Chapter 1152: Big Blue IBM

Chapter 1152 The Blue Giant IBM

For "Microsoft", the current primary goal is still to acquire "Yahoo", and everything else can be postponed. As for "Oracle", which acquired "Sun" and "Nvidia", although it seems powerful, as long as "Microsoft" can acquire "Yahoo", then "Oracle" is a paper tiger, and other "magic horses" are just clouds, clouds.

"Microsoft" is calm, after all, it is "Microsoft"!

As for another opponent of "Oracle", Jobs, the president of "Apple", has a wonderful face. Originally, Jobs was still watching a show, but this unparalleled drama, the battle between "Baidu Portal" and "gle", and the lunatic Ellison's active involvement in this war made this Internet search engine battle even more exciting.

Jobs originally planned to take advantage of the chaos and let "Apple" restore its former glory in this troubled world. Therefore, the entry of Ellison, a lunatic, seemed to Jobs to be a chess piece that could disrupt the whole situation with one move. Unexpectedly, Ellison secretly bought "Sun" and "Nvidia" quietly, which was too exciting for Jobs. He felt that he seemed to be played by Lin Feng and Ellison.

Earlier, Lin Feng and "gle" crazily challenged each other, and actually claimed 1 billion US dollars from "gle" in court. Later, Ellison also publicly and fully supported "Baidu Portal". But suddenly it gave everyone an unexpected surprise. It acquired "sun" and "NVIDIA" one after another, and became a super software company in one fell swoop. Become one of the super giants in the IT industry, a giant that can compete with super companies such as "Microsoft" and "IBM".

Thinking of the prospect of "Oracle bone inscriptions" in the future, Jobs felt a bitter taste in his mouth. Now not only is it impossible to watch, I am afraid that "Apple" will have a strong opponent from now on. You know, after "Oracle" owns "sun" and "Nvidia", it has independent hardware and software development capabilities, and will be able to launch professional server hardware bundled with database software, which conflicts with "Apple's" profits of.

Thinking of this, Jobs had a headache. Fortunately, for Ellison, the real number one enemy is "Microsoft", not "Apple". For Jobs, perhaps he can comfort himself. After all, Ellison, a lunatic, has strength. The one to deal with is "Microsoft", because he still looks down on "Apple".

Ellison's idea was unfortunate or fortunate for Jobs.

As for another opponent of "Oracle Bone Inscriptions", the blue giant -- ibm, this deep-seated IT giant, was also shaken by events in the business world for the first time. For a long time, in the it world, although there is not much news about ibm, unlike other it companies that fly around every day, it is not an acquisition,

Just to release new products, "ibm" seems to be invisible in the IT world. Many young Internet users have even only heard of the term "ibm". As for what "ibm" does, many people don't know. Its low-key can be imagined.

But this time, "Oracle" successively acquired "sun" and "Nvidia", which shocked "ibm".

ibm, International Business Machines Corporation, or the abbreviation of International Business Machines Corporation. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, it was founded in the United States in 1911. It is the world's largest information technology and business solutions company. It currently has more than 300,000 employees worldwide and its business covers more than 160 countries and regions.

The concept of ordinary people, "ibm" is the production of computers, the long-term leader of the computer industry, but also a super software company, its five major software brands, including tus, websphere, d, nal, are leaders in the software industry in their respective aspects A leader or strong competitor. It can be said that today's "Microsoft" is in full swing, it is the largest software company in the world, and it is also a leader in the IT industry, but until 1999, the size of the president of "Microsoft" was only larger than that of "IBM"'s software department.

You know, besides the software department, "ibm" also has a hardware department, which is a larger department than the entire company of "Intel". In addition to the hardware department and software department, "ibm" also has its own uniqueness in the fields of materials, chemistry, physics and other sciences.

It is no exaggeration to say that "ibm" is equivalent to a similar integration of "Microsoft" + "Intel" + "Apple". Although its stock market value is not as good as that of "Microsoft", in terms of its strength, "ibm" is definitely the No. Now it is not as famous as "Microsoft" and "Intel".

However, there is a joke in the industry to describe the former status of "ibm"-these computers and software are all left over from "ibm". ——This sentence means that "ibm" thinks that commercial computers are too simple, so it gave up the commercial computer market and specialized in professional computer applications. Otherwise, if "ibm" restarts the commercial computer application plan, I am afraid that there will be no "Microsoft" and "Intel" that are in full swing.

Of course, this sentence is a bit too much. You must know that the reason why "ibm" transformed into a professional field at the beginning was not only because it wanted to develop more cutting-edge computer technology, but also because of a decision-making mistake. The price is also extremely expensive, and it is not available to ordinary people), so I gave up this tasteless market that seemed dispensable at the time, and specialized in computer applications in the professional field.

Today, even "ibm", which has always been hailed as a leader in computers, is feeling the shock. The impact of "Oracle"'s acquisition of "sun" and "Nvidia" can be imagined.

"Unexpectedly, this Ellison has developed to the point where he is now!" — Samuel-j.-, the current president of "ibm", sighed slightly when he heard the news.

You know, the company "Oracle" is now possible because Ellison accidentally read the famous "Large Shared Database Data" published by Edgar Coulter, a researcher of "ibm", on ns-of-m. "Relational Model" paper, and because of this, there is today's "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". Therefore, "ibm" has always regarded "Oracle" as a leaking company, and Ellison is regarded as a branch of "ibm", of course, it is a branch that has nothing to do with it.

But no matter who it is, it must be admitted that without the paper written by Edgar Coulter of the "ibm" research institute, there would never be the current "Oracle" and Ellison.

"Mr. Watson III, what do you think of the acquisition of 'Sun' and 'Nvidia' by 'Oracle'? What kind of strategy do you think our company should adopt?" Peng Mingsheng, the current president of "ibm", consulted modestly and sat in front of him middle-aged man - Watson III.

"ibm" was founded by the Watson family. Its first president was Thomas John Watson, and its second president was Thomas John Watson Jr. Under the leadership of Watson Jr., "ibm "From an obscure company to an international business giant. In the year before last, Watson Jr. died of illness, and the position of "ibm" was taken by Palmisano.

As for this Watson III, he is the only son of Watson Jr. It's just that "ibm" was founded by the Watson family, but in Watson III's generation, most of them have no intention of developing in business. Therefore, Watson Jr. left the "Watson Fund" to his descendants. The money earned by "ibm" will be allocated to the "Watson Fund" according to the shares, and will be enjoyed by his children. It can be said that since Watson was young, members of the Watson family only have equity in "ibm", but do not have votes right.

However, Watson III is after all the son of Watson Jr. and also the largest shareholder of "ibm". Therefore, in order to commemorate Watson Jr.'s contribution to "ibm", "ibm" invited Watson III back to serve as an honorary chairman . Generally, things are handled by the "ibm" board of directors. Only when there are major events, will the descendants of the "ibm" founder, who is also the largest shareholder, be consulted.

Watson III rubbed his temples with his hands. He is really not interested in business, but this company is the ancestral property of their Watson family. They kindly invited them to return to the ancestral property to serve as an honorary director, and Watson III really couldn't refuse.

"Peng Mingsheng, you should know that I don't know much about business, you can just decide." Watson III shirked all responsibility quite irresponsibly.

Peng Mingsheng shook his head again and again. Although Little Watson set up the "Watson Fund" because his children and grandchildren were unwilling to do business at the beginning, so that his descendants can enjoy the fruits of their parents' labor, and at the same time keep the company as much as possible. However, if Watson III is so completely indifferent, I am afraid that it will not be long before "ibm" will be grateful to the "Watson family". Home, if it doesn't work out, "ibm" will no longer be called "Watson". After all, if you really meet someone with ambition and strength, you can use the means to get the "ibm" stock out of the hands of the Watson family.

After all, Watson III and his younger sisters are so ignorant of business. And Peng Mingsheng, it can be said that he was deeply favored by Watson Jr., and he was single-handedly promoted. Therefore, he wants to help Watson Jr. keep "ibm" as much as possible, so that it can always be the property of the Watson family. Now It seems that he can only do his best.

"Everyone, what do you think?" Palmisano said.

Seeing Peng Mingsheng let him go, Watson III heaved a sigh of relief.