IBM Power9 hardware, cloud computing, artificial intelligence developments, IBM’s AI and Watson initiatives, digital transformation and modernization projects, career mindset and growth strategies, training and education for IBM i developers, and ethical considerations in AI.
The bees at IBM have been busy.
How could they not be, there is a lot of work to do when it comes to enterprise IT departments in the Digital Age. Everything from Hardware and Software Upgrades, Modernization Projects to full out Digital Transformation. The new Power9, Cloud, and AI are all topics of conversation in IBM i shops around the globe. And IBM is the Queen.
The News
IBM Power System AC992 Server for the Enterprise The IBM Power Systems are the next generation of accelerated computing. It’s faster, performs better and has more memory. Touted as the best enterprise server for AI. Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
"The US government has in recent years been reluctant to pursue antitrust measures against dominant competitors, but that could change in 2018." A similar thing happened to IBM back in the late 1960's.
AI
IBM Unveils Industry’s Most Advanced Server Designed for Artificial Intelligence
IBM POWER9 Systems is designed to enable enterprises around the world to scale unprecedented insights, driving scientific discovery enabling transformational business outcomes across every industry.
IBM Expands Watson Data Platform to Help Unleash AI for Professionals
IBM announced new offerings to its Watson Data Platform, including data cataloging and data refining, which is designed to make it easier for developers and data scientists to analyze and prepare enterprise data for AI applications, regardless of its structure or where it resides.
Artificial Intelligence does not have to be bad “Sensational reports surfaced earlier this year about Google’s DeepMind AI growing “highly aggressive” when left to its own devices.” The question is how do we bring a code of ethics into AI.
Career
The Future of Work: The Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing and Data Analytics is pushing the enterprise markets into unknown territories. How we put our arms around and perceive the changes in the digital world will make us succeed, or not. “In this new world of work, jobs are changing so rapidly. They are being unbundled, re-scoped, reassigned and eliminated at an increasingly accelerated pace. “ Career Advice: Learn to Follow Through Seth Godin, a brilliant marketer, speaker, and writer always seems to have some common sense advice that can be applied to almost anything when it comes to personal or professional growth. All too often we see people, companies, and projects fail. The lack of follow-through is often the reason. Making Job Training Software that is Useful When you read this article think about how it applies to training new IBM i Developers. I have long argued that the best RPG programmer is in your company and has not even programmed yet. There are countless untold stories in AS/400 shops around the country where resourceful IT Directors have found their new RPG Developer in a different department. To be successful in doing this, there has to be some sort of training curriculum. Salesforce.com seems to have figured out a way to do it.
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