In the cloud wars, IBM is often misunderstood. It is not trying to win the hyperscaler race head-to-head against AWS or Azure. Krishna has been clear about this. IBM’s strategy is centered on hybrid cloud, not pure public cloud dominance.

For large enterprises, hybrid cloud isn’t a stepping stone—it’s the end state. These organizations run:

· Mission-critical workloads on mainframes

· Regulated data in private environments

· Customer-facing apps in public clouds

· Edge systems in factories, hospitals, and retail locations

Krishna’s core message is simple but powerful: the future is not one cloud—it’s many clouds working together. IBM aims to be the platform that helps enterprises manage that complexity.

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