International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has announced significant updates to Qiskit, its widely used quantum software platform. Launched in 2017, Qiskit has grown from a simple software development kit (SDK) to a comprehensive quantum software stack. This evolution is designed to maximize the performance of IBM's quantum hardware, allowing users to run increasingly complex quantum circuits. Since its inception, Qiskit has enabled over 550,000 users to execute more than 3 trillion quantum circuits. ...

More than half of CEO respondents say they are pushing their organization to adopt gen AI more quickly than some employees are comfortable with Half of CEOs surveyed say they are hiring for gen AI-related roles that didn't exist last year, but more than half have not yet assessed the impact of the technology on their workforce ARMONK, N.Y., May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value found that surveyed CEOs are facing workforce, culture and governance challe ...

Nikesh Arora CEO & Chairman Palo Alto Networks, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Palo Alto Networks is buying cloud security software assets from IBM as part of a broader partnership that will give the cybersecurity company access to more consultants and a bigger customer base. In a joint press release on Tuesday, the companies said Palo Alto is acquiring IBM's QRadar cloud software for an undisclosed sum and migrating existing customers to it ...

Qiskit now refined as a comprehensive quantum software stack, focused on performance and stability to fully harness the power of utility-scale quantum hardware, and enable users to run increasingly more complex quantum circuits in the search for quantum advantage. YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the evolution and expansion of Qiskit, its globally adopted quantum software. Launched in 2017, Qiskit, as a software development kit (SDK) is an open-source tool ...

New Value Generation partnership initiative focused on delivering greater client productivity and innovation with new generative AI capabilities and industry-specific cloud solutions ARMONK, N.Y. and WALLDORF, Germany, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced their vision for the next era of their collaboration, which includes new generative AI capabilities and industry-specific cloud solutions that can help clients unlock business value. "IBM and SAP's shared appro ...

International Business Machines has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 4.0% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company's products and services, as well as the company's efficienc ...

Should you invest in the blue-chip stalwart or the speculative newcomer? IBM (IBM 0.62%) and IonQ (IONQ -0.67%) are both investing in the long-term growth of the quantum computing market. While traditional computers process data as binary "bits" of zeros and ones, quantum computers process zeros and ones simultaneously as "qubits." That approach makes quantum computers much faster than their traditional counterparts, but they're larger, more expensive, and more prone to making mistakes. As quantum computing ...

USA News Group Commentary Issued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With integration of AI-powered computing steadily on the rise, analysts at Goldman Sachs Research are projecting that the global data center power behind this tech boom is poised to more than double by 2030. However, the catch is that Goldman's teach believes that the supporting data center load growth will require at least $50 billion in new power generation capacity investment to achieve this. ...

财务表现 - 公司在2024年第一季度实现营收144.62亿美元，同比增长1.5%[106] - 净利润为16.05亿美元，同比增长73.0%[108] - 继续经营业务收入为15.75亿美元，同比增长68.6%[108] - 每股摊薄收益为1.69美元[108] - 总资产为1371.69亿美元，同比增长1.4%[108] - 公司在2024年第一季度实现运营（非GAAP）收益为15.64亿美元，同比增长25.2%[111] - 美洲地区营收同比增长3.1%[114] - 欧洲/中东/非洲（EMEA）地区报告的营收下降了0.4%，调整后下降了2.1%[115] - 亚太地区报告的营收增长了0.3%（调整后增长了7.9%）[115] - 总体毛利率为53.5%，同比增长了0.8个百分点，主要受到营收增长、产品组合和持续的生产力行动推动[115] - 继续投资创新的收益使得2024年第一季度的税前收入达到了11亿美元，税前利润率为7.4%[115] - 软件部门的收入为58.99亿美元，同比增长了5.5%（调整后增长了5.9%），主要受到混合平台与解决方案和交易处理方面的增长推动[125] - 软件部门的毛利率为82.4%，同比下降了0.2个百分点，但部门利润为15亿美元，同比增长了8.8%[125] - 咨询部门的收入为51.86亿美元，同比下降了0.2%，但调整后增长了1.7%，主要受到业务转型和技术咨询方面的增长推动[132] - 咨询部门的毛利率为25.3%，同比下降了0.2个百分点，但部门利润为13.14亿美元，同比下降了0.9%[134] - IBM基础设施业务的总收入为30.76亿美元，同比下降0.7%[138] - IBM基础设施业务的总利润为31.1亿美元，同比增长1.4%[139] - IBM销售、总务和行政费用在2024年第一季度同比增长2.5%[147] - IBM预期信贷损失费用为2024年第一季度23百万美元，较去年同期2百万美元的净损失有所改善[148] - 第一季度2024年，利息支出为4.32亿美元，较去年同期增加了64百万美元[159] - 第一季度2024年，退休相关计划总成本为3.53亿美元，较去年同期增加了40百万美元[161] - 截至2024年3月31日，现金及现金等价物、受限现金和可交易证券为192.78亿美元，较2023年底增加了58.15亿美元[167] - 第一季度2024年，我们从运营活动中获得41.68亿美元现金，较去年同期增加了3.94亿美元[167] - 截至2024年3月31日，非流动资产为1.00506万亿美元，较2023年底减少了1.827亿美元[172] - 总负债为595.04亿美元，较2023年底增加了29.57亿美元[173] - 2024年第一季度，净收入增加了16.05亿美元，普通股增加了5.02亿美元[175] - 2024年第一季度，公司经营活动净现金流为41.68亿美元，较2023年同期增加3.94亿美元[177] - 2024年第一季度，公司投资活动净现金流为-42.10亿美元，主要由于购买市场证券和其他投资减少[177] - 2024年第一季度，公司融资活动净现金流为18.77亿美元，较上年同期减少38.31亿美元[177] - 2024年第一季度，公司的自由现金流为19.1亿美元，较去年同期增加6亿美元[187] - 公司在2024年第一季度继续向股东支付15亿美元的股息，展示了持续的营收和现金流增长[187] - 2024年第一季度，公司营收为193亿美元，同比下降1.6%[192] - 客户融资收入下降导致融资部门利润同比下降8.4%，利润率为47.7%[192] - 截至2024年3月31日，现金及现金等价物为410亿美元，客户融资应收账款为937.7亿美元[193] - 融资部门应收账款准备率从2023年底的1.3%上升至2024年3月底的1.5%[195] - 2024年第一季度，融资部门净利润为75亿美元，资本回报率为24.7%[195] - 2024年第一季度，公司净利润为156.4亿美元，净利润率为10.8%[198] 业务展望与风险 - 公司预计技术将继续是竞争优势的基础，AI驱动的生产力将继续成为企业的重点[178] - 公司计划收购HashiCorp，以打造综合的端到端混合云平台，预计交易将于2024年年底完成[180] - 2024年，公司计划对退休相关计划进行约15亿美元的贡献，其中约0.2亿美元用于非美国定义利益和多雇主计划[181] - 公司预计2024年的退休相关计划成本将约为15亿美元，较2023年增加约0.3亿美元[182] - 公司在2024年第一季度的货币汇率波动对营收产生了负面影响，但在恒定货币条件下，营收增长了3%[183] - 公司提到了未来的风险因素，包括经济环境下滑、创新计划失败、知识产权问题等[199]

ARMONK, N.Y., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today declared an increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend to $1.67 per common share, payable June 10, 2024 to stockholders of record as of May 10, 2024. This is the 29th year in a row that IBM has increased its quarterly cash dividend. IBM has paid consecutive quarterly dividends since 1916. Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief executive officer, said: "IBM remains focused on two of the most transformational techno ...