IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told CNBC's Sara Eisen that some major deals were put on hold toward the end of the quarter as businesses rethink spending.

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'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…