Global Services results are disappointing, especially a 2 billion drop in its backlog in the fourth quarter. And a 9 decline in new contract signings That means that the biggest IBM unit is losing more business from its backlog than it is signing.
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This is exactly what IBM went through during that time frame.
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Overall, IBM hit the first quarter on the button. The company is on the slow track to improvement.
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The way I would characterize what I saw today is, they're on a slow path of improvement. It's not a sprint.
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These companies, in their own way, all are in trouble and cutting back their capital spending and budgets, and that's why the IT services vendors are feeling the pinch as well, ... That cannot be said of the small and medium-sized enterprises, which is typically Sun's bread-and-butter marketplace.
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They got rid of a dud so that the profitability of the rest of IBM hardware can now shine. Hardware revenues without the PC business increased 6 or 9 in constant dollars.
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