IBM Exec: ‘There’s Never Been A Better Time To Be’ A Partner
Announcements at IBM Think 2021 include a new competency framework for partners, message acceleration workshops to help partners with marketing and expansion of Cloud Engagement Funds for multiple partner types. By Wade Tyler Millward May 11, 2021, 12:01 AM EDT
Five months after IBM said it would spend $1 billion on its partner ecosystem, Big Blue on Tuesday unveiled a host of changes to its partner program, including new partner competencies and benefits.
“There’s never been a better time to be in IBM’s ecosystem,” David La Rose, general manager of IBM’s partner ecosystem, told CRN. “There’s $1 billion that is in the market today, and that is only going to help them (partners) to get to revenue faster and sooner.”
At Think conference, IBM puts AI and hybrid cloud to work
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IBM Corp. is pushing the envelope on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence with a number of key announcements early Tuesday ahead of its Think 2021 event, chiefly aimed at accelerating its customer’s digital transformation strategies.
One of the main highlights of today’s announcements is a new Auto SQL capability within IBM’s Cloud Pak for Data offering that automates data access and management without needing to move it first. The company also unveiled a new, AI-based tool for modernizing applications and workloads to run in hybrid cloud environments, plus new AI capabilities in Watson and advancements that should help to scale up quantum computing to more use cases.
Dizzion Announces New Managed Desktop Offering on IBM Cloud to Help Enterprises Manage Their Remote Workforce
Will offer long-term solution that addresses the challenges of remote work facing IT departments in 2021
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DENVER, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Dizzion, Inc., an industry leader in Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS), today announced a new managed desktop offering on IBM Cloud designed to assist enterprises in managing their workforce by making it easier for employees to work remotely in a secured and collaborative environment.
Dizzion s new managed desktops on IBM Cloud offering provides an upgraded Desktop as a Service environment for VMware Horizon on IBM Cloud users and is ideal for enterprise IT organizations looking for a long-term remote work solution that addresses performance, security and compliance challenges.
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ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Siemens, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced a new collaboration that will use a hybrid cloud designed to deliver an open, flexible and more secure solution for manufacturers and plant operators to drive real-time value from operational data. In one month, a single manufacturing site can generate more than 2,200 terabytes of data according to a report by IBM – yet most data goes unanalyzed.
Through the joint initiative, Siemens Digital Industries Software will apply IBM s open hybrid cloud approach, built on Red Hat OpenShift, to extend the deployment flexibility of MindSphere®, the industrial IoT as a service solution from Siemens. This will enable customers to run MindSphere on-premise, unlocking speed and agility in factory and plant operations, as well as through the cloud for seamless product support, updates and enterprise connectivity.
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