IBM Posts 5% Sales Growth, Says Infrastructure Deals Came Back
THE SO WHAT
Delayed infra deals snapping back for IBM suggests enterprises didn’t cancel modernization—they paused to reassess in light of AI, then resumed. If your infra pipeline went soft earlier this year, revisit those accounts with a clearer AI-aligned value story rather than assuming the budget vanished.
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