IBM has taken a leadership role in this area and is prepared to be a technology partner with companies around the world to take advantage of these new developments.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions.
I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and a good team.
What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues.
IBM has a very solid business image.
The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal.
I think, given who the IBM target company is, I feel our purpose is to be essential to our clients.
I want to take IBM back to its roots.
IBM isn't investing billions of dollars every year into research and development - and winning more patents than our top 10 competitors combined for more than a decade - as an academic exercise. But research is now being driven much more by what people need rather than just by what is possible.
IBM's long-standing mantra is 'Think.' What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me, is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues.
The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.