“Our existing systems and on-site data centre had served the business well, but they were technically and functionally holding us back. We had a host of separate, unintegrated systems for finance, procurement and business management, and the IT department had to be involved every time we wanted to update our website. This made it especially difficult for the business to react quickly to unforeseen spikes in demand. IT staff also spent a great deal of time maintaining in-house infrastructure, leaving them with little time for innovation."
“We had been using older technology—systems that were near their end of life and could not share data, This situation made it difficult to provide our top managers with consolidated information in time for key decisions and was limiting our growth efforts.”
"On the basis of IBM’s container cloud-based intelligent automation software, IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, we quickly built a financial automation platform within 30 days. ”
"With Rational, we can design and launch new products faster than ever, sharpening our competitive edge."
"Thanks to innovative IBM cloud data services, we’ve been able to turn our chat bot experiment into a game-changing customer service offering."
"We’re confident that we can continue revolutionizing expense management supported by IBM Domino."
"With help from IBM, we are taking an increasingly proactive approach to ensuring that nothing gets in the way of our service quality."
"As CTO of a growing startup, I have a lot on my plate right now. IBM Compose really comes in and takes the weight off my shoulders."
“Working with IBM helped us achieve our goals—and gives us the platform to continue delivering smiles just as we have for the past four decades.”
"We're on the forefront of using cognitive computing technology to forge personalized relationships with our digital customers."
"1-800-FLOWERS.COM: When you hear the name you understand right away what we do. We’re your florist and you can come in through your web browsers, telephone, mobile device - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
"At the end of the day, PureApp is going to give you the ability of rolling out systems, whether they’re IBM systems or homegrown systems that you’re putting together. A lot of people mistake PureApp as the actual end product. PureApp is the driver."
"The IBM Cloud solution will establish one high-performance platform that supports the needs of all our brands."
“The cost savings analysis we conducted in 2009 showed savings that year of nearly EUR14 million [USD19 million] through our improvements in space utilization and real estate management.”
"One of our thoughts in choosing IBM was that if we got this risk analytics capability in place, we would have the ability to respond to new product strategies and put in place the appropriate levels of risk monitoring that investors expect to see."