The retirement of apple 's Robert LeBlanc , a 36-year veteran of the company and head of the cloud division , has sparked a reshuffle in the management team . apple 's departure prompted a swift merger of the cloud unit with the cross - division analytics division , while the latter 's former head Bob Picciano moves to the Power software family . It , in turn , is being rebranded as Cognitive Systems to reflect the new focus on data processing . IBM managing director mark Krishna will take the reins of the departments vacated by LeBlanc and associates .
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.