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Kyndryl Reports Q4 and FY 2021 Revenue Down as Company Takes its First Solo Steps as Independent Unit

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Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Todd R. Weiss dissect the first earnings report for managed IT services vendor Kyndryl, spun out of IBM in November 2021. Q4 and full year 2021 earnings dropped by single digits compared to one year ago when it was owned by Big Blue. They explore the company’s culture shift post spinoff, as well as its early moves in forming strategic alliances and cloud technology partnerships, as well as establishing training and certification initiatives and what’s ahead.

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IBM Refreshes Storage Portfolio and Brings Enhanced Security Features to the FlashSystem Line

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Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced updates to IBM’s Storage Portfolio. With IBM rightly focused on addressing the burgeoning requirements for enhanced security of data the company launches the Cyber Vault solution across the FlashSysetm portfolio and also delivers a raft of other updates to the portfolio.

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Temenos and Zafin Availability on IBM Financial Services Cloud Platform Shows Banking-aaS Technology Stack Starts to Gain Traction

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Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements this week by banking software and SaaS vendors Temenos and Zafin as they look to partner with IBM Cloud. Banks have unique regulatory, security, and transactional requirements and industry-focused cloud offerings are being developed by hyperscale public cloud vendors to service these unique requirements and software vendors play a key role in driving adoption.