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

CIO Business Intelligence

Any vertical modernization approach should balance in-depth, vertical sector expertise with a solutions-based methodology that caters to specific business needs. Such an approach ensures that app modernization efforts meet any relevant certification requirements and solve business-specific problems. AWS/IBM’s Industry Edge.

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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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Forrester 2019 Enterprise BI Platform Waves ™ Research Update

Forrester IT

Forrester has just published 2019 refresh of out Enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms Waves ™. As the BI market and the technology continue to evolve, so does our research.

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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

Those enhancements will include features such as predictive failure detection and business continuity support. Coincidentally, the same day that Fujitsu gave notice it would discontinue sales of the GS21 , IBM unveiled plans to deliver its IBM Z mainframe platform as a service on IBM Cloud.

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Delta takes off with modernized blend of mainframes and cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

The Atlanta-based airlines, which is partnering with Amazon Web Services on the cloud front and Kyndryl for its mainframe systems, is very content with its choice for a hybrid infrastructure, says Matt Cincera, senior vice president of software engineering at Delta.

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What is a data engineer? An analytics role in high demand

CIO Business Intelligence

Becoming a data engineer Many data engineers start as software engineers or business intelligence analysts before transitioning into data engineering. Common programming languages used in data engineering include SQL, NoSQL, Python, Java, R, and Scala.