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Storage Global Services Engineer

Storage Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
February 23, 2010
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

A global marketplace where business can take you to any continent in the world. With the market being what it is, it's nice to work for a company which has a global marketplace to play off of. My skill set can be leveraged and picked up by project teams worldwide. Therefore, there is little downtime when looking for new projects to move to.

Cons

IBM is inward-thinking and does not do well at focusing on what their customers want. A perfect example of this is their Lotus Notes product line. It has 10 times the features of any e-mail client I've ever used, and it's equally 10 times as hard to use. IBM needs to simplify its software and disk portfolio and focus on giving customers value out of the box on day one of ownership. The days when product implementation and integration projects took years to complete are over (or should be, for that matter). IBM's competition knows this and has risen to the occasion. This is why IBM is losing in the storage sector.

Advice to Management

Remove a tier or two of middle management, much like GE has done in the past. IBM needs to become a more agile company, focused on delivering results and not just cheap solutions.

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