IBM startled investors Tuesday with an acknowledgment that shifting priorities in the AI economy are bludgeoning its core business.

“What played out was worse than our expectations,” CEO Arvind Krishna warned investors.

IBM's Q2 miss wasn't weak AI demand. It was budget rotation to hardware. Here's what the shift from software to infrastructure spend means for CIOs

“What played out was worse than our expectations,” CEO Arvind Krishna warned investors.

July 14 : IBM sparked a market rout on Tuesday after forecasting second-quarter revenue below estimates and signaling that businesses were favoring spending on data-center…

July 14 : IBM said it had "faltered" in keeping pace with a shift in corporate spending from software to data-center infrastructure and forecast second-quarter earnings below…

IBM stock dropped nearly 20%, erasing $55 billion in market cap after an earnings miss driven by software and infrastructure weakness. What it means for

IBM shares plunged over 20% on Tuesday and the company led a massive market rout after forecasting second-quarter revenue below estimates and signaling...

Software investors have long been on edge over fears that AI tools capable of automating routine work could pose an existential threat to the industry. Tuesday's announcement…

IBM warns AI infrastructure spending is hurting software budgets as revenue misses estimates, sending IBM shares and software stocks sharply lower.

CEO Arvind Krishna said in his letter to investors that IBM had underestimated the "magnitude" of clients changing spending habits.

CEO Krishna: Customers blew their Z budgets on servers and storage before prices spike, Q2 financials 'disappointing'

CEO Krishna: Customers blew their Z budgets on servers and storage before prices spike, Q2 financials 'disappointing'

IBM shares plunged more than 23 per cent on Tuesday after the tech giant warned that customers were diverting spending

"This redirection of budgets towards AI has been a topic that Karl Keirstead/team have been articulating as a potential risk for some time..."

IBM's second-quarter results missed expectations, impacted by customer spending shifts, triggering one of the worst crashes in its stock. CEO Arvind Krishna said clients…

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna wrote a letter to shareholders about a revenue miss. It's renewing months-old fears about a SaaSpocalypse.

IBM startled investors Tuesday with an acknowledgment that shifting priorities in the AI economy are bludgeoning its core business.

CEO Arvind Krishna admitted the tech giant ‘did not adapt quickly enough’.

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