Exhibit 24.1

International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504


						January 8, 2014



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

I hereby authorize each of the following individuals, whose signatures
appear below, with full power of substitution or delegation, as well
as any employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
designated in writing by the Secretary of IBM, pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act), any Securities and
Exchange Commission forms or documents in connection with any
transactions by me in IBM securities, including without limitation
Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, or Form 144 under the Act.  The specimen
signatures provided below may be signed on separate documents, and
such documents taken together shall constitute a single document.


E. Barth		______________/s/ E. Barth_________

M. H. Browdy		______________/s/ M. H. Browdy_____

D. Cummins		______________/s/ D. Cummins_______

C. A. Hall		______________/s/ C. A. Hall_______

M.A. Jefferson		______________/s/ M. A. Jefferson__

G. A. Kuehnel		______________/s/ G. A. Kuehnel____

L. M. Lalli		______________/s/ L. M. Lalli______

S. Lunin		______________/s/ S. Lunin_________

L. Mallardi		______________/s/ L. Mallardi______


This authorization shall remain in effect for as long as I remain
an executive officer of IBM.

					Very truly yours,


					/s/ Robert J. Picciano

					Robert J. Picciano