Breitbart:
IBM, one of the nation’s largest technology employers, announced Monday that it plans to invest $150 billion in the United States over the next five years, adding that the company is “focused on American jobs and manufacturing.”
IBM revealed in a Monday press release that it “plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing.”
“This includes an investment of more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM’s American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers,” the company said.
IBM CEO and Chairman Arvind Krishna added, “Technology doesn’t just build the future — it defines it.”
“We have been focused on American jobs and manufacturing since our founding 114 years ago, and with this investment and manufacturing commitment we are ensuring that IBM remains the epicenter of the world’s most advanced computing and AI capabilities,” Krishna said.
The technology company added that its innovations include enabling “the U.S. social security system, the Apollo Program that put a man on the moon, and power businesses in every industry.” read more
IBM?
Gee, now I wanna get out the PS/2, plug my 9600 baud modem into a phone line, and dial into the Prodigy network or AOL!
You’d think a reputable news outlet would keep a running total and give Trump and his tariffs credit. That way Rand Paul could sit the F down and shut up. That numbers got to be pretty damn impressive by now. Yuge. A big beautiful number.
IBM has been throwing a ton of money at AI and getting big results. They’re positioning themselves to be a real contender.
Arvind Krishna is full of BS. IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo, laid off thousands (10s of thousands?) of senior support and service personnel, outsourced their code development to India and their support to Africa and closed stocking depots nationwide. I did a dime for them and personally had to train and manage a crew in Bangalore until they could fire me. They hired some grrlboss VP from the cosmetics industry to completely screw up their data center support division, and after wrecking the joint she absquatulated with a hefty golden parachute. “focused on American jobs and manufacturing.” my arse!
Jimmy don\’t play that
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 14:27 at 2:27 pm
“They hired some grrlboss VP from the cosmetics industry…”
…My last 2 Auto Center managers when I worked for Sears were dudes, but one’s previous experience was in Toys, and the others was in Lingere. Yep, a dude panty salesman runnin’ the Auto Center. When I inquired about that I was told that they were there to manage PEOPLE and not DEPARTMENTS, and that people managing was the same no matter where.
Then I was told to mind my own business.
They managed the Auto Center about as well as you’d expect a toy salesman and a skivvy seller would. It was interesting to hear them deal with customer technical issues, to say the least.
How’d that work out?
…well, you may notice that Sears sold their DieHard brand due to dire financial straights, and most of its stores failed, and the rest dont really do car things any more…
The technology company added that its innovations include enabling “the U.S. social security system”
…Uh, I wouldnt be too proud of that…
“the Apollo Program that put a man on the moon”
…thats even further in the rearview mirror than my PS/2 is, Im pretty sure you couldnt do it again as most of THOSE guys were straight White males who have long since retired and/or died, and Im not sure Achmed, Ja’Kishaa, Karen, and assorted transtesticles are really comperable in engineering skills given that most of their collegiate career would have been about Communism, CRT, and trying to decide which bathroom to use…