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

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

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

July 14 : IBM's preliminary second-quarter revenue forecast came below Wall Street estimate on Tuesday, as customers prioritized spending on AI infrastructure, including servers,…

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…

"In the last few weeks of June, we saw clients shift their quarterly capex spend toward servers, storage, and memory purchases... shortfall in software stack"

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

Empresa de software enfrentou forte desvalorização após anunciar resultados do segundo trimestre

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 struggled over the past three months as customers scrambled to get their hands on components that AI datacenters are gobbling up, its CEO said.

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

IBM stock hits a rough patch: Q2 revenue misses estimates amid shifting enterprise spending. Here’s the impact on the tech market.

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 issued preliminary Q2 results showing revenue of $17 billion, below analyst estimates, as clients shifted spending and large deals failed to close.

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.