But by the end of the decade, IBM was clearly in trouble: it was a bloated organization of some 400,000 employees that was heavily invested in low margin, transactional, commodity businesses.
But by the end of the decade, IBM was clearly in trouble. It was a bloated organization of some 400,000 employees. This bloated organization of some 400,000 employees was heavily invested in low margin. Low margin was transactional, commodity businesses.