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After selling off its PC business in December 2004, IBM's portfolio today covers servers, storage, software and services.
Still into mainframes, Big Blue announced in October this year that it will spend US$100 million over the next five years to make its technology easier to administer and program.
Big Blue also continues to enhance its software and services to capture a bigger piece of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) market.
Recently, the tech giant went on an acquisition spree of software companies--valued at more than US$3.6 billion--fueled by the computing industry's shift to SOA.
According to Reuters, IBM posted a 47 percent rise in quarterly profit, with revenue rising to US$22.6 billion from US$21.5 billion in the third quarter of this year, exceeding Wall Street expectations.
This company is listed in Systems, Storage Management, Software Infrastructure, Business Applications, Security, Services.
| Fiscal year-end December | FY06 | FY05 | FY04 | FY03 | FY02 |
| Global full-year revenue (US$millions) |
— | 91,100.0 | 96,300.0 | 89,100.0 | 81,200.0 |
| Global full-year net income (US$millions) |
— | 8,000.0 | 7,500.0 | 6,600.0 | 4,200.0 |
| Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years | 4.14 % |
| Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years | 25.82 % |
| Percentage of revenue from Asia | — |
| Percentage of Asian revenues from channel | — |
| Founded | USA/1924 |
| First Asian office | Philippines/1937 |
| Global employees | 320,000 |
| Employees in Asia | 90,000 |
| Asian countries: Total 10 |
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Notes | * Data correct as at September 2006. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities. |
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