IBM has to change their business plan and focus on new technology.<p>When the IBM PC was made it started the PC Era that became the Post-Mainframe era. When mobile devices took off it became the Post-PC era and IBM had to sell its PC and Server lines and focus on services.<p>Now even if it is the Post-PC era PCs are still being used. IBM had to get rid of OS&#x2F;2 and migrate to GNU&#x2F;Linux.<p>Right now it is also the Cloud-Era and IBM has to work on Cloud technology.<p>When a company shifts technology like that it takes a while to find a way to turn a profit.<p>Apple went to the mobile technology market and it took off like a rocket. IBM had the Simon Smart Phone in the 1990s but couldn&#x27;t market it.<p>IBM has a lot of technical debt in maintaining Mainframes and Minicomputers that are still in use. The Lotus products also are outdated and they tried to use OpenOffice.Org to make Lotus Symphony and it didn&#x27;t take off.<p>IBM Opened up its Power technology:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&#x2F;</a><p>A lot of things have happened to technology that IBM suffered from losing money because the technology became outdated. IBM has to invent new technology to replace it.<p>IBM is focusing on services and the cloud right now. Sort of moving away from hardware because it is hard to earn money from hardware and moving to software and services instead.<p>Everything I used to know about IBM has changed, IBM has to reinvent themselves. The technology and markets have changed and IBM has to adapt.