New initiative announced as IBM celebrates 100th birthday
IBM, celebrating its 100th birthday, has announced the launch of a year long initiative in which it is pledging hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to employees for volunteer programmes around the world.
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The IBM100 programme will see around 300,000 of its employees giving up more than 2.5million man hours of service.
Stanley Litow, one of IBM's vice-presidents, said: "To commemorate our 100 years as a corporation, IBM is setting a record for community service by sharing the best skills of our employees, making a real impact in the communities where we work and live."
To coincide with its 100th birthday celebrations, IBM has released a promotional video detailing all of the company's triumphs in no fewer than 100 seconds. The video is here.