Company: IBM

September 6, 2023

Keith Kirkpatrick

Research Note

IBM, Salesforce Collaborate to Accelerate Generative AI Adoption

Partnership Leverages IBM’s Deep Business Transformation and AI Expertise

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the partnership announcement between IBM Consulting and Salesforce, and discusses how it should help customers deploy AI efficiently and responsibly.

AI, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Applications

August 25, 2023

tweiss@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

IBM Is Selling The Weather Company Assets to Francisco Partners

IBM Will, However, Continue to Access and Use The Weather Company’s Meteorological Data in its Sustainability Software Business

Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as IBM sells The Weather Company’s digital assets to private equity firm Francisco Partners for an undisclosed price. The sale of the unit has been rumored since April.

Cloud, Data Analytics, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 23, 2023

Steven Dickens

Research Note

watsonx Code Assistant for Z: The Next Evolution in COBOL Modernization

Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group shares his insights on IBM’s unveiling of watsonx Code Assistant for Z, an innovative tool for the swift translation of COBOL to Java, emphasizing COBOL application modernization.

AI, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, Mainframe

August 23, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Adults in the Generative AI Rumpus Room: Cohere, IBM, Frontier Model Forum

Highlighting Industry Players Approaching Generative AI in the Right Way

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, highlights organizations approaching generative AI the right way. This edition of Adults in the Generative AI Rumpus Room features Cohere, IBM, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic.

AI, Machine Learning, Regulations and Policy

August 23, 2023

Camberley Bates, Krista Case & Steven Dickens

Infrastructure Matters

Mainframe Computing in Transition: Open Source Projects and Changing Hardware Landscape – Infrastructure Matters Episode 8

The Futurum Group’s Infrastructure Matters hosts delve into the critical aspects of infrastructure in the age of AI, emphasizing data management, cybersecurity, and the importance of mainframe technology in the enterprise.

AI, Cloud, Computing, Data Infrastructure, Data Protection, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, Security

August 16, 2023

Randy Kerns

Research Note

The Futurum Group Report on Flash Memory Summit

Key Announcements and Developments from Micron, Phison, Marvell, Hitachi Vantara, Viking Enterprise, Hammerspace, Quantum, SNIA, CXL Consortium, IBM, Infinidat, and ScaleFlux

Randy Kerns, Senior Strategist at The Futurum Group shares a collection of analyst insights on interesting vendors and technologies from the Flash Memory Summit (FMS). The Futurum Group analysts at FMS also covers technology and products that deal with Information Storage and Management.

Data Center, Data Storage and SAN, Memory, Storage

August 11, 2023

tweiss@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

IBM Is Building an AI Center of Competence With Wintershall Dea

New Center With the European Oil and Gas Company Is Designed to Promote the Scaling and Use of AI Technologies Inside Enterprises

Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares his insights about IBM building an AI Center of Competence with European oil and gas vendor Wintershall Dea to empower enterprise AI users and help scale enterprise AI projects.

AI, AI and Data Analytics, High Performance Computing

August 8, 2023

Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens & Krista Case

Infrastructure Matters

Consumption Models: How They Have Shifted IT Infrastructure Purchases – Infrastructure Matters Episode 5

The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber cover IT infrastructure consumption models, cloud computing, hybrid approaches, as well as enterprise pricing, procurement, data protection, disaster recovery, security, and compliance.

Cloud, Computing, Data Infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, IT Infrastructure, Security

August 4, 2023

Krista Case & Camberley Bates

Infrastructure Matters

What Is Comprehensive Cyber-Resiliency? — Infrastructure Matters, Episode 4

Camberley Bates, VP and Practice Lead, and Krista Macomber, Senior Analyst, cover a range of news items, evolving considerations for cyber-resiliency, and what exactly constitutes comprehensive cyber-resiliency in this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast.

Data Center, Data Infrastructure, Data Management, Data Protection

August 1, 2023

Steven Dickens & Krista Case

Infrastructure Matters

IBM Acquires Apptio, BMC Announces AMI, NetApp BlueXP, Zero Trust Architectures, Dell Project Fort Zero — Infrastructure Matters Webcast, Episode 3

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss zero-trust architecture and its implementation, as well as IBM’s acquisition of Apptio and BMC’s new AMI Cloud portfolio.

Cloud, Data Protection, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

July 31, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

IBM watsonx.governance Tackles AI Risk Management

Comprehensive AI Governance Is Critical to AI Success

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines IBM’s announcement of watsonx.governance, a new solution for AI risk management. AI risk management is foundational and critical to operationalizing AI. Enterprises will learn this either the hard way, through ignoring it, or the easier way, by embracing it. IBM is in a great position to help enterprises navigate AI risk management. The research note explores the key takeaways related to IBM’s strategic move in this space.