Like a car, your infrastructure and mission critical applications won’t run forever without some help. It may work for a long time, but eventually you need to change the oil, give it some new tires, or replace your starter. Technology is ever changing, growing, becoming faster, smarter, and more efficient. We all hope this is…
What is your 2018 plan?
With the start of the new year, companies are setting goals and creating plans to make the new year successful. Change is never an easy thing, however it is necessary to facilitate continuous improvement. In the IT world, continuous improvement is another term for modernization. This process can be time consuming, requires the appropriate resources,…
What was Important in 2017
It’s December – the time of year when we start thinking about next year. Maybe you’re knee deep into planning for 2018. Maybe the boss is pressuring you for those budget numbers? If you’re like me, you ‘re spending a little time thinking about the past 11 months or so. As I look back at…
VIDEO: What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? [via IBM Power Systems]
IBM Power Systems recently caught up with some of the leading thinkers in artificial intelligence to ask them to answer the major industry question – what is artificial intelligence? Video Transcription Sam Charrington: In a lot of ways artificial intelligence represents that kind of magic frontier of the computer doing something that amazes us and…
Watson Analytics – Watson for the Rest of Us
A lot of my conversations lately revolve around business analytics and Watson Analytics usually comes up. The question I usually get is – What is Watson Analytics? My simplest, most straightforward answer: Watson is a desktop, subscription-based, easy to use, cloud-based analytics tool. Watson is intuitive and fast and is designed to give you answers…