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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: 1010data, AdaCore, Allume Systems, Animusic, AppSense, Atypon, Base One International, BlueTie, CA Technologies, CD-adapco, CERTPOINT Systems, Comverse Technology, CYBRA, DataArt, Datacap, Digital Assembly, ECustoms, EMeta, Exhibio, FalconStor Software, FatWire, Fog Creek Software, Fueled, General Sentiment, Inc., GoldenSource, GrammaTech, GridApp Systems, GT Interactive Software, IBM, Information Builders, ITerating, Kaltura, Knewton, Lingvosoft, List of acquisitions by CA Technologies, LivePerson, Lore (company), LTU Technologies, Medidata Solutions, Nastel, Nortec Software, Numerix, On2 Technologies, OpTier, Proginet, Radio Computing Services, RatchetSoft, Raz-Lee, Schrodinger (company), SmarterGrade, SocialFlow, Spiral Universe, Stephen Gilfus, TalkPoint, Telmar (company), Tweakbench, Venda Inc, Veramark Technologies, Verint Systems, Viva Media. Excerpt: International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM), or IBM, is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR) through a merger of three companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company. CTR adopted the name International Business Machines in 1924, using a name previously designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South America. Security analysts nicknamed IBM Big Blue in recognition of IBM's common use of blue in products, packaging, and logo. In 2012, Fortune ranked IBM the #2 largest U.S. firm in terms of number of employees (433,362), the #4...