edja...@phoenixsoftware.com (Edward Jaffe) writes:
> http://socialbarrel.com/ibm-job-cuts-in-germany-8000-may-be-laid-off/31574/
>
> Rumor has it that IBM is laying off up to 40% of its workforce in
> Germany. At the same time they are testing a new global temporary
> worker program that they believe can speed up project implementation
> by 30% and reduce costs by 1/3.
recently item/discussion in (closed linkedin group) "Greater IBM":
How IBM saved $300 million by going agile; Behind the scenes on IBM's agile
transformation
Look, ma! The elephant's dancing even faster!
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/invisiblethread/entry/ibm-agile-transformation-how-ibm-saved-300-million-by-going-agile?lang=en
my post/response in the thread:
for comparison see this (1982 SEAS aka European SHARE) presentation on
development of cp/40
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/cp40seas1982.txt
... snip ...
and in another blog somewhere, somebody did a recent review of Gerstner's
"Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?"
http://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Dance-Inside-Historic-Turnaround/dp/0060523794
and my response ...
A couple recent posts mentioning Gerstner's resurrection of IBM in
("closed" linkedin) Greater IBM (current&former employees)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012.html#57
above mentions "Age of Greed" discussing a few wallstreet players
(including Gerstner) during 80s&90s.
also in (open linkedin) "Mainframe Experts" -- really long-winded post
discussing runup to IBM going into the red
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012.html#92
above mentions "Strategic Intuition" that somewhat compares Microsoft,
Apple, Google and Gerstner's resurrection of IBM
another "Greater IBM" in "Can a business be democratic? Tom Watson
Sr. thought so" discussion -- some reference to factors leading up to
Gerstner's resurrection of IBM
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012.html#104
and repeated again in this "Greater IBM" discussion: "Original Thinking
Is Hard, Where Good Ideas Come From"
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012b.html#59 and
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012b.html#68 and
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012b.html#72
... snip ...
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