IBM is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, having been incorporated in the state of New York on June 16, 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.
Although its corporate headquarters are in Armonk, the I.M. Pei designed office complex in Somers, NY is a significant part of its corporate empire and an important local presence in terms of jobs, local economic impact and community services.
Two stories in LoHud.com on Sunday highlight the company’s corporate history and its launch of the computer revolution but say little about its local impact or history. However, one article notes that since 2003, IBM employees have logged more than 199,000 hours of volunteer time in Westchester County.
Not everyone is celebrating as layoffs are planned, notes a May story in the Poughkeepsie Journal and LoHud.com. In the last few years, IBM has shed thousands of U.S. jobs, with many going to other countries, according to an article in WRAL Tech Wire.
Read the LoHud.com stories, IBM's risks, research changed the world and IBM changed the world, then changed with it. The WRALtech wire story is New global union calls for IBM to 'respect' workers' rights.
LINKS:
http://www.lohud.com/article/20110612/NEWS01/106120384/IBM-changed-world-then-changed-it?odyssey=mod|lateststories
http://www.LoHud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011106120383
http://wraltechwire.com/business/tech_wire/news/blogpost/9712730/
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