| Stock ticker: | IBM |
| Website: | www.ibm.com |
| Headquarters: | Armonk, N.Y. (largest site in Research Triangle Park) |
| Type of business: | computer services, software and other technology |
| Employees: | 398,455 worldwide; about 11,700 in NC; about 10,000 in RTP |
| Founded: | 1896 as the Tabulating Machine Company; the South American subsidiary was named International Business Machines in 1917, and the whole company took that name in 1924 |
| CEO/US president: | Sam Palmisano |
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Submitted by suestock on 06/16/2009 - 14:50
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