IBM DB2 Express - C
Installing and Analyzing IBM DB2 Express -- C

IBM DB2 Express-C database for Microsoft Windows was downloaded, installed and used as the basis of analysis in this paper. What differentiates UBM DB2 Express-C from the many comparable low-end enterprise-level databases is support for XML integration, dual core processors and 2GB of memory. IBM has been selling their DB2 databases for decades to enterprises globally, and has created this version for free download. While this is a low-end, freely downloadable version, IBM has been generous with its support for many core features. IBM also has included access to its online support communities and forums. These communities and forums are highly valuable for getting insights into the administration, development best practices, XML integration insights, and how to write programs with this application. The system the downloaded application is running on for purposes of this analysis has dual core processors….

IBM Case Study
Compare and contrast the project portfolio management approaches that IBM and Deloitte Consulting used to rank and select the projects for their respective portfolios.

IBM uses the Q-sort approach to manage their project portfolio. This approach enables them to analyze opinions raised by groups based on rankings given by each group member. The company embraced this strategy as a way of measuring the relationship between opinions of different employees. This approach seeks to find out correlations between the views expressed by individuals. The company uses this approach to prioritize their projects. This process involves rounds, which consist of people making assessments through group discussions. Each group member writes down a short description of a project on a card. The card is duplicated and distributed to group members. They hold discussions and improver their understanding of the project (Denney, 2005).

On the other hand, Deloitte uses the real options analysis. This….

IBM Culture
IBM -- Maintaining Culture

IBM was able to maintain its corporate culture for many years in the midst of an every changing environment. This paper explores how IBM was able to do so.

IBM serves as a prime example for many organizations who wish for create a corporate culture that endures. The organization was able to embed a corporate culture that was able to withstand the pressures that are created by a dynamic and rapidly changing global business environment. Not only was IBM able to keep its sole throughout the changes, so to speak, but it was also able to leverage its culture to tackle the emerging dilemmas that it faced in the wake of globalization. ith nearly half a million employees this was not an easy task either. The culture that IBM was able to sustain definitely had its access to state of the art technology. This allowed for IBM….

Also, IBM neglected gaining a more dominant position in the nascent industry in that period by allowing another corporation to take over the business of programming the new computers. Therefore, IBM missed this incredible opportunity which might have granted the company a dominant position on the market at that time.
IBM has shown its innovation capabilities not only in technological areas, but in strategy models also. The company's negotiation strategy became a successful model followed by enterprises all over the world, regardless of their object of activity, size, or environmental conditions. IBM developed a negotiation process that may be applied in any area. The IBM model is based on relating differently with each client, by adapting strategies according to the client's profile, behavior and requirements and developing a strategy based on these traits. IBM strategists have identified several client types: the businessman, the optimist, the pessimist, the hesitant, the impatient,….

IBM Case Study
What is the key problem facing IBM Europe managers (at the end of the case)?

It is a complex problem of recruiting more resellers for the new B2B initiative based on order capture, distributed order management, and minicomputer product configuration and customization workflows running RosettaNet PIPs over an XML network. This problem was made more complex by the fact that for any reseller to participate in the new B2B initiative, they would need assurances they would not be disintermediated from the sales they bough to IBM. Another aspect of this challenge was the lack of faith in RosettaNet throughout the industry for being able to scale beyond simple, EDI-0like batch transactions of which it was known for (Boh, Soh, Yeo, 2007). During this time of RosettaNet's development it was common knowledge that the standard had been created for sharing content yet the only process workflow that everyone could agree….

IBM New UNIX Computer
Over the past years, Sun has managed to take the lion's share of the market for servers running the UNIX operating system. By putting mainframe-style features such as partitioning into its servers, and building hardware for its own Solaris operating system, Sun managed to take the lead with their UNIX systems (Vance).

With the release of its p690 server, however, IBM is giving Sun some heavy competition and creating a more competitive environment that could benefit users.

Designed for large, single-system applications and server consolidation, the power of the p690 comes from its unusual combination of advanced microprocessor technology, enhanced memory capability and increased I/O bandwidth. Eminently scalable, multiple p690 servers can be clustered to form supercomputers of more than 512 processors when complex problems demand it ("pSeries 690").

The core of the p690 is IBM's POWE4 chip. With a processing speed of 1.1-1.3 GHz, the POWE4 microprocessor represents a….

Investors should be more wary today. It would be expected that a similar announcement by Intel would not bring forth such a fevered response. The dot.com bubble has burst and dissipated, and in its wake consumers are more wary of techniques to inflate stock value on paper. In 2005, Intel attempted a similar technique as IBM. However, the slightly more skeptical business press was quick to point out the 'fancy math' behind the move. Noting, Intel had only reduced earnings per share on paper, because of the increase of profits accorded to investors, with little real increase in wealth. BusinessWeek's 2006 article on Intel's buyback scheme was entitled: "The dirty little secret about buybacks."

Had a similar buyback technique been used by Intel right after the 2008 credit crisis, investors would have been even more leery. But now that the market has rebounded, investors may be less apt once again to….

IBM vs. Microsoft
Comparison Between IBM and Microsoft

How different corporate emphasis upon hardware vs. software affects accounting practices and financial records

IBM and Microsoft are two technological behemoths. Both companies have been criticized for de facto and de jure monopolistic practices within the software industry at different junctures of their corporation's life. However, from a financial and an accounting standpoint, both companies have distinctively different strengths as well as have exhibited distinct differences in their financial structure, organization, and yes, investor public relations. Microsoft's emphasis on software has led to its stress upon encouraging individual education and familiarity with its web-based and software systems. IBM's need to purvey its hardware has resulted in more conservative advertising and inventory strategies, as well as more outreach to businesses rather than individuals, where depreciation of hardware goods can generate additional profits for the company.

The Microsoft Corporation is currently the more successful and the younger of….

However, this scrutiny extends to intense self-monitoring on the part of the corporation as a whole. According to its mission statement, it is "IBM's practice to voluntarily and promptly disclose known violations of government procurement laws to appropriate officials of government. In the event that IBM benefited economically from such known violations, it is our practice to reimburse the government customer accordingly" ("Business Conduct and Ethics," 2008, IBM.). In other words, IBM does not simply strive to uphold the law and ensure that violators within the company are punished. It also submits itself to intense self-scrutiny and self-monitoring, is committed to transparency in regards to violations and will go above and beyond the law even in the absence of a conviction to ensure that customers are treated fairly.
orks Cited

Business Conduct and Ethics." (2008). IBM Official ebsite. Retrieved 20 Jul 2008 at http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/company/management/policies/conduct.shtml

Lend an Ear." (7 Dec 1981). Time Magazine.….

IM is a globally integrated technology and consulting firm. It specializes in computer hardware, software, and Information Technology. It offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services for the enterprise market. IM's clients include many different kinds of enterprises, from sole proprietorships to the world's largest organizations, governments and companies representing every major industry and endeavor.
The majority of the company's enterprise business, which excludes the company's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technology business, occurs in industries that are broadly grouped into six sectors: Financial Services: anking, Financial Markets, Insurance; Public: Education, Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences; Industrial: Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Chemical and Petroleum, Electronics; Distribution: Consumer Products, Retail, Travel, Transportation; Communications: Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment, Energy and Utilities; Small and Medium usiness: Mainly companies with less than 1,000 employees.

IM's business model

The company's business model is built to support two principal goals: helping clients succeed in delivering business value by becoming more innovative, efficient and….

As it is important for IM Canada, to: identify different types of legal liabilities and their possible consequences on a regular basis. Some of the main legal risks being faced by the company include: employee lawsuits, cyber issues, product liability, patent / licensing and criminal investigations / compliance.
Employee Lawsuits

An employee lawsuit is a legal issue of paramount importance for IM Canada. Discontent employees can file a claim against the company for: sex / age discrimination, pregnancy, race, gender, disability, wrongful termination and other injuries. Matters related to salary deductions, payments, and other dues; if not properly dealt with, can also bring litigation for the company.

Cyber Issues

The operation of IM Canada mostly includes the use of: technology, internet communications and resources. As cyber legal issues pose a significant threat for the company. The instances of data theft due to: unauthorized access and hacking can bring huge financial penalties for the….

IBM to Acquire NetSol: An Economic Analysis
Classical economic theory would support recent news of IBM's acquisition of NetSol as a complementary agent in its journey toward servicing global customers. In the article IBM to Acquire NetSol the author discusses the recent acquisition of Bangladore-based company Network Solutions (NetSol for short) by IBM corporation. NetSol offers infrastructure services to corporations around the world. The company NetSol currently employees more than 1,400 people and services multiple major clients including Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle and more, with revenues quite stable during the 2004 through 2005 fiscal year. The company was expecting growth exceeding 25% in the upcoming fiscal year.

Why the decision to acquire NetSol? IBM is taking advantage of multiple economic principles to expand and strengthen its ability to service multiple enterprises. The acquisition will enable the IBM to service multiple in-market businesses by providing infrastructure capabilities; examples of these services include on-demand computing….

IBM Profitability
IBM's profits and ROE increased dramatically over the period of four years, from 1996 to 2000. here were a number of factors that helped contribute to Big Blue's profitability in this case. First, there was a spike in revenues that lead to a stable increase starting in 1998 and really solidifying in 2000. his increase in revenue allowed the gross margin to increase; therefore positively impacting net income for the company, as operating expenses remained relatively stable during the same period. Moreover, cash levels and EPS were other factors that helped boost IBM's profitability.

Moreover, IBM had growth in revenue, receivables, and gross margins. Revenue growth spiked beginning in 1998 and remained stable until 2000. his increased the cash flow the company was able to work with, as operating costs and expenses also remained stable, with no major increases that would have eaten into the new increases in revenue. Additionally,….

IBM Indiana Telecommuting Project
IBM had been a leader in the computer industry for most of the 20th century, accounting for a staggering 70% of the computer market during the 70s. As the computer market and the information technology was on the rise during the 80s, IBM continued to grow as a company, expanding its overseas activities and increasing its revenue. However, starting with this period, IBM had also become "more bureaucratic and slow-moving." The company began to lose its market share and the profit margins began to drop as well. It was clear that there was a problem.

Studying the table in Exhibit 1, I noticed that IBM's revenues had continuously increased between 1985 and 1990, by as much as 10% (1989 to 1990) and only in the two last years had the company experienced a slight decrease in revenues. This proved that the company was still selling its products, it….

IBM Corp
From 1996 to 1997, IBM saw their OE increase between 15 and 25%. During 1998 to the first quarter of 2000, is when they began to steadily decrease from 27 to 18%. These factors are showing how IBM is having trouble increasing their OE after 1998. This is because the company was experiencing a slowdown in capital spending. In the first quarter of 2000, these figures came in at a rate similar to what was experienced in late 1996. These trends are illustrating how the company is seeing a decline in their net income. This is decreasing the OE percentages, with them gradually declining in 1999. In the first quarter of 2000, these amounts became more severe. ("IBM Corporation," 2013)

evenue growth peaked in the final quarter of 1998. This is when the company saw the highest levels of sales, with customers spending their capital budgets for the current year.….

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