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IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM has announced it is acquiring US-based digital transformation services provider Octo for an undisclosed amount from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners. On Wednesday, the US Department of Defense announced it is awarding a five-year cloud computing contract worth up to $9 billion to IBM, Amazon, Google and Oracle.

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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

Fujitsu remains very much interested in the mainframe market, with a new model still on its roadmap for 2024, and a move under way to “shift its mainframes and UNIX servers to the cloud, gradually enhancing its existing business systems to optimize the experience for its end-users.” Z as a service.

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How AI can boost customer satisfaction, retention, and loyalty in the contact center

CIO Business Intelligence

AI First in the Contact Center IBM Consulting and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to bring an AI-first strategy to contact center transformation. They have created a joint solution that combines Amazon Connect with additional features from IBM Consulting to optimize and personalize customer communication.

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AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

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“AI projects are not just about AI meters, they have lots of other cloud meters as well,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, citing the impact of AI on the Azure cloud platform. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Google Cloud revenue rose 22% to $8.4

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Delta takes off with modernized blend of mainframes and cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

When it comes to IT, Delta Airlines is climbing higher into the clouds even as it keeps its footing on solid ground. We have hundreds of applications that we’re in the process of moving to the cloud but a lot of our main capabilities are underpinned by workloads on the mainframe and it’s definitely with us for the foreseeable future.”

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IBM and AWS Create a Path to Modernization Via Industry-Specific Solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

As part of their partnership, IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are pursuing a variety of industry-specific blueprints and solutions designed to help customers modernize apps for a hybrid IT environment, which includes AWS Cloud. AWS/IBM’s Industry Edge. United’s Revenue Management Modernization Takes Flight.

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IonQ opens up Forte quantum computing platform for use on Amazon Braket Direct

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(IonQ Illustration) IonQ has opened up its most advanced quantum computing platform for public availability through Amazon’s cloud-based Braket Direct Program , even as the Maryland-based company gears up to produce even more advanced hardware at a Seattle-area manufacturing facility.