IBM brings together software, consulting and infrastructure to help clients solve the business challenges that matter most. Our platforms embed AI into core systems and workflows, improve the economics of real work and scale securely across hybrid cloud environments. We deploy solutions inside IBM before we bring them to clients, so what we deliver is not just designed, but proven.
For over a century, IBM has been at the forefront of technological innovation. Beginning in the earliest days of computing, IBM has blended intelligence, innovation and science to improve business, society and the human experience. Learn more about our rich history.
IBM’s roots trace back to Herman Hollerith’s 1896 invention of the tabulating machine, revolutionizing data processing for the 1890 US Census. In 1911, IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, later renamed IBM in 1924. Key innovations followed, such as the 1928 introduction of the 80-column punched card, which became a global data standard.
IBM introduced the electric accounting machine in 1929. By 1935, it supported Social Security with record-keeping systems. During World War II, IBM aided military operations with punch card technology and in 1945, it founded the Watson Scientific Computing Lab, marking a significant step toward modern computing.
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