Emily: Have you read the latestranking of Fortune?

Allen: Sure. IBM, a multinationalcomputer , technology and I Tconsulting corporation ranks thefirst . That’s pretty extraordinary fora company with a history of morethan100 years.

Emily: I am very interested in whatIBM deals exactly.

Allen: IBM not only manufacturesand sells computer hardware andsoftware,but also offers infrastructureservices, hosting services, andconsulting services in a variety ofareas.

Emily: I see. You seem to know verywell about IBM. So do you have anyidea about what achievements it hasmade?

Allen: So far as I know, it achieves 5Nobel Prizes and has been rewarded7 US National Medals of Technologyand five National Medals of Science.

Emily: Wow, IBM’s so outstanding.

Allen: Yeah, I can’t agree with youmore.