IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or (colloquially) Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is an American computer technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York.
The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century; it was founded in 1888 and incorporated (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R)) on June 15, 1911. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
With almost 330,000 employees worldwide and revenues of US$91 billion annually (figures from 2005), IBM is the largest information technology company in the world, and holds more patents than any other technology company.
Since 2001, services and consulting (Global Service) revenues have been larger than those from manufacturing (Hardware). Significantly, IBM has also been steadily increasing its workforce in developing countries (notably, in IBM India) and retrenching in the US and Europe.
Samuel J. Palmisano was elected CEO on January 29, 2002 after having led IBM's Global Services, and helping it to become a business with $100 billion in backlog in 2004.
Palmisano replaced Louis V. Gerstner, who had held the job from 1993 to 2002, taking over from John Akers, who left during a period of financial difficulty for the company.
IBM has engineers and consultants in over 170 countries and IBM Research has eight laboratories, all located in the Northern Hemisphere, with five of those locations outside of the United States.
IBM employees have earned five Nobel Prizes, four Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science.
As a chip maker IBM is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (sometimes shortened to just Mercedes or Benz) is a world famous German brand name of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks created for Daimler-Benz AG and now owned by DaimlerChrysler AG. The Daimler-Benz company originated on June 28, 1926 when two companies, Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), merged.
Established in 1871, Benz & Cie. was the most important of several companies founded by Karl Benz. DMG was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and his partner Wilhelm Maybach in 1890, but Daimler died in 1900 and Maybach left DMG in 1907, by which time the two companies were rivals. In 1924, owing to economic necessity after World War One, they entered into an "Agreement of Mutual Interest" (valid until the year 2000), however, this initial agreement still allowed each company to manufacture and sell their products under their original brand names. It was only after the 1926 official merger, that the brand Mercedes-Benz was created and used.
Mercedes-Benz is the brand name applied to the models of one of the premier automotive manufacturers in the world and, because of its tie to Karl Benz, it is also the name of the world's oldest continuously produced automobile line. Its contemporary competition in automobile production is from Audi, BMW, Cadillac, and Lexus. In 1926 when the new company, Daimler-Benz was established through merger, a new logo also was created that would include a symbol for each and integrate the names of the two former companies. A three-pointed star had been designed by Gottlieb Daimler to show the ability of his motors for land, air, and sea use. This star first appeared on a DMG model in 1909, so it was chosen for the new logo. However the brand name Daimler was compromised after the death of Daimler in 1900, and allowed to be used on other automobiles, so the name of its seminal Mercedes model was chosen for the DMG portion of the logo. The traditional laurel symbol of Karl Benz was added along with his name to complete the new logo. The logo with a plain ring, as seen today, was not used until 1937. The three pointed star was brought about when Gottlieb Daimler was on his way home one night and was inspired by using a star. The three pointed star symbolises land, sea and air in which Mercedes Benz are all part of.
Mercedes-Benz automobiles are among the most technologically advanced vehicles in the world, as they have pioneered — both in the past and present — countless technological and safety features and until the late-1990s, were renowned for their flawless design and execution. It was in 1998, when Daimler-Benz and Chrysler agreed to combine their businesses — known as the "merger of equals", that the DaimlerChrysler AG company was created.
Irdning-Real Madrid. Tonight @ 6:30 pm CET
Tonight at 6:30 pm CET, Madridistas can watch their team's second match of the pre-season, as the Whites take on amateur team, Irdning. The match should be a good test to determine how Capello's men are progressing in terms of physical form after spending one week in Austria.
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