IBM is resistant to storm
Big Blue does not seem to fear the crisis and the new threat of the antitrust trial on the European market for mainframes did not vitiated confidence. Its turnover in 2008 amounted to 103.6 billion dollars (98.8 billion last year).
The IT firm would even post a net profit increased to $ 12.3 billion (as against 10, 4 billion in 2007). According to Les Echos, its order book stands at 31 December 2008 to 117 billion dollars. Reassuring for the coming year.
Sign of confidence: Big Blue will create at least 1,300 new jobs in 2010 in the U.S. by opening a new technology center in Dubuque, Iowa. The Dubuque Service Delivery Center will take charge of outsourcing services for its U.S. customers: use of servers, security operations and maintenance of software tools and hardware.
By the end of this year, IBM has already hired for the new center “several hundred people.” “We continue to invest in avenur IBM and we want to continue to recruit quality people capable of helping us grow our business,” said Mike Daniels, vice-president of the Global Technology Services for IBM.
