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Exploring the motivation for hybrid multicloud–an industry perspective
Hybrid cloud, Multicloud, Storage
This is part 2 in a 6-part series on storage for hybrid multicloud. In Part 1 I set the stage–getting us all on the same page with the terminology of hybrid multicloud. In Part 2 we’re going to explore what’s behind this rapid industry shift toward hybrid multicloud infrastructure. The IBM Institute for Business Value ...read more
Empowering development productivity with easier and secure infrastructure
Hybrid cloud, Mainframes, Multicloud
From time to time, we invite industry thought leaders to share their opinions and insights on current technology trends to the IT Infrastructure blog. The opinions in these blogs are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM. Helping developers with their infrastructure needs and requirements has always been a top concern ...read more
Top IBM Power Systems myths: “IBM AIX is dead and Unix isn’t relevant in today’s market” (part 2)
AI, IBM Systems Lab Services, Power Systems
In part 1 of this series, we started to look at the myth that IBM AIX and Unix are no longer relevant. We talked about the Unix wars that began in the 1980s and how the market has evolved since then. Now, let’s consider the evolution of AIX in the past few decades and the ...read more
Generative Adversarial Network technology: AI goes mainstream
AI, Power servers, Power Systems
There have been some fun and popular applications in recent years that allow users to manipulate images of a human face using filters for age, gender, facial expression and the like. With these apps, you can get magazine-cover quality images for any selfie with just a few clicks. These apps can transform a face to ...read more
A conversation about metadata management featuring Forrester Analyst Michele Goetz
AI, Big data & analytics, Storage
I recently had an opportunity to speak with Forrester Principal Analyst Michele Goetz following a research study on the subject of metadata management conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by IBM. Michele’s research covers artificial intelligence technologies and consultancies, semantic technology, data management strategy, data governance and data integration, and includes within its scope the ...read more
Embracing and expanding the open hardware ecosystem
OpenPOWER, Power servers, Power Systems
We are at the dawn of a new era of technology—fueled by data, shaped by the decline of Moore’s law, and delivered in the cloud. As the demand rises for more data-intensive workloads like AI and in-memory analytics that require significantly higher compute, storage and network performance, and as enterprises move more of their operations ...read more
For enterprise AI, horsepower changes everything
AI, Deep learning, Workload & resource optimization
This blog post is sponsored by IBM. The author, Peter Rutten, is a Research Director for the IDC Enterprise Infrastructure Practice, focusing on high-end, accelerated, and heterogeneous infrastructure and their use cases. Information and opinions contained in this article are his own, based on research conducted for IDC. An IDC survey that I performed in ...read more
An inside look at IBM Almaden’s Future of IT Executive Summit
AI, Blockchain, High-performance computing
Scaling the intimidating peaks of Mount Everest taught me resilience, determination and a commitment to forging a path. While attending the Future of IT Executive Summit hosted by IBM Systems, I was again reminded that great companies follow these same edicts. Picture the most brilliant minds in technology—globally-recognized IBM scientists, futurists, award-winning experts and innovators—gathered ...read more
How AI infrastructure captures the magic of the spoken word
AI, Deep learning, Power Systems
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 15 percent of the population has dyslexia. In fact, every 1 in 5 students are dyslexic. Dyslexic kids may have trouble with reading comprehension, and therefore, assistive technology tools like audiobooks can make a big difference for struggling readers. DeepZen is a company based in ...read more