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They still do lots of storage products like SAN Volume Controller, Storwize, FlashSystems and XIV. However they are currently focusing on cloud, for that they

They still do lots of storage products like SAN Volume Controller, Storwize, FlashSystems and XIV. However they are currently focusing on cloud, for that they have Softlayer and BlueMix. In terms of other products MQ is still pretty big, so its CICS and as you said Websphere (which I believe has a free offering?). They still have the Power business and the Z server offering. They have SPSS, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational. Then they also have GBS (Business services) and GTS (Technical services). Obviously they also have Watson. Some of the Watson services are available on BlueMix and they're pretty good. Currently I think Watson is branching out into all sorts of new areas. Health care is a big area of interest. They also have ETS (Emerging Technology) which does client stuff, research and the like. There is also a fairly big IOT department (But I don't know what happens there).

roymurdock 11y ago
To add: they recently announced an investment of $3bn over 4 years in the IoT division, which will probably be focused mostly on analytics & will somehow tie in with Watson & Bluemix, which are the strongest pieces in their portfolio at the moment. [1] They also broke out an additional "Education" unit within the IoT business unit, ostensibly to compete with PTC Thingworx, and Intel+Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc. in the student/teacher/maker market. [2] [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/how-ibms-3-billion-investment-will-drive-iot-growth-2015-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-ibms-3-billion-investment... [2] https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47660.wss https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47660.wss
- sanmon3186 11y ago
  To add further, IBM's biggest revenue source is not technology and software, but its IT/business services & consulting wing which is no different than most IT outsourcing companies in the world. Of course their products do influence some of the work done by these.
mrbill 11y ago
We tested out Storwize years ago before IBM bought them.. What a piece of garbage, in my experience. "Oh, it won't slow down access to the NetApp at all!"... riiiight. Had them sitting in front of the filers for two days before we yanked them out. Then it took them another TWO YEARS to send us boxes to return the systems despite repeated requests.

roymurdock 11y ago

To add: they recently announced an investment of $3bn over 4 years in the IoT division, which will probably be focused mostly on analytics & will somehow tie in with Watson & Bluemix, which are the strongest pieces in their portfolio at the moment. [1] They also broke out an additional "Education" unit within the IoT business unit, ostensibly to compete with PTC Thingworx, and Intel+Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc. in the student/teacher/maker market. [2] [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/how-ibms-3-billion-investment-will-drive-iot-growth-2015-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-ibms-3-billion-investment... [2] https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47660.wss https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47660.wss

sanmon3186 11y ago
To add further, IBM's biggest revenue source is not technology and software, but its IT/business services & consulting wing which is no different than most IT outsourcing companies in the world. Of course their products do influence some of the work done by these.

mrbill 11y ago

We tested out Storwize years ago before IBM bought them.. What a piece of garbage, in my experience. "Oh, it won't slow down access to the NetApp at all!"... riiiight. Had them sitting in front of the filers for two days before we yanked them out. Then it took them another TWO YEARS to send us boxes to return the systems despite repeated requests.