The document discusses the emergence of smarter computing as the next era of IT. Smarter computing involves designing IT infrastructure for data, optimizing systems for specific tasks, and managing systems through the cloud. This allows organizations to gain insights from vast amounts of data, improve efficiency, and reinvent business processes. IBM can help companies adopt smarter computing through projects involving big data, optimized systems, and cloud computing to improve decision making, reduce costs, and drive innovation.
The new normal in business intelligenceJohan Blomme
The new normal in business intelligence is about the transformational changes that take place in the digital world and definitely change the nature of BI. Business models in the global marketplace are reshaped through the application of information technology. The Internet is the societal operating system of the 21st century and its underlying infrastructure - the clud computing model - represents a disruptive change. A networked infrastructure, big data from disparate sources and social media among other trends as the self-service model and collaboration are changing the way BI systems are deployed and used.
Transformational changes that take place in the digital world definitely change the nature of business intelligence and represent an new normal. The Internet is the societal operating system of the 21st century and its underlying infrastructure - the cloud computing model - represents a "disruptive" change. A networked infrastructure, big data from disparate sources and social media among other trends as predictive analytics, the self-service model and collaboration are changing the way BI-systems are deployed and used.
Advancements in any industry refer to the process of developing systems, tools, products, or techniques that improve conditions,
solve problems, or achieve goals. All industries value innovative minds and solution-oriented breakthroughs. This workshop will
feature top corporate and federal executive leaders form or from? diverse industries share the latest and greatest breakthroughs.
You may be behind the next big thing.
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
a. E xplore pioneering advancements from diverse industries including:
Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Media & Entertainment, IT, Intelligence Agencies
b. Explore ideas and visions for the future
c. Examine challenges and threats that these industries must overcome to survive
This presentation compares the activities of Future Internet Socio Economics and Future Internet Enterprise Systems. Although there are similarities in terms of discussions about neutrality, regulation and rights the drivers are significantly different between consumers (largely focus of FISE) and industry (largely focus on FInES)
Today, everything computes. Intelligence has been infused into
things no one would recognize as computers: appliances, cars,
roadways, clothes, even rivers and cornfi elds. This is the daily reality
of an instrumented, interconnected and intelligent world—a Smarter
Planet—which IBM began chronicling nearly three years ago.
cloud computing is becoming the business of choice and is expected to have an exponential growth in the days to come. What is the status in India, especially in the Government sector? A ppt made in a recent seminar called Inflexion 2013 held at India Habitat Centre is being shared for circulation.
The new normal in business intelligenceJohan Blomme
The new normal in business intelligence is about the transformational changes that take place in the digital world and definitely change the nature of BI. Business models in the global marketplace are reshaped through the application of information technology. The Internet is the societal operating system of the 21st century and its underlying infrastructure - the clud computing model - represents a disruptive change. A networked infrastructure, big data from disparate sources and social media among other trends as the self-service model and collaboration are changing the way BI systems are deployed and used.
Transformational changes that take place in the digital world definitely change the nature of business intelligence and represent an new normal. The Internet is the societal operating system of the 21st century and its underlying infrastructure - the cloud computing model - represents a "disruptive" change. A networked infrastructure, big data from disparate sources and social media among other trends as predictive analytics, the self-service model and collaboration are changing the way BI-systems are deployed and used.
Advancements in any industry refer to the process of developing systems, tools, products, or techniques that improve conditions,
solve problems, or achieve goals. All industries value innovative minds and solution-oriented breakthroughs. This workshop will
feature top corporate and federal executive leaders form or from? diverse industries share the latest and greatest breakthroughs.
You may be behind the next big thing.
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
a. E xplore pioneering advancements from diverse industries including:
Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Media & Entertainment, IT, Intelligence Agencies
b. Explore ideas and visions for the future
c. Examine challenges and threats that these industries must overcome to survive
This presentation compares the activities of Future Internet Socio Economics and Future Internet Enterprise Systems. Although there are similarities in terms of discussions about neutrality, regulation and rights the drivers are significantly different between consumers (largely focus of FISE) and industry (largely focus on FInES)
Today, everything computes. Intelligence has been infused into
things no one would recognize as computers: appliances, cars,
roadways, clothes, even rivers and cornfi elds. This is the daily reality
of an instrumented, interconnected and intelligent world—a Smarter
Planet—which IBM began chronicling nearly three years ago.
cloud computing is becoming the business of choice and is expected to have an exponential growth in the days to come. What is the status in India, especially in the Government sector? A ppt made in a recent seminar called Inflexion 2013 held at India Habitat Centre is being shared for circulation.
IBM Watson Question-Answering System and Cognitive ComputingRakuten Group, Inc.
IBM's vision of cognitive computing has been steadily embraced across the industries since IBM's Watson question-answering system made a sensational debut at the US Jeopardy! television quiz show in 2011. As a core member of the Watson project, I would like to share the excitement of the project and the last five and a half year of its progress into the cognitive business. In this talk, I will also give a technical overview of Watson, major use cases, and perspectives on the future of cognitive computing.
https://tech.rakuten.co.jp/
2017 Consumer Survey: Healthcare Cybersecurity and Digital Trustaccenture
Accenture’s 2017 Consumer Survey on Healthcare Cybersecurity and Digital Trust identifies consumers’ experiences with healthcare data breaches and their attitudes toward healthcare data, digital trust, roles and responsibilities, data sharing and breaches.
The MD Anderson / IBM Watson Announcement: What does it mean for machine lear...Health Catalyst
It’s been over six years since IBM’s Watson amazed all of us on Jeopardy, but it has yet to deliver similar breakthroughs in healthcare. The headlines in last week’s Forbes article read, “MD Anderson Benches IBM Watson In Setback For Artificial Intelligence In Medicine.” Is it really a setback for the entire industry or not? Health Catalyst’s EVP for Product Development, Dale Sanders, believes that the challenges are unique to IBM’s machine learning strategy in healthcare. If they adjust that strategy and better manage expectations about what’s possible for machine learning in medicine, the future will be brighter for Watson, their clients, and AI in healthcare, in general. Watson’s success is good for all of us, but it’s failure is bad for all of us, too.
Join Dale as he discusses:
The good news: Machine learning technology is accelerating at a rate beyond Moore’s Law. Dale believes that machine learning algorithms and models are doubling in capability every six months.
The bad news: The healthcare data ecosystem is not nearly as rich as many would believe, and certainly not as rich as that used to train Watson for Jeopardy. Without high-volume, high-quality data, Watson’s potential and the constant advances in machine learning algorithms will hit a glass ceiling in healthcare.
The best news: By adjusting strategy and expectations, there are still plenty of opportunities to do great things with machine learning by using the current data content in healthcare, while we build out the volume and breadth of data we need to truly understand the patient at the center of the healthcare picture… and you don’t need an army of PhD data scientists to do it.
Digital Transformation: What it is and how to get thereEconsultancy
Digital Transformation: What it is and how to get there.
Authored by Econsultancy CEO Ashley Friedlein, this presentation on the topic of 'Digital Transformation', is broken down into six sections covering:
1. Digital Transformation - what it is and recent data and research on the topic
2. Strategy - what a digital strategy should include
3. Technology - the challenges of technology and the skills gap
4. People - looking at organisational structure, culture, roles & responsibilities, environment recquired
5. Process - how to address the speed, innovation and agility required
6. Business Transformation - how digital transformation is actually business transformation
Future Proof Your Network Today To Support IOT TomorrowTyrone Systems
The market will grow from 15.4 billion devices in 2015 to 75.4 billion in 2025. Despite this increase in data, and no matter what new IoT technology or application is announced, users’ expectations remain high — networks must be up and running constantly and bandwidth must always available. Are you ready for it?
IT Infrastructure on the Verge of Technological SingularityMiraworks.io
Miraworks, the world's first multi-vender platform for IT infrastructure design, presents its vision of the industry up until 2030. The White Paper, entitled "IT Infrastructure on the Verge of Technological Singularity", covers the development trends of the global IT infrastructure, including a transition to open multivendor solutions in IT infrastructure design, looming professional IT standards, and integrated tools for designing traditional and cloud IT infrastructures.
Intel- Next Generation Datacenters & Clouditnewsafrica
Intel- Next Generation Datacenters & Cloud. Presented at the September 05, 2013 edition of the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner (www.innovationdinner.co.za)
Delivered Key Note Address in National Seminar on
"Digital India: Use of Technology For Transforming Society" organized at Gaya College, Gaya on 28th & 29th January, 2017.
Gaya college-gaya-28-29.01.2017-presentation
Paradigm Shift in
Computing Technology, ICT & its Applications: Technical, Social, Economic and Environmental Perspective
According to GE, there are 10 digital trends which define the current revolution and will determine the future of the world’s power and utilities sector.
The Cloud is Changing the tech land scape gloablly and within five years we will find it impacting all business whether they are traditional bricks and mortar type businesses or technology. it is going to be a fun ride
Crisis-Ready Crisis-Proof IT Infrastructure for the New NormalKalin Hitrov
At our digital event for IT innovators looking to future-proof their infrastructure we shared ideas and real-world case studies on how to reduce complexity, improve agility and perfect scalability in an ever-changing environment.
The Steadily Advancing Scene of Data Innovation: Investigating Patterns and A...ahmadhassan005050
In the present high speed computerized age, the domain of data innovation (IT) remains as a foundation of development and progress. From the approach of the web to the ascent of man-made brainpower (simulated intelligence), IT keeps on upsetting how we collaborate, convey, and direct business. In this far reaching investigation, we dig into the most recent patterns and developments molding the IT scene, from online protection to distributed computing and then some
Device democracy -Saving the future of the #InternetOfThings @IBMIBV Diego Alberto Tamayo
Transforming businesses as
the Internet of Things expands
As a global electronics company, we understand the
issues facing the high-tech industry and the continuous
transformation required to thrive. Across the industry,
companies are turning their attention from smartphones and
tablets to a new generation of connected devices that will
transform not just the Electronics industry, but many others.
The IBM Global Electronics practice uniquely combines IBM
and partner services, hardware, software and research into
integrated solutions that can help you deliver innovation,
create differentiated customer experiences and optimize
your global operations.
The infographic was created using advanced analytics and natural language processing technologies to analyze large volumes of social media data, including Twitter, blogs and message boards to bring you the birth of cyclechic.
The road to Smarter Computing by Gary BarnettKarl Roche
Gary Barnett, CTO at The Bathwick Group has written a paper on the changes IT needs to resolve as the pace of competitive landscape heats up and IT needs to become an enabler of innovation
Optimized Systems: Matching technologies for business success.Karl Roche
Tom Rosamilia, General Manager, Power and z Systems, IBM Corporation outlines the way business can optimize it's systems to enhance performance, reduce cost per workload and drive innovation. Presented at the Smarter Computing Executive Summit, 25th May 2011.
Looks at some of the other parts of blogging such as commenting, reading and following as well as a few tips of getting started yourself. Outline of a small group of social networks.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
2. Three years ago IBM started describing the
emergence of a Smarter Planet that is fueling
innovation across industries.
Every aspect of life is benefiting from the instrumentation,
interconnection and the infusion of intelligence into the THIS SHIFT IS DRIVING DRAMATIC CHANGE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
world’s systems. Cities are getting smarter by transforming
every possible form of municipal infrastructure—traffic The way it’s accessed The way it’s applied The way it’s architected
systems, water systems, public safety. Business processes Moving from attached work- Moving from core business Moving from heterogeneous
are being transformed across every industry, from stations to individuals using applications focused on silos to integrated, flexible
ubiquitous, mobile devices, productivity to the creation of infrastructures composed of
banking to manufacturing to transportation. It’s changing
creating massive volumes of real-time insight about and for workload-optimized systems.
the way people live—delivering benefits from reduced information every day. individual users.
congestion and pollution to new ways of communicating
and collaborating.
The number of intercon- 15 petabytes of new Networking fiber band-
nected devices has grown information is being width has increased from
from 700 million in 2004 generated every day—80% 60 gigabytes per second
to 5 billion in 2010. of which is unstructured. in 2005 to 300 gigabytes
per second in 2011.
The number of RFID tags 1 in 3 business leaders
has grown from 1.3 billion frequently make decisions Computing power is
in 2005 to 30 billion in 2010. based on information they projected to increase from
don’t trust or don’t have. 10 million computations
300 million smart meters
per second per $1,000
are projected to be deployed 1 in 2 business leaders say
in 2005 to 10 trillion
by 2015. they don’t have access
computations per second
to the information they need
per $1,000 by 2015.
to do their jobs.
SMARTER COMPUTING: THE NEXT ERA OF IT 2
3. On a Smarter Planet, successful companies
are taking a new approach to designing their
IT infrastructures to create new opportunities.
Univerista di Bari reduced time to market for
Create new markets in a fraction of the time fishermen and farmers with a cloud-based solution
for real-time trading.
Citigroup reduced provisioning times from 45 days
Deliver new services more quickly to 20 minutes, improving their ability to deploy new
banking services to clients.
Acxiom improved capacity five-fold with no new
Identify new trends before the competition floor space with a cloud-based model that improved
customer retention and captured new business.
The City of Norfolk, Virginia, improved storage
performance by 40% and cut power consumption in
Utilize IT resources more efficiently half, enabling it to deploy automated parking systems
and police in-car video surveillance.
SMARTER COMPUTING: THE NEXT ERA OF IT 3
4. Cloud
By thinking differently about computing, these leaders
Optimized Virtuous
have addressed the IT conundrum—meeting exploding
Cycle
Systems
demand for service on a flat budget.
This conundrum traps IT organizations in a vicious cycle in which
a rigid infrastructure and lack of trusted data lead to reactive
decision-making. Meanwhile, attempts to overcome these challenges
Big Data
through additional IT investments result in a more sprawling and
Reactive
costly infrastructure.
Inflexibility of infrastructure
limits integration across silos
Always Guessing and responsiveness to
In exible IT customer demands.
Decisions are made on
incomplete data, big ideas
are seen as risky and small
Incomplete,
Vicious
decisions aren’t optimized.
Untrusted Data
More Cost
Cycle Every IT investment leads to
more sprawl, which drives
up infrastructure and
management costs.
Sprawling IT
SMARTER COMPUTING: THE NEXT ERA OF IT 4
5. Any enterprise can reverse the IT conundrum by
designing, tuning and managing their IT infrastructure
in this new era we call Smarter Computing.
This new era is realized by designing IT as a system that incorporates
Big Data for better decision making, Optimized Systems for superior
economics and Cloud to reinvent business processes and drive
innovation. Any enterprise can enter this new era by architecting
an IT infrastructure that is designed for data, tuned to the task and Managed
managed in the cloud. in the cloud
Remove barriers to rapid
delivery of new services and
realize IT without boundaries
Tuned to the task Cloud to reinvent business processes
and drive innovation.
Remove financial barriers by
driving greater efficiency and
performance for each workload.
Optimized Virtuous
Cycle
Systems
Designed
for data
Remove barriers to harnessing
all available information and
unlock insights to make
informed choices.
Big Data
SMARTER COMPUTING: THE NEXT ERA OF IT 5
6. Smarter Computing is an IT infrastructure that is designed
for data, tuned to the task, and managed in the cloud.
Designed for data: Big Data
Big Data and information integration capabilities make it possible to including the Internet—without overwhelming enterprise data Better understand customer behavior
generate insight from vast quantities of data—fundamentally warehouses. One financial services company was able to improve and needs
changing the way organizations use information. It means filtering fraud detection by comparing tens of millions of individual Optimize decisions in real time
petabytes of data per second from almost any connected device, transactions against 7 years worth of customer data in real time,
Foster collaborative decision making
analyzing the data while still in motion, deciding what, if any, data rather than 30 days—without overwhelming the data warehouse or
must be stored, and even using analytics tools to virtually integrate incurring prohibitive expense. IT departments integrating Big Data Continually assess enterprise risk
the data with data stored in traditional warehouses. Organizations with already-stored data can enable new forms of analysis such as
can integrate and analyze unstructured data wherever it lives— forecasting and predictive modeling.
Tuned to the task: Optimized Systems
Generating insights from the exploding volume, velocity and variety sophisticated workloads generated by a smarter planet require Reduce deployment times from
of data requires Optimized Systems specifically architected for that systems built with domain knowledge and understanding of months to days
task. To maximize performance and efficiency, these systems must workload characteristics, hardware with multi-core architectures Improve performance with utilization
be optimized at every layer of the technology stack to exploit unique and advanced threading, and software tuned from the operating rates up to 90%
processor, memory and storage characteristics. The increasingly- system through the middleware stack.
Reduce floor space, power
consumption, labor and total cost per
workload by 55%
Managed in the cloud: Cloud
Organizations in every industry, regardless of size or geography, are of higher-value products and services is now mandatory to address Capture new value by creating new
embracing Cloud computing as a way to reduce the complexity and formidable competition and escalating customer and shareholder offerings and services
costs associated with traditional IT approaches. This reality is driven expectations. In the era of Smarter Computing, any enterprise can Deliver IT without boundaries by
by three related shifts. Customer, employee and partner apply the transformative power of cloud computing to reinvent the breaking down silos and simplifying
expectations are changing as self-service consumption of way they do business and improve economics. For instance, access to information
technology and services becomes the norm. The economics of cloud-based, real-time analytics can save over 50% in business
computing are changing as organizations access world-class insight-related costs, and collaborative business process services Improve speed and dexterity with new
computing power, now available anytime, anywhere. Faster delivery can increase employee productivity by 25%. models of self service and
deployment
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7. IBM can help any enterprise proceed with a strategic,
staged approach. Each step leads to an IT infrastructure
that is integrated, automated and secured. IBM has
identified projects that any client can initiate to start a
journey to realize Smarter Computing.
To create advantage To create advantage To create advantage To gain real business
by serving customers by transforming the by reinventing your advantage, do all
in new ways, start economics of your IT, business processes three things together
with Big Data and start with workload and improving the and design your IT as
information Optimized Systems. speed of your service a holistic system.
integration. delivery, start with
Cloud.
EXAMPLE PROJECTS EXAMPLE PROJECTS EXAMPLE PROJECTS EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Data Compression and Workload Consolidation Systems Virtualization Enterprise IT and Data Governance
De-duplication
Storage Tiering and Consolidation Provisioning Automation Business Service Management
Master Data Management
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8. Smarter Computing addresses a critical
challenge faced by IT organizations:
increasing efficiency.
0%
REDUCE:
Application Total cost Server Database costs Power New Floor
development per workload acquisition by 68% consumption application space 20
time by up by 55% cost by up by 80% deployment by up
to 40% to 56% time by up to 90%
to 85%
40
60
80
100
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9. Enterprises across all industries are already undertaking
this transformation to drive breakthrough innovation.
Smarter Computing capabilities can help you meet the
challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
FINANCIAL SERVICES CUSTOMS BROKERAGE SERVICES HEALTHCARE MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Central GHY International Call & Call Virginia Mac Guff reduced Visa enhanced
Depository reduced server Holdings Commonwealth energy costs by information service
Company of management by consolidated 1,200 University reduced 66% and delivery while
Pakistan saw a 90%, enabling computers to one cost per terabyte delivered a cloud- reducing total cost of
98% improvement an IT infrastructure operating system by 50% while based solution for ownership, enabling
in service level capable of track- image, realizing enabling anywhere, large animation- real-time fraud
agreements with a ing cross-border 50% operational anytime access rendering projects detection on credit
50% reduction in shipments in savings while to clinical for feature films. card transactions.
time required to real time. meeting increased applications and
support new lines customer demand. patient information.
of business.
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10. Smarter Computing transforms the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center’s IT system to overcome
cost challenges and deliver better patient care.
CASE STUDY
An $8 billion global healthcare enterprise Project-Based Transformation Delivered innovation by
with more than 50,000 employees Optimized workloads by consolidating across enabling investment in next-
was challenged to lower the cost of its Power, x86 and System z environments— generation clinical systems
IT infrastructure. reducing server volumes by up to 80%
Over the last 5 years, UPMC has doubled its Implemented standard deployments and
computing capacity while holding IT costs flat by virtualization across all environments
embracing the Smarter Computing approach. Data
center space has been converted to hospital space Implemented master data management to
and the construction of a new $80 million data integrate patient data for electronic patient
center was avoided. Because of its architected medical records
approach to integrating, automating and securing Automated storage tiering, service provisioning
Transformed IT for
its IT infrastructure, UPMC can now invest in and centralized discovery to reduce management
improved economics
next-generation clinical systems. The Smart Room Implemented event correlation to predict and
automatically provides the clinician with relevant,
real-time patient information pulled from electronic
eliminate service problems 2x Doubled its
computing capacity
medical records, including allergies, vital signs, test Adopted enterprise data governance processes
results and medications that are due. These to ensure availability of trusted data $0 No increase in
IT costs
innovations are helping to improve the quality of Implemented an IT Architecture Board to
the care that UPMC delivers to ensure better review new workload deployment requests Eliminated the
patient outcomes. need for $80 million
data center
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11. Why IBM for Smarter Computing?
We’ve been a proven innovator for 100 years. operating systems, software programming tools,
We’re extending our portfolio to address the biggest middleware, business intelligence applications and
challenges in computer science. industry-specific software frameworks. More importantly,
IBM can help any organization build on their existing
Our approach is flexible and inclusive—there’s no capabilities and apply these principles—no forced
need to rip and replace. rip-and-replace required.
We have the experts and expertise required for Our clients benefit from these capabilities every day—
transformation. and so does IBM. Take IBM’s newest data center in
For 100 years, IBM has been at or near the center of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, where more
every major turning point in computer science—but than 40,000 sensors monitor equipment to improve
we haven’t remained in the forefront by clinging to the energy efficiency and utilization, reducing capital and
past, and over the last decade we’ve reinvented our operating costs by as much as 50%.
portfolio through industry-leading R&D investments and
For organizations seeking to transform their IT we offer
targeted acquisitions.
the services, technologies and capabilities that can be
Today, IBM designs and builds products for nearly every applied to their unique strategy and needs. IBM can help
element of an organization’s computing portfolio, from any organization realize Smarter Computing—the next
microprocessors, servers, and storage devices to era of IT.
Welcome to Smarter Computing.
Clients benefit from Smarter Computing—double
capacity for IT services, hold IT costs flat and implement
breakthrough new services.
IBM knows how to get you there. Let’s build a smarter planet.
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