IBM had its user conference Think in Boston from May 20th till 22nd, held at the BCE, well attended. Holger Mueller of Constellation Research shares his key takeaways from the conference.

1. Event Report – IBM Think 2024
IBM gets ready for the AI era
My POV:
IBM is doing well and
setup to take advantage of
the AI transformation that
is ahead. Enterprises will
need software and
services and IBM has
both. Verdict on open
sourcing AI is still out.
IBM’s user conference, held in Boston, well attended at the BCEC.
Full force of customers, partners, executives and analysts.
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• AI front and center, commitment to
opensource the Granite models
• Hybrid cloud remains focus – in AI era
• IBM with full uptake of InstructLab
• IBM Concert brings together ITSM
• Qiskit makes a major step forward
• IBM wants (and needs) to partner more
• General excitement about Quantum