IBM Data Roadmap
Business innovation driven by generative AI is fueled by open data stores, formats, and engines; a product-oriented data fabric; and the infusion of AI at all levels to radically improve data consumption.
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Strategic milestones
All information being released represents IBM’s current intent, is subject to change or withdrawal, and represents only goals and objectives.
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2029
Leverage composable hardware going mainstream and plummeting egress costs.
In 2029, composable hardware will go mainstream. This will transform networks, drive a 3x cost reduction due to disaggregated hardware, and push egress costs down.
Why this matters for our clients and the world
Major hardware trends will disrupt data stores and processing engines. Lower egress fees will remove vendor lock-in and change the cost dynamics of multicloud computing.
The technologies and innovations that will make this possible
Compute Express Link (CXL), with its ability to disaggregate memory from processor, will be used to deliver faster memory and compute. New types of accelerators like data processing cores will be commonly used. Cheap, fast networking will bring the next wave of data into most enterprises. Competitive pressure will sink cloud egress fees.
How these advancements will be delivered to IBM clients and partners
Data stores and processing engines, scaled with CXL, will be offered for major cost and performance wins. There will be more focus on secure, software-defined networking.