The digital twin contains an entire digital representation of an object, a system, or even a service.
Is a Digital Object More Accurate than A Physical Object?
To take it a step further, digital twins incorporate multi-physics simulation, data analytics, and machine learning capabilities. These virtual constructs can demonstrate the impact of design changes, usage scenarios, environmental conditions, and endless variables. The goal is to eliminate the need for physical prototypes. That reduces development time and potentially improves the quality of the finalized product or process.
To step even further out, the digital twin may provide a more accurate product simulation than the physical product itself can provide. After all, you can put a physical product through all possible contingencies. Yet you can put a digital version through virtually every contingency.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid cloud, and quantum computing at IBM along with a shift in the partner ecosystem is accelerating digital transformation, return to smartern working, and building strategic ecosystems that can drive better business outcomes, said the company at the IBM Think conference.
IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said, “In the same way that we have electrified factories and machines in the past century, we will use hybrid cloud to infuse AI into software and systems in the 21st century. And one thing is certain: this is a future that must be built on a foundation of deep industry collaboration. No one understands this better than IBM, which is one of the reasons we are boosting investment in our partner ecosystem. Also at Think 2021, we are unveiling our latest hybrid cloud and AI innovations the very technologies that serve as the building blocks of a new IT architecture for business.”
IBM Announces Breakthrough Hybrid Cloud and AI Capabilities to Accelerate Digital Transformation at 2021 Think Conference
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IBM) announces advances in artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid cloud, and quantum computing at the company s Think conference at 12:00 p.m. ET today. The innovations highlight IBM s role in helping its clients and partners accelerate their digital transformations, return to work smarter, and build strategic ecosystems that can drive better business outcomes. We will look back on this year and last as the moment the world entered the digital century in full force, said IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna. In the same way that we electrified factories and machines in the past century, we will use hybrid cloud to infuse AI into software and systems in the 21
IBM ramps up partner offering to catch hybrid cloud opportunities
IBM ramps up partner offering to catch hybrid cloud opportunities
Announced as part of this year’s IBM Think conference.
Arvind Krishna (IBM) Credit: IBM
IBM has revealed a raft of new competencies, skills training and benefits designed to help its partners succeed in an increasingly competitive market.
Announced as part of this year’s IBM Think conference, the company has created a new competency framework to enable partners to demonstrate expertise, technical validation and sales success in specialised areas such as hybrid cloud infrastructure, automation and security.
This is all part of a US$1 billion investment by IBM to support its partner ecosystem, with the stated aim of helping partners and their customers capture the estimated US$1 trillion hybrid cloud market opportunity, the company said.
The design of the product achieves a change in AI
Demand is high, but Zapf says it supports artificial intelligence (AI) technology by capturing the right data and guiding engineers into product design and development
Not surprisingly, the November 2020 McKinsey survey reveals that more than half of organizations have accepted AI in at least one function, and 22% of respondents report at least 5% of the company’s profits attributed to AI. And in manufacturing, 71% of respondents have increased revenue by 5% or more with the adoption of AI.
But that wasn’t always the case. Once “rarely used in product development,” Zapf says AI has evolved in recent years. Today, technology giants known for their innovations in AI, such as Google, IBM, and Amazon, have “set new standards for the use of AI in other processes,” such as engineering.