IBM’s strong growth in the cloud business (revenue up 31% in its most recently reported quarter) is driven by the company’s focus on mid-office and back-office processes of enterprises that have been largely untouched by the major cloud providers that are typically focused on front office apps, systems of engagement, and Java, he said. “We have an offering that plays into those multi-cloud workloads, and we understand our points of value,” Boville said.
