International Business MachinesIBM Software organic revenue growth stalled as customers shifted capital spending to supply-constrained infrastructure, leaving large software deals unclosed.
IBM's Software business slowed in the second quarter of 2026, with revenues up 5% year over year to $7.8 billion but organic revenue growth flat, as weakness in the Transaction Processing business drove an 8% revenue decline there. The company attributed the shortfall to customers shifting capital spending toward servers, storage and memory to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of anticipated price increases, which left several large software deals unclosed within the expected timeframe. Still, roughly 80% of annual Software revenues is recurring, and Red Hat remained a key growth engine, with Hybrid Cloud revenues up 11% and OpenShift ARR reaching $2.2 billion, while the Data business grew 19% year over year. The acquisitions of HashiCorp and Confluent strengthened IBM's automation, data and hybrid-cloud capabilities, and Software segment profit rose 9% to $2.5 billion with segment margin up 110 basis points to 32.2%. IBM faces competition from Microsoft, whose Productivity & Business Processes segment generated $37.8 billion in June-quarter revenues, up 14% year over year, and from Oracle, whose cloud revenues surged 47% in USD and 46% in cc to $9.9 billion even as its Software revenues fell 2% to $6.8 billion.
International Business MachinesIBM Software organic revenue growth stalled as customers shifted capital spending to supply-constrained infrastructure, leaving large software deals unclosed.
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft's Productivity & Business Processes segment grew 14% to $37.8B, contrasting with IBM's stalled software growth.
Oracle CorporationOracle cloud revenues surged 47% but its Software revenues fell 2%, a mixed competitive read versus IBM.
Red Hat remained a key growth engine with Hybrid Cloud revenues up 11% and OpenShift ARR reaching $2.2B.
IBM's acquisition of Confluent strengthened its automation, data and hybrid-cloud capabilities.