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This book is the first authoritative business and technical history of IBM to appear in fifteen years―and a lot has happened in that time. Often overshadowed by the new Titans of the Internet Era, IBM with its 400,000 employees remains the world's oldest and largest supplier of computer services. Jim Cortada is especially well qualified to write this book―as both one of our most respected and prolific computer historians and a life-long IBMer.―Martin Campbell-Kelly, Warwick UniversityJim Cortada's wonderful book took me back fifty years. My entire business education began with IBM, a company with a unique culture and ethos. At IBM I learned a seemingly obvious lesson, one that many modern companies (and later even IBM) ignored, that long-term success is dependent on how you treat your customers and employees. Cortada makes that culture and ethos the centerpiece of his magnificent history, documenting the vast changes that we as a society have faced and how IBM has always been there with us, in good and bad times for us both.―Ernest E. [Lee] Keet, President, Vanguard Atlantic Ltd.In IBM:The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon, Dr. Cortada gives us the fullest possible perspective of IBM's leadership and presence in our evolving technology-centric world. We sit at the feet of a master observer, storyteller, and technologist. It is unlikely that any other person holds the depth of direct experience and observation skills he possesses to be able to tell this remarkable story. It is an essential work for one wishing to understand the historical development of our global technology industry.―David G. Arscott, co-founder, Compass Technology Group, Inc.

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About the Author

James W. Cortada is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota and the author of Information and the Modern Corporation (MIT Press) and other books. He worked at IBM for thirty-eight years in sales, consulting, managerial, and research positions.

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Product details

Series: History of Computing

Hardcover: 752 pages

Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (March 5, 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0262039443

ISBN-13: 978-0262039444

Product Dimensions:

6 x 1.8 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

5.0 out of 5 stars

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#63,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Jim's book is a great documentary from a former employee and one of IBM's most knowledgeable historians. I tag the pages or ideas in a book that I consider worth rereading and thinking about later. Hopefully the uploaded picture is worth more than the 1,000 words I am going to write here. All IBMers should understand when I say it is a "1" performer or a "5" under Amazon's rating system.I found the read compelling because:(1) It covers the history of IBM from its earliest of dates through 2018 which more historians should attempt to accomplish to put today's IBM in perspective for a new generation that has little context of its history of falls and recoveries.(2) It provides a new look at all of IBM's Chief Executives. It raises the esteem that historians should carry for Frank T Cary's leadership in the '70s and lowers the leadership value of John R. Opel's in the '80s. Views I agree with and think more historians should consider in their reviews.(3) Looks at Louis V. Gerstner with not as much new eyes as at least a look outside the self-evaluation the chief executive wrote of himself in "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" In this area, I look forward to further works from Jim as he consolidates more facts that were not in Lou's or this book: (1) that Lou Gerstner never had to lead though a major economic downturn (coming on board as one ended and announcing his retirement as one began), (2) the contradiction between telling employees there was an on-going financial crisis as he stripped them of their benefits but started stock buybacks in 1995, yearly dividend increases in 1996 and two stock splits in 1997 and 1999, and (3) hopefully, a new round of books that are, as Jim points out, sorely lacking from Lou's top lieutenants as they evaluate his leadership. Historians sorely need these views when these executives can write them with the distance of time. Jim does a great job looking at this time frame ... I just think there is more to the story, just like there is to Frank Cary's and John Opel's that the distance of time will bring into clarity. This is a good start, there is just more to come.Comments to enjoy this book:(1) I read the book like a historian from front to back following its chronological order. Jim in the book recommends starting where you have the most interest. I too would recommend this to the non-historian reader. Jump around and start with what is most relevant to you today.(2) It is a book targeted to historians also. Because of this a casual reader may find the references to all the other historian's views on IBM and corporate history a little distracting. Just read faster through these parts ... a 700 page book should be written to satisfy the needs of multiple audiences. If you are a historian attempting to pull together a multitude of eclectic views of the company, ideas on leadership and reviews of strategies, these are the places to slow down and think a little harder; if not, skim and don't get hung up on it.(3) If you are an employee that has been resourced by the 21st Century IBM you may find the view of the current day IBM a little on the positive side. Although empathetic with the current employee situation, the distance of the historian - to me - is a little too distant; but this should be interpreted as a challenge to "my" views - a great book does such things, doesn't it? It should make us feel a little uncomfortable with our own thoughts?A great read and amazing effort Jim - thank you.Cheers,- Pete

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