BROWSING: IBM

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,...

IBM adds Red Hat Storage to bolster hybrid cloud efforts

Big Blue will make Red Hat Storage its own, and promises to keep ODF, Ceph and others 100% open source IBM announced on Wednesday plans to integrate Red Hat’s storage products and associate teams into IBM’s Storage business unit. The goal, said IBM, is to...

IBM, Airtel build secure edge services for Indian businesses

A look inside the companies’ three-prong strategy with IBM’s head of cloud, 5G, and edge IBM on Wednesday announced a partnership with Indian telco Bharti Airtel to bring forth a massive edge computing project that will include 120 network data centers across 20 cities in...

#TBT: Try your hand at handset hurling; IBM eyes mobile; FirstNet’s first board … this week in 2012

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Hurl your handset!...

Architectural principles for enabling edge applications in 3GPP standards

The 3GPP has defined an enabling layer to facilitate communication between the Application Clients and the Edge Application Servers The latest iterations of 3GPP standards have placed added emphasis on support for edge computing, a distributed computing framework that brings computation and data storage...

IBM doubles down on hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud accounted for more than a third of IBM’s total revenue IBM handily beat Wall Street expectations for its second quarter, and showed promising results as the company goes all-in on its full-stack hybrid cloud strategy. The tech giant this week reported adjusted earnings...

Telefónica evolves Cloud Garden to become Red Hat OpenShift Service platform

Telefonica Tech has rebranded Cloud Garden to Red Hat OpenShift Service, embracing hybrid and multi-cloud app deployment trends.

Hybrid cloud and AI will drive tech’s evolution – IBM CEO

Hybrid cloud and AI will drive the next wave of technology and productivity, says IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.

5G, the hybrid cloud, and hybrid work

5G sits at intersection of two major business trends: the enterprise pivot to hybrid cloud, and the labor trend towards hybrid work.

Real business outcomes and ‘one throat to choke’ – IBM on what Industry 4.0 wants

Another late entry from the MWC files, this time from a discussion with IBM; but another one, again, where the talk is somehow timeless, at least in a 2022/3 timeframe, and also sometimes abstract. “Sure, it is a ramble; but, then, nothing is certain,”...

IBM, SAP make hybrid cloud play

IBM and SAP have announced a new hybrid cloud partnership aimed at helping SAP's large enterprise customers move ERP workloads to the cloud.

IBM acquires Sentaca, hopes to help CSPs unlock new revenue streams

IBM has acquired more than 20 companies since 2020, all with the intention of bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities IBM has acquired telco consulting services and solutions provider Sentaca to bolster its hybrid cloud consulting business, so that it can better support communications...

Well, technically… telcos can only grow by moving into the enterprise: IBM’s Marisa Viveros (Ep. 60)

On this episode, Marisa Viveros, vice president of Strategy & Offerings for the Telecom, Media and Entertainment Industry at IBM defines the IBM telco cloud network ecosystem, delves into the specifics of the company's recent cloud partnerships with Verizon and Telefonica and explains how...