With the Think 2018 conference coming to a close Thursday afternoon, we saved the best topic for last…DevOps. Now we know it’s an early morning session after a late night enjoying IBM Rocks with either Train or the Chainsmokers, but we hope you’ll get up early and come join the DevOps team for Bloody Marys and Mimosas before the session gets started.   DevOps transformations can be difficult. Sometimes you fail. But the key is to keep going. Those delivering software innovation quickly can better engage their customers... [More]

Building on the momentum from Tuesday’s IBM Cloud keynote,  IBM Cloud Private and WebSphere takes center stage on Wednesday. Find out how to get the speed of public cloud with the control of private cloud.   To build with data and AI at a competitive pace requires new, natively integrated tools, as well as massive network and compute power. Whether you’re ready to modernize existing applications to run on cloud, optimize your data portfolio strategy, require management of your multi-cloud or hybrid environments or are... [More]

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IT Management is Tuesday's focus at Think 2018 with the first main session for our team in the Cloud and Data Campus Theater. Immediately following the session, step into our Think Tanks to see live demos, engage in active discussions with experts, and network with like-minded peers. Our ever popular book signing event is taking place in Theater C of the Cloud and Data Campus at 6:30 PM PDT. It's your chance to mingle with the authors, get your book(s) signed and hi-five the Dummies Guy, all before you go to the IBM Rocks:... [More]

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With so much to see at Think 2018 this year, we wanted to make sure we gave you daily updates of some of the featured sessions and activities to attend for DevOps, IT Management and Application Platform. If you're not able to be at Think this year, don't worry. Catch the action right from your computer or mobile device and watch the livestream coverage .   Here are Monday’s featured sessions by interest area:   DevOps #8282: What's New in Deployment Automation and Release Management Time: 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM... [More]

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Are you looking to become more agile by introducing DevOps practices, but are not quite sure where to start? If so, then you will be interested to know that IBM is offering a 30-minute discussion with a DevOps consultant at no charge to help you shape up your plans.   The 30-minute consultation begins with a brief discussion of industry and technology trends to lay the groundwork. We then will share our perspective of DevOps, the value it brings, and a summary of the key DevOps challenges we have helped clients identify through the... [More]

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With so many activities going on at Think 2018 , we didn't want you to miss out on this one.   Join us in the Cloud & Data Campus on Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm PDT for a fun meet the author and book signing event for DevOps, IT Management, and Application Platform. We had quite the crew at last year's event and some of them are coming back again, along with some new faces, to greet you with smiles, a few laughs, and to sign your books.   We hope you'll join us!  See you then!        ... [More]

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It is almost a year since we launched the Digital Transformation Model for IBM Z. Over the past year we have had many conversations with clients, some of whom have taken baby steps, a few others have made giant strides, while a few others are yet to decipher the term Digital Transformation.   I had the opportunity of talking with analyst Holger Mueller, Constellation Research, at the recent IBM Z Digital Transformation Virtual Summit, and during the conversation we attempted to help clients understand Digital Transformation and the tools... [More]

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Do you struggle with the term digital transformation?  Sounds like a great buzzword, but what does it really mean? And why should you want to achieve it in your organization?  I read a recent article which got me thinking about what is being called the digitally empowered customer.  When did customer experience become so important? When small companies who built a “better mousetrap” used technology to disrupt larger companies who failed to change with the times.  Providing excellent customer service has always... [More]

Your business and your data are both unique. For that reason, your enterprise architecture must also be tailored to fit the exact needs of your business. When data is involved, you want choices, not tradeoffs. And, more importantly, you want your solutions to build upon and complement one another.   For most companies, the variety of data sources and where that data should be stored are top of mind. You can’t afford to keep the data in silos or leave certain data untouched just because of its type or where it happens to sit. You need... [More]

Application Discovery & Delivery Intelligence V5.0.4 accelerates digital transformation with groundbreaking API impact analysis and intelligent personalized analysis capabilities. Also available as a technical preview is a brand-new approach for API and Business Rule Discovery.   API Impact Analysis Become more agile and speed up the pace of your innovation Determine the impact of an API change before making code changes to the application’s technical components such as Programs, Tables, Files, etc. Use our improved graphical... [More]

I am pleased to announce that, once again, based on our completeness of vision and ability to execute, IBM has been identified as a leader in the recently published Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation , Q3 2017.   IBM’s vision for the ARA market is based on close, long-term, working relationships with our clients.  Many IBM clients are transforming their approach to deployment and release automation. Some teams are practicing continuous deployment, or “ GitOps ,”... [More]

Are you attending the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2017 event in San Francisco next week and looking for a fun, after-hours event to keep the momentum building?  How about networking with IBM experts while you watch a food demonstration done by Chef Tyler Florence?  Join us on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 6:00 pm (PST) at One Kearny Club, 23 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 .   This is a great opportunity to mingle with IBM clients from Wells Fargo, Travelers and Kingsmen Software, as well as IBM experts, and learn why the IBM... [More]

How important or interesting you find the “operations management” aspects of DevOps methodologies likely depends on your background, experience and how many operational horror stories you have lived through. If you have been on the hot seat when services are impacted, woken up in the middle of the night when major outages occur or dragged into blame-battle war room calls while you and your team scramble to restore service, then the importance you place on operations management may be very high. However, if you have avoided such... [More]

Did you know 80 percent of apps are deleted after their first use? This is according to research by Andrew Chen, working with mobile intelligence start-up Quettra and based on anonymized data points from over 125 M mobile phones. Read more on that here .   Can you guess the top three reasons users uninstall their apps? 1. 1.    App freezing 2. 2.    App crashing 3. 3.    Slow responsiveness You can find an infographic with these facts here .   Of course, no developer releases software... [More]

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