International Business Machines is one of the oldest technology companies in the world. It foundations go back as far as 1880 and it's goals have nearly always been associated with creating better more efficient ways for businesses to run. IBM builds hardware and software in large and small scale and supports thousands of its offerings internationally. IT has been the source of innovation and practice and often applies its own business practices to its development of new innovation.
             IBM is the largest information technology company in the world, the world's largest business and technology services company, the world's largest consulting services organization, the world's largest information technology research organization, and the world's largest financier of information technology. IBM is an innovation-based business serving the needs of enterprises and institutions worldwide. (Triangle Business Journal, "IBM Company Profile," 2008, NP)
             As the largest corporation of its kind, with both national and international divisions is account management policies are frequently used as a model for the development of innovation for other businesses. It is for this reason that the most fluid understanding of the account management policies of this organization come from its development of new and innovative ways in which to manage the accounts of others, through it software and hardware mix. The newest innovation in account management comes from the development of systems that create real time automated accounting. To see an example of how IBM has developed its own accounting, with the understanding that different locations and divisions manage accounting independently and then collectively according to policy one must look at a description of innovation technology. In short IBM uses its own technology to drive account management policy. IBM has stepped away from annual functions in nearly every way, which has aided the comp...