Delivering on the promise of exceptional client experiences

Ecosystem partnerships are a cornerstone of IBM’s growth strategy. More importantly, partnerships are an essential means of delivering IBM’s incremental value to customers on their Hybrid Cloud and application modernization journeys. In December of 2021, IBM and MuleSoft shared a vision of expanded partnership by bringing together Red Hat...

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Subscription centricity: 5 tips for designing diverse, recurring revenue models

In today’s subscription economy, businesses must take steps to stay ahead of the curve. Whether you’ve made an initial investment or have yet to get started, modern organizations must accelerate their subscription-based sales to remain competitive. This shift from more traditional pay-per-product models to those that prioritize recurring...

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Healthcare’s Y2K: How to prepare for the FDA’s big update

Who would have thought we would see yet another major shift in the healthcare and life sciences industry? But a change is coming via the FDA’s proposal to revise the National Drug Codes (NDCs), replacing an existing 10-digit format (XXXX-XXXX-XX) with the new 12-digit format (XXXXXX-XXXX-XX). This blog...

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How can we learn from Mother Nature?

Nothing in nature operates individually. Nature works in a connected, circular ecosystem where everything is leveraged, shared and repurposed. Did you know that a grain of sand from the Saharan desert affects the fertility of the Amazon Forest? Or that seaweed in the ocean can produce around 70%...

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Overcoming the architecture challenges of a hybrid cloud world

More than likely, your organization already employs some version of a hybrid cloud approach to its IT architecture. In fact, you are likely operating between six and eight clouds, like most organizations.It’s also likely that your organization’s mix of cloud environments has some level of on-premises infrastructure integration...

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Bridge the data literacy skills gap with data storytelling

Being a data-driven organization goes well beyond building a modern data architecture. With vast amounts of data flowing through the enterprise, the challenge lies in making sense of all of that complex information so that everyone, not just the data scientists or machine learning engineers, can interpret it...

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Supply chains can make sustainability an operational strength

Sustainability is one of the many challenges facing chief supply chain officers (CSCOs), alongside day-to-day supply chain disruptions and pervasive technology growing pains. However, when companies address sustainability within both supply chain and procurement processes, it can serve as a source of innovation, business growth and savings. According...

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Approaches to long-term planning with IBM Planning Analytics

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” – Ben FranklinIn our collective rush to react to ever-changing marketplace dynamics and shifts in the economy, it’s easy to focus on short-term plans, to the neglect of long-term planning. Today’s leaders need to have several plans –...

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Creating a holistic 360-degree “citizen” view with data and AI

Achieving health equity is perhaps the greatest challenge facing US public health officials today. In a 2021 report released by the Commonwealth Fund, the nation ranked last among high-income countries in access to healthcare and equity, despite spending a far greater share of its GDP on healthcare.Healthcare disparities...

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IBM named a leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Quality Solutions

Data is the new oil and organizations of all stripes are tapping this resource to fuel growth. However, data quality and consistency are one of the top barriers faced by organizations in their quest to become more data-driven. So, it is imperative to have a clear data quality...

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4 trends that help organizations unlock the value of Salesforce

Over the past few years, organizations across the globe have been required to accelerate their technology investments to operate amid massive market disruptions. Companies that were already firmly rooted in digital and cloud technology endured challenges more effectively than their counterparts. The question is no longer whether to...

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How can a CFO foster enterprise-wide change in finance transformation?

Successful finance transformation initiatives cannot be achieved in a vacuum. Beyond building solutions that could potentially deliver enterprise-wide value, chief financial officers (CFOs) must also engage other department heads, alliance partners and key stakeholders in scope planning to encourage alignment on a shared vision.Finance departments traditionally used data...

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Building a culture of data-driven decisions and insights with IBM Business Analytics

Organizations are managing and analyzing large datasets every day, but many still need the right tools to generate data-driven insights. Even more, organizations need the ability to bring data insights to the right users to make faster, more effective business decisions amid unpredictable market changes.Meeting business goals with...

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Trustworthy AI helps provide equitable preventative care for diabetics

There are over 30 million people in America who have diabetes, and people with diabetes need to remain vigilant about their health. They need the extra attention and resources provided by their healthcare systems because, unfortunately, around 38% to 40% of people with diabetes end up visiting the...

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