The head of IBM Virginia Rometty involved in the process Tech for Good summit, organized by the President of France Emmanuel Macron in an interview with Le Monde, spoke about the plans of the Corporation in this country.

Over the next two years, the company is preparing to hire in France 1800 new employees. This is not surprising, given that IBM 380 000 employees around the world, but the interesting thing is, what is the attraction of fresh shots. IBM plans to build a research group focusing on the blockchain projects, artificial intelligence and the Internet of things (IoT).

The newspaper Le Monde notes that in recent years, the division of IBM in France has undergone a major reduction in 2012, the company fired approximately the same number of employees, how many are now planning to hire.

The largest IBM customers in France include Orange Bank, SNCF and LVMH.

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