{"id":6258,"date":"2022-01-25T06:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/25\/ibm-confirms-new-mainframe-to-arrive-late-in-first-half-of-2022-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T06:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:57:06","slug":"ibm-confirms-new-mainframe-to-arrive-late-in-first-half-of-2022-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/25\/ibm-confirms-new-mainframe-to-arrive-late-in-first-half-of-2022-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM confirms new mainframe to arrive \u2018late\u2019 in first half of 2022 \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IBM has confirmed that a new model of its Z Series mainframes will arrive \u201clate in the first half\u201d of 2022 and emphasised the new device\u2019s debut as a source of improved revenue for the company\u2019s infrastructure business.<\/p>\n

CFO James Kavanaugh put the release on the roadmap during Big Blue\u2019s Q4 2021 earnings call on Monday. The CFO suggested the new release will make a positive impact on IBM\u2019s revenue, which came in at $16.7 billion for the quarter and $57.35bn for the year. The Q4 number was up 6.5 per cent year on year, the annual number was a $2.2bn jump.<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh mentioned the mainframe because revenue from the big iron was down four points in the quarter, a dip that Big Blue attributed to the fact that its last mainframe \u2013 the Z15 \u2013 emerged in 2019 and the sales cycle has naturally ebbed after eleven quarters of sales. But what a sales cycle it was: IBM says the Z15 has done better than its predecessor and seen shipments that can power more MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second) than in any previous program in the company\u2019s history*<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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