Is Apple Becoming The Next IBM?

By | January 9, 2015

Nearly two weeks ago, I wrote an article about financial engineering and how it can be beneficial to corporations in certain situations. I used Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) as an example to highlight this point. I contrasted Apple’s s

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To have half the R&D to Revenue % spend that IBM does who happens to massively trail people like Google, Oracle, Cisco makes a person wonder if they will sustain innovation cycle or just spike it from time to time.

Author: craig keefner

Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk