"In 2012, Ginni Rometty became IBM’s chief executive officer. She inherited a company that had largely missed the transition to cloud computing, which allows IBM’s corporate customers to fix problems online rather than deal with human beings -- like the workers in Dubuque."
So because something is "in the cloud" human beings are no longer required to resolve issues? Hmm... > Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 22:22:33 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Iowa Spent $50 Million to Lure IBM. Then the Firings Started > To: [email protected] > > Phil, > > Thanks for the article. I have a long time friend who was thinking of > interviewing there, I had heard "rumors" and suggested before she > accept the job she should better interview the people she would be > working for. She did and came to agree with my rumors. She did not > take the job, it would have been a disaster as there are zero jobs in > the area. > > Ed > > On May 19, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > > > Ouch. > > > > > > > > From Bloomberg, May 19, 2015: > > Five years after bringing high-tech jobs to the Midwestern states > > of Iowa and Missouri, International Business Machines Corp. has > > fired half its workers there –sowing ire and disappointment for > > locals and officials alike. > > > > To read the entire article, go to http://bloom.bg/1c1RHxp or http:// > > www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-19/iowa-spent-50-million-to- > > lure-ibm-then-the-firings-started > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
