THE TECHNOLOGY INTERVIEW
“ IBM HAS A REALLY CLEAR STRATEGY ABOUT HOW WE HELP AND SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS TO MAKE THE BEST OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ”
UK government , and making sure that we create the climate in which we can do business . Increasingly , we ’ re involved in policy matters , especially as it comes to AI regulation , AI safety , AI ethics and how you build a governance framework to make sure your AI models are doing the right things .
Of course , I am accountable for business performance . It goes without saying that the UK and Ireland is a big part of the organisation and it ’ s important that we ’ re able to bring the best of our technology and our consulting expertise to bear here .
Q . HOW IMPORTANT IS AI TO YOU AT IBM ?
» IBM has a really clear strategy about how we help and support our clients to make the best of advanced technology , and those technologies that we ’ re focused on are hybrid cloud and AI .
When it comes to hybrid cloud , 77 % of all clients have a hybrid cloud environment , be it public cloud , on-premises , or any other private clouds you might think of . So being able to act across all of those environments is super important .
The other big component is AI . It ’ s a big theme for IBM and something we ’ ve spent many years of R & D and effort on . Most people will be familiar with our brand , Watson , and this year we launched watsonx . We believe that every company and organisation will become an AI organisation .
At IBM we are differentiated primarily in the fact that we ’ re all about AI for business . We don ’ t play in the consumer space , it ’ s all about AI for business . Businesses have very specific needs for AI . It ’ s not like I ’ m off to do a restaurant search for somewhere to eat tonight : the stakes
18 December 2023