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International Business Machines (IBM) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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We had strong performance in software and infrastructure above our model as investment in innovation is yielding organic growth, while consulting remained below model. As we stated last quarter, factors such as interest rates and inflation impacted timing of decision making and discretionary spend in consulting.

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Carnival Corp. (CCL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In under two years, we have paid down over $8 billion of debt off our peak and significantly reduced interest expense, which, coupled with our improving EBITDA, has improved our leverage metrics tremendously. times net debt to EBITDA, closing in on our expectation to reach investment-grade leverage metrics in 2026. We achieved a 4.3

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International Business Machines (IBM) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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We had good performance in software, at the high end of our model; continued strength in infrastructure, above our model; while consulting was below model. On a relative basis, consulting outperformed the market. We are well-positioned to drive growth for HashiCorp by leveraging IBM's enterprise incumbency and global reach.

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International Business Machines (IBM) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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We entered the year intent on enhancing our Software portfolio and strengthening our Consulting position. Consulting has delivered durable revenue growth through the year despite an uneven macro environment. Consulting has delivered durable revenue growth through the year despite an uneven macro environment. We have done both.

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Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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With platform-specific domain consultants and architects, we are able to bring tremendous focus to our go-to-market efforts. The customer was facing rising costs in their SOC with little automation and adequate visibility into the rising number of tailored attacks that leveraged AI. We have hundreds of customers leveraging AI access.

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International Business Machines (IBM) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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Nearly every business we talk to wants to leverage technology to offer better services, scale more quickly, and fuel growth without increasing their footprint. In this past quarter, we saw good revenue growth in software and consulting. These consultants also provide valuable real-time feedback to other product teams.

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Zeta Global (ZETA) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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At Zeta, our goal is to make marketers the heroes of their stories by helping them to acquire, grow, and retain customers, substantially more efficiently and effectively than ever before by leveraging our data, implementing our software, and utilizing the superpower of our AI. And third, we're raising guidance. in the second quarter of 2023.