Nvidia has enjoyed a massive increase in revenues over the last couple of years as server and public cloud suppliers rush to address AI applications by coupling its GPUs into x86 servers. Seemingly IBM missed the boat – offloading its System x business to Lenovo in October 2013 – just […] Read more »
IBM’s new FlashCore Module 4 – ransomware attack detection cut from minutes to seconds

A look at how IBM is using processing in its Flash Core Module 4 to speed up ransomware attack detection - notoriously difficult for block storage Read more »
7. Generative AI – especially from large public cloud suppliers will continue to grow at tremendous rates

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been threatening to take a lead role as a revenue generator in our industry for many years. 2023 was a year in which we saw very dramatic growth from the specialist suppliers involved. My Figure above shows Nvidia’s reported ‘datacenter’ revenues by quarter; this is where […] Read more »
The AI Alliance – values, nationalities and absentees

My look at the foundation of the AI Alliance Read more »
IBM dives into data lakes with the Elastic Storage System 5000

A look at IBM storage system announcements on July 9th 2020 Read more »
Google Sycamore achieves ‘Quantum Supremacy’, but what does that mean?

A look at Google's achievement of 'quantum supremacy' Read more »
IBM 2019 strategy – running towards the hard things

An evaluation of IBM's 2019 strategy Read more »
Algorithms and robots challenge our employment, privacy and ethics

My 10th ITC prediction for 2019 discussing the need for a more ethical approach to our industry Read more »