"Ginni Rometty" Posts

IBM Turnaround Strategy: Revenues Grow Slightly

IBM Q1 2021 quarterly financial results: Is IBM CEO Arvind Krishna’s turnaround strategy (leveraging Red Hat hybrid cloud software) taking hold?

IBM Spinning Off Massive MSP Managed Infrastructure Services Unit

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IBM MSP spin-off: Managed Infrastructure Services unit to be separate company for hosting, network services, IT management & multi-cloud migrations.

IBM Layoffs 2019: Amid Job Cuts, Staffing Transparency Improves

IBM will lay off 1,700 employees as part of targeted staff cuts at the technology giant. The bigger news: IBM seems to provide context for staffing levels.

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5 Channel Partner Updates: Monday 26 November 2018

Today’s channel partner news involves A10 Networks, Datto Autotask PSA, IBM Watson, IT Glue, LivePerson, Logitech, ParkMyCloud, Passportal, Plantronics, vCore Technology Partners and more.

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5 Channel Partner Updates: Monday 21 May 2018

Today’s channel partner news involves Apache Kafka, datacenter people, Dell-VMware merger, Digital Realty, Fishtech Group, IBM, Instaclustr, Pax8, Symantec, The 2112 Group, Velogy, ZertoCon and more.

IBM Think, PartnerWorld 2018 Live Blog: Cloud, Security and Cognitive Computing Updates

IBM Think and PartnerWorld 2018 keynote recaps and interviews pinpointing partner incentives plus cloud, security, cognitive computing and Watson moves.

IBM CEO: Our Reinvention Phase is “Largely Complete”

“IBM now possesses capabilities that are unmatched in our industry to address our clients’ most pressing needs,” CEO Ginni Rometty asserts ahead of the IBM Think 2018 conference. But is she right — and where do partners fit in?

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5 Channel Partner Updates: 24 April 2017

Updates: Avaya, Cisco Systems, ConnectWise IT Nation Europe, HP Inc., Lenovo Accelerate Partner Summit, LinkSys, NetSuite, Riverbed, VMware & more.

Coffee Tuesday

5 Channel Partner Updates: December 21, 2016

Updates: Alstom, Amazon Echo sales, BlackBerry profits, ChannelEyes, Eero, Forsythe Hosting Solutions, Nomad Digital, Service Leadership Inc. & TierPoint.

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IBM Layoffs vs U.S. Hires: Positive Rometty Spin Before Trump Meeting?

Following IBM layoffs in 2016, CEO Ginni Rometty says IBM will hire 25,000 employees in the U.S. over the next four years. Is she preempting Donald Trump?