Surprised no one had commented on this.... I saw a paragraph on it in the dead trees version of the Washington Post while in a waiting room today. CRN had a nice article as did many other sites.
In one of its biggest restructurings in years, IBM (NYSE:IBM)'s Systems and Technology Group (STG) is reorganizing its server and storage system sales and marketing efforts around types of customers rather than platforms. Thursday an IBM executive said the new customer-focused business units created in the restructuring will provide solution providers with more "customer-facing resources" to help drive channel partner opportunities. "It was clear that we needed to shift our axis from a product-outward approach to a partner- and customer-in approach," said Tom Jarosh, who as vice president of transformation for STG is the architect behind the reorganization. While Jarosh said the restructuring would result in a small number of layoffs, he said most of the changes involved shifting staff from internally-focused staffers to positions that deal more directly with customers. Details of the cutbacks weren't disclosed. The re-organization "will put STG in a much stronger position to set the agenda for the next generation data center or for innovative solutions in SMB," said William Zeitler, senior vice president and STG group executive, in a memo sent early Thursday to managers throughout STG. "And we will be better aligned to deliver a rapid, well-orchestrated response across our platforms and partner offerings as new standards and important trends emerge, like cloud computing and data center integration," the memo said. ............. http://www.crn.com/hardware/205207924 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itmCjP7yW5p6AcqSoQYLlhBoCS0gD8TUL8UG0 Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
