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The imperative to embed artificial intelligence (AI) into business processes has become more urgent during the pandemic, according to a recent IBM study.
Of the information technology (IT) professionals surveyed, 43{a7758c3706987b952e6c06b8e84de22b0478c6ec9e4b4c13f69a9ea693861278} said that their companies had accelerated the rollout of AI. Nearly half of global IT professionals surveyed said they evaluate AI providers in large part on their ability to automate processes.
The survey results come against the backdrop of IBM Corp. making several advances in AI, hybrid cloud, and quantum computing to help its clients and partners accelerate their digital transformation journeys and return to work smarter after the pandemic.
IBM launched Watson Orchestrate, a new interactive AI capability designed to increase the personal productivity of all business professionals helping them save up to 50{a7758c3706987b952e6c06b8e84de22b0478c6ec9e4b4c13f69a9ea693861278} of their time to focus on more strategic work.
“We will look back on this year and the last as the moment the world entered the digital century in full force,” Arvind Krishna, chairman and chief executive officer, IBM, said at Think 2021, the annual flagship event. “In the same way that we have electrified factories and machines in the past century, we will use hybrid cloud to infuse AI into software and systems in the 21st century,” Krishna said.
“Requiring no IT skills to use, professionals initiate work using Watson Orchestrate in a very human way, using collaboration tools such as Slack and email in natural language. It also connects to popular business applications such as Salesforce, SAP, and Workday,” IBM said.
The company has also launched Maximo Mobile, a mobile platform designed to help field technicians gather insights from real-time data even in remote locations to solve complex issues.
IBM Research is releasing Project CodeNet, a large-scale, open source data set comprising of 14 million code samples, 500 million lines of code, and 55 programming languages, to enable AI’s understanding and translation of code. IBM believes Project CodeNet will serve as a valuable benchmark data set for source-to-source translation and transitioning legacy code bases to modern code languages, helping businesses speed up their application of AI.
For the financial services sector, IBM has collaborated with EY to establish a centre of excellence that offers new open hybrid cloud solutions built with Red Hat OpenShift for the IBM Cloud for financial services. The solutions will be centred on regulatory compliance, digital trust, and security, leveraging IBM technology and EY experience working with financial institutions to drive digital transformation and accelerate cloud adoption.
As part of its $1 billion investment to support the partner ecosystem, IBM said it will offer new competencies, skills training, and benefits to ensure its partners succeed in an increasingly competitive market.
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