April 15, 2025
Part 1. There's way more than 3.
There used to be a popular phrase. “Nobody ever got fired for hiring IBM.”
Showing my age here, I know. People these days either don’t know what IBM is. Or haven’t thought of them in a decade. Which is the point.
They were the kings of the Prestige Sale. When big companies needed to make big decisions about their tech infrastructure, hiring IBM was the go to play.
Not because they were the best or most innovative. But because they were ...