIMON’s now back in his box, powered down. So this is how robots get RA'd!... — read more 

I can understand the need to find a new direction for the company, keeping in mind the lack of direction and innovation that IBM faced during the years, and hybrid cloud is, most certainly, a market of the future, so I don’t generally consider this... — read more 

https://dilbert.com/

Surely this must be satire: 10 International Business Machines https://www.drucker.institute/2018-drucker-institute-company-ranking/

https://investorplace.com/2018/11/ibm-stock-is-dead-money/ Ginni Rometty’s bold move requires someone else as CEO to move IBM stock higher Ok, all you IBM (NYSE:IBM) fans, before you send me a nasty email telling me all the reasons why I’m wrong... — read more 

If we are to closely examine where this comes from, above the simplistic idea of “they are a mammoth who can pay for it if it all goes belly up” it’s a fascinating lesson in branding as IBM was known for only taking on a project if they firmly... — read more 

This should help accelerate the RA's -- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/amazon-outpost-brings-cloud-technology-to-traditional-data-centers.html

It’s like one fiasco wasn’t enough. This article states that IBM i set to use uts AI tools into the sector of human resources, with the goal of making better and easier decisions in talent recruiting and in general HR operations. Think that this... — read more