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IBM CFO, Martin Schroeter

Because the world is experiencing something of a data glut, Schroeter said that artificial intelligence tech will ultimately be the leading way for companies to understand all the information. "Our point of view has always been that you need a good set of cognitive technologies to make sense of all that data." the CFO said. But while IBM will continue to re-invest in and grow its business, Schroeter admitted that the spending has probably peaked. Schroeter said it was time for the company to stabilize its spending so that its newly bought entities would receive the proper amount of money to develop their offerings over time.

鑒于全球都在經歷數據供過于求的情況，IBM CFO Martin Schroeter認為，人工智能技術最終將成為企業理解所有信息的主要途徑。“我們一直認為，企業需要一套先進的認知技術來理解所有這些數據。”不過，盡管IBM將繼續投資并擴大這方面的業務，但Schroeter承認，這方面的支出可能已經到達頂峰。“現在是需要穩定支出的時候了，這樣才能保證確保新收購的公司在一段時間內有充足的資金用于產品開發。”

Deutsche Bank CFO, James von Moltke

Deutsche Bank reported an almost 10 percent drop in revenue in the three months through September, versus the year before, amid a weak market and the ongoing turmoil of a major restructuring program. CFO James von Moltke said,"We swim in a pool with our competitors and particularly the capital markets environment has been weak in the past couple of quarters, so we're looking for the revenues to pick up."

德意志銀行報告稱，今年第三季度的營收比去年同期下降了近10%，原因是市場疲軟，以及大規模重組計劃導致的持續動蕩。CFO James von Moltke表示，“我們與競爭對手在同一個領域競爭，特別是在過去幾個季度，資本市場環境一直很無力，所以我們也在尋找機會來增加收入。

Lam Research CFO，Doug Bettinger

Last year's failed $10 billion bid for KLA-Tencor Corp likely marks the end of efforts at any major acquisitions by Lam Research Corp and other booming producers of equipment for chipmakers, Lam's CFO Doug Bettinger said. He said, however, that he was not opposed to one or two smaller deals. "I think large scale M&A is perhaps behind us. It doesn't mean that there might not be a tuck in or two left out there, but the last two really big deals didn't clear the regulatory process."

去年以100億美元收購科磊半導體( KLA-Tencor Corp) 的失敗可能標志著泛林集團(Lam Research Corp)和其他正在蓬勃發展的芯片制造商重大收購努力的終結。泛林集團CFO Doug Bettinger 如是說。不過，他并不反對進行一兩筆規模較小的交易。“我認為大規模并購可能已經過去，但可能還會有一兩個大規模收購機會，只不過近兩次大的交易由于不明確監管流程而最終失敗。