Earnings Preview: IBM’s 1Q Report Expected To Show Big Shifts to ‘Big Data’
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, has scheduled its first-quarter earnings announcement after Tuesday's market close. The global market for computing is bullish, IBM's push into more services along its verticals remains on course and the Armonk, N.Y., company appears to have made a seamless transition to new CEO Virginia Rometty, 54, who succeeded Samuel Palmisano, 60, who remains chairman.