IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology and service provider. The company invests in high business values and strategic markets such as Cloud Computing; Business Analytics; Mobile Computing; Smarter Commerce and Social Business.

With the Smarter Planet initiative, IBM believes intelligence allows for the growth and innovation of human life, including the way people live, work, and govern themselves; the way services are ordered and delivered; and the way the environment is protected.

The world is already connected economically, technologically and socially. However, being connected alone is not sufficient. The world needs new generations of talent, leaders and problem solvers to infuse intelligence into our daily lives. Over the last decade, IBM has driven a significant transformation of its business model as the company shifts to higher value areas and improve efficiency of the business. IBM has been building these capabilities to round out the portfolio to address the needs of clients and the society.

IBM has 35,000 software engineers in more than 90 research and development laboratories around the globe, who focus on solving real-world business issues for clients in more than 170 countries.

The company pays close attention to science, funds mathematicians and physicists, takes part in organization of various events dedicated to research and development of technology. IBM is ACM ICPC general sponsor since 1989.

IBM's sponsorship commitment to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is part of a company-wide effort to advance the next generation of technology leaders and problem solvers who have combined skills of computing science and business management.

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