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

(Source: 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.