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Opinion on  International Business Machines Corp (IBM)     Sector: Services  >  Industry: Business Services
IBM is ON

Mar 23, 2009 06:06 PM GMT
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The market already knows that the financials of IBM will take a hit after the acquisition of SUN But the acquisition would be good for IBM as they grab hold of the shrinking enterprise hardware market! no one buys big servers anymore...IBM will have a better chance at the next innovation curve to save its floundering systems business and get back in the market In other news: So Africa is a new outsourcing destination, gives good hope to internationally poor locations with criminal history and other believers in sinking megaliths like IBM and outsourcing!

IBM:  This call was made on 03/23/09 @ $95.66
Rating:   Positive   $95.66 (03/23/09)
Gain/Loss:   +32.67% in 233 days


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utopius   83%     1 point   commented 176 days ago reply

Trying to understand the logic here...
Why is IBM a good stock to own if "no one buys big servers anymore"? If they missed the distributed computing revolution, why does that give them an edge in "the next innovation curve"? If IBM is a sinking megalith, why own it?
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zyaadakairaada   67%     1 point   commented 175 days ago reply

We are very near the cyclical dip as there are no buybacks either..but it is a good stock to own because 50% of its revenue comes from consulting and services and 50% from hardware. It is on 45 of the top 50 Fortune companies and has more than a 100 $50m accounts in services alone..

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