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IBM Public Cloud Nordic Ecosystem Summit

We are pleased to invite you to our first Nordic Partner Summit for IBM Public Cloud. The event consists of 120-minute sessions from 15:00 to 17:00 CET, taking place on the 11th and 12th of November, respectively. As we adapt to a different way of delivering our enablement, this event will focus on the key […]

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What are the competitive advantages of OpenShift?

OpenShift is a platform that allows you to run containerized applications and workloads, and it is powered by Kubernetes under the covers. There are many flavors available with OpenShift, and each helps streamline the day-to-day tasks for developers and operations engineers. To learn more, check out the quick overview with Sai Vennam in the video […]

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What is a Cloud Shell?

What is cloud shell, and how can a cloud shell enable rapid cloud resource management and development from anywhere? In this lightboard video, Nathan Hekman with IBM Cloud, explains how cloud shell can provide you complete control of your cloud resources, applications and infrastructure directly from any web-browser. Three things IBM Cloud Shell can do […]

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A colleague of mine recently – and half-jokingly – asked: Are cloud platforms the new ransomware?

I’ve worked with IT since the mid-80s, always promoting change and progress toward new solutions and technologies. The advantage of so many years in the industry, as well as an occasional source of frustration, is the ability to see patterns in the adoption of new tech. One positive pattern is organizations’ desire to put their […]

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How Cloud and Cognitive Technologies Could Transform the Maritime Industry

The maritime industry, the laws and processes that support it, are steeped in history and tradition and not known for rapid change and transformation. That is why, over the past decade, the latest cloud and AI technologies have been slow to take hold. However, with the increased availability of IT skills, more affordable technology, and […]

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Understand Apache Kafka and its advantages

Users of modern-day cloud applications expect a real-time experience but how is this achieved? Apache Kafka is the open-source streaming technology behind some of the most popular real-time, event-driven user experiences on the web, including AirBnB, Netflix, and Pinterest. In the lightboard video below, Whitney Lee from IBM Cloud explains how the technology enables developers […]

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The difference between VMs and Containers?

What are VMs and Containers exactly, and how do they fit into our modern cloud-native way of building and architecting applications? In the video below, Nigel Brown from IBM Cloud, answers this question and much more in four parts. He also argues why users should not just look at virtual machines and containers as competing […]

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Executive Webinar: The Future of Computing

As stated in my recent blog, I will continue to aim for arranging insightful and hopefully inspiring webinars. Now, I have the pleasure to announce that next week’s webinar will include a special executive guest; our VP of Technology Europe and IBM Fellow, Rashik Parmar. On Wednesday the 16th of September at 11:00 CET, Rashik […]

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14 webinars bringing you insight and inspiration – and more to come

As the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns around the world during the month of March, we were rapidly forced to work from home. To stay updated under these new circumstances, I turned to the use of the virtual tool of webinars and initiated a series titled How Nordic Companies Are Using IBM Solutions. The webinars consisted […]

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