Parent company:-

International Business Machines Corporation (commonly referred to as IBM) is

an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with corporate

headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware,

middleware and software and offers infrastructure and consulting services in areas ranging

from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

The company originated in 1911 as the computing tabulating recording company (CTR)

through the consolidation of the tabulating machine company, the international time

recording company, the Computing Scale Company and the Bundy manufacturing

company. CTR was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924, a name

which Thomas j. Watson first used for a CTR Canadian subsidiary. In 1949, Watson created

IBM World Trade Corporation, a subsidiary of IBM focused on foreign operations. Securities

analysts nicknamed the company Big Blue for its size and common use of the color in

products, packaging and its logo.

It is a public type company traded as NYSE:IBM Dow Jones Industrial Average

Component S&P 500 Component.

Founded in 16 June 1911(105 years ago) at Endicott, New york U.S.

Founder is Charles Ranlett Flint

Headquarters are in Armonk, New york, U.S.

It serves 170 countries.

Industry it serves is: cloud computing, cognitive computing, information technology.

Revenue is US$81.741 billion

Slogan is –“THINK”

Company heads:-

Virginia M. Rometty

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM

Director since: 2012

Kenneth I. Chenault

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express Company, a financial services

company. Director since: 1998.

Michael L. Eskew

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Parcel Service, Inc., a provider of

specialized transportation and logistics services. Director since: 2005 .

David N. Farr

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Emerson Electric Co., a diversified manufacturing and

technology company

Director since: 2012

Mark Fields

President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company, a global automotive and

mobility company

Director since: 2016

Alex Gorsky

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson, a global healthcare products

company

Director since: 2014

Shirley Ann Jackson

President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a leading science and technology university that

brings technological innovation to the marketplace

Director since: 2005

Andrew N. Liveris

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company, a materials, polymer,

chemicals and biological sciences enterprise

Director since: 2010

W. James McNerney, Jr.

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company, an aerospace company

and manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems

Director since: 2009

Hutham S. Olayan

Principal, Director and Senior Executive, The Olayan Group, a private, family-owned multi

national enterprise that is a diversified global investor and operator of industrial and

commercial businesses in the Middle East

Director since: 2016

James W. Owens

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc., a manufacturer of construction

and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines

Director since: 2006

Joan E. Spero

Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University’s School of International and Public

Affairs

Director since: 2004

Sidney Taurel

Chairman, Pearson plc, a provider of digital education products and services

Director since: 2001

Peter R. Voser

Chairman, ABB Ltd., a global group of power and automation companies

Director since: 2015

Business functionalities uncover patterns and pursue breakthrough ideas.

Analytics Cloud Cognitive Commerce Internet of Things Industry solutions IT infrastructure mobile Security

Services:-

Business consulting

Technology services

Financing

Industry expertise

Child company:-

IBM India Private Limited is the Indian subsidiary of IBM It has facilities

in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai ,Pune ,Gurgaon ,Noida ,

Chandigarh ,Indore, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Vishakhapatnam and Hyderabad.

Between 2003 and 2007, IBM's head count in India has grown by almost 800%, from 9,000 in

2003 to nearly 74,000 in 2007.Since 2006; IBM has been the multinational with the largest

number of employees in India. IBM is very secretive about the geographic distribution of its

employees. By most estimates, it has close to a third of its 430,000 employees (~ 150,000) in

India, and it likely has more employees here than in the US.

It was founded in 1992.

It is a subsidiary of IBM.

Industries are computer hardware, consulting, IT services.

Slogan is-“ on demand business”, “what makes you special?”

Company heads:-

Vanitha Narayanan Managing Director

Rajesh Nambiar B.Sc.,

MCA

Vice President and General Manager of

Global Delivery

K. S. Raghunandan Director of Integrated Technology Services

and Global Technology Services

Shanker Annaswamy Senior Adviser

Business functionalities:-

IBM India Private Limited provides:-

Hardware, software, IT services, and consulting.

It offers software products that include business analytics, enterprise content

management, information management, lotus, software management, service

management, systems software, and storage software; and WebSphere, an

integration and optimization software.

The company also provides systems and servers, such as power systems,

mainframes, blade centers, UNIX servers, and Linux servers; and storage systems

that include disk systems, tape systems, storage area networks, network attached

storage, and other storages.

In addition, it offers business services, such as business analytics and optimization,

strategy.

Relationship between parent and child company:-

IBM operates around the world to conduct its business in a fair and equitable manner.

Consistent with this objective, IBM follow local laws and customs of the countries in which they operate, and actively seek to establish close working relationships with businesses indigenous to its subsidiaries in other countries.

The policy of the IBM Corporation is to provide diverse businesses the opportunity to participate in all areas of IBM's marketing, procurement and contracting activities.

This policy applies to all firms or institutions regardless of the business owner's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a special disabled veteran or other veteran.

In the United States, these activities comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, including those dealing with the use of small business; small disadvantaged business; women-owned small businesses; HUB Zone businesses; veteran-owned businesses and service-disabled veterans.

This policy applies to all areas of expenditures, whether for products or services. Action should be taken by all IBM organizations to ensure that this policy is implemented and that there are programs that ensure IBM's performance against this commitment.

Data privacy:-

As a global company, IBM's business processes increasingly go beyond the borders of one country. This globalization demands not only the availability of communication and information systems across the IBM group of companies, but also the worldwide processing and use of information within IBM.

IBM remains committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information about its employees, customers, Business Partners (including contacts within customers and Business Partners) and other identifiable individuals. Uniform practices for collecting, using, disclosing, storing, accessing, transferring or otherwise processing such information assists IBM to process personal information fairly and appropriately, disclosing it and/or transferring it only under appropriate circumstances.

This policy letter sets forth the general principles that underlie IBM's specific practices for collecting, using, disclosing, storing, accessing, transferring or otherwise processing personal information. These general principles apply to the processing of personal information worldwide by IBM.

The general principles are:

Fairness: IBM will collect and process personal information fairly and lawfully;

Purpose: IBM will collect only personal information that is relevant to and necessary for a particular purpose(s) and process personal information in a manner that is not incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it is collected.

Accuracy: IBM will keep personal information as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed.

Disclosure: IBM will make personal information available inside or outside IBM only in appropriate circumstances.

Security: IBM will implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard personal information and instruct third parties processing personal information on behalf of IBM, if any, to process it only in a manner that is consistent with processing

it on IBM's behalf, and to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard the personal information.

Access: IBM will provide individuals with appropriate access to personal information about them.

Antiboycott:-

IBM, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their agents are prohibited from following or

supporting a foreign country’s boycott of a country which is friendly to the United States. A

foreign country or an entity associated with the country could make such a request in a bid

invitation, purchase order or contract, letter of credit, orally in connection with a transaction,

or in a number of other ways. IBM is required to promptly report to the U.S. Government any

request to support a boycott or to furnish information regarding a boycott. Examples of

improper boycott requests include requests that we refuse to do business with a certain

country, its citizens, or with certain companies who do business with the boycotted country.

A request that we provide information about activities in a boycotted country, implement

letters of credit with boycott conditions, or issue negative certifications of origin, also require

legal scrutiny. If you hear of or receive boycott-related requests, you must contact your

manager, IBM Counsel or the Export Regulation Office.

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Submitted by: - Pranita Negi

Prn no.-16030141030(MBA-IT)