Remember the date October 2, 2002. That’s when IBM’s metamorphosis to a service company reached a new milestone, when a huge, new business group under the Global Services umbrella was unveiled: IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS). BCS combines PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting—a Big Five consultancy that IBM acquired for $3.5 billion in the summer of 2002—with IBM’s existing Business Innovation Services unit. Find out more about BCS by reading this brand new guide.

You will learn:

• How and why IBM shifted its focal point from selling hardware to providing services, including consulting
  
• What the strategy is behind acquiring PwC Consulting
  
• Where IBM BCS now ranks against other big management consulting firms
  
• How BCS is organized into 13 business units, and who runs the entire group
  
• What life is like as a research associate or consultant
  
• More!