Saudi Business Machines Ltd. (SBM) is the General Marketing and Services Representative of IBM World Trade Corporation in Saudi Arabia – the Kingdom’s leading provider of end-to-end enterprise information technology and telecommunications solutions.
IBM’s history in the Kingdom goes back to 1947, when a group of IBM specialists arrived in Dhahran to install the first information-handling system for the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO). With the rapid economic development in the Kingdom, Saudi Business Machines Ltd. (SBM) was established in 1981 as the General Marketing and Services Representative (GMSR) of IBM World Trade Corporation in Saudi Arabia.