DAVOS, Switzerland — The head of IBM gave an upbeat view of the outlook for the technology industry here Wednesday at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, a view that runs counter to the prevailing more pessimistic assessments of the global economy.
The technology industry will be 2% to 4% “growing faster than GDP,” IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said in a group interview, adding that he is “more optimistic than some of the economists” about the outlook. overall global economy.