# IBM

Organization, tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: International Business Machines, I.B.M., IBM Corporation

A large technology company that sells software, consulting and computing infrastructure to businesses. It describes its platforms as running across hybrid [cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/cloud) [environments](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/environment) and building AI into existing business systems.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) selling to a large bank finds that the bank already runs many of its systems on IBM software.

Official site: <https://www.ibm.com>

## Connects to (5)

- [Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/cloud): Computers and storage that you rent over the internet from a large provider, instead of owning the machines yourself.
- [AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/ai): Artificial intelligence.
- [B2B / B2C](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/b2b-b2c): Who you sell to.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [Managed service](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service): A service where the provider handles the upkeep instead of the customer's own team.

## Sources

- <https://www.ibm.com/about>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ibm