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Keeping up with today s new technologies and the slew of products and services introduced to support them is a daunting task. Here is a brief list of some networking and infrastructure news of the week to help you navigate the choices.
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IBM released the findings of a study that found that the majority of companies surveyed are not prepared for future IT needs. Of the 380 CIOs and CTOs who participated in the survey, 60% say their company s IT modernization program is not yet ready for the future, according to the recently completed The State of IT Transformation Study conducted by the Managed Infrastructure Services unit of IBM s Global Technology Services division. Nearly a quarter of CIOs and CTOs (24%) surveyed say their company is just starting its IT modernization journey or has yet to begin modernizing, with about a third surveyed saying they are still in the midst of transformation.
IBM appoints CEO to run $19B managed services spin-off
Martin Schroeter assumes control of Managed Infrastructure Services division
Martin Schroeter (IBM) Credit: IBM
IBM has appointed Martin Schroeter as CEO of NewCo, the multibillion-dollar managed services business expected to be officially spun-off by the end of 2021.
Effective 15 January, Schroeter is tasked with shaping the go-to-market strategy of Big Blue’s Managed Infrastructure Services division, which will focus on the management and modernisation of IT infrastructure across the world.
The new-look business houses approximately 90,000 employees with more than 4600 clients spanning 115 countries - including over 75 per cent of the
Fortune 100 - and a backlog of $60 billion in orders, which is more than twice the scale of nearest competitors such as Accenture, Fujitsu and Huawei.
Godrej Group deploys IBM cloud solution
January 07, 2021
Expected to cut cost of ownership over a five-year period
The Godrej Group has deployed an IBM cloud solution that would help it achieve a 10 per cent reduction in the total cost of ownership over a period of five years, along with zero security incidents and a 100 per cent rise in disaster recovery coverage.
The migration, covering five businesses, each with multiple business-critical applications, was done seamlessly in eight months in multiple phases, Subrata Dey, Global CIO, Godrej Consumer Products, told
BusinessLine.
According to Godrej Group, in today’s environment, companies have to use a hybrid or multi-cloud approach as no single cloud platform or technology can meet all business needs. Hence, the company decided to move all its key business applications to its private cloud platform a few years ago to build a more resilient IT infrastructure. The goal is to simplify the infrastructure and build a platform
IBM Board Appoints CEO Arvind Krishna As Chairman, Replacing Rometty
The move comes after Krishna, a longtime IBM executive and a principal architect of the Red Hat acquisition, replaced Ginni Rometty as CEO in April, making him the Armonk, N.Y.-based company’s 10th chief executive. By Dylan Martin December 16, 2020, 05:29 PM EST
IBM’s board of directors appointed CEO Arvind Krishna as its chairman, taking over from executive chairman and former chief executive Ginni Rometty, who is retiring at the end of the year.
The move, which was disclosed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, comes after Krishna, a longtime IBM executive, replaced Rometty as CEO in April, making him the Armonk, N.Y.-based company’s 10th chief executive. Krishna, who first joined IBM in 1990, had already been serving on the board as a director since his CEO appointment.