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SWOT Analysis of IBM

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">IBM&comma; acronym for International Business Machines&comma; is an American multinational computer technology and consulting corporation&period; IBM is headquartered in Armonk&comma; New York&period; It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world&comma; with more than 400&comma;000 employees serving clients in 170 countries&period; IBM is the world&&num;8217&semi;s third largest technology company and the second most valuable global brand &lpar;after Coca-Cola&rpar;&period; IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software&comma; and offers infrastructure services&comma; hosting services&comma; and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology&period; The SWOT Analysis of the IBM Company is given below&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM is the globes&&num;8217&semi; 3rd biggest technology corporation and the world&&num;8217&semi;s 2nd most valuable brand&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It is one of the few IT companies with a constant history dating earlier to the 19th century&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM had many spin-offs and acquisitions some noticeable are&colon; SAP and Levono&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM is ranked number one hosted company in Western Europe&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company is highly innovative&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM has diversified workforce and flexible culture&comma; which allow employees to have open forums for innovations and different ideas&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM has very competitive work force&semi; it has 5 noble price winners&comma; 9 national medals of technology and 5 national medals of science&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM is diversified into the business of computer hardware and software&comma; infrastructure services&comma; consulting services and hosting services&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">According to Forbes 2000&comma; IBM is the second biggest by market capitalization and the second biggest services employer&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM seized more copyrights than any other U&period;S&period; based technology corporation and has 8 research laboratories globally&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM works in a reactionary mode&comma; relying on supplier end-of-quarter information EMS self-reporting&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It has the world&&num;8217&semi;s most complex supply chain system&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It does not have sustainable in-house supply chain system&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">IBM relied on partners&&num;8217&semi; and suppliers&&num;8217&semi; reports and management systems&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company&&num;8217&semi;s product innovation and time limit add significantly to employee burnout&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company&&num;8217&semi;s sales of system and service segments are declining&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Total assets are steadily decreasing&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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