As usual, The Register is fairly informative: https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/08/ibm_splits_off_services_division/
As I read this, if you're with IBM Outsourcing you job is headed off to NewCo; for the rest of us nothing much changes. Unfortunately I don't see much hope of an increased or distraction-free focus on Z; instead Z becomes even more of a footnote to Red Hat and cloud. (Just my reading of things; I don't really know any more than anyone else.) Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Jousma Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBM splitting into two companies Anyone know any more about this? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibm-divestiture/ibm-to-break-up-109-year-old-company-to-focus-on-cloud-growth-idUSKBN26T1TZ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-accelerate-hybrid-cloud-growth-strategy-and-execute-spin-off-of-market-leading-managed-infrastructure-services-unit-301148458.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
