IBM Cloud Computing era explores "slimming Dafa" to sell Call-centre

IBM is exploring a new "downsizing" approach that keeps its low-margin business in transition. IBM has sold its call-centre business earlier this month, according to foreign media reports, a veteran who understands IBM's strategy.

IBM sold some of its outsourced business to Synnex earlier this month with $50.5 million. "Some software services and back-office businesses are stirring up intense discussions inside," according to a person familiar with the company's internal agenda.

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty (Speed network)

In the period of change, IBM and its rivals are constantly rethinking whether their old ways can work.

IBM earned 104.5 billion dollars in 2012 years, hardware and http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/6343.html "> Financial business accounted for 14%,45% from software, and 41% from services." The profit of IBM2012 year is 17.6 billion dollars. Mark Loughridge, IBM's chief financial officer, said the company plans to raise software revenues to half of the company's revenue by 2015. After selling part of the business to SYNNEX, IBM will be more focused on highly profitable businesses-consulting and cloud computing.

But according to a recent article in Business Week, IBM spokeswoman Michael Fay has been investing in research and development, but the company's investment in cloud computing has not fulfilled its initial vision after CEO Rometty in power. And Rometty constantly defends layoffs and business sales, and she continues to emphasise the importance of profit growth. IBM spends $ billions of a year on research and development making it the IT patent giant, but it's a big challenge for IBM to translate these innovative ideas into business-benefit businesses.

IBM's chief investment officer, Ivan Feinseth, also reported that the company spent 6 billion of billions of dollars on cloud computing after 2007, and said the company's cloud revenue would reach $7 billion by 2015.