Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from Phil Winslow with Credit Suisse.
Phil Winslow - Credit Suisse
Hi, guys. Just wondering if you could give a little more clarity on the distributed versions of your Mainframe business, just what sort of trends you're seeing in it? As we think about just the renewal cycle in your Mainframe business sort of where do we stand in that and how do you expect that to trend over the course of next few quarters?
Nancy Cooper
Sure, Phil. We're very much encouraged by both our distributed and mainframe cycles. Mainframe 2.0 has been very well received. We think deciding to invest in the Mainframe has been a distinguishing decision on our part and was very much the right thing. On distributed, we've been very much encouraged by the reception we've got on the key platforms in our distributed business, particularly in light as we think they are foundational for the trends we're seeing in virtualization in the cloud. On the Mainframe...
John Swainson
I just add that as we've talked on these calls before, our Mainframe renewal cycle tends to follow about a three-year pattern. It's been roughly 18 months since IBM announced the z10 family. So we're about halfway through that total process of renewing our mainframe customers. So we expect to see the continuation of strength in the Mainframe renewals through the next four or five quarters.
Phil Winslow - Credit Suisse
Then also just real one longer term question just be. When you think about growth and you focus on your growth strategy, how should we expect just a balance of organic versus acquired growth?
Nancy Cooper
Sure. Our long-term guidance for topline growth has been 6% to 8% with one to two points of that from acquisitions Phil.
Operator
We'll move on to Michael Turits of Raymond James.
Michael Turits - Raymond James
First of all, it seems that the subscription have been included pretty nicely at 3%, pretty close to 4%, which is high-end of the range. But I was (inaudible) SMB professional service to drag things down. Those two segments have been kind of weak for some time. What's the strategy there? Do you just let (inaudible) go down for a while and [compose] the business, what do you do with SMB? Is there something you've committed to that, how do you turn it around?
Nancy Cooper
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