I worked there for a number of years and I can say with certainty that what you're saying exists within the company. However, this is, like any sufficiently siz

I worked there for a number of years and I can say with certainty that what you're saying exists within the company. However, this is, like any sufficiently sized company, down to the culture of the given group you're working for. One thing that IBM is very good at IME is pushing out employees from acquisitions that represent the "old guard" as it were. The main thing it has going for it these days is inertia with banks and governments and the research arm.