IBM Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation(IBM) (NYSE: IBM). The Group offers customer solutions with the help of advanced information technology. The solutions offered include, singularly or in some combination, technologies, systems, products, services, software and financing. The operations of the Group comprise of three Hardware product segments (Technology, Personal and Enterprise Systems); Global services segment; Software segment; Global Financing segment and an Enterprise Investments segment. The products are licensed under a number of patents that vary in duration. The Group operates in more than 150 countries worldwide and offers the products through its global sales and distribution organizations and third-party business partners. Global services accounted for 41% of 2001 revenues; hardware, 39%; software, 15%; global financing, 4% and enterprise investments/other, 1%.