Mark Loughridge
Mark Loughridge
Mark Loughridgewas IBM's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Enterprise Transformation. He stands as IBM's longest-tenured CFO after nearly 10 years in the role...
achievement encourage full roll third year
I would encourage you to roll through the over-achievement from the third (quarter) to your full year
breadth business model reflect rest track
reflect the breadth and flexibility of our business model and put us back on track for the rest of the year.
particular pipeline quarter strength
Our pipeline for the first quarter is up year-to-year, with particular strength in our long-term businesses.
hardware light quarter
This was a very light hardware quarter for us.
accelerate achieve expect growth revenue second services throughout
We expect services revenue growth to accelerate throughout 2006 to achieve mid-single digit revenue growth in the second half.
actions areas faster growing improve number resources taken
We have taken a number of very important actions to improve productivity and reallocate resources to the faster growing areas of the business.