“Taos adds the deep expertise, public cloud partnerships and innovative solutions needed to drive growth and adoption of IBM’s hybrid cloud platform throughout the Americas,” said John Granger, Senior Vice President for Cloud Application Innovation and Chief Operating Officer at IBM Global Business Services. “The platform gives enterprises the freedom to choose from multiple providers to best meet their business and IT needs, and we are committed to helping our clients successfully navigate their open hybrid cloud journeys with those providers.”
IBM said Taos will continue to operate in San Jose as an IBM company. It is one of the largest firms focuing on multi-cloud services and consulting. The firm recently was recognized by research firm Gartner as an “industry leader.”
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At IBM “think” is a marketing keyword and in 2020 that proved to be the case again as Big Blue technologists produced the most patents in the U.S. for the 28th consecutive year.
However, tech creation didn’t escape the effects of COVID-19.
IBM inventors produced 9,130 patents, a 1% drop from 2019, according to the annual patent report from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services.
Samsung placed No. 2 with 6,415. Rest of the top 10: Canon Inc., Microsoft, Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor, LG Electronics, Apple, Huawei Technologies, and Qualcomm.
The number of patents awarded also declined by 1 percent.
“Overall, U.S. patent activity was down slightly last year, despite the pandemic. This is a minor downward tick in what’s been a largely upward trajectory we’ve seen over the past decade, and it’s still 13 percent higher than what we saw in 2018,” said Mike Baycroft, CEO of IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, in a statement. “Another positive indicator is that pu
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Further intensifying its cloud computing efforts, IBM on Monday disclosed it is acquiring a Finnish firm in a deal that it says will “turbocharge” Big Blue’s capabilities.
“Our clients are increasingly taking a more holistic approach to application modernization that allows them to operate across a traditional IT environment, private cloud and public clouds,” says John Granger, senior vice president of IBM’s Cloud Application Innovation and chief operating officer of Global Business Services.
“IBM’s acquisition of Nordcloud adds the kind of deep expertise that will drive our clients’ digital transformations as well as support the further adoption of IBM’s hybrid cloud platform. Nordcloud’s cloud-native tools, methodologies and talent send a strong signal that IBM is committed to deliver our clients’ successful journey to cloud.”
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