Comments on: The size of IBM makes Microsoft and Google look like tiny startups http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Frank http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-426703 Frank Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:05 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-426703 Working for a company that develops both hardware and software, I was recently astonished to find out how many people are working in hardware. We have about 4 people involved in software development (which is the core of our business) and QA. The hardware side involves over 20 people! We also only sell two hardware products, one is an OEM and we don't really design any hardware for it, only firmware. Taking a look at the companies mentioned above... IBM and HP both provides huge numbers of hardware products. I also tend to consider IBM hardware and solutions to be a bit superior to HP hardware and solutions which may require more engineering to accomplish the higher quality. While Microsoft does have some hardware products, they are nothing like HP and IBM's hardware portfolio and MS does not have enterprise hardware like both IBM and HP. Working for a company that develops both hardware and software, I was recently astonished to find out how many people are working in hardware. We have about 4 people involved in software development (which is the core of our business) and QA. The hardware side involves over 20 people! We also only sell two hardware products, one is an OEM and we don’t really design any hardware for it, only firmware.

Taking a look at the companies mentioned above… IBM and HP both provides huge numbers of hardware products. I also tend to consider IBM hardware and solutions to be a bit superior to HP hardware and solutions which may require more engineering to accomplish the higher quality. While Microsoft does have some hardware products, they are nothing like HP and IBM’s hardware portfolio and MS does not have enterprise hardware like both IBM and HP.

]]> By: Congratulations, Google staff: $210k in profit per head in 2008 | Royal Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-334319 Congratulations, Google staff: $210k in profit per head in 2008 | Royal Pingdom Thu, 14 May 2009 16:22:19 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-334319 [...] Further reading: You might want to check out our two previous posts in this little series, the first being about how much money these companies are making, and the second one being about how big they are. [...] [...] Further reading: You might want to check out our two previous posts in this little series, the first being about how much money these companies are making, and the second one being about how big they are. [...]

]]> By: Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332947 Pingdom Mon, 04 May 2009 15:30:23 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332947 @Daniel Howard: Not a bad idea, actually. :) @Daniel Howard: Not a bad idea, actually. :)

]]> By: Daniel Howard http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332944 Daniel Howard Mon, 04 May 2009 15:22:57 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332944 So, for the intellectually lazy among us, I expect that in a day or two you'll have a graph of revenue and profit per employee. ;) Cheers, -danny So, for the intellectually lazy among us, I expect that in a day or two you’ll have a graph of revenue and profit per employee. ;)

Cheers,
-danny

]]> By: Spoon http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332930 Spoon Mon, 04 May 2009 13:26:42 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332930 That's crazy! So IBM could lay off 20k people (the size of Google) and it would still only be laying off 5 percent of its workforce? Wow. That’s crazy! So IBM could lay off 20k people (the size of Google) and it would still only be laying off 5 percent of its workforce? Wow.

]]> By: Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332892 Pingdom Mon, 04 May 2009 11:56:06 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332892 @John: Lol! "Coffee aid"? :) @John: Lol! “Coffee aid”? :)

]]> By: John http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332875 John Mon, 04 May 2009 10:03:52 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332875 All those employees and no coffee!!!! http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2381768/Coffee-Aid-for-stricken-IBM/ What is the world coming to. All those employees and no coffee!!!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2381768/Coffee-Aid-for-stricken-IBM/

What is the world coming to.

]]> By: The money made by big tech companies like MS, Google, Apple, IBM and more | Royal Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/05/04/ibms-size-makes-microsoft-and-google-look-like-tiny-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-332873 The money made by big tech companies like MS, Google, Apple, IBM and more | Royal Pingdom Mon, 04 May 2009 09:47:12 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=2459#comment-332873 [...] You might also want to check out our follow-up post about how many employees these companies have. [...] [...] You might also want to check out our follow-up post about how many employees these companies have. [...]

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