世界名牌博览:国际商业机器公司
时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:世界名牌博览
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IBM(国际商业机器公司)或万国商业机器公司,简称IBM(International Business Machines Corporation)。总公司在纽约州阿蒙克市。1924年托马斯·沃森创立于美国,是全球最大的信息技术和业务解决方案公司,拥有全球雇员 30多万人,业务遍及160多个国家和地区。
该公司创立时的主要业务为商业打字机,之后转为文字处理机,然后到计算机和有关服务,2011年IBM在中韩两国行贿被罚1000万美元。2013年9月19日,IBM收购了英国商业软件厂商Daeja Image Systems,打算将其并入软件集团和企业内容管理(ECM)业务。2014年1月9日,IBM宣布斥资10亿美元组建新部门,负责公司最新电脑系统Watson。
北京时间2014年12月17日,欧盟委员会表示,已批准了汉莎航空公司将其IT基础设施部门出售给美国国际商用机器公司(IBM)的交易。
2016年6月8日,《2016年BrandZ全球最具价值品牌百强榜》公布,IBM 排第10名。
International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational 1 computer and information technology corporation. It’s the fourth largest tech company in the world and has the second most valuable brand. IBM has its origins in the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1896 as the Tabulating 2 Machine Company by Herman Hollerith. It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1911 as the Computing 3 Tabulating Recording 4 Corporation and became International Business Machines in 1917. Today its business is computer systems, software and hardware, semi-conductors, and IT consulting services. The company employs 400,000 people worldwide. Its staff have won five Nobel Prizes among numerous other international awards. According to its website, these IBMers share the corporate 5 value of “innovation that matters.”
该公司创立时的主要业务为商业打字机,之后转为文字处理机,然后到计算机和有关服务,2011年IBM在中韩两国行贿被罚1000万美元。2013年9月19日,IBM收购了英国商业软件厂商Daeja Image Systems,打算将其并入软件集团和企业内容管理(ECM)业务。2014年1月9日,IBM宣布斥资10亿美元组建新部门,负责公司最新电脑系统Watson。
北京时间2014年12月17日,欧盟委员会表示,已批准了汉莎航空公司将其IT基础设施部门出售给美国国际商用机器公司(IBM)的交易。
2016年6月8日,《2016年BrandZ全球最具价值品牌百强榜》公布,IBM 排第10名。
International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational 1 computer and information technology corporation. It’s the fourth largest tech company in the world and has the second most valuable brand. IBM has its origins in the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1896 as the Tabulating 2 Machine Company by Herman Hollerith. It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1911 as the Computing 3 Tabulating Recording 4 Corporation and became International Business Machines in 1917. Today its business is computer systems, software and hardware, semi-conductors, and IT consulting services. The company employs 400,000 people worldwide. Its staff have won five Nobel Prizes among numerous other international awards. According to its website, these IBMers share the corporate 5 value of “innovation that matters.”
1 multinational
adj.多国的,多种国籍的;n.多国籍公司,跨国公司
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
2 tabulating
把(数字、事实)列成表( tabulate的现在分词 ); 制表
- The Census Office did not finish tabulating the results until 1888. 直到1888年,人口普查办公室才完成统计数字表格。
- By 1890 a revolutionary electrical tabulating system was available. 到了1890年,一种具有革命意义的电动制表装置投入使用。
3 computing
n.计算
- to work in computing 从事信息处理
- Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代(约1980年),他们就创办了软件公司。