International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) is an iconic technology company that's been in operation for more than 110 years. IBM has reinvented and transformed itself multiple times over the past century. Today, the company generates most of its revenue from software and consulting services, with the rest coming from hardware.

IBM has spent the past decade shedding underperforming businesses and doubling down on its best growth opportunities. The two biggest moves were the $34 billion acquisition of software company Red Hat in 2019 and the spinoff of its managed infrastructure services business in 2021.

This rejiggering has remade IBM's revenue profile. Here's how the company's $61.9 billion of revenue in 2023 was derived:

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