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International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York. It was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, a holding company formed from the merger of four smaller technology and measuring-systems manufacturers, and later took the IBM name as it became a central force in mainframe computing and, more recently, cloud and artificial intelligence services.
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IBM operates one of the ten largest global consulting and business-process-outsourcing practices, spanning strategy consulting, technology and systems integration and operations.
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IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), a holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems.
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International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM (nicknamed Big Blue), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York.
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On June 16, 1911, their four companies were amalgamated in New York State by Charles Ranlett Flint forming a fifth company.
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With 160,000 consultants globally as of 2024, IBM is one of the ten largest consulting companies in the world, with capabilities spanning strategy and management consulting, experience design, technology and systems integration, and operations.
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