Charles King

IBM has introduced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, an AI-powered tool for mainframe modernization, offering developers insight into how code will work.

With much of the U.S. and many other parts of the world suffering record temperatures and other extreme weather events, it’s worth considering efforts that companies are making to reduce carbon and other emissions as part of their Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) strategies. Yet the increasing role that energy-intensive cloud computing plays in numerous […]

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programs are anything but one-size-fits-all endeavors. Instead, most organizations work closely with stakeholders to ensure that programs align with their needs, carefully considering how factors affect business and internal and external relationships. This varies significantly according to industry, region and commercial markets. Plus, it is commonplace for ESG programs to […]

An irony of enterprise technology is that solutions designed to simplify business tasks and processes can result in new, often unexpected complexities. Cloud computing arose as a means to provide individuals and groups quick access to IT tools and resources. But as public clouds proliferated, organizations faced challenges in ensuring that cloud usage was aligned […]

In this interview, industry analyst Charles King speaks with Dell co-Chief Operating Officer Chuck Whitten in a wide-ranging conversation about the relationship between business and technology, Dell’s company culture, and the company’s current focus. Chuck Whitten joined Dell Technologies in 2021 where he became co-Chief Operating Officer in partnership with Jeff Clarke. Together, Whitten and […]

A central trend in enterprise IT during the past decade has been the decentralization of computation, data storage and networking. Cloud computing platforms play an obvious part in this narrative but so do robust wireless client devices, hybrid and multi-cloud evolution and edge-of-network systems and solutions. The shift away from centralized IT assets and management […]

At its recent Think 2023 conference, IBM focused on two areas – AI and quantum computing – that it believes will be essential to its enterprise customers. Let’s look at the details. Why should organizations consider AI or quantum computing? The technologies are not mutually exclusive but deserve separate answers. In the former case, AI […]

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs are lightning rods for everyone from climate change deniers to those who rail against “woke” political correctness. However, though the value for ESG may be hard to grasp for some people, many others understand the value of these programs and why ESG continues to grow and become deeply established […]

Discussions about enterprise IT solutions like IBM’s zSystems nearly always encompass enterprise data center environments and issues. That is entirely sensible since IBM zSystems inhabit the crème de la crème of global enterprises, including most of the world’s largest banks, best known retailers, most significant healthcare organizations and countless government organizations and agencies. However, the […]

Public cloud computing is arguably one of the most transformative business technologies of the past decade. However, hyperscale public cloud platforms are seldom sufficient for supporting all computing needs for enterprises and other large organizations. Plus, using such services can involve considerable challenges, including unpredictable operating expenditures (OPEX), API call charges, data egress fees and […]

The technology industry likes to consider itself a fount of innovation for addressing big, real-world problems. But high-tech companies, the media and consumers often focus much of their time and attention on the latest shiny new objects, click-bait headlines and attention-capturing services. That said, some vendors are investing significant financial and human resources in tackling […]

The new Lenovo ThinkEdge servers and enhancements to Lenovo Open Cloud Automation and Lenovo XClarity that the company announced at the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) event are good examples of how a vendor can help customers overcome major challenges. Let’s take a look at the solutions. For more information, also see: Understand the Differences Between […]