WIRE โ€” IBM's stock crashed 25 percent on July 14, its worst single-day fall ever, after mainframe revenue dropped 42 percent. CEO Arvind Krishna insists the software shortfall was deferral, not destructionโ€”a third of the delayed deals closed within three weeks. IBM cut its 2026 growth forecast, but is betting $5 billion on Lightwell and over $10 billion on quantum computing.

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