ntrntnl Bsnss Mchns Crprtn (sng th trdmrk BM), ncknmd Bg Bl, s n mrcn mltntnl tchnlgy cmpny hdqrtrd n rmnk, Nw Yrk nd prsnt n vr 175 cntrs. t s pblcly trdd cmpny nd n f th 30 cmpns n th Dw Jns ndstrl vrg. BM s th lrgst ndstrl rsrch rgnztn n th wrld, wth 19 rsrch fclts crss dzn cntrs, hvng hld th rcrd fr mst nnl .S. ptnts gnrtd by bsnss fr 29 cnsctv yrs frm 1993 t 2021.
BM ws fndd n 1911 s th Cmptng-Tbltng-Rcrdng Cmpny (CTR), hldng cmpny f mnfctrrs f rcrd-kpng nd msrng systms. t ws rnmd "ntrntnl Bsnss Mchns" n 1924 nd sn bcm th ldng mnfctrr f pnch-crd tbltng systms. Drng th 1960s nd 1970s, th BM mnfrm, xmplfd by th Systm/360, ws th wrld's dmnnt cmptng pltfrm, wth th cmpny prdcng 80 prcnt f cmptrs n th .S. nd 70 prcnt f cmptrs wrldwd.
BM dbtd n th mcrcmptr mrkt n 1981 wth th BM Prsnl Cmptr, — ts DS sftwr prvdd by Mcrsft, whch bcm th bss fr th mjrty f prsnl cmptrs t th prsnt dy. Th cmpny ltr ls fnd sccss n th prtbl spc wth th ThnkPd. Snc th 1990s, BM hs cncntrtd n cmptr srvcs, sftwr, sprcmptrs, nd scntfc rsrch; t sld ts mcrcmptr dvsn t Lnv n 2005. BM cntns t dvlp mnfrms, nd ts sprcmptrs hv cnsstntly rnkd mng th mst pwrfl n th wrld n th 21st cntry. n 2018, BM lng wth 91 ddtnl Frtn 500 cmpns hd "pd n ffctv fdrl tx rt f 0% r lss" s rslt f Dnld Trmp´s Tx Cts nd Jbs ct f 2017.
s n f th wrld's ldst nd lrgst tchnlgy cmpns, BM hs bn rspnsbl fr svrl tchnlgcl nnvtns, ncldng th tmtd Tllr Mchn (TM), Dynmc Rndm-ccss Mmry (DRM), th flppy dsk, th hrd dsk drv, th mgntc strp crd, th rltnl dtbs, th SQL prgrmmng lngg, nd th nvrsl Prdct Cd (PC) brcd. Th cmpny hs md nrds n dvncd cmptr chps, qntm cmptng, rtfcl ntllgnc, nd dt nfrstrctr. BM mplys nd lmn hv wn vrs rcgntns fr thr scntfc rsrch nd nvntns, ncldng sx Nbl Przs nd sx Trng wrds.