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International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational computer and information technology corporation. It’s the fourth largest tech company in the world and has the second most valuable brand. IBM has its origins in the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1896 as the Tabulating Machine Company by Herman Hollerith. It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporationand became International Business Machines in 1917. Today its business is computer systems, software and hardware, semi-conductors, and IT consulting services. The company employs 400,000 people worldwide. Its staff have won five Nobel Prizes among numerous other international awards. According to its website, these IBMers share the corporate value of “innovation that matters.”
国际商业机器公司是一家跨国的信息技术和电脑公司
。它也是全球第四大技术公司,第二大最有价值品牌 。IBM起始于19世纪 。1896年,赫尔曼·霍尔瑞斯创建了制表机器公司 。1911年,该公司在纽约证券交易所上市,1917年更名为国际商业机器公司 。今天,该公司的业务范围有电脑系统、软件、硬件、半导体、信息技术咨询服务 。该公司在全球拥有40万名员工 。该公司的职员曾经获得过5项诺贝尔奖,以及众多其他国际奖项 。该官网称员工领会了企业的价值核心,即创新的重要性 。译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。