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‘Complexity kills’ – Ray Ozzie sings a Blues (to rouse the IoT crowd)
IoT is hard, man. Even talking about it, in any proper detail, is hard. Except if you’re talking with Ray Ozzie – over a breakfast croissant at MWC in Barcelona last month. Ozzie, the avuncular former tech chief at Microsoft, who steered the US...
MWC 2024: AI everywhere
BARCELONA—Artificial intelligence is dominating conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024, with telecom companies and their vendors all working to figure out—or support the exploration of—just what AI can do for telecom, both in terms of benefits and risks.
"It's the most...
IBM opens AI school for telcos: ‘A critical phase – not just of AI, but for all telecoms’
The big announcement last week from IBM and the GSMA about teaching telcos in the ways of the force – as in generative artificial intelligence (AI) – is not just about telcos. Or rather, it is not just about showing telcos how to use...
GSMA, IBM partner on telco AI workforce training
IBM Global AI Adoption Index finds three biggest barriers to AI success are limited skills/expertise, data complexity and ethical concerns
Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is on a major ramp and communications service providers (CSPs) are no exception. In fact the IBM Global AI...
IBM up in Q4 on AI consulting and software
For enterprise AI, “Flexibility of deployment is key,” according to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
IBM this week reported a 4% year-over-year increase in revenue to $17.4 billion in the fourth quarter, and full-year revenue up 2% to $61.9. In prepared remarks, CEO Arvind Krishana primarily...
Is gen AI the steam engine of Industry 4.0?—the view from Davos
Employee re-skilling and regulation are key AI considerations; the CEOs of Accenture, IBM and Qualcomm share AI outlooks form the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), how it works, how it should work, who should care, why and what it all...
IBM to buy Software AG’s integration businesses for €2.1 billion
Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP, has agreed the sale of its StreamSets and webMethods businesses to IBM for €2.13 billion ($2.3 billion). The firm, sold to private equity group Silver Lake in October for €2.6 billion, retains...
Three carrier strategies for leveraging observability, data and AI
Where are some starting points for telco investment?
Stephen Rose, IBM's general manager for Telco, Media, Entertainment and Distribution, recently outlined three areas where telecom network providers can begin to target investments and focus their strategies to bring AI into their operations -- and all...
Kagan: Could Generative AI be next growth wave for IBM watson.ai?
Sixty-four percent of surveyed CEOs face pressure to adopt Generative AI
Artificial Intelligence has been with us in various forms for decades. A decade ago, IBM Watson seemed to have a lock on AI with this new technology. Then, it all slipped through their fingers...
What does the future of AIOps in telecom look like?
With AIOps growing in the telecom space, many are wondering just how much autonomy these tools will be given
To keep up with growing network complexity, telcos are applying automation techniques enabled by AI and ML in as many network operations as possible. As a...
Singapore launches project to empower its civil defense with 5G
The project is supported by IMDA’s 5G Innovation Program, which helps enterprise adopt and commercialize 5G technologies
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced a new 5G project, which it is collaborating on with Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX), the Singapore Civil Defense...
Telco AI Deep Dive: IBM sees genAI as a ‘defining moment’
Design, data, network and organizational strategies are key to effective telco AI adoption
Under its current CEO, IBM has put artificial intelligence (AI)—along with hybrid cloud, automation and security—at the center of its software and services strategies. Speaking with RCR Wireless News for the Telco...
IBM to acquire FinOps software company for $4.6 billion
IBM said the acquisition of Apptio is a 'continuation of deep focus and investment in hybrid cloud and AI'
IBM this week announced plans to purchase Apptio, a financial and operational IT management and optimization (FinOps) software company, for $4.6 billion. According to IBM, the acquisition...
IBM on AI—enterprises want ‘more curated’ solutions
AI and hybrid cloud drive IBM Consulting’s growth platforms
The types of generative AI solutions drawing investor and media hype at the moment—ChatGPT-4 and MidJourney, for instance—are huge models with broad capabilities. But for enterprises looking to add generative AI to their technology strategy in...
Kagan: What’s the next move for Meta with metaverse down, AI ChatGPT up?
What is the next move for Meta? Three short years ago Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook was so excited about the metaverse and how it was going to impact everything going forward, that he renamed his company. Ever since, he has been investing billions...
The rise of multicloud networking and Connectivity-as-a-Service (Reader Forum)
It’s hard to imagine an application today that isn’t reliant on connectivity to different clouds, multiple microservices and highly distributed users. To paraphrase the poet John Donne for our modern IT world — “No application is an island, entire of itself.” A simple migration...
AMRC demos UK’s first 5G SA testbed for manufacturing firms
The 5G project, which required the investment of over £10 million ($12.4 million), was completed at the end of March
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) carried out a demonstration of what it claims to be U.K.’s first, fully operational 5G Standalone...
IBM on the outlook for enterprise technology spending
CFO lays out how ‘hybrid-cloud platform-centric strategy’ is driving growth for IBM
In 2022 IBM grew revenue by 12% to $60.5 billion with its software, consulting and infrastructure businesses all posting double digit growth, 12%, 15% and 14% respectively. For 2023 CFO and SVP Jim...
When did reporting on sustainability become a competition? (Reader Forum)
Many companies, including telecom operators, have been voluntarily producing annualenvironmental, social and governance (ESG) reports based on various standards for some time. The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) largely guides ESG reporting, with other metrics and standards added over time....
Telecom Egypt to automate network operations with IBM
Telecom Egypt will adopt IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps deployed on RedHat OpenShift and implement IBM Robotic Process Automation
Telecom Egypt (TE) working with IBM to adopt intelligent automation technologies for the operations support systems (OSS) on its mobile, fixed and core networks. Automation will allow TE to innovate...
Maersk announces major smart logistics centres in China, Norway, Pakistan
Danish shipping company A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced new smart logistics and warehouse facilities in China, Norway, and Pakistan. Each site puts focus on innovation and environmental sustainability. Maersk has also confirmed the acquisition of Danish project logistics specialist Martin Bencher Group...
Ericsson quits IoT – agrees sale of loss-making IoT Accelerator business to Aeris
Ericsson has agreed to sell its IoT business, including its IoT Accelerator connectivity management platform and Connected Vehicle Cloud platform, to California-based IoT provider Aeris. The Swedish firm said its IoT business, expected to post net sales of SEK 0.8 billion ($76.85 million) in...
Colt and IBM unveil Industry 4.0 lab in the UK
Both firms will bring secured Edge Cloud services backed by IBM Cloud Satellite to end customer
Colt Technology Services and IBM have launched a joint lab environment to help customers adopt Industry 4.0 technologies in the manufacturing value chain.
Under this agreement, the firms say they...
IBM Cloud for VMware as a Service debuts
The new managed service is aimed at enterprises with hybrid cloud deployments
IBM has announced the rollout of IBM Cloud for VMware as a Service. The new solution combines IBM’s hybrid cloud deployment efforts with VMware capabilities, in an effort to help IBM’s customers modernize workloads,...