With the aim to improve company performance and better meet customers' needs, IBM said it was <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/169051/IBM_Restructures_Struggling_Systems_Division_">realigning its Systems and Technology group</A> around types of clients.

Instead of product types, the newly aligned division will focus and develop products based on the needs of customers in different segments, said Tim Breuer, an IBM spokesman.

The restructured division will target four segments: large enterprises; small-and-medium businesses; verticals; and microelectronics, which includes customers buying IBM's chips.