Organisation Description

IBM is a globally integrated enterprise operating in over 170 countries. IBM United Kingdom’s history began in 1951 and today IBM UK has around 20,000 employees bringing innovate solutions to a diverse client base to help solve some of their toughest business challenges. The type of service provided is very varied … everything from technical support for computing products, to software programming, IT support, business consulting, Procurement services, and much much more. IBM supports both large and smaller business clients with customised solutions to help make the world work better and build a smarter planet.

The character of a company — the stamp it puts on its products, services and the marketplace — is shaped and defined over time. It evolves. It deepens. It is expressed in an ever-changing corporate culture, in transformational strategies, and in new and compelling offerings for customers. IBM’s character has been formed over nearly 100 years of doing business in the field of information-handling. Nearly all of the company’s products were designed and developed to record, process, communicate, store and retrieve information — from its first scales, tabulators and clocks to today’s powerful computers and vast global networks. IBM helped pioneer information technology over the years, and it stands today at the forefront of a worldwide industry that is revolutionizing the way in which enterprises, organizations and people operate and thrive.

Awards

• First Women, Corporate Award 2008
• Number 1 Private Sector Employer 2008, Stonewall Equality Index
• Business In The Community, Environment Index 2008 Gold Rated
• Network Computing Awards 2008, Company of the Year
• The Target, Graduate Employer of the Year

2007 & 2008

• Green IT, Supplier of the Year 2008
• The Times, Graduate IT Employer of the Year 2005-2008

*5 Nobel Prizes *More Worldwide Patents than any other company.