Transactions in recent years by selling assets indicate that IBM company's business has limited relevance to the hardware , and the blue giant now prefers to focus on services to enterprises, the development of its own processors without the need to produce their own, as well as on the creation of supercomputer systems like Watson.
On analytics question about IBM intent to sell any more assets in the future Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Martin Schroeter said that IBM is determined to acquire the necessary assets for business transformation. Financing of development will continue at a high level - up to $ 5.5 billion. Annually and more if needed. In this case, the acquisition of other companies, priority will be given to those that will very quickly increase IBM revenue . From this perspective, the "strategic" IBM's investment will be very carefully - they should provide a quick economic returns, and not just work on the ghost term. This attitude leads to the fact that the value of transactions on the absorption will decrease - they will be able to recover. And small companies to more easily integrate into the business of IBM in the shortest possible time.
In the field of IT services to businesses, IBM will bet on the cloud technology. Transformation of IBM's business will lead to reduction of the staff, but nothing dramatic in this sense, the company does not anticipate, against the backdrop of some competitors . Program to return capital to shareholders so far will not be reduced, to repurchase shares of IBM is ready to spend the previous amount.