IBM third-quarter revenues from the Software segment were $5.8 billion, up 1 percent compared with the third-quarter of 2012.

The IBM overall efforts in Software segment have progressively generated its fruits.For this third-quarter, Connectikpeople has observed that, revenues from the Software segment were $5.8 billion, up 1 percent (up 2 percent, adjusting for currency) compared with the third-quarter of
2012.  Software pre-tax income increased 2 percent and pre-tax margin increased to 36.8 percent.  Revenues from IBM’s key middleware products, which include WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Social Workforce Solutions and Rational products, were $3.7 billion, up 3 percent (up 4 percent, adjusting for currency) versus the third-quarter of 2012. Operating systems revenues of $576 million were down 4 percent (down 2 percent, adjusting for currency) compared with the prior-year quarter.                                       
Revenues from the WebSphere family of software products were flat year over year.  Information Management software revenues increased 2 percent.  Revenues from Tivoli software increased 2 percent.  Revenues from Social Workforce Solutions increased 14 percent, and rational software increased 12 percent.