IBMがソフト企業へ。
チップ部門は収益が落ちている。
一方でクラウドビジネスやソフトの部分の収益は上がっているということ。
BBCより。
IBM pays $1.5bn to offload chip unit as profit falls
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29689344
IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries.
IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit’s technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing, mobile and big data analytics.
IBM will take a $4.7bn charge in the third quarter as a result of the sale.
The sale came as IBM announced a 17% drop in third quarter profit,
IBM said it made $3.5bn profit for the three months to the end of September, with revenues down 4% to $22.4bn.
“We are disappointed in our performance,” chief executive Ginni Rometty said.
Ms Rometty blamed a “marked slowdown” in client buying behaviour for the drop in sales, which were lower than analysts had expected.
However, she said the results also reflected “the unprecedented pace of change in our industry.”
Software focus
IBM is trying to adapt to industry-wide changes and has been restructuring to focus on its software products.
The disposal of the unprofitable chip making business is the latest step by Ms Rometty to sharpen this focus.
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