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Ginni is very unlikely to turn around the company. She is a livelong IBMer. Just like Sam Palmisano before her. And both have been undoing the good work that Lo
by vo1aQXJ3 12y ago
Ginni is very unlikely to turn around the company. She is a livelong IBMer. Just like Sam Palmisano before her. And both have been undoing the good work that Lou Gerstner did and continued the bad work he did.
IBM is a financial engineering company... now, if it could become a sales company again...
- mathattack 12y agoYou hit on it. IBM has a legacy of great financial engineering and sales. This isn't all that bad, if they admit that they're a value company rather than a growth company, the best thing to do is provide sales and service while returning money to shareholders. From the article: Ginni’s Rules 1. Don’t protect the past. 2. Never be defined by your product. 3. Always transform yourself. #2 seems to lock them in as a Finance, Sales and Services company.
- yuhong 12y agoYea, they should have done this from beginning instead of hiring Sam.