23 March, 2009

Some stats over IBM

* IBM's the world's 4th biggest employer with 398'000 employee and the 8th most profitable company of the Fortune 500
* A gross profit margin of 44.1% on $103.6 billion revenue in 2008. "IBM reported last year record profits, record revenue and gross margins."
* Revenue Mix:
- Software 43% (up 9% in 5 years) -- after Microsoft IBM is now the world's biggest software vendor
- Services 39% (down 2% in 5 years),
- Financing 9% (down 3% in 5 years)
- Hardware is only 8% of IBM's revenue anymore (down 5% in 5 years)

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