The entity had posted a profit of $3.1 billion in the same period of the previous year.

"... We again delivered double-digit earnings-per-share growth, increased margins, as well as improving constant currency revenue performance in our ongoing software, services and hardware businesses, and in all geographies," IBM Chairman, President and CEO Samuel J Palmisano said.

For the three months ended June 2010, the company's revenue increased by 2 per cent to $23.7 billion as compared to the year-ago period.

"The impact of changes in currency rates since IBM's first-quarter earnings report in April reduced the revenue by approximately $500 million in the second quarter," it noted in a statement on Monday.

Second-quarter revenues from the Global Technology Services division went up to $9.2 billion while that of the Global Business Services segment climbed to $4.5 billion.

According to the company, revenues from BRIC (Brazil, Russia India and China) jumped by 22 per cent for the three months ended June 2010.

At the end of the second quarter, IBM had $12.2 billion in cash.