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Companies adopting agile talent practices are giving a lot of thought to how employees experience the workplace—in some cases, treating them like customers. In this interview Diane Gherson, IBM’s chief human resources officer, discusses how that’s playing out as the iconic tech firm revamps its business model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the managers' coaching of their employees, including in assisting employees' developing of job skills and and its impact on employees' job performance. It offers a brief interview with corporate director Jason Trujillo of International Business Machines (IBM) on employee coaching, including in regard to managers acting as what is referred to as connectors. INSET: JASON TRUJILLO "A MANAGER CAN'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS".

The article discusses Vivek Gupta, a salesperson for IBM (International Business Machine) Corp. Gupta, the article indicates, sells IBM's products related to the telecommunications industry, specializing in emerging markets. Other topics discussed in the article include the importance of the sales force to IBM's success and Gupta's sales strategies. INSETS: The IBM Sales Force, Then and Now;Gupta's Trade Secrets.

Focuses on the successful transformation of IBM, crediting the leadership of chief executive officer Lou Gerstner. Questions surrounding the future of the company as Gerstner retires and Sam Palmisano replaces him; Success of Gerstner in increasing the percent of IBM's revenue from services; Comparison of IBM's sales with other tech companies; Ability of IBM to survive despite the technology downturn; Backgrounds on Gerstner and Palmisano; Challenges Palmisano faces.

Profiles Lynn Conway. Her work on the Advanced Computer System project at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM); Development of techniques for integrated circuit designs; Her struggle as a transgender woman.

Presents a speech by Reinaldo Zinn, a general manager of International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., given at the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade Conference entitled 'Across America--Miami: Trade and Export in Latin America,' dealing with the issue of electronic business and technology.

Reports on entrepreneurs who have made fortunes in the computer industry. History of the development of the computer; Instrumental players, including Thomas Watson, Jr., chief executive officer of IBM; How IBM decision to contract out for computer components allowed growth for companies like Intel and Microsoft; Roles of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Steve Case, and Michael Dell; Outlook. INSET: Please Reboot.

Focuses on Louis Gerstner Jr., chairman of International Business Machines (IBM). His efforts to rebuild the world's largest information company; Creation of a hard-driving corporate culture at IBM; Business strategies; How he is leveraging IBM's skills; Challenges; Education; Career highlights. INSETS: IBM's Lotus position;IBM sets its sites on the web.

Asserts that many companies are dawdling when it comes to issues of ethnic or gender diversity, but those who are forward-looking are betting that a diversified workforce will be useful in the 21st century. Emerging trends at Xerox, Avon, AT&T, and IBM.

Focuses on Lawrence Ricciardi, senior vice-president and corporate counsel at IBM. The $14 billion deal he negotiated with AT&T in November 1998; His push to reduce the company's involvement in memory chips; Efforts by Ricciardi to make IBM more competitive; Critics of Ricciardi.

An interview with Thomas J. Watson, Jr., chairman of technology company International Business Machines (IBM), is presented. Watson revealed how he had been able to change IBM drastically and yet keep the essential spirit it had when it was a small company. He also talked about how important planning is at his company and using the management skills of companies like IBM to assist solve social problems like poverty.

The article offers brief profiles of women included in the periodical's 2016 list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in business. They include PepsiCo chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman Indra Nooyi, Lockheed Martin CEO, chairman and president Marillyn Hewson, and IBM CEO, chairman and president Ginni Rometty.

An interview with researcher and founder of the Cognitive Computing group at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Research-Almaden in San Jose, California, Dharmendra Modha, is presented. Modha, who is also the principal investigator for a U.S. Department of Defense project to build scalable neurocomputers, discusses building a computer that works like a human brain, the design for the TrueNorth computer chip, and TruNorth's adaptability.

The article offers information on the top women executives in the U.S. business sector as of October 2014. They include Ginni Rometty, chief executive officer (CEO) of hardware firm International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Mary Barra, CEO of auto company General Motors (GM), and Susan Cameron, chairman, president and CEO of tobacco company Reynolds American.

The article discusses the people who have been chosen by the editors of the periodical for inclusion on the third annual Executive Dream Team list as of September 2013, focusing on corporate leaders such as Sam Palmisano, the former chief executive officer at the computer firm International Business Machines (IBM). Byron Pollitt, the chief financial officer at the Visa credit card company, and Pony Ma, the founder of the Chinese Internet service portal Tencent. Karenann Terrell, are mentioned.

The article features the recipients of the 2009 Women of Excellence Award of the National Association of Female Executives. It is stated that these women, after overcoming challenges in their careers, are now helping others as a means of giving back. Among the awardees are Marie Meliksetian of IBM, Carla Campbell Jackson of State Farm Insurance and Elizabeth Davis of EAD & Associates.

This article presents an interview with Jon Iwata, the chief marketing officer for International Business Machines Corp. Iwata discusses the issues that are of the most concern to marketing during the poor economic conditions. He believes that social media will be ready for business in 2010 and it will become the latest marketing trend.

An interview is presented with Ginni Rometty, chief executive officer (CEO) of technology company IBM. She discusses how the company has changed during her 35 year tenure, her career as an engineer, and IBM's revenue decline. Other topics covered include IBM's artificial intelligence service Watson, the significance of being IBM's first female CEO, and competition.

The article evaluates the sales training at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). In 2008 IBM's sales learning team was given the assignment of redesigning the Global Sales School (GSS), which is the foundational sales training program for the 3,000 annual sales hires at the company. It was to be redesigned to be more efficient and to increase the production of revenue by the new employees. Also discussed is the need by IBM to have a new program that increased sales employees' quota attainment and was cost-efficient.

The article features Robert Dennard, inventor of the Dynamic Random-access Memory (DRAM) and awardee of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Medal of Honor. He took undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering, and works at the applied research group of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). He conceptualized the scaling theory of METAL oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET). Information on how he developed DRAM is also noted.

Profiles Colleen Arnold, general manager of the global communicator sector of computer company IBM and working mother from Wilton, Connecticut. Roles and responsibilities as division general manager; Relationship with children; Her scheme in balancing work and parenting.

Presents the texts of remarks by Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of IBM Corp., before the Commonnwealth Club of California in San Franciso, California on October 12, 2000, about the issue of public education in the United States.

The article discusses leadership succession plans for technology firms. The author states that a surprisingly few number of chief executive officers (CEOs) have selected a leader to become CEO upon their departure from the firm. The lack of CEO succession plans in place is examined in detail at companies such as Apple, IBM, and Oracle.

The article focuses on Thomas Watson Jr. IBM's "$5,000,000,000 Gamble," as FORTUNE called it in 1966, grew out of the company's own compatibility problems. Rivalry between the company's two divisions produced a "wildly disorganized" array of offerings, CEO Thomas J. Watson Jr. recalled in his autobiography, Father, Son & Co. It was T. Vincent Learson, one of the "harsh, scratchy types" Watson valued, who gathered executives from across the company at the New Englander Motor Hotel near Stamford, Conn. They produced a report that was the birth certificate of the System/360, a family of computers that would remain compatible with future generations. For the first time the world's computers had a common language.

Argues that IBM's new stock options program for top executives, which aims to align the interests of executives with those of shareholders, could serve as model for other technology companies. Details of how IBM's stock options program works; Claim that the program rewards executives only after shareholders have benefited from a rise in the share price; Reasons why the new compensation plan was introduced; Discussion of whether the plan could work for small, as well as large, companies; Effects of new accounting rules on companies' willingness to offer lavish option packages.

IBM director of Web infrastructure software Bob Sutor is a key leader in the arcane world of Web services. In this conversation, he says it's just a matter of time before companies seamlessly connect their systems and software via the Internet through all-but-invisible applications. Web services will change the way we do business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Profiles Mark Dean, director of advanced systems development for the IBM Server Group. Details of Dean's accomplishments in the development of personal computer (PC) technology; Role of Dean in the creation of a 1,000 megahertz microprocessor; How Dean plans to develop methods of information transfer that will make the PC obsolete.

Lists the turnaround management team members of International Business Machines (IBM) headed by chairman and chief executive officer Lou Gerstner. Career highlights; Work experience; Internal problems; Aim to establish IBM as an interactive telecommunications leader and online services provider.

The article focuses on the issue concerning the charges filed by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to three high-ranking employees. It states that senior engineers Lewis Eggebrecht and Peter Stearns and office-systems product-line manager William Erdman were accused of selling secrets about IBM's new personal computer. It indicates that the defendants, who were fired because of the charges, did not tell their side of the story.

Looks at how business is booming at IBM in 1996. The record set by third-quarter sales; Disclosure by IBM and Intel to `Fortune' magazine that they are close to completing a strategic partnership; Characteristics of executives named by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lou Gerstner; Suggestion that IBM's relationship with Microsoft will warm up.

The article reports on the laying off and recruiting policy adopted by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). The company has been laying off a large number of people, but it has also been hiring some new people. Since the beginning of 1993, it has hired over 1,300 professionals, including 36 new executives. IBM's new human resources chief, Gerald Czarnecki, shook things up by selling assets, cutting jobs, prodding bank employees with sales training and introducing incentives all the way down to the branch manager level.

The article discusses the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's selection of three directors of computer company International Business Machines (IBM) for his cabinet. The author describes IBM's concern over the loss of their former directors Cyrus Vance, Patricia Roberts Harris, and Harold Brown. Topics mentioned include Carter's affinity for IBM, his relationship with soda producer Coca-Cola chairman Paul Austin, and IBM Vice President Jane Cahill Pfeiffer's rejection of a cabinet post.

The article discusses the career developments of several executives from the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) who transferred to other companies in the computer industry in the U.S. Dan H. Wilkie transferred to Tandon Corp. to become its president after working with IBM for 18 years. Richard E. Greene who belongs to the Golden Circle top salesmen left to become the founder and chairman of Data Switch Corp. Bob O. Evans moved to Hambrecht & Quist, Inc. to become its president. INSET: WHERE IBM GRADS GO, BOB McGRATH FOLLOWS.

The article speculates on why U.S. technology corporation International Business Machines (IBM) invited chief executive officer Alex Gorsky of American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to become a member of its board of directors. Topics include the plans of J&J to expand its portfolio of drugs with the help of IBM's data-service, Watson, Gorsky's background in the pharmaceutical industry and the capabilities of data-service Watson in evaluating drugs before production.

The article presents an interview with Bridget van Kralingen, an executive at the U.S. multinational technology and consulting corporation International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Topics include why businesses require data analysis to enter new markets, how IBM is working to combine their research and consulting departments, and what she believes will lead to growth withing the company.

The article discusses the state of the business of American computer manufacturer Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in 1971. Particular focus is given to its investments, market share goals, and former International Business Machines (IBM) employees that were hired in RCA. The author also comments on the compatibility of its software and hardware machines with IBM's.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about Charles Kirk of International Business Machines in the November 1, 1946 issue.

The article focuses on the author's conversation with Ari Kugler, director of business development for the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) i systems. He mentions that Kugler is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Systemcorp ALG Ltd., a software company which the IBM acquired in 2004. He conveys that Kugler works with IBM i and Power System leaders including Ian Jarman and Guy Paradise.

The article focuses on the argument concerning the isolation of traditional International Business Management Corp. (IBM) i programmers and the breaking up of the web development teams of many information technology (IT) organizations. It is believed that traditional IBM i programmers have indeed delivered to core business applications and logic necessary for the foundation of many businesses. However, web-focused development teams are argued to have lack understanding on such aspects.

The article reports on International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) chief executive officer (CEO) Virginia Rometty as one of the 100 most influential people of 2012, discussing her background in computer science and electrical engineering, as well as IBM's global success.

The article announces International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) promoted its sales and marketing executive Virginia Rometty to chief executive officer.

Presents an interview with Erin B. Williams and Elizabeth J. Smith, women starting work at International Business Machines Corp. in the United States. Career challenges; Views on the importance of mentoring in work; Need to balance work and life.

Reports on the five senior executives in IBM Corporation who were promoted to head five operating divisions. Appointment of Linda Sanford; Focus of John M. Thompson; Reason for the promotion.