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When I talk to former IBMers (including a VP), it seems much of the outward “success” there is financial engineering, yet the business is crumbling in reality.
by nomoreplease 5y ago
When I talk to former IBMers (including a VP), it seems much of the outward “success” there is financial engineering, yet the business is crumbling in reality. Jim leaving amidst a chaotic, failed email migration that is impacting sales is not surprising
- djrogers 5y ago> leaving amidst a chaotic, failed email migration that is impacting sales is not surprising I'm not sure if you're trying to imply causation here, but vast sweeping changes like this rarely happen in a matter of days - it's far more likely that this has been in the works for a while, and the email mess is coincidental.
- nomoreplease 5y agoCoincidental yes. I was not implying causation.
- MattGaiser 5y agoIt speaks to the standard of work they do at IBM.
- sidcool 5y agoCan you shed some more light on email migration? What was it about and why did it fail?
- Bayart 5y agoPrevious threads : - IBM's 18-month company-wide email system migration has been a disaster: sources[1] - IBM email fiasco complicates sales deals, is worse than biz is letting on[2] [1]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27692965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27692965 [2]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27706128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27706128
- mathattack 5y agoThey long ago moved from the innovation business to the share buyback business. It’s crazy that a tech company struggles so much to innovate that the best use of their cash is either returning money to shareholders, or buying companies on their behalf.