>They buy up office space in every major city, and then, rather than permanently stationing any teams there, essentially make all such spaces into private-acces

>They buy up office space in every major city, and then, rather than permanently stationing any teams there, essentially make all such spaces into private-access coworking spaces. Well, this makes sense, since IBM is effectively a consulting firm now. This is how all consulting firms operate -- there are tons of these all over the place in DC.