IBM stock ticked slightly lower Wednesday morning, following a brutal sell-off on Tuesday that followed IBM's surprise Q2 earnings release.

Shares of IBM are sliding before the market open on Tuesday as the company provided preliminary second-quarter results that are below Wall Street’s expectations.

July 14 : IBM said it had "faltered" in keeping pace with a shift in corporate spending from software to data-center infrastructure and would take a big earnings hit in the second…

IBM shares tumbled sharply in premarket trade after the company flagged weaker-than-expected second-quarter results, missing both profit and revenue estimates. Management…

By Hannah Pedone and Tomi Kilgore