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Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by tssva » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:37 PM UTC

bluedevil2k wrote: post #4

It’ll be interesting to see where the new CEO takes IBM and what his strategy is to make IBM relevant again. The last decade has been stagnant (if you’re being nice) and abysmal (if you’re being honest) for IBM, missing out on all the forecasted tech growth categories. Cloud services, they’re never even in the discussion. Mobile - forget it. AI...maybe. They need to find a niche they can excel in, 1 least, in order t…

I'm not going to argue that IBM is currently healthy and performing as they should but they did have over $22 billion in cloud revenue for 2019 so they are evidently in the discussion somewhere.

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by louwrentius » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:40 PM UTC

Can we derive anything meaningful from the fact that this Hacker News item almost gets no response and just a few comments?

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by clSTophEjUdRanu » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:44 PM UTC

louwrentius wrote: post #12

Can we derive anything meaningful from the fact that this Hacker News item almost gets no response and just a few comments?

I'll never forgive them for subjecting me to Clearcase or DOORS.

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by H8crilA » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:50 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #8

From the CNBC article covering this: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-steps-... >In a release, Rometty described Krishna as a “brilliant technologist who has played a significant role in developing our key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing and blockchain” Sounds like IBM's strategy is going all in on buzzwords.

IBM is a consulting company that tries to sell some of their cloud to their clients and some of their buzzwords to their investors. Normal silicon valley stuff, except that IBM manages to show up with some positive cash flow at the end of the day, unlike modern VC darlings.

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by tenebrisalietum » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:50 PM UTC

tssva wrote: post #11

bluedevil2k wrote: post #4

It’ll be interesting to see where the new CEO takes IBM and what his strategy is to make IBM relevant again. The last decade has been stagnant (if you’re being nice) and abysmal (if you’re being honest) for IBM, missing out on all the forecasted tech growth categories. Cloud services, they’re never even in the discussion. Mobile - forget it. AI...maybe. They need to find a niche they can excel in, 1 least, in order t…

I'm not going to argue that IBM is currently healthy and performing as they should but they did have over $22 billion in cloud revenue for 2019 so they are evidently in the discussion somewhere.

Also couldn't they basically sit on their rear and collect on mainframe contracts from now until the end of time?

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:50 PM UTC

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Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by rossdavidh » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

pgodzin wrote: post #2

What's the difference between the President and CEO roles?

In at least some cases, the CEO is the one actually running things, and the President is the one whose job is to fire the CEO if they're screwing up. Not that it is put that way, of course.

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by vernie » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

I was expecting to see the Watson logo

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by darekkay » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:52 PM UTC

Lutzb wrote: post #7

My bet was on Jim Whitehurst.

He'll become the IBM President.

Re: IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

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Post by posix_compliant » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:55 PM UTC

clSTophEjUdRanu wrote: post #13

louwrentius wrote: post #12

Can we derive anything meaningful from the fact that this Hacker News item almost gets no response and just a few comments?

I'll never forgive them for subjecting me to Clearcase or DOORS.

Clearcase was my first version control software. I don't think I'll ever experience such feelings of tranquil bliss and relief as when I learned and switched to git.