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Constellation Insights
April 8, 2025

IBM launches z17 mainframe, eyes AI workloads

While many folks think of mainframes as creaky old systems designed to process transactions without downtime, the z systems are big business for IBM and a strong upgrade cycle. In addition, IBM has reinvented the mainframe a few times for cloud workloads and now AI.

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April 7, 2025

Monday's Musings: The Great Reset - Looking Beyond The Tariffs

UNDERSTAND THE METHOD TO THE MADNESS

The shock and awe from tariffs represent just one part of the Great Reset that’s being led by a President that has a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform America's standing and shape the POTUS legacy. Hampered by a failing WTO and short-term thinking that plagues the Western world, tariffs provide the biggest leverage point to both political and economic bilateral negotiations for access to the US $29 trillion economy.

Constellation Insights
April 7, 2025

IBM acquires Hakkoda

IBM said it has acquired data and AI consultant Hakkoda in a deal that will give it data migration platform services. Hakkoda is a big partner for Snowflake.