IBM earnings: With old tech leading the way, cloud and AI need to catch up

( MarketWatch) Compared with the year-ago quarter, analysts expect technology services and cloud-platform revenue to rise 0.8% to $8.28 billion and cognitive-solutions … has a buy rating and a $182 price target, expects IBM results to be largely in-line on the back of the mainframe cycle in systems revenue and cognitive solutions sales.

Get Greater Exposure to Communication With This Proposed ETF

( Nasdaq) Not only this, the index will have a focus on Information Technology sector too. Media companies like Comcast Corp and Naspers Ltd, direct marketing retail companies like Netflix and TripAdvisor and IT companies like Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc.

TOPS Software Partners with Axela Technologies to Provide Community Associations with Fully Automated Collection Solutions

( Benzinga) TOPS Software announces new integration with Axela Technologies to provide TOPS users with additional options to collect on delinquent assessments. CLEARWATER, Fla. (PRWEB) April 13, 2018.

Cisco taps former Adobe CFO Garrett to join board

( FierceTelecom) Garrett comes to Cisco with over 30 years of financial and accounting experience in the technology industry. “Mark has lived the critical transformation and transition to the cloud that technology companies require to continue growing and evolving,” said Chuck Robbins, chairman and CEO of Cisco, in a release.

Forbes Again Names Green Key Resources a Best Recruiting Firm

( Markets Insider) The firm fills some of the most challenging professional direct hire and contract/consulting roles within Accounting and Finance, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences, Healthcare, Office Support, Human Resources, Information Technology (IT), Hospitality, Legal Support, Creative, Advertising and Marketing.

Sphere 3D Corp. Announces Pricing of $2.3 Million Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants

( Nasdaq) SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sphere 3D Corp.