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How IBM Survived the Cloud Pivot
In 2014, Ginni Rometty took the helm of IBM with a mandate to kill its most profitable business unit. This episode explores how the legacy tech giant sold off its hardware division and bet billions on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence. We look at the specific structural shifts in their revenue mix from 2015 to 2026, analyzing why sticking with mainframes would have been fatal. Discover how a forty-year-old corporation redefined itself not as a product seller, but as a strategic partner for enterprise transformation. We also examine the role of Red Hat acquisition in cementing their new…
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