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by notirk 5369 days ago
Enterprise sales, consulting, services. Mainframes still make up a large chunk of their revenue. Perhaps research/patents? They aren't really that consumer facing anymore, I guess that explains their ads on TV to keep their name out there.
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They also sell Enterprise Software (DB2, FileNet, Lotus, Rational, and a lot more).

The ads may be for their stock (indirectly) as much as for their products