IBM is a global technology and innovation company that stands for progress. With operations in over 170 countries, IBMers around the world invent and integrate hardware, software and services to help forward-thinking enterprises, institutions and people everywhere succeed in building a smarter planet.
With a 78 year history in Australia, IBM has been applying its expertise, global scope and creativity to help Australia compete in the global digital economy. We also lead the market in exporting $A592 million of software, services and human capital to the Asia Pacific region.
By working with major government departments, large Australian companies and equipping a legion of entrepreneurs, IBM makes a significant contribution to the Australian economy. Each year, IBM creates high value jobs by investing in research and development both in metropolitan and regional Australia. In 2009, IBM Australia Limited generated revenues of $A4.17 billion, and a profit of $240 million.
Widely recognised as an employer of choice, IBM holds numerous awards for its industry-leading employment practices and policies.
Our Values
Our values as IBMers shape everything we do and every choice we make on behalf of this company. But their real influence occurs when we apply these values to our personal work and our interactions with one another and the wider world. IBMers determined that our actions will be driven by these values:
- Dedication to every client's success
- Innovation that matters, for our company and for the world
- Trust and personal responsibility in all relationships
Our Clients
IBM's clients include many different kinds of enterprises, from sole proprietorships to the world's largest organizations, governments and companies representing every major industry and endeavour.
The majority of the company's enterprise business, which excludes the company's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technology business, occurs in industries that are broadly grouped into six sectors:
- Financial Services: Banking, Financial Markets, Insurance
- Public: Education, Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences
- Industrial: Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Chemical and Petroleum, Electronics
- Distribution: Consumer Products, Retail, Travel, Transportation
- Communications: Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment, Energy and Utilities
- Small and Medium Business: Mainly companies with less than 1,000 employees
- Take a look at some of our client case studies:
- IBM Global Financing
- Global Business Services
- General Business
Who we are
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Business operations summary
Our business model is built to support two principal goals: helping our clients succeed in delivering business value by becoming more efficient and competitive through the use of business insight and information technology solutions; and providing long-term value to our shareholders. In support of these objectives, our business model has been developed over time through strategic investments in services and technologies that have the best long-term growth and profitability prospects based on the value they deliver to clients. And inherent in the model is a commitment to employees and the communities in which we operate.
