IBM cuts full-year sales outlook as mainframe demand drops

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Jul 23

International Business Machines Corp cut its full-year sales outlook, including for its closely watched software unit, after reporting a dip in demand for its mainframe business.(July 23): ...

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Software unit annual sales will gain 6% to 8%, chief financial officer Jim Kavanaugh said in an interview.\nThis reduction is \"better than feared\", Amit Daryanani, an analyst at Evercore ISI, wrote in a note after the results were released. Many on Wall Street anticipated that IBM would cut its outlook after the company reported preliminary earnings last week that showed weak sales for its infrastructure and associated software.\nBig Blue has refashioned itself as a high-growth software company through major acquisitions of Red Hat, HashiCorp and Confluent. But its new focus has made it a target for investors concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will disrupt many software business models. Despite the focus on software, strong sales of the company's new mainframe computer models, which began last year, had propelled revenue growth. 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