This year IBM is turning 100....yes 1,0,0!!! Me and my friends wanted to send our wishes to IBM on such a special occasion:-) Check our video:
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
IBM turns 100 this year :-)
we call it our centennial, a moment of pride and the time to celebrate all this great history of IBM. Check this superb, cool, mindblowing video from below and discover how we look at the DNA, that the "monther" of your motheboard is in IBMer, that the cute fractals are the masterpiece of an IBMer or that we developed the nice scrolls on your laptops so that you can forget your mouse...and more. Enjoy!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
My affair with IBM
Four years ago I joined IBM :-) It may not sound like a long time ago to some of you but for a young person in an emerging country like Romania, it is. And I never thought I will make it, which must have helped: seeing your present job as your last one and keeps you doing your best.
So about four years ago, on a Friday I had my last interview with my first manager and while he was writing a note to HR asking them to hire me I got to pick a date when to start. I said 7th...thought it would be a nice anniversary present for my boyfriend and a date easy to remember...my lucky number :-) ( yes, people think at all kind of stuff during interviews:D). So 7th is was, a very cold and rainy day with me not being able to enter the IBM building...I so would have left and went back to bed, but I stayed and the job turned out to be so exciting that I kept coming early every day.
Then my manager left to his home country and I thought that was it. Gotta find a new job, again. But then I realized on my own skin that networking rules, I got an assignment with IBM Germany. Moved to Hannover to talk about our Global Delivery capabilities and had what I thought it was the BEST YEAR...or year and a half of my life. Such a great experience, such nice colleagues and such a nice country to explore during weekends. Danke, Deutschland!
Again I thought that was it, assignment was ending and I didn't have a job in Romania to come back to. But all the people I have worked with, my mentor Chris, my friends at IBM, really made it happen. I got the coolest job ever, then one I had today and I even got to work from Romania at a time when my family was badly needing me. It just couldn't get better :D
But it did, and it did every single day: the job is awesome but the people I work with are more than extraordinary. I enjoy planning& executing all kind of things with them, love connecting with all corners of the world, traveling to so many countries and collaborating in some global programs. Must thank my Liz for this opportunity and the fact that I never felt like I don't want to go to work on a Monday morning :-) (yes it is Sunday 8am now:D).
And it still got better. I have more friends than I could ever hope for (and I'm not talking about +400 Facebook friends). I have been really blessed to meet people who touched my life in all the countries I have been to or have worked with virtually or not, so many nice, brilliant and inspiring people. Friends I have spent vacations with, friends I am planning to take on a tour of my country someday, friends who I hope I will see very very soon :-)
I love the feeling of "it can't get better than this", especially now that I know it will. Can't wait for year #5 and see where this journey will take me!!! Thank you all, dear IBMers!
So about four years ago, on a Friday I had my last interview with my first manager and while he was writing a note to HR asking them to hire me I got to pick a date when to start. I said 7th...thought it would be a nice anniversary present for my boyfriend and a date easy to remember...my lucky number :-) ( yes, people think at all kind of stuff during interviews:D). So 7th is was, a very cold and rainy day with me not being able to enter the IBM building...I so would have left and went back to bed, but I stayed and the job turned out to be so exciting that I kept coming early every day.
Then my manager left to his home country and I thought that was it. Gotta find a new job, again. But then I realized on my own skin that networking rules, I got an assignment with IBM Germany. Moved to Hannover to talk about our Global Delivery capabilities and had what I thought it was the BEST YEAR...or year and a half of my life. Such a great experience, such nice colleagues and such a nice country to explore during weekends. Danke, Deutschland!Again I thought that was it, assignment was ending and I didn't have a job in Romania to come back to. But all the people I have worked with, my mentor Chris, my friends at IBM, really made it happen. I got the coolest job ever, then one I had today and I even got to work from Romania at a time when my family was badly needing me. It just couldn't get better :D
But it did, and it did every single day: the job is awesome but the people I work with are more than extraordinary. I enjoy planning& executing all kind of things with them, love connecting with all corners of the world, traveling to so many countries and collaborating in some global programs. Must thank my Liz for this opportunity and the fact that I never felt like I don't want to go to work on a Monday morning :-) (yes it is Sunday 8am now:D).
And it still got better. I have more friends than I could ever hope for (and I'm not talking about +400 Facebook friends). I have been really blessed to meet people who touched my life in all the countries I have been to or have worked with virtually or not, so many nice, brilliant and inspiring people. Friends I have spent vacations with, friends I am planning to take on a tour of my country someday, friends who I hope I will see very very soon :-)
I love the feeling of "it can't get better than this", especially now that I know it will. Can't wait for year #5 and see where this journey will take me!!! Thank you all, dear IBMers!
Monday, July 5, 2010
IBM ranks #1 for social software
Did you hear that?
IDC just ranked IBM as the worldwide marketshare leader in the Social Platform market based on total software revenue for 2009 . Cool huh?
IDC just ranked IBM as the worldwide marketshare leader in the Social Platform market based on total software revenue for 2009 . Cool huh?
The IDC report states that worldwide revenue for the social platforms market was $369.7 million in 2009, representing growth of more than 55 percent.
IBM's portfolio of social computing, mashups and Web 2.0 technologies, includes blogs, communities, profiles, activities, shared bookmarks and more.According to IDC, the social platforms market includes IBM Lotus Connections (which I LOOOOOVE) as well as the cloud based offering, LotusLive Connections.
IBM Lotus Connections is software that empowers business professionals to develop, nurture and remain in contact with a network of their colleagues; respond quickly to business opportunities by calling upon expertise in their network; and discuss and refine new creative ideas with communities of coworkers, partners and customers.
LotusLive Connections is an innovative set of Web-based collaboration services combined with social networking capabilities. LotusLive Connections features include file sharing, business instant messaging, activity management and networking.
Over 35% of Fortune 100 companies have adopted IBM's social software offerings. IBM Lotus Connections clients include Berlitz International Inc., Sogeti, Digital China Holdings Limited, and Rheinmetall AG.
Also check this cool video on THE MAN who should have used Lotus Connections :-)
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Blue Church
Something that seemed perfect for this blue blog :-) While in Bratislava Slovakia, I discover this beautiful church: the blue chruch
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Let's meet in Web.Alive
Did you hear about web.alive? Is a very cool platform which easily enables virtual collaboration. And I mean it: easily! For novices: it's a "smaller" version of Second Life (meaning is not that big, no islands, no teleporting and no flying :-)), very easy to access and use and that has very nice features when it comes to uploading presentations, projecting videos, webpages etc. Which is more than Cool!
Ran several events at IBM's Virtual Analytics Center (which you can always visit)and it was great. Even leaders enjoyed who easy it was to enter it, loved the virtual world like aspect, the by default use of VOIP and what else.....me wearing the nice Indian Sari? :-)
Check the video below to see some of the features and how it can be used for brainstorming, learning, meeting or even replacing the traditional team calls ;-)
So what you say? Let me give you a tour and let's meet there ;-)
Let me know here or @silviaemilia in twitter! See you there!
Ran several events at IBM's Virtual Analytics Center (which you can always visit)and it was great. Even leaders enjoyed who easy it was to enter it, loved the virtual world like aspect, the by default use of VOIP and what else.....me wearing the nice Indian Sari? :-)
Check the video below to see some of the features and how it can be used for brainstorming, learning, meeting or even replacing the traditional team calls ;-)
So what you say? Let me give you a tour and let's meet there ;-)
Let me know here or @silviaemilia in twitter! See you there!
People in Global Delivery
Was checking some updates and found a cute page. N Was nice to see some colleagues from IBM talking about a career in a Global Delivery Center (GDC) and even nicer to see what they have in common. Even someone from my country, Romania :-)
- Ramakrishna, India Global Delivery Center: Project Manager - Business Intelligence and Performance Management
- Paul, Eastern Europe Global Delivery Center, Romania: Java Developer
- Zhang, China Global Delivery Center: BOT Delivery and Operation Manager
- Claire, Global Delivery Center, Philippines: Sector Leader, IBM Global Business Services
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