IBM's Anne Altman Is All Set To Depart

Sam Gordy will replace Ms. Anne Altman

Anne Altman has made up her mind to retire from her present designation with International Business Machines Corp. Ms. Anne has spent almost three decades with IBM where she was closely working with the federal government.

A press release was observed recently where the tech giant announced that Ms. Altman who is presently designated as the General Manager for the federal business at IBM will retire on January, 31, 2016.

“During her tenure, [Altman] devoted her leadership and passion to drive IBM solutions that have enabled our U.S. federal agency customers in so many ways, helping transform them in the process,” mentioned the release. “We wish her the best in her retirement.”

Individuals like her are an asset to any company since she devoted half of her life serving the company and taking it to newer heights. The company observed several milestones under her able leadership and has always contributed positively towards the growth of the company.  Analysts report that Ms. Altman’s enthusiasm and devotion will be missed by her inmates at the company.

The company has already found a replacement for Ms. Altman where Sam Gordy will take over her present position. Mr. Sam Gordy also has a glistening portfoliuo where he has served as the Group President of Integrated Systems and Senior Vice President at Leidos Inc. and Reston respectively.

While Ms. Altman was rendering her services to IBM, the server hardware business of the company was led by her. She was assisting in integrating the firm’s mainframe namely the “System z” in the ecosystem of federal government. Ms. Altman has the honor of being part and parcel of the Top 50 Women in the Tech World as per Fedscoop. Moreover, she has also receive several awards for her outstanding service.

Altman has also rendered her services as the Vice Chairperson for the Northern Virginia Technology Council along with being the executive committee member of the Professional Services Council.

According to Fedscoop, “Gordy has nearly 30 years of experience in the intelligence community as both an active duty naval intelligence officer and as a contractor. Before Leidos was spun off from Science Applications International Corporation, he ran three of the SAIC’s highest growth markets: cyber command and control, intelligence systems, and logistics.”

Sources suggest that Gordy who is a well known former intelligence officer was appointed to conduct operations in Iraq, Libya, Panama, and Soviet Union.

Mr. Sam Gordy will render his services to IBM from January 18, 2016.

IBM Encourages Use Of Mac Computers In The Corporate Sector

IBM is content after deploying Mac n its workplace.

The previous week was extremely eventful for International Business Machines Corp. since the JAMF National User Conference took place in Minneapolis. During this conference, IBM executive talked about the new change in trend where the corporate sector is now more inclined towards Apple Mac computers than Microsoft PCs. It is said that the users are now embracing a change in preferences where the use of Windows computers at workplaces is declining where Apple’s Mac is easy taking over. At this point of time, Microsoft has now joined hands with various manufacturers so that more consumers are engaged with Windows. However, IBM has a relatively different approach where it considers the premium operating system Mac, OS X as the game changer. Fletcher Previn, who is the Vice President of Workplace as a Service at IBM expressed his perspective over Apple products in front of thousands of Apple IT administrators. He mentioned earlier in June, that IBM decided to introduce a Mac in the workplace and since that time, the adoption rate for Apple’s products and services is actually exceptional. According to the company, around 130,000 Mac and iOS products are now being used within the environment. The rate at which Macs are being deployed is massive where weekly 1,900 units are installed. The ease products offer is exceptional since 24 helpdesk workers is available at all times to deal with any Information Technology related constraints. Another astonishing thing that the company mentioned was that only 5% of the Mac users call the company’s helpdesk for assistance whereas 40% users used to make the call while using Windows. So Mac users are actually good on their own and do not require much assistance thus a small team can serve the purpose. Mr. Previn is extremely content with the installation and commends the team at Apple to install the services in a relatively short span of time. Moreover, statistics also support his vision since Big Blue does not need a huge team to deal with issues. IBM at this point is offering new Mac which is very easy to setup. It was also stated that through Apple’s Device Enrollment Program and JAMF Software Casper Suite, the IBM employees can easily install software, configurations and apps that have been approved by the Information Technology team. It is evident that Big Blue is contented with the decision it has made and is also encouraging others to deploy Mac in their workspace.