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IBM, International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational technology corporation, one of the world’s largest and oldest computer and IT companies. IBM has operated in Israel since 1972, training military and intelligence personnel especially from Unit 8200 for the technology sector and start-up scene. Through its fully owned Israeli subsidiaries, IBM Israel and Red Hat Israel, the company provides the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Israeli military with cloud services, software, and computing services. In 2020, IBM was contracted by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and the Israeli military to be the main IT provider for three new military regional logistics centers for a period of 25 years. The centers provide all the military’s logistical needs using advanced technology. The contract, shared by IBM and Malam Team, was valued at USD 1 billion for both companies. Since 2019, IBM Israel has operated and upgraded the central database of the Population and Immigration Authority, enabling collection, storage and governmental use of biometric data on Palestinians, and supporting the discriminatory permit regime of Israel. In 2017, IBM was contracted by the IMOD for the operation and maintenance of the Israeli military computing centers in the amount of more than USD 20 million. In 2011, IBM was contracted by the IMOD to supply the Israeli military with storage and central servers at an estimated amount of hundreds of millions of USD. -- Listed on NYSE (IBM), IBM is backed by leading sovereign wealth funds, most notably NBIM.