On May 10 and 11, IBM’s Think Broadcast conference was held in Boston. This annual event, after two years of broadcasting in virtual form, this year physically hosted business leaders, industry experts, AI players who came to exchange with IBM experts around hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, quantum computing, automation and important technological advances. In particular, Arvind Krishna presented the extension of IBM’s quantum roadmap.

Think on Tour will extend the Broadcast conference with a series of exclusive, invitation-only events in cities around the world. Local players will come and talk about their experience in different areas: data and AI, cybersecurity and modernizing businesses with hybrid cloud. After London, Berlin, Toronto, Singapore, the Think Paris event will take place on June 8 and will continue internationally.

Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM since April 2020 where he has been working since 1990, has set up new markets for the company in the cloud, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain.

He says of the Think conferences:

“Technology is now the source of competitive advantage with digital transformation in mind. Our clients and partners trust IBM to deliver the innovation behind the hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence and consulting solutions that help ensure their success. Our Think events will show how IBM is co-creating with a growing ecosystem to make progress on the most pressing issues facing business and society today.”

IBM’s key announcements at Think 2022

Expanding the roadmap for practical, large-scale quantum computing

IBM is targeting more qubits, up to hundreds of thousands in the future. To enable these systems with the speed and quality needed for practical quantum computing, the company plans to create smart software that will split workloads between quantum and classical resources and thus eliminate infrastructure issues.

IBM will propose three new scalable architectures for modular and networked quantum processors. These will enable IBM to achieve its 2025 goal of a 4,000+ qubit processor built with multiple clusters of modular-scale processors.

By then, the 433-qubit “Osprey” and 1,121-qubit “Condor” processors, scheduled for release in 2022 and 2023, respectively, will allow him to test the limits of single-chip processors and control the large-scale quantum systems built into the IBM. Quantum system two

Arvind Krishna told Washington Post Live a few days before Think Broadcast that these computers will have the ability to solve various problems, from climate change to electric vehicle batteries, which current computers cannot.

He explains:

“We’ve published a roadmap that by 2023, we expect to be at a 1,000 cubit computer. So by 2023 or 2024, we’re going to be able to start solving problems that could have a big impact… There’s so much promise in what these technologies can bring us in a few years, and now it’s a few years away, not a few decades away.”

Accelerating partnership with SAP

As part of a long-standing partnership with Germany’s SAP, IBM has begun a project to transform SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) to better support its customers and fuel the company’s growth. It explains in its release:

• IBM is currently migrating to SAP S/4HANA®, SAP’s next generation ERP system. The company-led project will ultimately move more than 375 TB of data from on-premises and multiple cloud environments, accelerated by RISE with SAP on IBM Power on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Cloud.
• The major IT transformation, led by IBM Consulting, will ultimately move more than 300 SAP instances and consolidate 500 servers with RISE with SAP on IBM Power to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Cloud. The SAP S/4HANA® migration is currently underway in the company’ s $13 billion software business unit, where it is currently in production.

Train talent and fight cyber attacks

IBM has committed to training 30 million people by 2030, addressing the talent shortage and cybersecurity crisis with new and expanded partnerships with six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Specialisterne Foundation.

These six centers North Carolina A&T State University, Southern University System, Clark Atlanta University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Morgan State University, South Carolina State University), will have access for several years to a customized cybersecurity experience with IBM: online learning programs, access to the cloud, immersive learning.

Translated from Arvind Krishna dévoile ses projets pour IBM, notamment en informatique quantique, lors du Think 2022