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IBM has been dedicated to every client's success and to creating innovations that matter for the world.
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Hybrid
77% employees reported
Monday to Friday
83% employees reported
Flexible timing
77% employees reported
No travel
66% employees reported
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About IBM
Founded in1911 (114 yrs old)
India Employee Count1 Lakh+
Global Employee Count1 Lakh+
India HeadquartersBangalore / Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is a global technology and consulting company with a mission to make the world work better. With a strong commitment to innovation, IBM focuses on leveraging hybrid cloud and AI technologies to help businesses and community's advance.
The company operates in over 170 countries, employing more than 300,000 professionals globally. IBM’s broad portfolio includes services in consulting, software, infrastructure, and research. Through its open-source platform, partnerships like Red Hat, and its emphasis on responsible tech, IBM is shaping the future of technology.
IBM’s legacy of innovation is driven by its 19 global research labs and thousands of patents, maintaining its position as a leader in cutting-edge tech solutions. The company continues to work toward building trust in technology and empowering clients to digitally transform their operations with speed and scale.
Mission: Our mission and purpose is to be a catalyst that makes the world work better. A catalyst is an agent of change. As catalysts, IBMers collaborate to release new energy. We forge partnerships and bring together powerful combinations of people and technology. We combine the methods of science with the dynamism business to do things neither could do on its own. We solve difficult problems and amplify the impact of our solutions with speed and scale. Our work is focused on the most mission-critical systems on the planet: electrical grids, airlines, mobile networks, banks, transportation systems, healthcare systems. These systems are more than just engines of economic growth. They are the systems that support modern society. In making them faster, more productive, and more secure, we don’t just make business work better, we make the world work better.
Vision: IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
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IBM is rated 4.0 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 23.2k company reviews. This rating reflects a generally positive employee experience, indicating satisfaction with the company’s work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.
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Gender Based Ratings at IBM
based on 22k reviews
4.0
Rated by 7.3k Women
Rated 4.0 for Work-life balance and 4.0 for Company culture
4.0
Rated by 14.6k Men
Rated 4.1 for Work-life balance and 4.0 for Skill development
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Hybrid
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Work from office
19%
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4%
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Overall Rating | 4.0/5 based on 23.2k reviews | 3.7/5 based on 93.7k reviews | 3.7/5 based on 55.1k reviews | 3.8/5 based on 59.3k reviews |
Highly Rated for | Work-life balance Skill development Job security | Job security Work-life balance | Job security | No highly rated category |
Critically Rated for | Promotions | Promotions Salary Work satisfaction | Promotions Salary | Promotions |
Primary Work Policy | Hybrid 77% employees reported | Work from office 80% employees reported | Hybrid 61% employees reported | Hybrid 75% employees reported |
Rating by Women Employees | 4.0 Good rated by 7.3k women | 3.7 Good rated by 27.3k women | 3.8 Good rated by 15.9k women | 3.8 Good rated by 22.4k women |
Rating by Men Employees | 4.0 Good rated by 14.6k men | 3.6 Good rated by 61.3k men | 3.7 Good rated by 36.8k men | 3.8 Good rated by 34.3k men |
Job security | 3.9 Good | 4.5 Good | 3.8 Good | 3.7 Good |
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IBM Salaries
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Featuremetric benchmarking: Quantum computer benchmarks based on circuit features
- Benchmarks that summarize the performance of quantum computers are crucial for measuring progress in useful quantum computation.
- A new benchmarking framework based on circuit features, such as circuit depth, width, gate density, input size, or algorithmic depth, has been proposed.
- The framework generalizes volumetric benchmarking, providing richer and more accurate models of quantum computer performance.
- The benchmarking framework has been demonstrated using benchmarks run on IBM Q and IonQ systems, showcasing their capability for up to 27 qubits.
Arxiv | 18 Apr, 2025
Leading the Change: Women Transforming Corporates, Tech, and Venture Capital
- Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva, built one of the most successful design platforms in the world without traditional funding or institutional backing.
- Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, and Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM, exemplify strategic and values-driven leadership.
- Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic, is setting new standards for safe and ethical AI.
- The need for more inclusive leadership and venture capital backing is highlighted by the significant funding gap for women entrepreneurs.
Medium | 18 Apr, 2025
Housing Figures in Picture for Next Week
- On Monday, the U.S. will release the leading economic indicators for March.
- On Tuesday, Tesla, Novartis, and GE Aerospace will report their Q1 earnings.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. will release S&P flash U.S. services PMI and manufacturing PMI for April, as well as new home sales for March. Philip Morris, IBM, and AT&T will report their Q1 earnings.
- On Thursday, the U.S. will release initial jobless claims for April 19 and durable-goods orders for March. Alphabet, Procter & Gamble, and T-Mobile US will report their Q1 earnings.
- On Friday, the U.S. will release the final consumer sentiment for April. AbbVie, HCA Healthcare, and Aon will report their Q1 earnings.
- In Canada, industrial product price index and raw materials price index for March will be published. Amex Exploration, West Fraser Timber, and Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. will report their earnings.
- Additionally, Canada will release new housing price index for March, and retail sales for February. Neptune Digital Assets Corp. will report their Q4 earnings.
Baystreet | 18 Apr, 2025
IBM Introduces Granite 3.3 Series of AI Models
- IBM has released the Granite 3.3 AI model lineup, including the Granite Speech 3.3 8B model, focused on speech-to-text (STT) and automatic speech translation (AST).
- The Granite 3.3 models are open source, available for developers to fine-tune and built on the Granite 3.3 8B Instruct language model.
- Granite Speech 3.3 8B offers improved accuracy in transcription tasks and automated translation to multiple languages, comparable to competing models.
- IBM is also working on the new Granite 4.0 model series, aiming for speed, improved context length, and increased capacity.
Analyticsindiamag | 17 Apr, 2025
This Harvard Cryptographer Says Privacy Doesn’t Need Bitcoin—or Big Tech
- Bruce Schneier, a prominent figure in the cypherpunk movement, has been a leading expert in security and cryptography.
- He co-founded Counterpane Internet Security and held key roles in security at BT Group and IBM.
- Schneier is a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center and a Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School.
- He has made significant contributions with cryptographic tools like Solitaire, Blowfish, Twofish, and Fortuna.
- His books, including 'Applied Cryptography' and 'Click Here to Kill Everybody,' have been influential in the cybersecurity landscape.
- Schneier promotes the idea that security and privacy should not be viewed as trade-offs but should complement each other.
- He criticizes corporate and government actions that compromise privacy under the guise of security.
- Schneier advocates for cryptographic tools as a means for individuals to have control over their data and assets.
- Despite his cypherpunk background, Schneier has expressed skepticism towards blockchains and cryptocurrencies, calling them 'useless.'
- He challenges the decentralization claims of blockchains and questions their essentiality in various applications.
Hackernoon | 17 Apr, 2025
IBM X-Force report finds shift from ransomware to credential theft in 2024
- Cybercriminals are shifting towards stealth and credential theft, as per IBM X-Force report.
- Identity attacks surged in 2024, with an increase in phishing emails delivering infostealers.
- Nearly one in three incidents in 2024 involved stolen credentials, allowing attackers to avoid detection.
- Ransomware attacks declined as operators adjusted to global enforcement crackdowns.
Siliconangle | 17 Apr, 2025
Crypto Investors Rush to Buy These 4 Tokens: Web3AI, Sui, Hedera & SHIB Dominate 2025’s Hottest List
- Web3AI ($WAI) is an AI powerhouse delivering an all-in-one AI suite designed for serious crypto investors with specialized tools and real-time blockchain data.
- Sui (SUI) is a fast Layer 1 blockchain with speed, scalability, and developer appeal, backed by Mysten Labs and gaining traction in the NFT and gaming communities.
- Hedera (HBAR) is an enterprise-grade public distributed ledger with hashgraph tech, boasting partnerships with Google, IBM, LG, Dell, and various real-world use cases.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) is a meme coin with real utility incoming, expanding its ecosystem with Shibarium and integrating DeFi, NFTs, and gaming.
TronWeekly | 16 Apr, 2025
Thousands of NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs Now Live at CoreWeave, Propelling Development for AI Pioneers
- CoreWeave has made NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems available for customers at scale, with companies like Cohere, IBM, and Mistral AI already utilizing them for AI model training and deployment.
- CoreWeave demonstrated impressive results in MLPerf benchmarks using NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, which is designed for reasoning and AI agents, offering access to thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
- NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are being used to process data rapidly, with cloud data centers becoming AI factories for real-time insights and intelligence production at scale.
- Leading AI companies are leveraging GB200 NVL72's capabilities for advanced AI applications and model development.
- Cohere is leveraging Grace Blackwell Superchips to develop secure enterprise AI applications, achieving up to 3x performance in model training compared to previous generations.
- IBM is using NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems to train its Granite models, enhancing performance, safety, and cost efficiency in enterprise AI applications like IBM watsonx Orchestrate.
- Mistral AI is utilizing CoreWeave's infrastructure with GB200 NVL72 to accelerate the development of open-source AI models like Mistral Large with improved reasoning capabilities.
- CoreWeave offers instances with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Grace CPUs, scaling to up to 110,000 GPUs with NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking for advanced AI model deployment.
Nvidia | 16 Apr, 2025
What Is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
- ELIZA, developed in 1966, was one of the first chatbots using keyword recognition.
- The 1980s saw the AI Winter characterized by reduced funding and interest.
- In 2012, deep learning algorithms led to significant advancements in AI capabilities.
- Key figures in AI history include Alan Turing, John McCarthy, and Marvin Minsky.
- AI can be classified into Narrow AI (specific task-focused) and General AI (human-like cognitive abilities).
- Reactive Machines like IBM’s Deep Blue react without storing past experiences.
- Limited Memory AI uses past experiences to inform future decisions, seen in self-driving cars.
- Theory of Mind AI, still theoretical, aims to understand human emotions and beliefs.
- Self-aware AI, with consciousness and self-awareness, is speculative and raises ethical questions.
- Core AI technologies include Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision.
- Machine Learning involves Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning.
Medium | 16 Apr, 2025
20 CEOs who make a typical worker's yearly pay in less than a day
- According to BI research, some CEOs at S&P 500 companies can make in a day what the average employee earns in a year.
- The study analyzed CEO compensation and median employee pay to determine the time it takes for CEOs to match a worker's yearly salary.
- CEOs like Starbucks' Brian Niccol could earn a median employee's pay in just 1 hour and 19 minutes.
- Starbucks CEO's annual compensation was $97,813,843 compared to the median worker's $14,674.
- Other executives like Coca-Cola's James Quincey and TJX Companies' Ernie Herrman took 4 hours and 25 minutes and 5 hours and 51 minutes, respectively.
- Accenture's Julie Sweet and GE Aerospace's Larry Culp needed 7 hours and 46 minutes and 6 hours and 51 minutes, respectively.
- Disney's Bob Iger and Apple's Tim Cook were in the 8 to 12-hour range, making $41,122,670 and $74,609,802 respectively.
- Walmart's Doug McMillon and McDonald's Chris Kempczinski took 8 hours and 59 minutes and 8 hours and 25 minutes, respectively.
- IBM's Arvind Krishna and Chubb's Evan Greenberg required 16 hours and 56 minutes and 18 hours and 22 minutes to match median worker pay.
- Overall, the study highlights the vast pay disparity between some CEOs and their employees in the S&P 500 companies.
Insider | 15 Apr, 2025
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IBM FAQs
When was IBM founded?
IBM was founded in 1911. The company has been operating for 114 years primarily in the IT Services & Consulting sector.
Where is the IBM headquarters located?
IBM is headquartered in Bangalore / Bengaluru, Karnataka. It operates in 6 cities such as Bangalore / Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Gurgaon / Gurugram, Mumbai. To explore all the office locations, visit IBM locations.
How many employees does IBM have in India?
IBM currently has more than 1.3 Lakh+ employees in India. Engineering - Software & QA department appears to have the highest employee count in IBM based on the number of reviews submitted on AmbitionBox.
Does IBM have good work-life balance?
IBM has a work-life balance rating of 4.1 out of 5 based on 23,000+ employee reviews on AmbitionBox. 76% employees rated IBM 4 or above on work-life balance. This rating reflects the company's efforts to help employees maintain a healthy balance between their personal and professional lives. We encourage you to read IBM work-life balance reviews for more details
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Career growth at IBM is rated as moderate, with a promotions and appraisal rating of 3.2. 24% employees rated IBM 3 or below, while 76% employees rated it 4 or above on promotions/appraisal. This rating suggests that while some employees view growth opportunities favorably, there is scope for improvement based on employee feedback. We recommend reading IBM promotions/appraisals reviews for more detailed insights.
What are the pros and cons of working in IBM?
Working at IBM comes with several advantages and disadvantages. It is highly rated for work life balance, company culture and job security. However, it is poorly rated for promotions / appraisal, based on 23,000+ employee reviews on AmbitionBox.
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