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You're mistakenly conflating IBM's consulting business with the rest of their current technology, both hardware and software.

No, IBM has conflated their consulting service with the rest of their technology by running under the same brand name.

If they want the benefits of sharing that brand between operations then they deserve the negatives that come along with it.

No, IBM has not done that. IBM Global Business Services and IBM Global Technical are their own business units.