International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated as: IBM）

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a globally renowned information technology and business solutions company.

In its early days: In 1911, IBM was registered and established in Endicott, New York, USA as a Calculation Table Recording Company (CTR), which was formed by the merger of List Machine Company, Calculation Table Company, and International Time Records. In 1924, CTR changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Before the development of electronic computers, IBM mainly operated punch card data processing equipment.

The computer age began: In the 1950s, IBM entered the electronic computer industry and launched the first commercial electronic computer, the IBM 701. In 1964, IBM launched the groundbreaking System/360 mainframe computer, announcing the advent of the mainframe era. Almost all computer research and development in the world were based on the IBM 360 series system.

Diversification and Challenge Period: In the 1980s, IBM launched the IBM PC, becoming an important participant in the personal computer market, but also facing competitive pressure from emerging computer manufacturers in Japan and the United States, and began to diversify its business into software, services, and consulting fields.

Modern IBM: In 2005, IBM sold its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, significantly reducing the proportion of its hardware business and instead strengthening its software and consulting services. At present, IBM is in a leading position in fields such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.