IBM UK gets Europe-wide responsibilty for AIX Unix, the PS/2 personal computer family and software marketing in a new parcelling out of responsibilities by IBM Europe that delegates key areas of activity to country managers – Tony Cleaver in the case of the UK – from the centre in Paris. Mainframes become the responsibility of IBM Deutschland, IBM France chief Pierre Barazer gets to rule over professional and technical services, reflecting French strength in systems integration, as well as communications systems, and cross-application hardware. IBM Italia, which builds the AS/400, gets mid-range systems. The reorganisation is to be complete in time for the Single Market in 1992, with the aim of making us work better, work faster and work more efficiently in Europe, the company declared.
