The retirement of IBM's Robert LeBlanc, a 36-year veteran of the company and head of the cloud division, has sparked a reshuffle in the management team. LeBlanc's departure prompted a swift merger of the cloud unit with the cross-division analytics business, while the latter's former head Bob Picciano moves to the Power Systems family. It, in turn, is being rebranded as Cognitive Systems to reflect the new focus on data processing. In addition to its own products, IBM also sells software that runs atop other companies' offerings.
The retirement of IBM's Robert LeBlanc, a 36-year veteran of the company and head of the cloud division, has sparked a reshuffle in the management team. LeBlanc's departure prompted a swift merger of the cloud unit with the cross-division analytics business, while the latter's former head Bob Picciano moves to the Power Systems family. It, in turn, is being rebranded as Cognitive Systems to reflect the new focus on data processing. IBM research director Arvind Krishna will take the reins of the departments vacated by LeBlanc and Picciano.