Venissa Symister

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• Presented by
• Venissa Symister
• Accounting Information System

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Overview

• Corporate History and Background
• Revenue by Geographic Area
• Mission Statement
• Major Products
• Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Financials
• IBMs Home Page
• Future of IBM

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Corporate History and Background

• Establishment of International Business Machines
  Corporation can be traced to the close of the
  nineteenth century
• US Census Bureau wanted a more efficient means of
  tabulating census data in order to measure the
  expanding population
• Herman Hollerith -German immigrant and Census
  Bureau statistician invented the Punch Card
  Tabulating Machine which used an electric current
  to sense holes in punched cards
• He formed the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896

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Corporate History and Background

• In 1911, Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company
  merged with Computing Scale Company of America
  and International Time Recording Company
• Renamed Computing- Tabulating- Recording Company
• (C-T-R).
• C-T-R was incorporated in New York on June 16,
  1911, as a consolidation of the Computing Scale
  Co. of America, the Tabulating Machine Co., and
  The International Time Recording Co.
• The name was changed to International Business
  Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.
• Headquartered in New York City.

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Employees and Market Capitalization

• The corporation currently has approximately
• 351,889 employees
• 674,326 stockholders
• Market capitalization as of April 27, 2004 is
  154.83 billion.
• Operates in over 160 countries worldwide with
  more that half of its revenues from sales being
  generated outside the United States

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Revenue by Geographic Area
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Mission Statement

• At IBM, we strive to lead in the creation,
  development and manufacture of the industrys
  most advanced information technologies, including
  computer systems, software, networking systems,
  storage devices and microelectronics. We
  translate these advanced technologies into value
  for our customers through our professional
  solutions and services businesses worldwide.

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Major Products

• Personal computing
• Notebooks (for example, Thinkpad notebooks)
• Desktops
• Monitors and handheld equipments
• Microelectronics
• Semiconductor products, such as IBM Blue Logic
  products
• Servers
• Blade servers
• Mainframes (zSeries)
• Intel processors based servers (xSeries)
• UNIX servers

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Major Products

• Software products
• The company offers software products for
  Application and Web development tools,
  Networking, Operating Systems (e.g. WebSphere
  Host Integration), Security, Business
  Integration, Storage Management, and Systems
  Management
• Storage products
• Disk systems
• Hard disk drives
• Micro-drives, and tape systems.

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Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

• Samuel J. Palmisano - Chairman, President and
  Chief Executive Officer certified in the 10-Q
  that IBM complies with the following
• 31.1 - Certification by CEO pursuant to Rule
  13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
• 31.2 - Certification by CFO pursuant to Rule
  13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
• 32.1 - Certification by CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
  Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
• 32.2 - Certification by CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
  Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Financials
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Financials
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Financials
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IBMs Home Page
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Future of IBM

• Given its healthy balance sheet and cash flow
  standing, IBM should continue to profit in
  upcoming years provided that no fraudulent
  financial reporting or other illegal activities
  take place to cause the company to go bankrupt.
• IBMs focuses for the next year are
• To continue to grow market share in key market
  segments, including services offerings, software,
  servers, and storage subsystems.
• To improve performance in the personal computer
  and microelectronics businesses.
• To continue to execute on the companys
  productivity initiatives.

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