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With IBM behind it, Kyndryl makes Microsoft deal

Posted on November 16, 2021 by - News

A not so mobile X86 PCWith IBM in its rearview mirror, spin-off Kyndryl has made a deal with Microsoft to build products on its cloud.

According to the pair, they will jointly work on a co-innovation lab where they will build products on the Microsoft Cloud, with Kyndryl making them available on Microsoft’s AppSource and on the Azure Marketplace.

Meanwhile, Vole will make products developed by the two companies available for its global enterprise sales force and create a training programme for Kyndryl’s 90,000 employees, dubbed Kyndryl University for Microsoft, which has been designed to teach workers how to best use Microsoft’s cloud tools.

Big Blue’s Kyndryl does not have an easy future

Posted on November 10, 2021 by - News

Top beancounters have warned that IBM’s managed infrastructure services spin-off Kyndryl will have a rough start.

IDC senior research manager for European services Matthew Wilkins said Kyndryl will face “fierce competition” from managed cloud service providers. This will be felt particularly across Europe, which boasts a wide variety of experienced and knowledgeable players in the market.

Public cloud providers expanding their services portfolios will pose a threat to the newly spun-off company, he warned.
While Kyndryl will be seeking to built on its existing IBM contracts, customers who signed those contracts will be a little nervous about handing over the trade to someone different.

Wilkins warns that it will be “very important” for IBM and Kyndryl to keep their existing customers informed.

Server sales slump

Posted on September 13, 2021 by - News

Global server market revenues dropped 2.5 percent year over year to $23.6 billion during the second quarter, according to the latest IDC figures.

IDC beancounters counted more than 3.2 million during the quarter which was an increase of 0.1 percent over the previous year. The analyst claimed volume server revenue was up 5.6 percent to nearly $20 billion.

However, the midrange and high-end server downturn had a knock-on effect for the overall market, with IDC publishing declines of 30 pe cent to $2.4 billion for the midrange and 32.7 percent to $1.3 billion for the high-end.

IDC said that server market performance was muted in the second quarter as the market shifted slightly towards single-socket server configurations.

IDC Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies senior research analyst, Paul Maguranis said: “While servers purchased directly from ODMs declined year over year, some past backlog recovery within the hyperscale datacenter community contributed to a large jump in this segment when compared to the first quarter of this year.”

IBM and Tech Data get booted and suited job

Posted on August 4, 2021 by - News

The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is working with IBM, Tech Data, and the Future Fashion Factory to design, prototype and pilot a new technology platform to help the UK fashion and textile industry dress up the supply chain and make it more environmentally friendly.

Retailers Next, H&M, N Brown, New Look, COS and yarn manufacturer Laxtons will be part of the initial pilot.

The Sustainable Supply Chain Optimisation project has been awarded £1.4 million funding by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, on behalf of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge.

Big Blue sees a three percent revenue rise

Posted on July 21, 2021 by - News

Biggish Blue posted a three percent year-on-year revenue rise for its second quarter thanks mostly to sales gains across cloud, global business services and its software business Red Hat, despite net income falling marginally overall.

Total revenue for the quarter stood at $18.7 billion for the three months ending 30 June, up from $18.1 billion the year before, with global business services revenue up 12 percent and cloud revenue rising 13 percent to $7 billion.

Meanwhile, Red Hat revenue grew 20 percent in the quarter, despite net income falling slightly from $1.36 billion to $1.32 billion.

IBM buys Turbonomic

Posted on May 3, 2021 by - News

A not so mobile X86 PCBiggish Blue is to acquire software firm Turbonomic for a rumoured $2 billion.

For those not in the know, Turbonomic assists companies with application performance. IBM says the acquisition will “complement the recent acquisition of Instana and launch of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps”.

Senior vice president, IBM Cloud and Data Platform Rob Thomas said: “The Turbonomic acquisition is another example of our commitment to making the most impactful investments to advance this strategy and ensure customers find the most innovative ways to fuel their digital transformations.”

The deal will ensure companies can “overcome the high costs associated with managing performance and availability for multiple applications sharing an increasingly complex hybrid cloud environment”, IBM claims.

IBM will integrate Turbonomic’s ARM software with Instana’s “APM and real-time observability capabilities” and the “ITOps capabilities of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps.

IBM’s infrastructure services spin-off to be named Kyndryl

Posted on April 14, 2021 by - News

A not so mobile X86 PCBiggish Blue has decided to give its infrastructure spinoff a name that sounds a bit like a skincare product for nappy rash.

Kyndryl, which will be kinder to all your kinder’s itchy skin, is the name of IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services business which is to become a fully-fledged public company by the end of this year.

The marketers say that the name is a combination of the words ‘kinship’ and ‘tendril’ which sounds even less appetising unless you are a company designed by HP Lovecraft.

Atos does deal with IBM

Posted on January 22, 2021 by - News

Atos has  struck what is says is a strategic partnership with Big Blue as part of a cunning plan to help enterprise customers across verticals optimise their business processes using AI.

Atos says this “industry-led” approach will see both companies develop joint offerings built on Atos’ vertical-focused solutions and service delivery capabilities.

In a joint statement, the pair said that clients can expect to have access to industry-specific automation solutions using AI and hybrid cloud technologies to enable digital acceleration and increase productivity and reduce costs” the €11.58 billion.

Enterprises spend more on clouds

Posted on November 3, 2020 by - News

Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services in the third quarter of this year increased by 33 percent to $33 billion

Figures from Synergy Research Group showed that the year-on-year growth rate for Q3 was higher than the 32 per cent growth seen in the previous quarter. T

Amazon and Microsoft accounted for over half of the global market, with Amazon’s market share staying at around 33 percent, while Microsoft’s share was over 18 percent.

Google, Alibaba and Tencent were growing quicker than the overall market and are increasing market share . Together they account for 17 percent of the market.

The other cloud providers in the top ten rankings include IBM, Salesforce, Oracle, NTT and SAP. 

Wipro deepens IBM relationship on cloud

Posted on October 30, 2020 by - News

Wipro is expanding its IBM Hybrid Cloud Practice and deepening its partnership with Biggish Blue.

The cunning plan is to help Wipro customers modernise their digital operations across hybrid cloud environments by using IBM Cloud Packs which are containerised software running on Red Hat OpenShift.

BoundaryLess Enterprise (BLE) is a hybrid cloud management platform that offers a comprehensive array of technologies in a single environment that enables customers to run their cloud-native applications from anywhere. BLE uses IBM’s open hybrid cloud capabilities to support containers, IaaS, and PaaS computing models that can help enterprises accelerate their transformation journey to the cloud.  

Biggish Blue splits

Posted on October 9, 2020 by - News

A not so mobile X86 PC​IBM has said it plans to split its business in half by spinning off its infrastructure services unit into a separate public company.

The big idea is to create two separate companies, each with its own strategic focus by the end of 2021.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that “now is the right time to create two market-leading companies focused on what they do best”.

The new company will have greater agility to design, run and modernise the infrastructure of the world’s most important organisations, Krishna believes. Both companies will be on an improved growth trajectory with greater ability to partner and capture new opportunities – creating value for clients and shareholders, he said.

Server market revenue grows

Posted on September 11, 2020 by - News

The worldwide server market revenue grew 19.8 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2020, according to new figures from IDC.

The analyst outfit says revenue reached $24 billion in 2Q20.

Meanwhile, worldwide server shipments grew 18.4 percent  year over year to 3.2 million units in 2Q20.

Volume server revenue was up 22.1 per cent  to $18.7 billion, while midrange server revenue declined 0.4 percent  to about $3.3 billion and high-end systems grew by 44.1 percent  to $1.9 billion.

IDC Senior research analyst, Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies Paul Maguranis said that Global demand for enterprise servers was strong during the second quarter of 2020. 

IBM wants 12 years experience on six year old software

Posted on July 14, 2020 by - News

IBM has put out a job advert calling for a candidate with over 12 years of experience with Kubernetes administration and management.

But Kubernetes  has only been out there for six years, so unless Biggish Blue wants time travellers getting the experience is going to be tricky.

The advertisement, which is still live, calls for a “minimum” of 12 years experience in Kubernetes, including “hands-on” experience setting up Kubernetes platforms, deploying microservices and other web applications and managing secure secrets along with container orchestration.

IBM expands PartnerWorld programme

Posted on May 11, 2020 by - News

Biggish Blue has expanded its Business Partner programme to give its partners greater flexibility and help develop new revenue streams as businesses continue to shift to the cloud.

The PartnerWorld programme now features two new tailored, specialised tracks – Build and Service – alongside its existing Sell pathway. IBM says the addition of these new tracks aligns the company with the growing trend of partners shifting and expanding their models to better compete in a market driven by cloud adoption.

As it continues to enhance its Systems portfolio with IBM Cloud, the company’s multi-cloud approach will also deliver greater overall agility, it added, as well as the ability to bridge mission-critical applications on IBM Z, Power and Storage systems.

IBM figures saved by Red Hat

Posted on January 23, 2020 by - News

IBM has closed 2019 with thin sales growth which was saved by a thriving cloud business and propped up by its acquisition of Red Hat.

Revenues increased by 0.07 percent for the fourth quarter of 2019 to $21.78 billion. For the full 2019 year, revenues increased by 0.2 percent to $77.1 billion adjusted for divested businesses and currency. Without these adjustments, revenues dipped by 3.1 percent. Pre-tax operating income, however, dropped by 10 percent to $10.17 billion.