Word: ibm
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...article critical of IBM was cancelled by the Review because of its controversial content, according to the story's author...
Wanted: experienced computer executives willing to help a blue-chip CEO get out from under the worst crisis in company history. IBM has sent out such a Mayday. Answering the call were retired vice chairmen Paul Rizzo, 64, and Kaspar Cassani, also 64, who will help chairman and chief executive John Akers get Big Blue back on an even keel. Still unanswered, though, is the question of who asked the pair to return. Some analysts think Akers did it, to placate IBM's increasingly dissatisfied board. Others suspect the board brought Rizzo and Cassani back, as the first step toward...
...prevent being passed by the PC parade, IBM has rolled out several new products as well as a new marketing strategy. In October the company launched a line of computers called PS/ValuePoint, with prices starting at $1,300 for the entry-level model. The PS/VP, which is compatible with IBM's original PC line, is the company's answer to Dell and Compaq, which both sell machines by mail order as well as through retail channels. The strategy is starting to pay off. IBM expects to ship 1.5 million PCs this quarter, 50% more units than it has ever shipped...
...days of Pax IBM are over. Rather than dictate to the industry as it did in the past, a humbled IBM must now accept its role as just another player. To its credit, IBM appears to be doing exactly that. Although it is coming off what can best be described as an annus horribilis, rivals would be mistaken to underestimate this company in the future. If it can overcome the enormous challenge of becoming leaner and more responsive to shifting demands, and if it can anticipate the next technological wave rather than resist it, Big Blue still has the potential...
...IBM struggles to find its way in a fast-changing industry...