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IBM's strategy for some years now can be more or less summarized as "offshoring". That's one reason the layoffs are only going a little at a time in waves, beca
by _delirium 11y ago
IBM's strategy for some years now can be more or less summarized as "offshoring". That's one reason the layoffs are only going a little at a time in waves, because you can't offshore the whole company in one fell swoop. Instead they're trying to do a ship-of-Theseus type thing where they piece-by-piece replace all the American staff with cheaper offshore staff, hoping they can pull it off while the ownership and business stays (mostly) in place.
- douche 11y agoThey are putting themselves right into complete irrelevancy while they are at it. IBM sales and services is a scourge - never have I seen such incompetence on such a wide scale. If you are an independent software vendor who gets roped into part of an IBM deal, the first thing you should do is get them out of the loop and make contact with the real technical staff at the customer. Beats the hell out of playing telephone.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoThe same anecdotal story can be said for any services company. IBM, though, usually delivers above and beyond which is why they're the go to firm for services and are usually called in to mop up messes made by competitors.