Am I the only one who thinks that this recent surge in posts that refer to ibm press releases rather than talking about layoffs are by the ibm PR team? I mean, who comes on this board to post misleading puff pieces in what IBM is doing?

800 more acquired heads soon to be RA'd. https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/06/ey_to_outsource_internal_compute_to_ibm/

Hadn't heard this doozy of a story. And don't worry, I'll correct the headline: "How Opel p-ss-d-Away DOS and the PC Market, Driving IBM to Ruin". https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/how-bill-gates-mother-influenced-the-success-of-microsoft.html — read more 

This ongoing initiative bears watching, with regards to IBM's long-range decisions on working-from-home, scaling-back of offices and buildings, how working-from-home will affect performance reviews, monitoring employees remotely, etc. Also, 40-45%... — read more 

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/08/remembering-frances-allen/

Feisty IBM (yes, “Feisty IBM!”): its cloud business grew 30% to $6.3 billion

7 minute video. At around the 3:48 mark he notes how well MS has recovered with their new CEO but no such comments regarding how well Ginni did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jX8iJqtB7c

So IBM abandons the WeWork space at the end of May (@OP+15fbjmK4) and now they're looking to purchase a building outright or sign a presumably long-term lease on one? Guess now's the time when commercial real estate prices are low, but this is still... — read more 

This may or may not happen, but I don’t believe it’s good news for Power if it does happen https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/technology/6-thoughts-on-nvidia-s-reported-interest-in-buying-arm-15388218

When is IBM Cloud going to start winning some meaningful Cloud contracts? They advertise that they are the most secure cloud in the business. Google Cloud Wins Multimillion-Dollar Pentagon Cybersecurity Contract (see link below) The... — read more 

"IBM has cut salaries and commissions for staff, even for recently-joined Red Hat staff." facebook.com/watchingBigBlue/posts/3180758555353510

This amusing story is quite illustrative of the problems that IBM has as a huge, bureaucratic company. * * * * "I suspect this note had its origins in Westchester" * * * * * IBM and Microsoft decided to have a competitive boat race (cloud... — read more 

August is going to be a slaughter. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bye-boomer-the-coming-cull-of-workers-over-50-2020-07-29 Uh-oh. Those of us who remember when ’80s music was new had better start bracing ourselves for those big-box-store... — read more 

From time to time, it's good to remind folks about this... Just an FYI, here is what EEOC lists for Age Discrimination The following practices constitute age discrimination 1) Requiring workers to retire once they reach a certain age 2)... — read more 

Management least interested in solving problems but most happy to pass the buck to someone else. Let the poor guy work himself to his grave and when something fails just put it on the poor guy saying he couldn’t survive. But management won’t take any... — read more 

IBM's transformation may resemble Microsoft's transition to the cloud. As this metamorphosis continues, IBM could again become one of the most respected names in the tech industry.

Everyone knows that IBM has been having a terrible time competing in the public cloud/hyperscaler market. It would be a stretch to think their revenues in this specific public cloud marketplace are even a fraction of the $24 billion claimed annual... — read more 

It appears that the only "cloud wars" associated with the author of this article are those that he's blowing from his own b-ng. What a clown. https://cloudwars.co/ibm/why-ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-earned-a-for-debut-quarter/

During mid-July, US Tech major IBM had close to 200 positions open in India and 33 percent were for these legacy skills. Hmmmm. . .Big Blew is looking to hire lots of legacy skills in India shortly after a massive RA? There are no... — read more 

Here's one way to shore-up the numbers. https://www.inputmag.com/culture/ibm-took-170m-of-taxpayer-dollars-for-a-website-that-doesnt-exist

Since March 2013, the Dow Jones average has risen 84% (14,578 to 26,805), the NASDAQ has risen 222% (3,267 to 10,515), and IBM stock has dropped 39% (212 to 129). And yet no exec has been fired.

Since Krishna became CEO in late January, IBM has cut an unspecified yet seemingly large number of jobs. In the first quarter, IBM took a $728 million charge for workforce rebalancing, according to its most recent 10Q from late April. In... — read more 

When I graduated in 2002, IBM's market cap was about 10 times larger than Accenture's. I thought joining IBM was a logical choice... Look at us today: IBM's at $111.93B while Accenture is at $147.84B... I miscalculated. Anyhow, I was let go in... — read more 

Separation package has mentioned age and time of service to receive 401k match. Does anyone know how it works or just forget it .

Earnings & Revenue beat analysts expectations *AND gross margins grew!? Someone dig-in to these misleading numbers please? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/20/ibm-earnings-q2-2020.html

Just an FYI for all of you here that IBM Comms is active on this board with a goal of posting random IBM related stories in order to push down and drown any content that may be critical of the company. BTW, they've done the same thing on reddit... — read more 

I was hit in 2015, two weeks notice that you are gone, then got 30 days more with the company to "find" a job (of course no one will talk to you). Then you are gone, no healthcare, no nothing. They cheated me on my compensation too after... — read more 

Apparently AK is not subject to the pandemic-induced travel ban. Also, it's not just random chance that this meeting occurred today in India, as today is when 2Q20 results are announced: ... — read more 

Go on IBM.com home page and see what they are promoting. Very little about cloud or even hybrid cloud. A lot of other software stuff instead and a little on Cloud Paks. How could this be? Cloud is the end game. Look on the products menu. One... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3592390-ey-ibm-expand-digital-transformation-alliance

Any updates? This is inevitable but wondering where the cuts will be.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VOsf8mAqJVUJ:https://www.thelayoff.com/t/15Xe9ETZ+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yA4o6b2FoL8J:https://www.thelayoff.com/t/15YcexKy+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Funded by a 10-year, $20 million IBM commitment, Here's where some of the the money Big Blew _saved_ over the years through ongoing "ethical" RA's targeting older... — read more 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-announces-10-billion-digitization-fund-for-india/2020/07/13/2d91a0a2-c4f2-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html When these tech companies at the edge of bankruptcy, they look for a bailout from... — read more 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/ibm-must-face-another-tech-salesmans-capped-commissions-suit

I'm hearing that RedHat staff - some hired by RH, some by IBM - have been forced to take pay cuts and had commissions reduced. Anyone impacted? simon.sharwood@siptub.com for story on theregister.com if interested. Or just post here.