Infrastructure
New Forrester study: What is the ROI of application modernization?
If you work in IT, you’ve probably heard grandiose-sounding promises about the ROI of application modernization. It might not be surprising, then, that businesses everywhere are embracing the hybrid, multicloud cloud model. According to an IBM commissioned study by Forrester Research, 62 percent of infrastructure decision makers reported using hosted private cloud in 2017, and […]
How to get more business value from robotic process automation
Organizations can gain outsized results by using robotic process automation with other automation technologies. As a result, many companies are betting big on automation and the impact it can have across all aspects of their business operations. In fact, according to Forrester 40 percent of enterprises are centering their digital transformation journey around automation. For […]
Why the multitenant cloud still matters
Multitenant cloud architectures have fallen out of favor with some enterprises. With the low cost of cloud computing, why bother sharing resources with someone else when you can reserve your own? But there are many reasons to go multitenant, provided you use it for the right workload. Shared resource benefits A multitenant cloud is like […]
Transforming government with cloud and AI
This may be the best time to work in — and with — government. Given the daunting societal challenges we face, from extreme weather to economic development, cyber threats and aging infrastructure — working in government means the chance to do something about them. With the emergence of cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things […]
Simplifying complex modernization strategies with the right tools
A few years ago, NASA found water on Mars and mountains on Pluto. The first ever self-driving cars hit the road across the country. And organizations were still building compute workloads with monolithic applications in their local, dedicated data centers with predefined support and upgrade cycles. How far we’ve come since then. Companies are realizing […]
Credits uses cloud to encourage mass adoption of public blockchain
Blockchain is attracting a lot of interest, especially since cryptocurrencies have exploded into the mainstream. To access a market that’s estimated to be worth trillions of dollars, our company, Credits, created a fast, cost-effective public blockchain platform hosted on scalable IBM Cloud infrastructure. Removing barriers to blockchain Innovators across all industries are looking to the […]
What makes an intelligent business process management suite (iBPMS) stand above the rest?
Digital transformation is about completing work differently, and not simply for the sake of change. It should address the dynamic business needs of the customer while optimizing the operational processes that impact the cost of service. As organizations pursue transformation, they often quickly realize that better customer and employee experiences need better and smarter automation […]
New IBM Cloud agreement with Smart Energy Water set to provide global infrastructure
IBM and Smart Energy Water, a water and energy cloud platform provider serving more than 150 utilities around the world, have signed a multi-million-dollar, five-year agreement to bring IBM Cloud infrastructure to SEW’s enterprise web and mobile applications. IBM Cloud will facilitate common global infrastructure to help with “customer engagement and mobile workforce engagement apps, […]
Why business leaders should master automation
For someone who bought a house 10 or 20 years ago, applying for a mortgage likely took around a month. Buyers typically had to complete lots of paper forms and field a few dozen calls while wondering when they’d be approved and what the interest rate would be. Today, next-generation mortgage companies offer mobile apps […]
IBM signs agreement to help Juniper in journey to cloud
Networking vendor Juniper Networks and IBM Services announced a seven-year, $325 million agreement this week through which IBM will help enhance Juniper’s infrastructure, applications and IT services. As part of the agreement, IBM Services will use IBM Services Platform with Watson to help manage support systems including data and voice networks, data centers and the […]
What is cloud integration?
On the surface, “What is cloud integration?” may sound like a simple question. At its most basic level, cloud integration means bringing multiple cloud environments together, either in a hybrid deployment or as multiple public clouds, so that they can operate as a single, cohesive IT infrastructure for an enterprise. A deeper dive into this […]
4 benefits microservices architecture can bring to integration
While some of its benefits go back to development practices as old as Unix, the modern concept of microservices architecture originated at born-on-the-web companies in the last decade. At first, many observers were skeptical microservices could work outside of a few web-based firms. These days, companies from a wide range of industries have successfully embraced […]