SWOT IBM SWOT analysis 2013 Strengths Weaknesses 1. First mover in cloud computing solutions for enterprises 2. Brand reputation 3. Diversified business 4. Strong competency in acquisitions 5. Integration of products and services 1. Expensive service and software solutions 2. Focus mainly on large enterprises Opportunities Threats 1. Expand services and software divisions 2. Increasing demand of cloud based services 1. Increasing competition in the cloud computing market 2. Slowing growth of world
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Business Model Development through Corporate Strategy Design: IBM SWOT Analysis Prathamesh Muzumdar‚ The University of Texas at Arlington. Abstract The research tries to understand the ongoing process in products and services offered by technology giant IBM. Using extensive secondary research and text mining as a primary approach to collect information to the current portfolio of IBM‚ multiple corporate strategies are designed. SWOT analysis is used as an extensive tool to take step by step approach
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IBM - SWOT Analysis Strengths Since IBM was founded in 1896‚ it has gone through a very long experience in the technological industry with a very strong brand name. The company has a wide range of products to appeal and attract different customer needs and to maintain its competitive position. IBM in 2009 was considered as one of the largest and most profitable computer services company in the world with a market capital of about $119 billion and 319‚000 employees speeded in 150 countries around
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The SWOT Analysis of Lenovo-IBM Acquisition Case study: The acquisition case of American IBM Personal Computer by the Chinese computer company Lenovo. This article uses SWOT matrix to analysis the post-merger situation of Lenovo’s PC business and try to demonstrate a possible roadmap for future business. On December 8th of 2004‚ Lenovo announced its merging of IBM’s world personal computer (PC) business which included the ThinkPad line of PCs. This deal costing Lenovo $1.25 billion‚ including $650
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1. SWOT Analysis Strengths IBM’s core strength lies in its System/360 and System/370 mainframe series. These mainframes have become the industry’s benchmark that competitors try to match. Moreover‚ IBM’s high-priced lease strategy‚ supported by excellent customer support‚ enhances the company’s fortunes. Over the years‚ IBM’s excellent service‚ along with a successful sales team has given it an advantage over the competition. IBM’s successful ventures with computer‚ software‚ and marketing companies
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IBM Q.1) What are the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats are suggested in Louis Gerstner’s comments. Ans: Strength It is the world’s premier commercial centre of technology innovation. IBM’s 3 major growth engines –services‚ software and component (OEM) technology provide more than half of IBM’s revenue. Technological advancement: IBM has “blue chip” 500 today’s fastest computers. Weakness No share in all segments e.g. hardware‚ software‚ etc Opportunities It is the period
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LaCaryra C. Stampley A Retail Analysis on Target Written Analysis Math 103 Brandman University Term: Fall 2
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Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Strengths‚ Weaknesses and SWOT Strategies HEWLETT PACKARD Opportunities 1. The worldwide personal computer industry posted its fourth consecutive year of double digit expansion in 2006‚ recording 10 percent unit growth. 2. PC shipments in the Asia-Pacific region expanded by an estimated 17.6 percent in 2006 on a unit basis. 3. IDC’s “rest of the world” category‚ which includes Eastern Europe‚ Latin America‚ and the Middle East rose 22 percent on
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Current Price (04/19/13) Target Price (IBM-NYSE) NEUTRAL Outperform 10/08/2009 $190.00 $200.00 IBM reported a dismal first quarter missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both lines. Revenue growth was particularly weak‚ due to execution problem and lackluster demand. We believe that sluggish IT spending remains the major headwind in the near term. Additionally‚ increasing competition in the hardware segment is another significant concern going forward. IBM continues to expand its Power systems
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Relative Size in the Industry IBM is part of the technology sectors in the diversified computer systems industry (IBM: Summary for International Business Machines- Yahoo! Finance). The market cap is 254 billion with IBM making up 218.6 billion. IBM is the largest company relative to the diversified computer systems industry. In a less specific industry of computers IBM only trails Microsoft Corporation by 12 billion dollars ("International Business Machines Corp."). Because of IBM’s large size
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