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Tue, 12/02/2003 - 23:53 — Christoph C. Cemper

IBM plans industry-focused software reorganization

IBM Corp. is reorganizing its US$13.1 billion software business, focusing its sales and development efforts around a dozen vertical industries in a shift the company calls the most significant strategic change for its software group since IBM's 1999 decision to exit the applications market.

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