Technology Magazine February 2024 | Page 60

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WATCH NOW the strengths of both environments . It will enable organisations to leverage the cost-effectiveness , security and control of on-premises resources while tapping into the elasticity , scalability and innovation of public cloud platforms .
“ When Arvind [ CEO of IBM ] took over , it really crystallised IBM and IBM Consulting ’ s strategy which is around hybrid cloud and AI ,” says Ali . “ For IBM Consulting , these are two underpinning themes for all the services that we provide , whether we ’ re doing an SAP transformation or a customer service / experience transformation where it ’ s all about the user experience .”
IBM has strong ties with Microsoft Azure , Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) and Google Cloud , all of which leverage a hybrid cloud approach . This hybrid approach is crucial as the enterprise landscape is largely hybrid today and will remain so in the future .
“ On the AI side , we ’ re also taking a hybrid approach ,” explains Ali . “ There are a lot of
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