IBM Names Virginia Rometty CEO and President

[JMcEntegart]

Out with the old, in with the new.

IBM Names Virginia Rometty CEO and President : Read more

 

[DjEaZy]

... congrats....

 

[cookoy]

With billions spent in R&D and a huge hoard of patents, i rarely see any news about ibm suing anybody or extorting licensing fees. Promoting someone from within the ranks to top honcho will probably boost loyalty and morale too.

 

[Parsian]

I read the title as:

"IBM Names Virginia Remotely CEO and President"

I was like what????

 

[jackbling]

I have to agree with cookoy, usually when a CEO is hired, he just left his last sinking ship; glad to see them promote from within.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]cookoy[/nom]With billions spent in R&D and a huge hoard of patents, i rarely see any news about ibm suing anybody or extorting licensing fees. Promoting someone from within the ranks to top honcho will probably boost loyalty and morale too.[/citation]
Plenty of companies have lots of patents, but in the case of IBM they actually invented them rather than buying them up. No one would dare challenge IBM in court over who invented what because it would be the biggest one sided fight since Mike Tyson vs Pee Wee Herman.

Apple may be currently viewed as the most valuable tech company in the world, but a lot of that is based on share price as its products get a lot of public exposure.

IBM has been around 100 years and will still be around 100 years after Apple has disappeared, because they are the best in the world at playing the long-game.

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]... because they are the best in the world at playing the long-game.[/citation]

Amen!

 

[Guest]

will this end up like yahoo... where they eventually gave HER the boot

 

[restatement3dofted]

[citation][nom]yahme202[/nom]will this end up like yahoo... where they eventually gave HER the boot[/citation]

I'm curious to know what, other than the fact that she's a woman, suggests to you the possibility that she'll end up like Carol Bartz? Everything in the article suggests that Ronmetty is exceptionally qualified (not to mention an existing senior VP/executive at IBM who was promoted from within, unlike Bartz).

 

[falchard]

CEO of IBM is more a figurehead then anything else. They don't exactly steer the boat. A corporation like IBM is just too big for 1 person to make glaring visions for future growth. Pretty much they just go up and say. OK team lets continue creating anything related to circuit boards. An dog can be CEO of IBM and it won't change anything with the company.

 

[pepe2907]

"With billions spent in R&D and a huge hoard of patents, i rarely see any news about ibm suing anybody or extorting licensing fees. Promoting someone from within the ranks to top honcho will probably boost loyalty and morale too."

IBM doesn't need to sue anybody on anything. They already have the new one
What's the point to sue over something old?