Research

IBM

Big Blue wants to loan you a little green. IBM Global Financing, a lending division of IBM, is a worldwide leader in information technology financing. Serving commercial clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 firms, the company provides funding to some 125,000 customers in more than 40 countries, thereby enabling them to buy or lease hardware, software, and services from not only IBM, but any technology vendor. IBM Global Financing also assists companies in getting rid of obsolete systems by disposing of, recycling, or reselling them.

 

Microsoft

EMC Microsoft Practice (formerly Internosis) provides IT services to commercial and government customers using products from Microsoft and other tech vendors. Clients have included Analog Devices, Booz Allen Hamilton, the Defense Information Systems Agency, and the US Marine Corps. The company has offices in Colorado, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. In 2006 the company was acquired by EMC.